No one has seen a skin like mine before

hi i'm greta from lithuania but i moved to seattle with mom when i was a baby before i go on please like and subscribe even though mom and i were immigrants we were millionaires since mom was the ceo of a huge company i had a really good life i was close with mom and friends with all our servants in our mansion then one morning something odd happened i woke up to find my whole body covered in red blotches mom took me to the doctor immediately to check if it was anything serious after some tests i

found out i had a skin condition that caused constant rashes and there was no cure i stared at myself in the mirror god i looked like an alien mom what are the kids at school gonna think when they see my skin oh greta it's just a rash it's not a big deal unfortunately it was a big deal none of the kids at school wanted to sit next to me because they were worried my skin disease was contagious so after a while i started covering up my skin with baggy clothes i just didn't want anyone looking

at my body but mom was not happy with the way i dressed greta you look like a homeless person in those clothes just because you have a skin condition doesn't mean you should stop putting effort into your appearance but why i'm comfortable and i'm covered up no one will make fun of my skin mom wouldn't listen instead i woke up one morning to find she threw away all my t-shirts and sweatpants in the garbage and bought me a whole new wardrobe of tight dresses i was really mad mom did that so as revenge i refused

to shower for a whole week until mom returned the dresses and bought me some new baggy clothes she gave up on me after that i knew i was disappointing mom but she just didn't understand what it was like looking like me one day when i was 15 i was studying alone in the library then suddenly i saw a boy stealing my homework binder hey what do you think you're doing calm down i'm just borrowing this for a minute also stop shouting we're in a library if you haven't noticed oh don't talk down to me and

i'm not letting you borrow any of my stuff i snatched the books the guy took which were sitting on his chair but he put his hand on my shoulder that's when i noticed his lovely hazel eyes and how handsome he was wait i'm sorry i'm failing half my subjects cause i have a learning disability i'm kind of desperate so i was gonna copy your homework but i shouldn't do that especially not to a pretty girl like you whoa did the guy just call me pretty i started blushing and offered to tutor him so he could

improve his grades and he agreed i found out his name was ian and he was a new student i also discovered ian was super attracted to me he was always telling me how beautiful i was even with my skin condition and baggy clothes after a few weeks ian asked me out and became my boyfriend he turned out to be a really sweet guy plus dating someone so handsome really boosted my confidence if someone like ian could like me maybe i wasn't so bad looking after all one evening i decided to invite ian over to meet

mom but when i opened the door ian was standing next to a really pretty girl this is my friend jessica she's from out of town and doesn't know a lot of people i had no idea what to say i was so uncomfortable at dinner mom kept complimenting jessica on how pretty she was and then she said something that really crossed the line ian i'm curious you're just a handsome young man and while i love greta she doesn't really doll herself up the way your friend here does why did you choose her and not someone more

like jessica ian looked super awkward and i fled from the table angrily i was so sick of mom tearing me down all the time she just couldn't believe that any guy could ever want me but the night of prom ian dropped a bombshell on me he was moving to china i was devastated even though ian swore we'd talk every day and soon he'd come back for me then one day i woke up to discover ian had blocked my number and there was just no way to reach him just like that he'd ghosted me with no

explanation i was depressed for weeks oh sweetie we both knew the day would come where ian would move on i know it's always been impossible for you to think that any guy could love someone as ugly as me but guess what what ian and i have is real i know he wouldn't just shut me out like this i need answers i'm gonna find ian and i'm going to talk to him that night i did a ton of research and found out what high school ian was at in china i convinced mom to fly me there

so i could have closure with ian when i arrived at ian's school i asked around so i could find him and when i did my jaw dropped he was dressed in flashy designer clothes and his arms were around two girls looks like you're having a blast whoa huh greta did you track me down yes i tracked you down why did you ghost me you said you loved me actually i never loved you i only dated you for your money but my dad's business took off and i'm inheriting half the money which means i don't need

to pretend to like you anymore no you're lying i know what we had was real i is that a joke the real girl i liked was jessica the chick i brought to your house that night i made out with her right after we left your mom was right there's no way i could ever be into a girl like you i couldn't take it i slapped ian so hard across the face he fell backwards the last year of my life had been a complete lie worst of all mom had been right about everything i hated her

and i hated ian and i hated myself for being so undesirable after that day everything changed i started covering my face with a scarf and studying every night until my brain hurt then i got into the most prestigious college in america one day i was reading under the trees when a guy came up to me who apparently was reading the same book i thought i was the only nerd around here obsessed with aliens nope we're two nerds of a kind the guy laughed and i found out his name was ron we instantly became friends and

started hanging out every day over the next few months after a while i started developing feelings for him then one hot sunny day ron and i took a hike in the desert i started sweating like crazy and started ripping off my layers that's when i noticed ron staring oh my god you're the girl with the skin condition my twin brother ian dated for money the reason we never met was because i went to a boarding school for gifted kids wait what ian and ron were twins you weren't the only girl ian manipulated him and i

