My Experience Of living in 6 star hotels all my life (English)
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00:00There I was, standing alone on the edge of a cliff,
00:02when someone suddenly tackled me to the ground.
00:05Aloha, I'm Hannah from Hawaii.
00:06Please like and subscribe.
00:08I had an amazing life with my two moms.
00:10Mom, my birth mother, and Mom, who's from Australia.
00:13They managed one of the top hotels on the island,
00:16so every day was a vacation.
00:18We were always happy, and they gave me
00:20so much love and cool stuff.
00:21But my life took a wild turn when I turned 15,
00:25and some billionaire bought that hotel, firing my moms
00:27and all the staff to bring in his own people.
00:30My moms had to start working at the small local hotel,
00:32cleaning rooms, and money was tight.
00:34So they were always freaking out about the bills.
00:37Don't waste water.
00:38I still have shampoo in my hair.
00:40Turn off the lights.
00:41Do you think I own the power company?
00:43Uh, I'm in here.
00:44Use candles.
00:45One time, the bottom of my sneakers fell off,
00:47so they tried to duct tape them together, but no luck.
00:50No problem.
00:50You can wear mine.
00:51But your feet are huge.
00:53So put extra socks on.
00:54But even with extra socks, I face
00:56planted trying to walk in them.
00:58OK, fine.
00:58We'll get you new shoes.
01:00The next day, my moms presented me
01:01with their idea of new shoes, which they got
01:04from the hotels lost and found.
01:06I was disappointed that they weren't brand new,
01:09but they were kind of cute.
01:10Later that day at lunchtime, my friends
01:11and I were talking about boys and boys and boys
01:15as we were walking to the table when this dude popped up
01:18and got down on one knee in front of me.
01:20Ah, my darling Maria, my senorita, my Juliet.
01:24Where have you been, my love?
01:26How could you have forgotten about your Romeo for so long?
01:28No, no, stop.
01:30You can't abandon me.
01:31Let go of my legs.
01:33Hey, these are my cousin's old shoes.
01:35She came last summer to stay.
01:37How did you get them?
01:38No, they're mine.
01:40You must be mistaken.
01:41No, look.
01:42I was about to kick that jerk, but he lifted me on the table,
01:45then pulled my foot up and pointed at the bottom.
01:47See, those are her initials.
01:49We did this together.
01:51That was Brooks, the famous prankster at my high school.
01:54By now, all of his friends at lunch
01:55had heard and were laughing and making fun of me.
01:58I stormed home, only to find my mom's going
02:00wild over the grocery bill.
02:02Dishes flew, shoes were thrown, and doors slammed.
02:05I've never seen them like this.
02:06The next day wasn't any good.
02:08So after school, I decided to stop at the beach
02:10to listen to the waves and look at the surfers to cheer me up.
02:13Just then, I saw this amazing surfer doing all kinds
02:16of flips on the waves.
02:17Who's that?
02:19Oh, him.
02:20We call him Mr. Abs.
02:21His parents bought half the hotels on the island.
02:24Holy Paris Hilton.
02:26My brain spun at the thought of meeting a hot guy.
02:28And bonus, once we started dating,
02:30I could tell his dad how thoughtless he
02:32was for firing my moms after all their years of work
02:35and that he should totally give them their jobs back.
02:37This would solve all our problems,
02:38and we would be happy again.
02:40So I walked over to him.
02:42He was standing with a bunch of other hot guys.
02:44Hey, nice to abs, I mean, muscle to meet you.
02:47He avoided me?
02:48I love a challenge.
02:50So I came up with a plan to bump into him
02:52and accidentally spill my smoothie on him.
02:54Then he would have to talk to me.
02:56Hey there, cutie.
02:57Slow down.
02:58You almost ran into me.
02:59Oh my god.
03:00He thinks I'm cute.
03:02I had to keep the conversation going.
03:03Oh, yeah.
03:04It's because these creepy guys were chasing me.
03:07Are you OK?
