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00:00Hi, I'm Kiara, and I'm a hopeless romantic.
00:03But before I continue, please like and subscribe.
00:05I completely blame Mom for my problem.
00:07She's been a soap opera actor since her teens,
00:10and I think playing the heroine and all those love stories
00:12made her believe they were half real,
00:14even though she was often disappointed in reality.
00:17But a hopeless romantic doesn't give up easily.
00:19Despite some bad experiences,
00:21you continue to believe that one day,
00:22true love really will conquer all.
00:24So I grew up watching classic romantic movies
00:27and Disney fairy tales,
00:28and I believed in soulmates and love at first sight
00:31and happily ever afters.
00:32That's what the movies told us.
00:34It had to happen as long as we believed.
00:36Well, Mom was still looking,
00:37and I was on this journey with her.
00:39And when things went bad,
00:40I was waiting with ice cream in her favorite rom-com
00:43when Harry met Sally.
00:44When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life
00:46with somebody,
00:47you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
00:50Oh, my heart.
00:51This gets me every time.
00:53God, where are these men hiding?
00:55As Mom threw her bowl away angrily,
00:57my BFF Lauren walked in.
00:59Uh, did I come at a bad time?
01:01Oh, no.
01:01We're just watching rom-coms and crying.
01:03The usual.
01:04Come on, join us.
01:05I was mostly a normal teenager,
01:06even a successful one.
01:08I'd inherited Mom's good looks,
01:09had plenty of friends,
01:10and I got good grades.
01:11My only problem was that
01:12I was always looking for love,
01:14and I fell for guys way too easily.
01:17Like, there was Anthony in freshman year,
01:18who was the one,
01:20until he stopped calling
01:20and pretended he didn't know me at school.
01:22Or Leo, who forgot to tell me
01:25that he was moving to California
01:26till he had already moved.
01:28And most recently,
01:29Mark, who suddenly told me
01:30he was becoming a priest
01:31and couldn't date girls anymore.
01:33I don't get it.
01:34These guys seem to like me,
01:36and it's going great,
01:37and then I don't know what happens.
01:39They go out with you
01:39because you're pretty and cool,
01:41and then you lose your mind
01:42and drive them away.
01:44What am I doing wrong?
01:45Oh, I don't know.
01:46How about when you told Anthony
01:47on the second date
01:49that you were in love with him?
01:50Or Leo?
01:51Man, you looked deep into his eyes
01:52and said you could see his soul.
01:54Or Mark, you sang a song for him
01:56at his sister's wedding.
01:57You weren't even invited.
01:59I just wear my heart on my sleeve.
02:01You come on too strong,
02:02and you always pick the wrong guys.
02:04They look like your dumb idea of French charming,
02:06and they're exciting,
02:07but they're not right for you.
02:09Okay, okay.
02:11But look at this guy I bumped into
02:12at the coffee shop today.
02:13He asked me out.
02:14Lauren immediately set a calendar alert
02:16for six weeks.
02:17What's that for?
02:18When you guys break up,
02:19this time it's different.
02:21I'd love to be wrong about this.
02:23But she was never wrong.
02:25Six weeks, light clockwork, the end.
02:27And I would scream into my pillow
02:28and swear off stupid boys forever.
02:31Till the next one, of course.
02:32Lauren always supported me,
02:33but after watching my summer romance
02:35crash and burn before senior year,
02:37she'd had enough.
02:38I can't watch you go through this again.
02:40Listen, why don't you let me
02:42choose someone for you?
02:43I know you inside out,
02:44and I'll pick someone right.
02:45I'll try anything at this point.
02:47Okay, but there are three rules.
02:49First, you have to go out with my pick.
02:52Deal.
02:52And you have to get to know him
02:54before you decide you're in love.
02:55Don't rush into it.
02:57Agreed?
02:58And you can't reject him
02:59until you've had at least three dates.
03:01Done.