grew up really poor and had to support our family from a young age i wasn't as affected by it because i went to a boarding school but ian was an anxious mess he thought if he could meet a rich girl in high school and marry her everything would be okay i was too stunned to speak so i hadn't been the only one ian had used this whole time i thought i hadn't been good enough or pretty enough for him but ian's behavior had nothing to do with me then suddenly ron took my hand and stared

into my eyes i felt my heart race ian was an idiot for not seeing how special and beautiful you are greta i really like you i want what we have to be more than a friendship my stomach wasn't nuts i liked ron but he was also the brother of the guy that used me i didn't know if i could trust him um i actually i have to go i ran from ron before he could answer that entire week i did everything i could to avoid him then one day as i was coming out of class

i noticed ron following me okay greta i know you've been avoiding me and i know you're weirded out that i'm ian's brother but that doesn't mean that i'm the same kind of guy he is how am i supposed to know that why can't you just give me space because i have feelings for you and i know you have feelings for me too so what if i have feelings you think you can just come into my life tell me i'm special and i'll automatically date you i'm not desperate ron and i don't need a guy to

be happy i stormed off right then and decided i wasn't taking any more chances with dating i had better things to do i signed up for every club at my college and completely transformed my wardrobe my skin condition was totally visible but i didn't care i also wore tons of makeup and jewelry the next day at university everyone started mooning over my new makeover you even look hot in your lab coat would you maybe want to get coffee after class it's a possibility but i'm pretty busy these days and it was true i was ready

to thrive with my new look and new schedule but that afternoon everything turned upside down i was buying a latte when i saw ron sitting in the cafe his arm was around another girl they were on a date wait a minute why did i care but the next morning i saw ron with the same girl again she stuck like him to glue the whole day and i wasn't able to catch ron alone till the evening so you have a girlfriend now huh yeah i do have a girlfriend is that a problem i guess it's just

that i thought you liked me greta i did like you but you pushed me away because you didn't trust me i didn't want to pressure you and i eventually had to move on besides i thought you said you didn't need a guy to be happy ron's words totally caught me off guard it was true i didn't need a guy to be happy at that second ron's girlfriend walked over and before i knew it i started crying i ran off and hid in the bathroom it was true i did want to be with ron and i'd

totally blown my chance because i was scared and now it was too late that night i blocked ron on all social media and when the weekend came i decided to go home to get away from everything but when i got to the house i almost fell over in shock mom was sitting outside with five different suitcases and she looked like she hadn't eaten in weeks mom what's going on greta we're homeless i've gone bankrupt bankrupt but you have millions of dollars i spent it all plastic surgery that obviously didn't work i couldn't believe what i

was hearing i felt myself burn with rage so you obviously think that looking pretty is worth losing our home over which doesn't surprise me since my appearance is all you'd ever talk about while i was growing up mom started to cry then which just made me angrier i arranged for us to stay at a shelter that night but i went to bed without speaking to her that week i got a job at the local library so i could bring in money for mom then one day who should i see but ron and his stupid girlfriend

whoa you work here now does that mean i can keep my overdue library books now since i know the checkout lady i don't have time for your jokes right now i have other stuff to deal with like being homeless because my mom spent too much money on plastic surgery which is why before i knew it i was telling ron all about my situation as eight other people waited behind him i finally forced myself to stop talking but by then ron's girlfriend had dragged him away and i had a bunch of annoyed customers i was so

angry at mom but the more i thought about it the more i realized i'd been way too hard on her that night at dinner i decided to apologize to her i shouldn't have gotten so mad about the plastic surgery i know you did it because you're insecure with how you look after we pay off this debt i want you to start seeing a therapist oh honey i hate to admit it but you're right thank you for being so understanding and i'm sorry if i made you feel bad about your condition i was dumb really dumb

when you left i felt empty and regretted everything but i knew you were too mad to forgive me please forgive me please it's all good now mom i felt so much better after talking to mom that night the next evening i came back to the shelter ready to crash but instead i walked in to find ron sitting outside with mom whoa what's going on here greta this young man has given us the money to pay off our debt his dad has a company in china wait pause ron first of all how did you even know

where i was staying as creepy as it sounds i tracked you down i got really worried when you told me all that stuff today and then i pulled ron aside i don't understand why would you do this for me greta i broke up with my girlfriend the only reason i dated her was so i could move on from you i've done everything i can to forget about us and give you your space because i know you've been hurt but i need to try one more time with you you're too special to let go of that

easy before i knew what i was doing i pulled ron close and kissed him i couldn't help it is that your way of saying you want to give us another chance look i'm glad i took time off from dating to focus on myself but i really like you and i'm much happier and more confident than i was in high school i think for the first time i'm ready for a relationship well when do we start [Music] you