03:08Where are they?
03:09They went that way.
03:10But wait, don't go after them.
03:11I'm really shook up.
03:13I need you here in case they come back.
03:14He held my hand and offered me a seat
03:16like a prince offering his throne.
03:19I'm Chris.
03:20Do you want me to call someone for you?
03:21Hannah.
03:22I'm Hannah.
03:22No, I just need a minute.
03:24Why were they chasing you?
03:25Yeah, so this guy at school likes me.
03:28But I told him I don't want to go out with him.
03:30And now I see him and his friends everywhere I go.
03:33Don't worry.
03:34I'll safely take you home.
03:35As we were riding home in his Jeep,
03:36I tried to find out as much as I could about him.
03:39So your family just moved here when they bought the hotels?
03:42Yep, but I don't like to talk about it.
03:45Oh, I get it.
03:46Low profile, nice.
03:47He looks humble.
03:48I wanted to know more about him, so I asked around
03:50and found out he doesn't like fries and loves jazz.
03:54As he pulled up to my house, I had to come up
03:56with a reason to see him again.
03:57Thanks for the ride.
03:58You're safe now.
03:59Uh, those guys also come around in the morning before school,
04:02and my moms can't take me.
04:04They have this rare disease called, uh, uh, achoo poops.
04:08Achoo what?
04:09You've never heard of it?
04:10Oh, yeah.
04:12It's a new stream of COVID that's been going around.
04:14If you meet someone with this or if they sneeze,
04:16you could have diarrhea for a week.
04:18Thankfully, I'm immune, but who knows about others?
04:21Just then, I heard my mom's.
04:22Hannah, is that you?
04:23I needed to keep my mom's away from him
04:25before they ruined my plan, so I rushed him off
04:28before he could say anything.
04:29Great, so see you tomorrow?
04:30Thanks.
04:31The next day, my mom's were already at work
04:33when he picked me up, so I didn't have
04:34to worry about them meeting.
04:36And when he dropped me off at school,
04:37everyone thought we were dating.
04:39I figured it would be happening any day, so I didn't deny it.
04:42I was in heaven for the next few days,
04:44but that changed one morning.
04:46So I'm thinking, you seem to be out of danger now, and-
04:49No, I mean, uh, that's him.
04:52Where?
04:53I was looking in the parking lot for someone
04:54to point the finger at.
04:55Uh, you didn't see him?
04:56Then I spotted Brooks, who had made fun of me.
04:58A perfect target.
04:59Him, that's him, Brooks.
05:01Before I could say anything, he jumped out of the Jeep
05:03and confronted Brooks.
05:04I was on cloud nine.
05:06Everyone saw my gorgeous, soon-to-be boyfriend
05:08protecting me against my bully.
05:10Why are you stalking her?
05:11Don't you have anything better to do?
05:13Oh, man, what are you talking about?
05:15Stalking?
05:16Who?
05:17As he pointed to me in the car,
05:18I pretended like I had dropped my phone on the floor.
05:20Is this about the shoes?
05:21I was going to-
05:22Then Chris took a swing at Brooks, but missed,
05:24and Brooks punched him right in the nose
05:26and knocked him out cold.
05:27I jumped out of the Jeep, ran over, and slapped Brooks.
05:30Back off, my boyfriend!
05:32Fortunately, Chris didn't hear it as he was out cold.
05:34Unfortunately, the principal only saw the end of the fight,
05:37and I was the one who got detention.
05:39My moms were so pissed because they missed work
05:42and came to talk to the principal.
05:43Hannah, you know we can't afford to take any time off work,
05:46and you're slapping people now?
05:47You're lucky that boy isn't pressing charges.
05:50But it was his fault.
05:51You're grounded for a week.
05:52I was feeling upset, but I wasn't
05:54about to let them ruin my plan.
05:55After all, I was doing this for them.
05:58I'm sure they would be so happy about it later.
06:00The next day, I snuck out of the house to go see Chris.
06:02He had his nose all taped up.
