ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: I Faked a Girlfriend
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From the moment I entered high school, I basically had "bully me" written on my forehead.
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From the moment I entered high school, I basically had "bully me" written on my forehead.
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My life was normal.
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Average grades, average height, average hair that never did what TikTok boy's hair does.
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At home, it was just me and mom.
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"Mom, can we move to a new planet?" Only if that planet has cheaper rent.
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She was loving, chaotic, great at microwave cooking, and forever trying to fix my shyness.
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local community center, which, spoiler alert, after six weeks of pretending to be a tree, I was still shy.
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And high school had Logan, captain of the basketball team, jawline carved by God.
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He had a full -time hobby, humiliating me.
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One day in the cafeteria,
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he grabbed my phone and projected one of my photos on the big screen. But...
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Basically, a hate crime.
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Behold, ladies and gentlemen, the reason Jay is still single!
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I wanted the floor to open up, but I'd also have taken being hit by lightning or randomly passing out.
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You know what, Jay?
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I'll make you a deal.
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If you get a girlfriend before prom, I'll delete that pic from everywhere I'm about to put it on social media.
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He laughed like a cartoon villain, and casually walked away, while my soul left my body.
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That night, I cried dramatically into my pillow.
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What was I going to do?
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I couldn't look a girl in the eye for more than 30 seconds, let alone ask one out.
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"I'm never showing my face again !" Then, suddenly, I had an idea.
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People meet girls all the time on dating apps.
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I'll make a profile.
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Surely I can't be that bad.
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But as soon as I opened up my phone, my unicorn picture was everywhere, with trillions of comments like,
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"Bet this guy never even held a girl's hand." And the thing is, it was true.
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I stared at my screen, hoping to evaporate when a fire lit inside me.
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A very dumb, very reckless fire.
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I was going to fake one.
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I mean, how hard could it be?
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The next day, on the way to school, I decided to plan what I was going to say about her.
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She has brown hair.
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Then, bam, I slammed into something and braced myself for Logan.
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It turned out to be a tree.
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causing me to hold onto things and stumble, and making me look even more of an idiot.
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By the time I sat down in the first period, I was sweaty, dizzy, and 100 % not ready to launch Operation Fake Girlfriend.
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That is, until Logan arrived.
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AJ, big question.
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Are you bringing your unicorn Friday?
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Kinda.. already have a girlfriend.
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The room went silent and 22 heads turned to face me.
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Logan burst out laughing.
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That's the dumbest thing I've heard all week!
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And my idiot little brother tried to microwave a fork yesterday.
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You have a girlfriend?
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I desperately tried to think of something to say, my head pounding.
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What's her name then?
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I panicked.
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Debs.
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name too?
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Yes everyone, I don't help myself.
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You're such a dumbass.
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Where does she live?
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Narnia?
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What school does she go to?
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Hogwarts.
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What's her Instagram?
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She's shy.
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She doesn't like social media.
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I heard the class start to laugh.
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She's busy modeling in Europe.
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But her stuff isn't out yet.
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Well I want to meet her.
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My heart stopped.
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Bring her Friday to the big basketball game.
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I'll even give you guys the halftime spotlight.
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We'll put you two on the kiss cam.
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My weakly fist bumped the air.
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No problem, she'll be there.
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What was I thinking?
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I had four days to find a whole human being.
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That night, I tried to fix everything the way any rational teenager would, with Photoshop.
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I spent two hours badly editing myself next to random Instagram girls trying to create proof for Logan
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and get out of the Friday game.
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But then Mom walked in and squinted at my laptop.
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"Honey?
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Why does that girl have three hands?" Then I realized I didn't need a fake picture.
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I needed a fake girlfriend.
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Or at least, an actual girl willing to pretend.
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So I turned to the one place Mom swore would cure my shyness: my drama class.
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It was now or never.
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Hey, uh, so...
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Hypothetically, how much would someone have to pay you to pretend to be in love with them?
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She blinked.
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"Is this a pyramid scheme?" No, it's for revenge.
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On a bully.
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And a kiss cam.
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And unicorn pajamas.
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She backed away like I was contagious.
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Next, I tried another girl.
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This one stretching for a scene.
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Hi, I'm Jay.
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Nice lunges.
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Question.
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Would you ever go to a basketball game and pretend to be someone's girlfriend?
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Only if that someone was Chris Hemsworth.
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somewhere, someone snorted.
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I looked over.
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A girl I'd seen a lot but never actually talked to was leaning on the wall, arms crossed, watching the entire disaster unfold.
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She wore a backpack and her hair was all messy.
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And she was the only one in casual clothes rather than dressed up with the latest fashion trends.
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Her name was Zoe.
