Shadowing Practice: No one has seen my real face - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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I'd just finished five photo shoots in London,
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I'd just finished five photo shoots in London,
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attended a fashion show in Paris,
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done an interview for Vogue Italia,
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and now my exhausted body was about to have some pampering in the fanciest hotel in Greece,
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all by myself.
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Suddenly, I heard a loud bang in my room.
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I went to go check what it was,
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and I was shocked to see one of my luggage bags moving.
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I slowly opened it, and a creepy stranger suddenly sprang out from it,
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while sniffing my favorite dress.
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My bodyguards rushed as I screamed in horror.
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This is a serious invasion of my privacy!
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Take him away right now!
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Iris, I'm begging you.
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Just one kiss and a selfie.
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I'm your number one fan!
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Oh, please.
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Can I ever get a freaking break?
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Hi, my name is Iris,
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and I'm a famous supermodel with a billionaire boyfriend.
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It might sound like every teenage girl's dream,
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but for me, it was my worst nightmare.
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The hotel incident was circulating on the news in no time,
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and as soon as I reached my parents,
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they immediately fired my bodyguards.
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I forced my manager to clear my schedule for a week so I could just breathe,
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but the universe literally said no. While I was doing yoga in my room,
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someone suddenly barged in.
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It was my new boyfriend, Rocco.
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He was the son of an A-list actor,
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and he seemed pretty cool.
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Not to mention, really, really hot.
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Rocco, what are you doing here?
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It's been eight minutes since my last chat.
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Why aren't you replying?
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You came all the way here just for that?
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No, I came here to do this.
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Will you marry me?
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What the freaking craps?
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Are you crazy?
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We'd been dating for like five days.
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You made me believe you loved me.
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I don't even know your eye color, Rocco.
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Suddenly, he started bawling like a baby on the floor.
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Oh my god, my heart, it hurts so bad.
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What the heck are you doing?
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I love you, Iris.
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I won't leave until you say yes.
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He really meant it, and I had to have him thrown out by security.
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After all the crazy incidents with the paparazzi and my fans,
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Rocco was the last straw,
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and I'd finally had enough.
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I was tired of being worshipped and followed because I was a famous model.
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One day as I was watching my favorite channel MSA,
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I came across a video of a model who got plastic surgery to change her identity.
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It would be amazing to just disappear and return as a completely different person.
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Wait, that was actually a great idea!
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I tried on a black wig with bangs to cover my eyes,
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changed my eye color from blue to green,
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threw in some makeup and baggy clothes,
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and I couldn't even recognize myself.
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screamed upon seeing me and almost reported me as a trespasser.
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I told him about my plan of giving up my career and identity for a while,
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and dad told me I was crazy.
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No, dad, I'm not.
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I just want to be a normal girl living a normal life with no bodyguards and obsessed fans around me 24-7.
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I want to live somewhere else that no one knows about.
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I've been homeschooled all my life,
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And now I want to go to an actual school and have friends.
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Please, let me have this.
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I'm begging you.
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They were speechless for a whole minute.
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Do as you please, sweetheart.
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Take a break for as long as you want.
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You deserve it.
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Dad?
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Fine, but on one condition.
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I'll choose the apartment for you and you have to take at least two maids with you.
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Deal.
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And just like that, I was off to a new chapter in my life as the cool and mysterious Siri.
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As I was walking towards the school building on my first day,
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I suddenly stopped upon seeing a scary dog in the middle of the road.
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And when it started to chase me,
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suddenly a skateboard came flying into the air, scaring it away.
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Gosh, that was close.
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I turned to my savior, and he was cute.
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Hey there, thanks for saving my life.
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What?
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I was just doing a backflip and my skateboard slipped.
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You still saved my life.
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What's your name?
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You're not my type, sweetcake, so move on.
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Wait, did he just reject me?
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Well, that was something new.
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I had never felt so lost when I finally got into the school building.
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Everyone was wearing Louis Vuitton,
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Gucci, Chanel, Hermes, and Prada,
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and they were all fake.
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Was this an actual school or an amateur fashion club?
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Everyone was looking at me like I was wearing something disgusting.
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Was it because of my oversized hoodie?
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But I had to look as different as I possibly could from my original self.
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When I finally got into my class,
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no one even glanced at me.
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For the first time, I felt invisible.
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And I wasn't complaining.
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I headed to an empty seat,
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but before I could finally sit,
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a girl put gum on it.
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I don't sit with losers.
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Me?
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A loser?
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Huh?
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Just then, a familiar guy came in.
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It was the skater boy.
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Hey, do you remember me?
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We met earlier today.
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Are you stalking me?
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Just give it up, Sweetcakes.
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I was already here, and my name isn't Sweetcakes, it's Siri.
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So, you're like the real-life Siri, iPhone's virtual assistant?