03:02We wrote it into a contract
03:03and signed it.
03:04Lauren was taking her research
03:05very seriously,
03:06and I couldn't wait.
03:08But that Friday,
03:09I came home from school
03:10to find moving trucks next door.
03:11I casually looked out my window,
03:13and that's when I saw him.
03:15He was carrying boxes,
03:16and it was a hot day,
03:17so he took his shirt off,
03:18and I nearly fell out.
03:20The boy was a freaking work of art,
03:22and his smile brighter than the sun.
03:24I wished I was the box
03:25he was carrying inside his house.
03:27Maybe on our wedding day.
03:28Snap out of it, idiot.
03:29I really tried,
03:30but I just couldn't stop thinking about him.
03:32So two days later,
03:33I went over to introduce myself.
03:34I rang the doorbell,
03:35but suddenly,
03:36I lost my nerve.
03:37I turned around to run,
03:38and I tripped,
03:38and I landed face flat in mud.
03:40Someone helped me up,
03:41and I turned to the son of Zeus himself.
03:44Hey, you okay?
03:45That must have been a bad fall.
03:47Oh, this?
03:48No, no, you've got it all wrong.
03:50See, we don't have mud at our place right now,
03:52so I just came over to do a mud facial.
03:54It's really good for your skin.
03:56You should try it.
03:56Not that you need it.
03:58No, sirree.
03:59I've seen you around,
04:00and you don't need it either.
04:02You're really pretty and all.
04:03I'm Brett, by the way.
04:04He held out his hand,
04:05and when we touched,
04:06fireworks.
04:07I don't remember much from that moment,
04:09except that he said
04:09he was going to start at my school on Monday.
04:11I practically floated back home.
04:13I couldn't wait to tell Lauren,
04:15except the next day at school,
04:16she told me she'd finally picked someone for me.
04:19Lauren was explaining her decisions by the locker,
04:21but my eyes were busy
04:22scanning the hallways for Brett.
04:24Are you hearing any of this?
04:25Of course.
04:26Yeah, sure.
04:28But just then,
04:29Brett walked up to me,
04:30smiling.
04:30Hey, I was hoping to run into you.
04:32Think you can show me around later?
04:34I would love to.
04:35As he walked away,
04:36Lauren turned towards me angrily.
04:38No.
04:39What do you mean, no?
04:40You have to go with the guy I picked.
04:42You signed a contract, remember?
04:44I know.
04:44It's just that...
04:45La, la, la, la, la, la.
04:46I can't hear you.
04:47Okay, fine.
04:49Lauren had picked out this guy, Stephen,
04:51and she forced me to talk to him.
04:53We'd been going to school together for years.
04:55He was perfectly nice,
04:56and even cute in a skinny, geek kind of way.
04:58But I didn't feel that spark.
05:00Still,
05:00I agreed to go out with Stephen on Friday night
05:03because of that stupid contract.
05:05But I couldn't get Brett off my mind.
05:07Every day that week,
05:08we met after school in his kitchen,
05:09did our homework together,
05:10and just got to know each other.
05:11I found myself falling for him.
05:13Hard.
05:14On Thursday,
05:15I learned he was falling too.
05:16So,
05:17wanna go out with me tomorrow night?
05:19I can't.
05:20It's just this stupid thing
05:21I agreed to do for my friend.
05:22She picked someone for me,
05:24and I committed to this date this Friday.
05:26What about Saturday, then?
05:27Saturday sounds perfect.
05:28The next night was my date with Stephen.
05:31And it was interesting.
05:32I always thought he was shy,
05:34but once he got talking,
05:35it was hard to stop him.
05:36He was smart,
05:37and made super lame jokes
05:39that he cracked up over himself,
05:40which made me laugh.
05:41But I decided to come clean.
05:43Look,
05:44this was great,
05:45but I kinda have my heart set
05:46on someone else right now.
05:47I'm sorry.
05:48Oh,
05:49don't be.