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I knew because the drama teacher yelled at her a lot.
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"Zoey, off your phone !" "Zoey, stop rewriting the script !" "Zoey,
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please stop making the death scene more dramatic !" She pushed off the wall and walked over.
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Saw that.
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I'd say no, but lying clearly isn't your thing.
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So why do you need a pretend girlfriend?
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I told her everything.
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The unicorn photo, the bet, the t -shirts, the kiss cam, the extremely real possibility of social death.
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Logan's a jerk.
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Wow, and you got that from only all of his behavior?
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I'll do it.
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I was shocked.
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You will?
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On one condition.
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You must be my friend.
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Like, hang out and talk and stuff.
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Deal?
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She held out her hand and I shook it.
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I'd actually found a fake girlfriend.
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Also, my mom would totally combust if she found out I had a boyfriend.
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So this is gonna be fun.
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Soon, I realized Zoe was a lot.
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Okay, first of all, what's my name?
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Let me guess.
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You panicked Amazing.
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"What's your favorite movie?
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Favorite food?
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Favorite mythical creature?
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Can you guess what mine is?" She learned about my unicorn bedset.
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I learned she secretly writes scripts and emails them to herself because she's too scared to show anyone.
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"Do you think I'm talking too much?
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Am I annoying? Be honest.
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Actually, no, don't be honest.
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I'll cry.
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Wait, did that sound needy?" I wondered if this was never going to work.
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All you have to do is go in, wave, and not say anything.
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The next day in class, Logan decided to ruin my life even more.
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He yanked out his phone and shoved it in my face.
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I realized he'd secretly snapped a picture of Zoe and me when we met at the park.
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Okay, I'll pretend you said something funny.
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We were sitting together, sharing chips like a real couple.
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loudly, and at first, I was embarrassed as people looked over.
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But then I found her laugh infectious and joined in.
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"Did you pay a girl to be your date?
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She's fake, isn't she?" "No, she's real.
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I love her." The class laughed and Logan smirked.
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"We'll see Friday.
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Only two days to go, loser !" Then something insane happened.
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Logan's little stunt totally backfired.
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Instead of laughing at me, people actually started congratulating me and asking me for relationship advice.
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In the craziest part, I answered everyone without thinking about being shy.
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- When you text her goodnight, do you add emojis, or is that desperate?
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- One emoji, Max.
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Anything over two, and you sound like someone's aunt.
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- If you can get a girl, I can get a girl.
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- Just be yourself.
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- So, um, is your girlfriend nice?
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If she ever, like, dumps you or moves to Europe forever, or whatever, you should, like, text me.
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People noticed me, they listened, they laughed with me, not at me.
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For a tiny, glorious moment, I forgot about Logan and actually enjoyed what it felt like to be confident, almost popular.
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I caught Logan watching from across the cafeteria, jaw tight, eye twitching, and honestly, it felt amazing.
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But then when I got home, it became all too real.
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Mom pushed my door open, holding her phone, her face tense.
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stories.
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And why am I finding out from Instagram instead of from you?
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My stomach twisted.
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I hadn't meant to hurt her.
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Do you know how weird it is to have my co
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-worker show me a video of my son with a girl and I have to pretend I knew?
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You tell your friends, but not me?
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I didn't mean to.
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Is she serious?
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Are you safe?
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Do I know her parents?
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I just want to know what's going on with you, Jay.
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But lately, it seems like you're always with this girl.
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I wanted to confess, tell her the truth.
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I just wasn't ready to talk about it yet.
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I couldn't look at her, but saw her shoulders droop as she walked out of the room.
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I hated how easy lying was, how much it was costing this time.
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Zoe had also become even more annoying.
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Do I look more like a Debs in braids or in a ponytail?
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What if I trip on the bleachers and the whole school sees my underwear?
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sure I still wanted to go through with it.
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Then, the day before the game, we had to run one last rehearsal.
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"Okay, you'll get there first, then I'll walk in." She talked, as usual, but I found myself distracted, planning my next disaster.
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"And so, if there's a kiss cam, we kiss, right?" "Sure." "You know, I've never had a real boyfriend either, right?
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I talk a big game, but when I moved here, everyone already had someone.
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Friends, group, Whatever.
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That's why my mom made me take the drama class.
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So yeah, even if it's fake...
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It's kinda the first time someone picked me for something.
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Anyway, maybe you should pick someone less weird -looking.
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Can you just stop for a second?
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Zoe stopped talking.
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The most important night of my life is the one where I don't get laughed off a stage.
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You have no right to be scared or nervous.
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For the first time, I saw her bright smile disappear, but I couldn't help myself.