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I just spelled my name backward for this identity,
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and that hadn't even crossed my mind.
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Hey guys, we got the real-life Siri.
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Over here.
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Then they all started making fun of my fake name,
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and it was so annoying.
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Hey Siri, can I eat my shoes without dying?
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Hey Siri, would a worm eat a dead worm?
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I put my headphones on,
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but Skater Boy took them off.
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Why aren't you answering our questions?
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Are you glitching or something?
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Haven't you heard of the latest Apple update?
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Siri won't answer stupid questions from now on.
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I didn't know Siri was actually feisty.
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Just then, a familiar girl entered,
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and her eyes went straight to me.
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OMG, what a terrible day to have eyes.
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That outfit is horrible.
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Someone take this new girl out of this room right now.
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Stop acting like you're the fashion queen, Peyton.
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Remember how you got rejected for a commercial and never made it as a model?
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And your tantrum video went viral?
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Those people were just blind.
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I couldn't believe they chose that trash Iris over me.
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She stole my place.
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Iris is not trash.
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Iris is a goddess.
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Wait, Iris?
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Sorry to butt in, but are you guys talking about the supermodel?
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Yes, the worst supermodel of all time.
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Oh, now I remembered this girl.
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She'd auditioned with me for the commercial that launched my career,
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and she'd thrown a huge tantrum when she wasn't selected.
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And Skater Boy actually had a crush on me.
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How interesting.
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Soon, I learned that his name was Marcus.
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He was living in the same neighborhood as mine,
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and he was famous for his pranks.
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One time, he brought a freaking cow to school and left it at the top of the stairs.
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No one knew how he managed to do it.
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Another time, he stole the teacher's necklace and replaced it with a fake snake.
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And she literally passed out.
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He was insane.
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One day in the library,
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I was trying to get a book from a higher shelf,
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but I couldn't reach it.
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And he suddenly appeared behind me.
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You need help?
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Yes, please.
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I need that book over there.
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To my surprise, he transferred it to the very top shelf instead and walked off.
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Ugh, he was really something else.
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It was lunchtime and I was starving.
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As a model, I was always on a very strict diet.
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But now, I could eat whatever I wanted.
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No one wanted to sit with me,
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so I chose a table at the corner.
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And just then, Marcus came over with his friends.
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This is our table.
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Go away.
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Sorry, I didn't see your name on it.
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Can't we share it?
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We can, but on one condition.
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You have to clean my skateboard later.
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I ran over a huge pile of poop.
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No thanks.
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I'd rather eat on the floor.
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And with that, I did what I said.
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And everyone looked so confused.
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Marcus started calling me a weirdo since then.
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Over the next few days,
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I noticed that Peyton kept spreading fake information about me, the model Iris.
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She obviously hated me and wanted everyone to join the club.
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I heard that her breath smells like cat's poop and her head is full of dandruff.
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And all her boyfriends ditched her because she's too clingy.
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Oh my god, ew, why is she even a model?
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You're way better than her, girl.
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I know, right?
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So unfair.
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I don't deserve this.
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I was about to say something,
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but someone did it for me first.
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Stop farting through your mouth, Peyton.
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Those are all lies.
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Truth hurts, darling.
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I heard she quit modeling.
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Maybe she finally realized she isn't anything special.
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Yet somehow, she's a famous supermodel with tons of fans,
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and you've got this lame haters club in school.
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You seem obsessed with her.
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Marcus burst out laughing and shouted, you tell her, weirdo.
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While Peyton looked furious, I thought she'd ripped my hair out,
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but instead she just stormed off angrily.
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On my way to class the next day,
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a girl bumped into me and spilled her coffee all over my shirt right before a presentation.
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Oh my god, I'm so sorry.
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She offered to lend me her extra shirt in her locker,
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and I thought that was really nice of her.
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But in the middle of the presentation,
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I started scratching myself and I couldn't stop.
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Soon, everyone was laughing like wild hyenas, including Marcus.
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When I saw my reflection,
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I could barely recognize myself.
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My skin was red and bloated.
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I looked like a puffer fish.
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Just then, I saw Peyton and that girl high-fiving.
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I knew they'd planned this.
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Oh, I was so gonna make her pay.
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I was then sent to the clinic,
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and the nurse told me to continue my treatment at home.
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Later that night, I was about to sleep when someone crashed through my window.
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I grabbed a bat to attack the intruder,
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and then I realized it was Marcus.
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Relax, weirdo.
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It's just me.
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Oh, no. I didn't have my wig and contact lens on.
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I grabbed my shades and wrapped a pillowcase around my hair before facing him.
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Why are you wearing that at midnight?
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You look like a stupid sushi roll.
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I don't have to explain myself to you.
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Anyway, get out!
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You're trespassing!
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Passing.
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Calm down, okay?
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I just wanted to give you this.
