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00:00Hey there, I'm Christina.
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00:12Life used to be all fun and games with my twin, Nadia.
00:15We did everything together.
00:16Watched cartoons, played games,
00:18and even wore identical clothes.
00:19We were so alike, even our parents got mixed up.
00:22But as we grew older, things changed.
00:24We started liking different things.
00:25And by the time we were in fifth grade,
00:27everyone saw that Nadia was way smarter than me.
00:30Mom was a university teacher,
00:32and she was always talking about Nadia's good grades
00:34to everyone and giving her extra lessons.
00:36She tried with me once,
00:37but when I didn't understand quickly, she just sighed.
00:40Some kids shine, others don't.
00:42It made me feel bad.
00:44Nadia's study sessions grew longer,
00:46and our playtime disappeared, like our matching outfits.
00:49How about a cartoon break?
00:50For old time's sake, can't.
00:51Mom thinks they're just a distraction now.
00:53And then, Mom started giving me more and more house chores.
00:57At first, I didn't mind helping,
00:58but then I noticed she was doing it on purpose
01:00to keep me away from my sister.
01:02Leave your sister alone.
01:03She's studying.
01:04Go wash the dishes.
01:05But I just wanted a little help with my math.
01:07Ask your teacher for help.
01:09Nadia's busy,
01:10and those dishes aren't going to wash themselves.
01:12And after that, you can organize your closet.
01:15If you can't manage that mess,
01:16you're not gonna get very far ahead in life.
01:18You don't always have to be like that.
01:20It's all right, Christina, honey.
01:21Let's go do the dishes together.
01:23Nadia and I were growing distant.
01:24Mom paid me no attention,
01:26and she and Dad fought a lot,
01:28mostly about the way she treated me.
01:29And I couldn't help feeling that
01:31I was the reason our family was tearing apart.
01:33Eventually, Mom and Dad split up,
01:35and I ended up moving out with Dad
01:37to a really dingy apartment.
01:39Look on the bright side, honey.
01:41Adventures await us.
01:42Adventures, huh?
01:43More like nightly mouse marathons and indoor rain.
01:46This place just needs a little love,
01:48and you can choose the decor.
01:50Pink for your room?
01:51Maybe black, just like my future.
01:52Surprisingly, I came home to find
01:54one wall in my room painted black.
01:57Dark moments show us
01:58how the little things can shine.
02:00He put bright flowers against the black wall.
02:03Notice how the colors stand out now?
02:04It's pretty, I guess.
02:06You'll understand someday.
02:08Always look for the bright spots.
02:09Positive thinking was tough,
02:11especially with school growing weirder by the day.
02:14Everyone at school thought of me
02:15as the other dumb sister.
02:17Even my teachers seemed to feel sorry for me.
02:19Christina, maybe put in some extra effort?
02:22You might surprise yourself.
02:23Sure, I'll ask Mom for help.
02:25Oh, wait.
02:26She's too busy with her star student.
02:28I left the classroom upset
02:29when I heard Nadia's voice behind me in the hallway.
02:32What's wrong now?
02:33Just another day of me growing tired
02:35of being compared to you.
02:36It's not my fault.
02:37I just keep to myself.
02:38It must be nice not worrying about anyone else.
02:41I was walking off, but Nadia grabbed my arm.
02:43Hey, listen.
02:44I know you're upset,
02:45but there's something I can't tell you right now.
02:47It's why I am the way I am now.
02:49Please trust me.
02:51Or maybe you're just self-absorbed
02:52and that's some stupid, mysterious lie you made up
02:55to make yourself sound more interesting.
02:57Well, it's not working,
02:59cause not interested.
03:00Later, Nadia went to a fancy school for smart kids
03:03and things got quiet.
03:05I missed her a lot
03:06because even though we drifted apart,
03:08she was still my twin after all.
03:10And after that, I hardly saw her anymore.
03:12Even when I visited Mom's place,
03:14Mom was always too wrapped up in her own world.
03:16And I couldn't help but notice
03:17that among the family photos on the walls,
03:19there wasn't a single one of just me.
03:22On my 15th birthday,
03:23Dad had a big grin and said he had a surprise for me.
03:26Guess what?
03:27I've got a girlfriend.
03:29She's Italian and she owns a pet shop.
03:31Let's go see it.
03:32Vanessa's super cool.
03:33You'll see.
03:33We walked into the pet shop
03:34and it was like a jungle.
03:36Instead of puppies and kittens,
03:38there were snakes and big bugs.
03:40Holy moly, what is this?
03:42Vanessa had a big snake around her neck and smiled.
03:45That's just Ziggy, my whip scorpion.
03:47He's nice once you get to know him.
03:49Vanessa was full of energy
03:51and made the scary animals seem cool.
03:53And this majestic creature is Mr. Bean.
03:56The python is quite a gentle man.
03:58I thought I was the man in your life.
04:00Oh, you are.
04:01But Mr. Bean here is the silent type
04:04and he never complains about my cooking.