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"You're a lot !" The second the words left my mouth, I wished I could eat them.
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"Wow.
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Okay." I tried to backpedal.
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What was I thinking?
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Look, sorry, I didn't mean.. but she stood up.
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"No, it's fine." You...
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Wanted the perfect girlfriend! And I'm...
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"Not bad.
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I get it." She started to walk off, but then stopped and turned back.
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For a minute, I thought I was saved.
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"Just to remind you...
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"You're the one faking it.
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You're lying to your whole school, to your mom.
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You care more about what Logan thinks than about the people who actually show up for you.
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So, if anyone here is a lot, it's you." That punched harder than any of Logan's jokes.
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"Good luck tomorrow." She turned and walked away.
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"No, wait, I'm sorry, I..." And this time, she didn't stop.
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I knew I had to face the music.
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but strangely, I wasn't thinking about Logan.
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I was thinking about Zoey.
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I kept replaying everything in my head.
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Her babbling about braids vs. ponytails, her panicking about tripping on the bleachers,
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The way her voice had gone small when she said it was the first time someone had picked her for something.
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I'd been so busy freaking out about me that I'd never really looked at her properly.
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"Favorite mythical creature?" Can you guess what mine is?
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She tried to show me her backpack, tell me things about her life, but I didn't notice.
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We both hated big crowds.
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We both only had one parent around.
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We both got signed up for drama to make friends, and I had been far from one.
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I grabbed my phone and opened our chat, and bombarded her with messages.
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You're not a lot.
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You literally saved me.
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Please, can we talk?
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An hour passed, and still nothing.
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So I tried again. that before.
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I don't care if you talk a lot.
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I'm really, really sorry, Zoe." But the messages sat there.
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Blue ticked.
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No reply.
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For the first time, it hit me.
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This wasn't just some silly fake relationship mission anymore.
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I'd actually hurt someone.
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She'd been right.
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I'd been so obsessed with what Logan thought of me.
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I hadn't even thought about what I was becoming.
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A liar.
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A coward.
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The day of the game, I felt like I wasn't in my own body.
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One minute I was walking to school, might be fine.
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Have a minute, PMA." But the next… I was on the school stage, holding a mic, with everyone staring at me, chanting one word like a cult.
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"Girlfriend!
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Girlfriend!
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Girlfriend !" Logan was in the front row, relishing every second.
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"Come on, Jay!
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Where is she?
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Or did she mysteriously move to Canada?" I stared at the crowd and had no idea what to say.
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But then I remembered If you forget your line, tell the truth.
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The audience can smell fear, but they love honesty.
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I took a breath.
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She's not in Canada.
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She's not sick.
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She's not stuck in traffic.
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She's...
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"Not coming," the crowd began to whisper, and Logan grinned.
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"Because she doesn't exist !" "Yes, that's right.
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I lied." The gym went dead silent.
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I made her up.
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I was tired of being the guy with the unicorn pajamas and no dates.
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So I panicked and said I had a girlfriend.
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Then I brought someone into the lie who didn't deserve it.
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My voice shook, but I kept going.
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Logan humiliated me.
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So I wanted revenge.
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I thought if I could prove I wasn't a loser, he'd leave me alone.
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But the truth is, he'd find something else, because that's who he is.
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And by the way, Logan, see Logan sinking into his seat.
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In fact, in the girls' bathroom it says, "Logan smells." And I know that because you threw me in there.
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Logan stood, shaking his head, denying it, embarrassed.
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The fact is, I don't deserve a girlfriend because I had one, right under my nose, who loves unicorns too.
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And I didn't even see her.
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She thinks she was weird looking, but I thought she was beautiful.
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She was funny, kind, perfect, and I missed it.
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So fine, I'm I'm a loser and I don't care.
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Logan was right.
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I was about to be so dead.
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I'd have to have two funerals.
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You are dumb.
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I desperately wanted someone to throw a bucket of water over me and melt like Elphaba, but I knew it was nothing I didn't deserve. But...
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I think you're perfect.
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The crowd started to make all these cooing noises.
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As she walked on stage towards me, I felt my heart beating fast.
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And we held hands.
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I heard the crowd cheer.
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Then to my total surprise, Logan started bawling his eyes out.
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We'd hit some nerve that opened a floodgate.
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And something told me I didn't have to worry about him bullying me anymore.
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I just want to find somebody too.
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Logan had been secretly feeling down and tried to save face by bullying others.
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But the best thing was, mom loved Zoe, and Zoe's family loved me,
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including all of her 16 cats and 7 dogs.
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But what the whole experience taught me is
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that the most relatable love story you can have in high school is learning to not hate yourself.
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Never, ever, ever give a bully free content.
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