05:49That's a relief, actually.
05:51I'm coming out of a relationship,
05:52and I'm not ready for anything serious.
05:54So,
05:54who's the guy?
05:55It's my new neighbor.
05:56It was like love at first sight,
05:58like he's my soulmate.
05:59You know?
06:00No,
06:01I don't, actually.
06:02I think that whole idea's stupid.
06:04What?
06:04Why?
06:05Cuz it's stupid.
06:06Like, what?
06:06We're supposed to believe
06:07that Cinderella and her prince
06:09found true love
06:10after dancing for two and a half minutes?
06:12There are so many other examples.
06:14Romeo and Juliet,
06:15those morons didn't live long enough
06:17to discover
06:17there were probably better people
06:19out there for them.
06:20How can you not believe in love?
06:22You have to know someone
06:23with all their flaws
06:24and then decide
06:25if you still like them enough
06:26to want to be with them.
06:27I believe in love,
06:28just not your dumb fairy tale version of it.
06:30How old are you, 10?
06:31Gosh,
06:32you're so rude.
06:33I flung a glass of water in his face
06:35before I stormed out.
06:37Who was this jerk to judge me?
06:38I had to break the contract.
06:40No way was I going on two more dates with this guy.
06:42Lauren wanted to know all about my date,
06:44but I decided to tell her the details later.
06:46I had my date with Brett the next night
06:48and that was amazing.
06:50We grabbed a quick bite from this burger joint
06:52and then went to a party with other seniors.
06:54I couldn't believe how quickly
06:55he had made friends with everyone.
06:56People just gravitated towards him
06:58and I loved that.
06:59We danced all night
07:00and standing next to him,
07:02I felt important.
07:03We kissed for the first time on my porch.
07:05I walked inside feeling excited and dizzy
07:08and then I found Lauren sitting on my bed.
07:10Yeah, she knew.
07:12I'm so sorry.
07:13I was going to tell you,
07:14it's just this time,
07:15it's really real.
07:16Lauren pulled out her phone
07:17and started flicking through it.
07:19He's incredible.
07:20He's confident and fun
07:22and we went to this party.
07:23Lauren, can you please look at me?
07:24What are you doing?
07:26Six weeks, just setting my alert.
07:28Come on, don't be that way.
07:30Why did you go out with Steven in the first place?
07:32Why did you ask me to do any of this?
07:34You put so much more faith in random guys
07:36than you do in people who actually love you.
07:39Steven turned out to be a jerk, okay?
07:41He and I have nothing in common,
07:43but with Brett,
07:43it's something I've never felt before.
07:45I have to give this a chance.
07:47Okay, six weeks.
07:49And you know what?
07:49Just turn that alert off.
07:51You jinxed my relationships.
07:53Oh, it's my fault now?
07:54I'm not turning it off.
07:56Yes, you are.
07:56Give me that.
07:57We both ended up wrestling like crazy over the phone,
08:00but as I pulled at it,
08:01it suddenly went flying and smashed into the wall.
08:04I tried to apologize,
08:05but Lauren just stormed off.
08:06I'd never really had a falling out with her,
08:08and it didn't feel good.
08:09But if she couldn't support me being with Brett,
08:12then I wasn't talking to her.
08:13Brett and I were inseparable,
08:15and every weekend,
08:16we went to some new exciting place or party.
08:19I'd never felt so happy.
08:20Maybe I was finally done,
08:22with all the dates and all the boys.
08:23But after a perfect month,
08:24things slowly started changing.
08:26Brett seemed a bit distant.
08:28He didn't want to go out on dates or party so often now.
08:30When I asked him about it,
08:32he said he missed hanging out with his friends
08:33and wanted to spend more time with them.
08:35But I had this nagging feeling,
08:37and I'm not proud of this,
08:38but I followed him from his house
08:39to the other end of town,
08:40watched him walk into a house party,
08:42then watched him kiss another girl.