04:06The way they were flirting with each other
04:08was so cringy.
04:10On the drive back,
04:11Dad wouldn't stop talking about Vanessa
04:13and it was too much.
04:14Dad, I like Vanessa,
04:15but I'm not ready for a new mom.
04:17He looked sad, but I had to say it.
04:19Next time he invited me out with them,
04:21I said no.
04:22It felt like everyone was moving on except me.
04:25Dad had Vanessa,
04:26Nadia was busy being smart,
04:28and here I was feeling stuck and unnoticed.
04:30Vanessa, the snake lady,
04:32started hanging out at our place a lot.
04:34One afternoon,
04:35she was trying to bake a pumpkin pie
04:37and she dumped a whole bag of flour on the floor
04:39and then tripped over the cat.
04:41I couldn't help laughing,
04:43even though I was trying to ignore her.
04:45After some time,
04:46Vanessa plopped a piece of pie in front of me,
04:48raising an eyebrow.
04:49Truce?
04:50She asked.
04:50And honestly,
04:51it smelled too good to ignore.
04:53Look,
04:53I know you don't like having me in your dad's life,
04:56and honestly,
04:57I never saw myself as a stepmom.
04:59I'm more like a free spirit,
05:01you know?
05:02But hey,
05:02your dad's got my heart doing cartwheels,
05:05so let's try to be friends,
05:06huh?
05:07I'm not like your typical stepmom witch type.
05:10Does that mean you won't give me a hard time
05:11for eating junk food?
05:12I'm the one offering pie for lunch,
05:15aren't I?
05:15Okay,
05:16she was quirky,
05:17and she had a point.
05:19Later on,
05:19I found myself helping her cook,
05:21and Dad got all teary seeing us getting along.
05:24Turns out,
05:25Vanessa was kinda cool to have around,
05:27but I still felt a bit like I was on the sidelines
05:29of everyone else's game.
05:30One day in my room,
05:32I noticed the flowers next to the black wall looking sad,
05:35their petals falling.
05:36Time for new flowers.
05:37Fresh flowers had become my thing.
05:39They cheered up the room.
05:40At the flower shop,
05:41I met Mrs. Garcia for the first time.
05:43She was super cool,
05:45zipping around in her wheelchair,
05:46arranging bouquets with the biggest smile.
05:48Pick whatever makes you smile,
05:50Christina,
05:50she said,
05:51handing me the brightest bunch.
05:53I walked out of the flower shop,
05:54super happy with my new flowers.
05:56I wasn't looking where I was going,
05:58and didn't see a bite coming.
05:59It knocked me over,
06:00and I blacked out.
06:01I woke up in a hospital bed,
06:02and Nadia was there,
06:03looking super worried.
06:05She ran off to find Dad
06:06as soon as I opened my eyes.
06:08The doctor said I'd hit my head pretty badly,
06:10and was out for three whole days.
06:12But they checked me over,
06:13and said I could go home.
06:14Back in my room,
06:15something about my flowers caught my eye.
06:18They seemed cooler somehow.
06:19I grabbed a pen and paper,
06:21and started drawing,
06:22really getting into all the shapes,
06:23and patterns I could see.
06:25What's up with you?
06:26Did you know flowers are kind of like math?
06:28They've got these patterns
06:29that are all just cool.
06:30Nadia looked at my drawings,
06:31and turned white as a ghost.
06:33No way.
06:34Here, try these math problems.
06:36Stuff that used to look like alien code,
06:38suddenly just made sense.
06:40I even solved the complex equations.
06:42Did my brain just level up,
06:44or what?
06:45We gotta tell Mom,
06:46like she'd care to check on me.
06:47She's not heartless, okay?
06:48She was actually worried.
06:50Don't defend her.
06:51You don't know everything.
06:52Then tell me.
06:53I told you, I can't.
06:54Ugh, then just go ahead and leave.
06:56I don't even want to know your stupid secret.
06:58Later, when Mom popped by,
07:00she barely glanced at Dad and Vanessa,
07:02and came straight to me with a stack of papers.
07:05Time for a little test, Christina.
07:06After I finished,
07:07she examined the papers and just said,
07:09Pack up.
07:09You're staying with me now.
07:11Uh, what?
07:12Can we talk about this first?
07:13No need.
07:14She's got a gift,
07:15and I'm going to make sure it doesn't go to waste.
07:17Wait.
07:17You can't just show up and decide to take her.
07:20Where were you before,
07:21and why are you suddenly loving her now?
07:23My God.
07:24I can't believe I'm even standing here listening to you.
07:26A nobody.
07:27I'm her mother.
07:28But if you must know,
07:29Christina might have acquired savant syndrome,
07:31and it's not something either of you can deal with.
07:34I can help her.
07:35She explained that sometimes a head bump can switch on a talent for things like art or math.
07:40She thought that's what had happened to me,
07:42and I couldn't help feeling excited.
07:44Could this be my shot to shine and get Mom's attention?