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An apology gift for laughing at you earlier.
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I was about to smile when I realized that it was a pufferfish.
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Seriously?
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Ow.
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He then told me that he overheard Peyton and her friend talking about how they'd put some chemical on that shirt.
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That was really uncool.
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Let's go to her house tonight and release tons of bugs in her room.
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No, I don't like that kind of revenge.
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It's lame.
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Tell me what's not lame then.
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Oh, you'll know it tomorrow.
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The next day, I surprised everyone by wearing the most expensive Gucci hoodie
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and boots as I walked in the hallway like a fashion model.
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You think you're a star now just because you're wearing fake Gucci?
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Wake up, dummy.
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You're dreaming.
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Are you talking about yourself?
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I slapped her with the receipt of the items,
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and she suddenly forgot how to speak.
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Dude, that was so cool.
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You literally ate that witch alive.
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That's how you do it.
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Teach me your ways, senpai.
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Only if you'll stop making fun of me.
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That's kind of hard, but I'll try.
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Marcus and I became closer over the next few months.
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I always had fun with him,
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even when he talked about Iris 90% of the time.
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One time he took me to his place,
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and I was shocked to see how many posters he had of me.
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Just look at her.
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How can someone be that perfect?
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It's just unfair to every other girl.
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No one could ever measure up to her.
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Wow, he was beginning to sound as loco as Rocco.
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But at least there was no danger he'd ever be obsessed with Siri.
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One weekend we went to the park and he taught me some skateboarding tricks.
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As a model, I was always careful never to do anything that might get me injured.
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But this was really fun.
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In the very next second,
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the skateboard slipped from under my feet and I went flying backwards.
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But before my head could hit the ground, Marcus caught me.
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Whoa, easy there.
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You okay?
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His face was so close to mine as he looked down in concern,
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and I noticed for the first time how lovely his eyes were.
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Hello.
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You're kinda heavy, girl.
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Can you please try to stand up now?
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I immediately jumped to my feet.
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Heavy?
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I was model thin.
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Jerk.
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We skateboarded a bit more and then fell onto the grass to rest.
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Can I ask you a question, Marcus?
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You already asked, dummy.
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Why do you love Iris?
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I mean, how do you love a person when you haven't even met her?
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Is it just because she's pretty?
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Three years back, my sister got sick and in the hospital,
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this beautiful girl paid a visit to the kids there and gave them some gifts.
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I'll never forget how sweet and kind she was to my sister.
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I didn't know then that she was actually a supermodel.
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And since then, I started admiring her from afar.
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I told you, she's perfect.
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Oh, so he actually liked me for that and not just because I was pretty.
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And I felt like I wanted to tell him the truth about me.
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But I couldn't.
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Not yet.
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A few days later, some girls were drooling over a guy in the hallway.
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And I almost choked on my saliva when I realized who it was.
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Rocco?
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Oh my god.
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What was he doing here?
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I need to find Iris.
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My heart told me she was here.
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I could literally smell her.
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As I ran to the restroom,
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my wig got caught on something and it almost fell off.
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I quickly ran to the restroom and fixed it before anyone noticed.
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Phew.
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And then I called my dad to tell him about this.
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He suggested transferring to another school,
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but something was stopping me.
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I'd just settled in and, well, there was Marcus.
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But thank God Rocco was gone when I got out.
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A few days later, our drama club teacher decided to pair me with Marcus.
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And there was a scene where we had to kiss,
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and we needed to practice it in front of everyone.
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Yuck.
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No way I'm kissing her.
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He then pretended to throw up.
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What's wrong with kissing me?
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It's not a big deal.
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I just don't want my lips to be tainted by yours.
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Excuse me?
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My lips are not poisonous or gross.
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The audience started chanting for us to kiss already,
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but he kept making lame excuses to delay it.
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Oh, the irony.
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He was obsessed with Iris, but allergic to Siri.
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And it was so confusing.
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Our teacher lost her patience,
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so we had no choice but to do it.
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I closed my eyes, and as his lips touched mine,
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I felt a storm of butterflies in my stomach.
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He immediately pulled away and yelled,
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This is officially the worst day of my life.
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He was pissing me off.
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I just stormed off after drama class and ignored him all day.
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Later when I was walking back home,
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he caught up with me.
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Hey, are you in a bad mood or something?
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You left without waiting for me.
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So?
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I can do whatever I want.
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You can't find your way home without me?
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What's the matter with you?
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Nothing.
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Can't a girl walk in peace?
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Oh, come on.
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Is it about the kiss?
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I'm sorry if I overreacted.
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It's not about that.
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But kissing me is not yuck, okay?
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There are tons of boys who love to kiss me.
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Oh yeah?
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Who'd want to kiss a weirdo like you?
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Oh, you have no idea, dude.
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So what?
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Did you actually want me to.. enjoy it?
