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00:00Hi, I'm Olivia. I grew up in a small town where everyone knows everyone, but I felt like the odd one out.
00:06Things weren't any different at school. In elementary school, I didn't feel confident enough to talk, but Nick was the only one who ever spoke to me.
00:13But he was always up to no good and known for his infamous tricks. I thought he would stop in middle school, but it only got worse.
00:19Hey, Olivia! I got you a cupcake!
00:21That's really nice.
00:22Yeah, I stole it from that loser over there.
00:25Oh, no.
00:27You didn't want a cupcake? Hang on, I'll go steal his whole lunch. Come here, nerd!
00:31I knew I should have stood up for that kid, but like always, I ran away instead.
00:35High school wasn't any better. You know how students get awards for cutest couple, best dress, and stuff at the end of the year?
00:41At the end of my junior year, I finally got one.
00:44The award for the shyest student goes to Olivia!
00:48I was the girl who was too shy to accept the award for being too shy. I felt devastated.
00:53That day, I decided it was finally time to grow a spine and learn to be confident.
00:57Hey! Hey, you! No, I! You there, mate!
01:01Australian? Come on, Olivia.
01:03I practiced for days, but nothing could have prepared me for what was about to happen.
01:08We're off to Las Vegas for the week, honey.
01:10You're going on a trip without me?
01:12It's a short trip, Olivia. Just call if you need anything. Oh, but not after 5 p.m. or before lunch. Ciao!
01:18Well, I guess a giant mansion isn't too bad to be alone all week.
01:21I spent the first few hours writing a super boring essay for school, but the silence was creeping me out.
01:26So, I decided to watch The Notebook in our home theater.
01:29I was mid-sobbing over the love story when I heard the back door swing open. I froze like a statue.
01:34Do I do stop, drop, and roll? No wait, that's for a fire.
01:37I'll just call 911.
01:39Shoot! My phone's upstairs. Time for plan B.
01:42Cold!
01:45Okay, plan C.
01:47Cramp!
01:49Suddenly, there was a crash upstairs. It sounded like my laptop.
01:52I would rather fight to the death than write that essay all over again.
01:55I tiptoed upstairs and saw someone in the kitchen, but it was too dark to see their face.
01:59With a burst of confidence, I jumped on their back like a spider monkey, but my victory didn't last long.
02:03Hey!
02:04They threw me to the floor and everything went black.
02:06I woke up with a flashlight in my face and all my memories flooded back.
02:10Intruder!
02:11I panicked and kicked so hard, sending them crashing to the floor.
02:14Not intruder. Ouch.
02:16I know that voice.
02:17I snatched the flashlight and shined it at him.
02:19Bailey?
02:20Oh no, that's not happening.
02:21Bailey was my insanely hot neighbor, and I just beat him up.
02:25We went to different schools, but I could see straight into his room from my window.
02:29Listen, I'm no stalker, but it seems the universe wanted me to know him.
02:32I mean, how else could I have seen him shirtless or dancing in his room when he thought no one was watching?
02:37Right?
02:38Bailey, are you okay?
02:39He's so strong. He was already standing up.
02:41I'm okay, but what about you?
02:43The pain came rushing back, and I almost fainted.
02:46Here, lie down.
02:47Thanks, but what are you doing here?
02:49I heard a crash, so I came to check on you.
02:51Did you catch the intruder?
02:52Bailey held my hand, and I felt my stomach full of butterflies.
02:55He got away, but don't worry. The police are on their way.
02:58I told the officers everything that happened, and Bailey's family said I could stay at their house until my parents got back.
03:03Bailey was so sweet that he even brought me tea before bed.
03:06Do you want to ride into town with me tomorrow?
03:08Oh, I don't want to mess up your plans or anything.
03:11Don't worry. Most of my friends are at camp. Meet me in the garage at ten.
03:14We went off to bed, but I spent the whole night imagining our wedding.
03:17The next day, I went to meet him and saw the car was unlocked, so I got in the passenger seat and waited.
03:22Oh, we're not driving. We're biking.
03:24Yeah, I was just warming up in a car before cycling. It helps the wheels spin faster. It's psychological bike Olivia dynamics.
03:32Oh, I never heard this.
03:33Yeah, it's a new evolution.
03:35Wow, you're serious about biking.
03:37I was way too embarrassed to admit that I didn't even know how to ride a bike, but if little kids can do it, how hard could it be?
03:43Do you always wear your helmet backward?
03:46Yeah, it's the latest style in Paris.
03:51Oh, okay. Well, follow me.
03:53Easy. You can do this. I stayed balanced for about two seconds before I toppled over into a pile of garden gnomes.
03:59You made up all that stuff about the car and the helmet, didn't you?
04:03Maybe. I was humiliated, but Bailey was so nice.
