I'm Delfina from New York my story starts with the day my parents decided to send me away but before I continue please hit like And subscribe my parents loved me a lot but I missed them because they were always super busy at work and I don't have any friends not even the imaginary ones at least I had my grandma my Nona and I would always ask Dad to visit her in Sicily but he couldn't afford the tickets for us to go every year so for my seventh birthday he surprised me by finally deciding to send
me to Nona's place with Mom I was ecstatic and it was an amazing place as was my Nona I had a lot of fun running around her farm and petting the animals however the best thing about Nona's Farm was the nearby Beach because that's where I met giulia wow that sand castle looks great can I join you only if you promise to come first swim with me afterward but I don't know how to swim I'll teach you easy for her to say Julia swam like a fish and I had never even set foot in a
bathtub even as a baby my parents washed me in the backyard with a bucket and a hose Plus not good at trying new things come on the fish won't bite there's fish I imagined a gigantic shark coming up from the depths of the sea eating my butt in one single sunlight but before I could chicken out Julia pushed me in I flailed terrified but the water barely reached my waist see I knew you could do it now take my hands and start kicking your feet ouch don't kick me kick the water oops I accidentally nailed
her in the shin Julia backed up a few feet before I tried again yeah like that that's how I got over my fear of trying new things I was less sunny and Fearless just like I wanted myself to be that summer we got into all kinds of trouble we stole the fresh eggs from the chicken coop in the morning raced after the post woman and made her lose all her letters Julia was also really good at basketball so we played until the sun went down and Nona called us home we also invented a million new
ice cream flavors and because we needed so much milk we had to milk Nona's cow don't you think she's looking at me funny she's a cow and you're pulling on her Udders of course she looks at you funny with Julia I felt like I could do anything so he milked the cow made ice cream and then ate so much of it that we gave ourselves stomach cramps might this be a lesson for the future excess of anything is bad honey but like all good things it also ended in a blink of an eye I was
super sad to return home I had made my first real friend and now I had to leave her behind I promised Julia that I would write to her every day and I gave her a necklace made out of seashells that we had collected together wow this is beautiful thank you I'll treasure it for sure when I got on the plane I realized how much I had changed and it was all thanks to Julia since I wasn't allowed a phone yet and I had forgotten to get her email address I would write Julia actual letters each
summer I promised I'd visit but in the end I never did with time the letters became shorter and shorter and when I was 14 my life turned upside down when my parents divorced and I had to move to a new house with my mom giulia kept writing to me but I was shattered so I didn't feel like replying and eventually her letter stopped fortunately my mom had made a lot of money with her novels and sent me to a new super fancy School however I soon discovered that everyone here was obsessed with their looks there
was this one girl in particular Olivia who took an instant dislike to me look at what she's wearing are your parents in the military because it looks like you shop at Salvation Army it was actually from a flea market but her remarks were still mean I wanted to return turn to my old school but my mom had no patience with my complaints I'll get you new clothes what's the problem there's nothing wrong with the clothes I already have other girls would be happy to have an excuse to go shopping in the end I found new
clothes and when I walked into school the next day I could feel everyone looking at me with admiration maybe this new school wasn't so bad but of course Olivia still found something wrong with me is that a pimple Delfina oh here take a mint your breath stinks no matter how hard I tried every day she found something else to make fun of look at her hair is it dandruff or lice ew and that was the last straw I couldn't take her nastiness anymore let's see how your hair looks now so I threw my glass of
water right in her face but Olivia dodged and the water drenched my teacher she went ballistic and didn't listen to me instead she sent me to detention for a week with that wicked witch after that school was hard because Olivia wouldn't stop bugging me one time she literally bugged me she spelled an ant farm on me it was a whole thing somehow I survived two years and then my life took another turn when Tristan joined my class in high school the second I laid eyes on him I felt my heart start to race and my
stomach flip with anticipation or was that from the lunch in the school cafeteria either way I didn't care I had never seen anyone so handsome in my entire life and under Olivia's stunned gaze he walked straight up to me and extended his hand hello I'm Tristan can I sit here I kept staring at him it was as if we had known each other for an eternity just like in those romantic movies Tristan didn't wait for a reply and just sat beside me and he kept smiling at me in class at recess at lunch well in
a matter of days he became close to me and became the most popular guy in school he always had the best Brands and wore the latest fashion and he was too good at sports so he joined the basketball team as well I was wondering OMG he joined it because of me well the more Tristan paid attention to me the more Olivia got jealous and her pranks grew cruel she would drop ketchup in my bag and cut my gym shoelaces she even threw chewing gum in my hair OMG I'm sorry I was spitting it out and
I don't know how it ended up in your hair OMG you're such a liar do you always spit Your Gum five feet across the room when you're spitting it out this is insane I was about to cry but when I saw how worried Tristan was I forgot everything and he gently pulled it out by using the ice from the cafeteria and I could see Olivia's face in dismay the other day the teacher called Olivia up to answer a question on the board when as she struggled to stand up her pants ripped apart turned out someone