08:44I stormed up to him and grabbed him by his shirt.
08:47What do you think you're doing?
08:49Kiara, you followed me?
08:51You're cheating on me.
08:52Look, can we please not do this here?
08:54OMG, is this your crazy ex
08:56you were just telling me about?
08:58The one who has a whole journal
08:59for your future wedding?
09:01Girl, I saw the pictures,
09:02and you're pathetic.
09:04My what?
09:04You went through my things and took pictures?
09:07I just found it under your pillow one day.
09:09What were you thinking?
09:10Planning our wedding?
09:11You even had pictures
09:11of what our kids would look like.
09:13Who does that?
09:14What I do in private is none of your business,
09:16and I never said anything to you.
09:19But it was about me,
09:20and it's just creepy, okay?
09:21And I guess it made me realize
09:23that you're way more into me
09:24than I am into you.
09:26And you weren't even man enough
09:28to break up with me?
09:29You just started seeing someone else?
09:31You know who does that?
09:32A stupid jerk.
09:33I pushed him so hard
09:34that he fell on his new girlfriend,
09:36and I ran out of the party
09:37in angry tears.
09:38As I waited for an Uber outside,
09:40someone gently took my hand.
09:42It was Steven.
09:43Oh, perfect.
09:44You were here to see everything.
09:45Go ahead.
09:46Gloat.
09:46Laugh at me.
09:47I don't want to do that, Kiara.
09:48He's a jerk.
09:49This is not your fault.
09:51No, but it is,
09:52because I'm so in love
09:53with the idea of being in love
09:55that I ignore the signs.
09:57I've seen him flirting with other girls,
09:59and I know he's full of himself,
10:00but I just felt so lucky
10:02that he chose me.
10:03That is pathetic, isn't it?
10:05What can I do to make you feel better?
10:06Can I take you home?
10:08Could you take me to Lauren's?
10:09I found Lauren in her room,
10:11and I just burst into tears.
10:13She immediately put her arms around me
10:14like she'd done every time in the past.
10:17You have to see how valuable you really are.
10:20You give too much of yourself
10:21to people who don't deserve it.
10:23What I don't deserve is a friend like you,
10:25but you're stuck with me anyway.
10:27Lauren stuck with me in the weeks that followed,
10:29and she wouldn't let Brett come near me in school
10:32when he tried to apologize,
10:33but Brett was persistent.
10:35Finally, I agreed to meet him on my porch,
10:37and for the first time,
10:38he didn't seem so confident.
10:40I made a terrible mistake, Kiara.
10:42I just got freaked out over nothing,
10:43and not being with you made me realize
10:45how I really feel about you.
10:47Please, give me another chance.
10:49It would have been so easy
10:50to just fall into his arms.
10:52No, I'm too valuable
10:54to give you any more of my time.
10:55It's over.
10:56We're over.
10:57A couple of weeks later,
10:58I was sitting on the bleachers
10:59when Steven joined me.
11:01I need to apologize for our date.
11:02I had no right to judge you.
11:04Yeah, you didn't,
11:05but you weren't wrong,
11:07and for the record,
11:08I was enjoying our date
11:09till I got mad at you.
11:10I was enjoying our date too
11:11till you told me you liked someone else.
11:13I lied about my breakup,
11:15just so I sounded like
11:16I wasn't interested either.
11:17But actually,
11:18I've kinda had a crush on you for years.
11:20I was really excited
11:21when Lauren set us up.
11:23Oh, I had no idea.
11:24Yeah, Lauren thought
11:26we'd be perfect together.
11:27I was actually supposed to go
11:28on three dates with you.
11:29Three dates, huh?
11:30So you owe me two more?
11:32I guess I do.
11:34Lauren was just coming up
11:35as he walked away.
11:36What was that about?
11:37I'm completing the contract.
11:39She smiled and pulled out her phone.
11:41Six weeks?
11:42Not this time.
11:43Not anymore.