04:07He spent the rest of the day teaching me to ride.
04:09My parents came back that night, and I assumed I'd never see him again.
04:12But to my surprise, he knocked on my door the next day and the next day and the day after.
04:17We were inseparable the whole summer, and it made me sad to think about how everything was going to change when school started.
04:22On the first day of school, I was walking to my locker with my head down when I saw one of the popular girls drop her fancy earring.
04:28How was I supposed to get her attention over all this noise?
04:30As I picked it up, I realized something.
04:32I'm the girl who tackled an intruder, and I'm the girl who spent all summer with her super hot crush.
04:37Hey, you dropped this. My favorite earring. Oh, you're a lifesaver.
04:41After that, she waved to me every time she saw me.
04:44I decided to challenge myself to say hi to new people.
04:46To my surprise, people were nice back, even cute boys.
04:49But one day, I was walking to the bathroom when I noticed the school bad boy, Nick, and one of his friends graffitying a wall.
04:55Nick spun around to tell me off, but then he froze.
04:58Graffiti is so uncool, but I was mesmerized by his piercing blue eyes.
05:02He was so focused on me, he didn't realize he was spray painting his friend's face.
05:06I rushed down the hallway toward the bathroom, but I could feel his eyes on me the whole time.
05:09The old me would have ignored it, but the new, confident me decided to confront him in the study hall.
05:14You know you'll never get into college if you graffiti the school, right?
05:17I'm going to be an artist.
05:18You mean a criminal? I'll post your first mugshot on Instagram.
05:21I held up my phone to snap a picture, but the teacher spotted me.
05:24No phones in the study hall, Olivia.
05:26It wasn't her fault. I asked her to take a picture of me.
05:29Great, then you can join your girlfriend in detention too.
05:32Detention? Girlfriend? I don't know which part was worse.
05:35In detention, I tried to sneak past Nick so he wouldn't sit next to me.
05:39But someone bumped into me and I spilled hot tea all over him.
05:42He jumped up and ripped his shirt off.
05:44Ow! Hot!
05:45I am so sorry.
05:46It's okay. I deserve it for getting you in trouble.
05:49I was about to respond when I noticed his insane abs.
05:52And right above them was a really cool tattoo of a dragon on his chest.
05:56I hated myself for thinking he looked so hot.
05:58I tried to look away, but Nick was smirking at me.
06:01I moved as far from him as I could, but I couldn't stop thinking about him.
06:05That night, Bailey and I met up for the first time in weeks because of our busy routine.
06:08I wish we went to the same school.
06:10That would be nice, but it might be kind of awkward since I'm, you know, homecoming king and stuff and you're like the quiet girl.
06:17Did he just admit I wasn't cool enough for him?
06:20What do you think? Tell me your thoughts in the comments below.
06:22And hey, you've hit that like and subscribe already, right?
06:24Well, I felt pretty annoyed.
06:26So I pretended to get a call from my mom and went home early.
06:29That weekend, I was walking through the park when I noticed Nick was creeping up behind some lady sitting on a bench.
06:34Was he about to rob her?
06:35I didn't want to find out.
06:36I couldn't stand it, so I tackled him from behind before he got too close.
06:39Get off me, psycho!
06:41Wait, Olivia?
06:42You're the psycho!
06:43You were going to attack that woman!
06:45Attack her? That's what you think of me?
06:47Nick's face was inches from mine, and his blue eyes looked really hurt.
06:50I felt so guilty and embarrassed that I was wrong, so I just ran off without saying a word.
06:55After school that Monday, Nick was waiting by my locker.
06:57Come to the park with me.
06:59Why would I do that?
07:00Just trust me.
07:01At the park, I saw the same lady from the other day, and as soon as she saw me, she turned red and started hitting me with her purse.
07:07Mom, stop!
07:08Mom? She attacked you!
07:10It was a misunderstanding. This is Olivia.
07:13Oh, why didn't you say so? She's even prettier in person.
07:16What's going on?
07:17My son paints with me every week.
07:19I paint birds, but he always paints you.
07:22She reached into her bag and pulled out a beautiful painting of me.
07:25These are creepy, but amazing.
07:27I'm bad at school, but I'm good at art.
07:30Teachers think I'm stupid and I'm sick of it.
07:32That's why I always ditch.
07:33You're a genius, but why me?
07:35Because no one appreciates you either.
07:37Wow, all these years.
07:39I thought no one could see me, but Nick did.
07:41After that, I started spending a ton of time with Nick.
07:44He was surprisingly sweet behind his tough-guy act.
07:46Once we were strolling, and he spotted the injured baby bird and saved it.
07:50But he made me promise not to tell anybody.
07:52You're a big softie.
07:54Shut up.