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No, I didn't want you to, but yeah, you should've.
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I've been told I'm a really good kisser.
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Okay, let me try it again then.
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I was caught off guard when he suddenly pulled me into a very hot kiss.
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I was catching my breath as he finally let go of me.
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That was...wow.
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I didn't want to kiss you before because I wanted our first kiss to be special.
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He then turned around and left, leaving me completely stunned.
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I wasn't able to sleep that night because I couldn't stop thinking about our mind-blowing kiss.
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He liked me.
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The next day, he wasn't talking to me all day and it was pure torture.
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Should I tell him the truth and admit my feelings for him now?
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I had to.
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Tonight.
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Unfortunately, Peyton got bored and threw a huge party.
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I learned that Marcus was going, so I did too.
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Only to regret it instantly.
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Because just 10 minutes into the party,
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Peyton suddenly gathered everyone's attention.
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I prepared a little show for you guys.
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Are you ready to see it?
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She started showing pictures of me as Iris.
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Oh, so she was doing her smear campaigns during parties now?
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Did you guys know that this famous model...
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Suddenly, she splashed water on my face and took my wig off.
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Has been here with us the whole time?
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Yes, I discovered your little secret in the bathroom one day.
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So you got bored of your perfect life and decided to fool us all?
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Oh my god!
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I met Marcus's eyes across the room,
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and he looked super shocked.
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No, this couldn't be happening.
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Just then, the crowd went wild,
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and before they could jump on me,
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I ran out of her mansion and called Dad to take me home.
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The news instantly reached mainstream media,
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so I was forced to quit school and filed a restraining order against Rocco before he could come looking for me again.
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I'd been trying to contact Marcus to explain everything,
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but he never returned my calls,
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and it was killing me.
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One day, my parents went on a business trip and I was left alone in our mansion.
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Just then, I heard someone yelling downstairs.
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I walked to the balcony and saw Marcus being held down by my bodyguards.
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Siri, Iris, whatever your name is,
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I just want to talk to you.
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Please.
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Let go of him, boys.
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My heart was pounding hard as I met with him downstairs.
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Marcus, what are you doing here?
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He just threw a magazine in front of me and said,
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I want an autograph.
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Huh?
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Did he come here as a fan or what?
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I picked it up, and while I was signing it,
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he suddenly grabbed my hand and pulled me into a hug.
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I missed you so much.
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I-I missed you too, and I'm sorry for lying to you.
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I was supposed to tell you that day.
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There's no need to explain.
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You had your reasons, I understand.
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Then what took you so long to see me?
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I needed more time to think.
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I was so confused.
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I have always idolized Iris and always thought that she was the love of my life.
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But then you came as Ciri and everything changed.
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I couldn't stop thinking about you since the first time I saw you.
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Really?
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For me, it was much later.
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Yeah, okay, whatever.
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Be the supermodel or the annoying weirdo, I don't care.
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As long as it's you.
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I love you.
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I love you too.
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Now, what should I call you?
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I haven't thought about that yet.
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As of now, just call me yours.
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About This Lesson
In this lesson, you will practice English speaking skills through a captivating narrative featuring a famous supermodel named Iris. As you listen to her unexpected encounters and emotional experiences, you'll enhance your listening comprehension and speaking fluency. The story offers a blend of humor, suspense, and relatable challenges of fame, allowing you to engage with realistic dialogue. By the end of this lesson, you'll be better equipped to express emotions, respond to unexpected situations, and ask questions effectively in English. This practice is perfect for those looking to learn English with YouTube while preparing for the IELTS speaking practice.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Pampering - taking care of oneself or indulging in luxury.
- Invasion of privacy - an act that intrudes on someone's personal space or information.
- To clear my schedule - to rearrange or cancel appointments to make time for something else.
- Barge in - to enter a place suddenly and without permission.
- Eye color - the color of one's irises, used here to emphasize a lack of familiarity.
- Freaking - an informal expletive used for emphasis, expressing surprise or frustration.
- Security - personnel responsible for maintaining safety and order.
- Heart hurts - a phrase expressing emotional pain or distress.
Practice Tips
For effective shadowspeak practice, it's essential to match your speaking speed and intonation to that of Iris in the video. Start by listening to smaller sections of the transcript. Repeat after each sentence, ensuring that you're mimicking her tone and rhythm accurately. The emotional context, such as shock and humor, should influence your voice modulation. Aim for clarity as you practice; don't rush through the sentences. It's vital to pause at natural breaks, just as you would in conversation, to mimic real-life speaking patterns.
Additionally, focus on using the vocabulary listed above in your own sentences. This not only reinforces your memory of the phrases but also helps you feel more comfortable using them in daily conversations. Regular practice will significantly boost your confidence and ease when speaking English, especially in situations that mimic the scenarios presented in the video.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.
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