06:04We were just hanging out when some girls came up to us,
06:06batting their eyelashes at him.
06:08Aw, Chris.
06:10Even with that nose, you still have a beautiful face.
06:12Yeah, handsome.
06:14Do you need someone to take care of you?
06:15Ah, get away from here.
06:17Hey, is everything OK?
06:19Uh, yes.
06:20I just saw some fruit flies.
06:21Before any other girls showed up, I grabbed his attention.
06:23Chris, I need to go home right now.
06:25And when we pulled up to the house,
06:27I blurted out the only thing I could think of
06:29to get him to sympathize with me.
06:30So I was upset because my moms got super pissed
06:33when I got detention.
06:35And now, they're going to lock me in the basement
06:37and feed me spiders again.
06:38What?
06:39They've done that to you before?
06:40I'm taking you to the police station to report them.
06:43No, I mean, maybe I could get an interview with your dad
06:45at the hotel, and then I would have money to move out.
06:48I did feel guilty about lying, but I
06:50knew he would forgive me once he saw I was doing
06:52all this for a good reason.
06:53Mm, but first, let's talk to them.
06:55Wait, before I could stop him, he had already
06:58confronted my moms.
06:59I could tell they were hurt by the things I said they did.
07:01Hannah, not only did you sneak out of the house,
07:03you told those horrible lies about us, too.
07:06We don't even have a basement.
07:07Is anything you told me the truth?
07:09He turned to leave, and I grabbed his arm.
07:11I can explain.
07:12I'm done with your lies.
07:13Embarrassed, I ran out crying until I wound up
07:16on a cliff overlooking the ocean.
07:18I needed to figure out how to fix things.
07:20After some time, I finally calmed down enough
07:22to notice the beautiful view and took out
07:24my phone to snap a picture.
07:26As I stepped closer to the edge, I heard a voice yelling.
07:29Hey, what are you doing?
07:30Then someone tackled me to the ground.
07:32It was Brooks.
07:33Stay away.
07:34I don't think I'll get detention if I slap you on a cliff.
07:36What is your problem?
07:37Well, global warming, for one.
07:39But I think that's everyone's problem.
07:40So I'll just say you.
07:42Me?
07:43I've been trying to apologize to you at school,
07:44but you had your boyfriend attack me,
07:47and then you slapped me.
07:48Uh, you tried to apologize?
07:50You got really quiet and then looked at me
07:52with the most sincere brown eyes.
07:54I am sorry.
07:56I didn't mean to embarrass you that day.
07:58I'd always just thought of my jokes
07:59as a way to have fun at school.
08:01It never occurred to me that it would hurt someone.
08:03And when you got detention, I felt bad
08:06and asked one of your friends for your address.
08:08That's when I saw you running out the door, and here we are.
08:11I still wasn't sure, but he looked very genuine.
08:13We talked a lot as we walked down the mountain.
08:15And much to my surprise, we actually had a lot in common.
08:19I know.
08:19I mean, who doesn't eat fries?
08:21And who likes jazz?
08:23Taylor Swift all day, every day.
08:25Just then, I saw my mom had been blowing up my phone with texts.
08:28Uh, I have to go.
08:30I'll catch up with you tomorrow at school.
08:31OK.
08:32You have my number if you want to.
08:34I was so panicked about how mad my moms were going to be
08:36that I ran off before he could finish talking.
08:38And the second I walked in the house,
08:40you are in so much trouble.
08:42Why do you always have to disobey us?
08:44We raised you better than that.
08:45Why are you doing all this?
08:47You have no idea what I've gone through.
08:49I can't take it anymore.
08:50You are both only concerned about saving money
08:52that you don't think about how it might have fed me.
08:54So because you don't have branded clothes or a fancy car,
08:57we are terrible parents?
08:59I don't care about those things.
09:00Ugh, forget it.
09:01I'm grounded, so I'll be in my room.
09:03I ran to my room.