07:55We quickly grew close and eventually started to have lunch together near the school's eateries.
07:58Oh, hold up. Don't call it a date.
08:00Can I ask you a question? Why do you have that dragon tattoo?
08:03It matches the dragon on my mom's necklace.
08:05I'm surprised you haven't noticed. She never takes it off.
08:08That's the sweetest thing I've ever heard.
08:10Yeah, yeah. My turn now.
08:11What's going on with that guy you text sometimes? Brian?
08:14Bailey. We were really close last summer, but he's not who I thought he was.
08:18Okay, that's good. That means I can finally do this.
08:20Next thing I knew, Nick was leaning across the table to kiss me, and I couldn't resist and kissed him back.
08:25Alright, call it whatever you want. Jeez, I'm just a bit shy, okay?
08:29The whole way home, I couldn't stop blushing.
08:31But just a few days later, things went south.
08:34Nick wasn't at school that day, and he wasn't answering my texts.
08:36So I assumed he was sick and went straight home after school.
08:39When I walked in, my parents were sitting in the living room with the police officers from the night of the intruder.
08:43And in the middle of all of them was Bailey.
08:45Bailey has some really important information about the intruder.
08:48I totally forgot something I saw that night.
08:50It was dark, but the intruder had a dragon on his chest.
08:53No, it couldn't be.
08:55There's a local troublemaker named Nick Costello who has a tattoo of a dragon on his chest.
09:00We arrested him before school today.
09:02Nick would never do something like that.
09:03Mom, I told you about Nick. He-
09:05He had you fooled, Olivia.
09:07He was probably just waiting to break in again.
09:09Bailey walked up to me with his arms open, and I crashed into him in a puddle of tears.
09:13The days went by in a blur.
09:15My parents tried making me feel better, but I felt so lonely.
09:18Even when I was going through something this upsetting, Bailey only came over once to cheer me up.
09:22I know you miss him, but he's a loser.
09:24Now you can hang out with me instead.
09:26You know, when I don't have better plans.
09:28Actually, Bailey, Nick is ten times better than you are.
09:31He actually likes spending time with me for who I am.
09:34And he's not a criminal or a loser.
09:37Are you sure you saw a dragon tattoo?
09:39It was definitely a dragon.
09:40I could see it because it was so shiny.
09:42Like one of those tattoos with glitter in it or something.
09:45Shiny? That doesn't sound like a tattoo.
09:48That sounds like jewelry.
09:49I have to go now!
09:50I biked to the police station faster than a race car.
09:52All the practice on my self-confidence led up to this moment.
09:55You're going to let me talk to Nick right now!
09:57Visitors get ten minutes. I'll bring him out.
10:00How did Nick still look hot in one of those orange jumpsuits?
10:03Your mom was the real intruder, wasn't she?
10:05Bailey didn't see your tattoo. He saw her dragon necklace.
10:08Please, don't tell anyone.
10:09But we have to get you out of here.
10:11No! My mom is sick, okay?
10:13At night, it's like she becomes a different person.
10:15She has no idea who she is or where she is, and she gets into all sorts of trouble.
10:19I go to the park with her so that she doesn't get lost on her way home and go into the wrong house.
10:24Why didn't you tell the police?
10:26Because it's still all my fault.
10:28The night she got into your house, I was supposed to walk her home.
10:31But I went to the arcade with my friends and lost track of time.
10:34If the police find out, they'll send her to a mental facility.
10:37Hang on. Did you say the arcade?
10:39Nick, this is amazing!
10:40There are cameras everywhere so kids don't cheat when they play.
10:43We don't have to tell the police anything about your mom.
10:45All we have to do is prove you couldn't have been the intruder.
10:48I sprinted to the arcade and basically threw a tantrum until the manager gave me the security tapes from that night.
10:53They totally proved that Nick was there the entire time.
10:56I took the tape back to the cops, and they had no choice but to let him go.
10:59We bought Nick's mom a new necklace to replace the dragon so that no one would ever figure out who the intruder was.
11:04And whenever Nick was busy, I spent time with his mom to make sure she didn't scare any other poor families by accident.
11:10Once everything was settled, Nick told me to meet him at some abandoned building in town.
11:14Uh, Nick, I thought you said this was romantic, but it's totally creepy.
11:19Just trust me. Remember when you caught me doing graffiti in the school?
11:22Well, I never got to show you what I was painting.
11:24He took me around the corner, and my jaw hit the floor.
11:28It was a beautiful painting of me.
11:30I love you, Olivia. I always have.
11:32It's beautiful. I love you, too.
11:35But, uh, I definitely didn't always love you.
11:39Awkward.
11:40Nick burst out laughing and pulled me in for a kiss.
11:42At that moment, I learned that you can find love in the craziest circumstances ever.