had put glue on her chair surprisingly no one felt bad for her I guess that's what you call Karma Revenge finally she knew how I felt every day but who could have glued Olivia's chair I looked around and Tristan winked at me did you do this yeah it was about time that someone taught her a lesson no one had stood up for me in all that time and it touched my heart I discovered that Tristan was a lot of fun almost as much fun as giulia and whenever Olivia tried to be nasty to me Tristan
would retaliate with an even bigger prank soon Tristan and I became Inseparable in particular we enjoyed playing basketball together come on is this all you've got let's play another game and I'll show you we played one game and then another one until it started raining but we still didn't want to stop but then I slipped and luckily I landed on Tristan's strong arm our eyes met and I felt a spark between us wow he's really handsome isn't he I was living a dream after a few days it was my birthday and I could hardly wait
for him to surprise me or perhaps propose to me I wasn't ready for a proposal but I did have a David's Bridal catalog just in case uh yeah you said something me no nothing what do you want to say something no just focus on work jerk I was so mad that he forgot to wish me a happy birthday I couldn't even sleep I kept tossing and turning just then my phone rang and it was him I couldn't wait anymore so I picked it up on a single ring hi come down please what I looked out
and Tristan was in front of my house I got so excited that I tried to jump from the window but then I realized I wasn't Rapunzel but I didn't feel any less than a princess that day my mom was away so it was easy to sneak out of the house and go with Tristan we drove to a quiet spot where you could see all of the sparkling lights of New York he finally wished me happy birthday and man it was super romantic the way he looked at me perhaps he was thinking the same thing he
leaned in and I closed my eyes waiting for a kiss but I I have something to tell you I really like you Delfina but there are things about me you don't know and I'm not sure I'm ready to tell you you have secrets I wasn't always the nice guy you know today what did he mean what kind of dark secret could he have I don't know if I can date someone who doesn't trust me that's okay I understand but I still need some time before I tell you after that things between Tristan and me became
different I couldn't look at him without wondering what his big secret was and my imagination was running wild I still wanted to be his girlfriend but I felt hurt that he couldn't trust me with a secret what kind of couple would keep secrets from each other the more I thought about it the more it seemed strange that someone like Tristan could be interested in me after all when we met I was the underdog and he was the coolest guy in school maybe this was all a trick of some kind my suspicions were confirmed one day
when I went to basketball practice and I found Tristan and Olivia playing together they were laughing and he was teaching her how to shoot three-pointers which was my specialty and when I saw them close together I couldn't stand and watch it I stormed onto the court and slapped him how dare you you played with me what I thought you didn't like her but it looks like I was wrong everything you told me is a lie suddenly Tristan looked super guilty and I knew I was right I ran away wait she told me this was your
idea that you wanted to make peace with her and forget the past I didn't believe him when I got home I was crying on my bed I cried so much that I was suddenly sitting in the middle of a small pool and I slid onto the floor and there I noticed an old shoe box under my bed I pulled it out dusted it off opened it and Julia's letters I had almost forgotten about them I started reading them and it reminded me how happy I had been that summer Julia would have never betrayed me as
Tristan had and since I'm rich now I bought a ticket to Italy to see my Nona again and maybe Julia what happened to you dear how about school it's only for a few days can I stay please Nona could never say no to me so I spent the next few days wandering around the places of my childhood there was so much that reminded me of giulia when I went to see her house I found it locked it looked abandoned I asked around the village but even if they did remember giulia no one knew where she
went also one of my teammates texted confirming that Olivia had really told Tristan that teaching her basketball was my idea that sneaky Witch of course she did I went back to school ready to apologize but Tristan ignored me it wasn't completely wrong I slapped him left him and didn't trust him of course he was angry with me and avoiding me but I decided to get his attention anyway I came to school dressed up all fancy but everyone laughed at me then I tried to cook him a fishy surprise and put it in his locker but
it smelled so bad after a few hours that everyone gave him the stink eye I even tried to dance for him at the basketball game but I accidentally kicked Tristan as I jumped but thanks to Olivia she threw a banana peel on the floor which made me slip I was sure I would fall but Tristan caught me midair are you okay yes I'm sorry I didn't believe you I know you'd never team up with Olivia yeah you know I don't like her so can you tell me your secret now Tristan looked at me and he
took a big breath his face got all serious come with me where did he want to take me but we went to the lockers and thankfully the fishy smell was gone the corridor was deserted because everyone was still at the game he opened his locker and took out a necklace it was made of seashells and I immediately recognized it I made that necklace but I gave it to Julia how is he Julia's brother he must have some connection with her he was looking at me with a broad hopeful grin and suddenly I remembered where I
had seen that smile before you you're Julia but it's Tristan now now that I knew the truth I was shocked that I hadn't seen it before that's why Tristan felt so familiar we had met before so this is your big secret I was hoping you'd recognize me but you never did you never gave me any clue I'm the one who taught you to play basketball I walked closer to look at Tristan and compared him to yeah well this version of him felt right I couldn't imagine a grown-up version of giulia that wasn't a boy is
this why you never got in touch yeah I was afraid you would reject me but I missed you too much so I decided to risk it is the Fearless Tristan afraid Tristan took my hands you really don't care that I was born a girl Julia was my first real friend but you were my first love and you are perfect just the way you are now kiss me and so he did and it was the best kiss in the world [Music]