09:05And even though it all went sideways,
09:06I spent the night thinking of any way
09:08that I could fix this and still get their jobs back.
09:11The next day at school, Brooke saw how upset I was.
09:14Didn't go so well at home?
09:15That's putting it mildly.
09:17You know you can trust me, right?
09:18I meant what I said about not wanting to hurt you on purpose.
09:21I told him everything.
09:22It felt so good to finally be honest.
09:24Keeping up with all the lies was exhausting.
09:27Why did you lie to him?
09:29Shouldn't you be with someone that likes you for who you are?
09:31Absolutely.
09:32I think I just started and it snowballed.
09:35But I have a plan.
09:36I just need one more shot with Chris to make
09:38him introduce me to his dad.
09:39Honestly, I think even though you have good intentions,
09:42you're doing bad things to people to get what you want.
09:45Trust me, I know a little bit about that.
09:47I got so mad that I yelled at him.
09:49No way.
09:51What you do and what I do are completely different.
09:53After school, I went to talk to Chris and begged him to listen.
09:56If you would just listen, I could explain everything.
09:58I wanted to get to know you because I really did like you.
10:01And when you like someone, you tell them so many lies
10:04that they don't know who you really are?
10:06Well, no, that wasn't the plan.
10:08I just kept thinking if we kept hanging out,
10:10eventually you could talk to your dad about my moms
10:13and get their jobs back.
10:14So you only like me for what I can do for you?
10:16No, you're just twisting my words.
10:19Just then, a man walked up.
10:20Hey, Chris, the guests in cabana three need more towels.
10:23Right on that, boss.
10:24Wait, you work here?
10:26So you're not the son of the billionaire hotel owners?
10:29Nope, that would be Harlan over there.
10:31He lets me borrow his surfboard, and sometimes when
10:34cute girls think I'm him, I just let them.
10:36I can't believe you lied to me.
10:38I could never be with someone who lies like you do.
10:41Hello, pot meets kettle.
10:43All you've done since we met is lie.
10:45Then, like a ton of bricks, it hit me.
10:47Ugh, he was right, and I was mortified
10:49because I wasn't just like him.
10:51I was quite possibly worse.
10:53It did make me realize I needed to change my life
10:56and be better.
10:58First thing I needed to do was to come clean to my moms.
11:00That night, when my moms came home,
11:02I made dinner for all of us, and I explained everything to them.
11:05You should have come and talked to us instead of coming up
11:08with some crazy plan.
11:09We do worry about money, and life isn't easy.
11:12We may fight, but every loving family fights.
11:14We're sorry for making you feel like we're not happy.
11:18We love each other and you.
11:19That's stuff money can't buy.
11:21I'm so sorry, too.
11:23I know I acted terribly.
11:25I just wanted you to be happier and not worry about money.
11:28We love you, and we forgive you, but you're still grounded.
11:31And maybe you could also let me run the water until I've gotten
11:34all the shampoo out of my hair?
11:35Don't push it.
11:37The next day, I started helping around the house.
11:39I also started doing odd jobs in the neighborhood
11:41to help my moms with the bills.
11:42A few weeks later, a woman called
11:44asking me to paint her fence.
11:45When I got there, she walked me into the house.
11:47My son has told me all about you.
11:50Your son?
11:51I'll leave you two to work it out.
11:52I turned around to see Brooks.
11:54I'm sorry.
11:55Eh, it's OK, I think.
11:57I should have been more supportive.
11:59Actually, I'm glad you did.
12:01I needed to hear the hard truth, and I'm just
12:03happy that I have a good friend who isn't
12:05afraid to tell me that stuff.
12:06Not a good friend, a best friend.
12:08So I'm guessing your mom doesn't need the fence painted?
12:11Oh, no, she does, but it's a job for two.
12:13So just remember, every lie has two lies,
12:16the lie we tell others and the lie
12:18we tell ourselves to justify it.
12:20Or like we say in Hawaii, it's better to lie down with a lay
12:23than lay with a lie.