07:47I begged, Dad,
07:48and finally,
07:49he said yes.
07:50Better watch out, Christina.
07:51My cousin in Rome got that acquire-servant syndrome.
07:55He became arrogant and a real pain.
07:57Then he bumped his head again and went back to being stupid.
08:01Not that you're stupid,
08:02but you know what I mean.
08:04What kind of dumb syndrome is that, Vanessa?
08:06Did you come up with it while watching cartoons?
08:08I ignored Mom and ran to hug Vanessa before leaving.
08:11Mom enrolled me in Nadia's school,
08:13and on my first day,
08:14I felt nervous.
08:15But I noticed Nadia was popular,
08:17and people were also interested in me.
08:19When they wondered why I just started there,
08:21Nadia jumped in.
08:22She was sick and overseas for treatment.
08:24Come on, Christina.
08:25Later, I asked her why she lied.
08:26Mom's orders.
08:27Just play along, okay?
08:28That sounded weird,
08:30but I brushed it off because I had lots to do.
08:32Before long,
08:33I caught up with all the schoolwork
08:35and even started getting better grades than Nadia.
08:37That's when Mom finally said she was proud of me
08:40for the first time in my life.
08:42And late one night,
08:43I overheard Mom screaming at Nadia in the living room.
08:46You call this a report card?
08:47Pathetic.
08:48All the years I spent working so hard with you,
08:51down the drain.
08:52I'm trying my best.
08:53Your best?
08:54Your best is a joke.
08:55You're nothing like your sister.
08:57If you don't smarten up,
08:58you'll be a nobody,
08:59just like your father.
09:00Hearing this,
09:01I felt stunned.
09:02Why was Mom being so harsh with Nadia?
09:04And calling Dad a loser?
09:05That was just mean.
09:06I snuck into Nadia's room later
09:08and told her I heard the argument.
09:10Great.
09:10Now what?
09:11Mom's on my case,
09:12expecting the best,
09:13and you're making it harder.
09:14You're doing all this for her?
09:16Yes.
09:17She's always pushing me,
09:18being super strict.
09:19If I don't do well,
09:21she gets really mean,
09:22and I can't deal with that.
09:24I didn't say anything before
09:25about how mean she is,
09:26because I thought I wanted to be the best too,
09:28and she was helping me.
09:30Now it just feels like she's making me miserable.
09:33Mom was even tougher on Nadia than I thought,
09:35and hearing that shook me.
09:37And now,
09:37Mom was dragging me to these math contests too
09:40that usually Nadia competed in.
09:41I didn't want to stress out Nadia more,
09:43but I also wanted to shine.
09:45Was that so bad?
09:46And soon,
09:47I was winning the math contest
09:48with record-breaking results.
09:50People started calling me a genius.
09:52Reporters interviewed me,
09:54I got my pictures taken,
09:55and I even spoke at Mom's university.
09:57All that praise and validation should have felt good,
10:00but somehow,
10:01I still felt empty inside.
10:03This isn't what I wanted.
10:05That weekend,
10:06I needed to clear my head,
10:07so I visited Dad.
10:08On the way,
10:09I stopped by the old flower shop.
10:11Mrs. Garcia was there.
10:12Hey, Christina!
10:13What's new?
10:14How are you feeling now after the accident?
10:17And catching up with her,
10:18I spelled out my whole story.
10:20She was putting together a bouquet as she listened.
10:22Then she looked up and said,
10:23You know, Christina,
10:24a flower doesn't worry about being the tallest,
10:27or the brightest in the bunch.
10:28It just grows at its own pace.
10:30That's kind of like us, too.
10:32Suddenly,
10:33it made sense.
10:34Being myself was enough,
10:36whether I was winning math contests or not.
10:38Dad,
10:38Vanessa,
10:39and my friends didn't care about any trophies.
10:41They just liked me for me.
10:43They always had.
10:44Mom was the one caught up
10:45in who was the tallest,
10:46brightest flower,
10:47but Mrs. Garcia saw something else,
10:49a garden where every flower mattered.
10:51Seeing Nadia so unhappy,
10:53just trying to please Mom,
10:55made me sad.
10:55I used to be jealous,
10:57but not anymore,
10:58and I decided that something had to change.
11:00I got Dad and Vanessa on board,
11:02and we cooked up a plan.
11:03We just needed the perfect time to kick it off.
11:05That chance came during a live TV interview with me and Mom.
11:08The host asked me what it was like growing up with a ton of books.
11:12She loved it.
11:13Actually,
11:13that was Nadia.
11:14She always had her head in a book,
11:16and never got to have any fun.
11:17The crowd was shocked,
11:19and Mom got stiff.
11:20I wasn't the bookworm.
11:21My smarts came after a head bump.
11:23You mean the illness you had.
11:25That's just Mom's story.
11:26She didn't want to acknowledge she had a dumb kid, I guess.
11:29Be quiet.
11:30I won't,
11:30and I don't care about winning math contests.
11:32Nadia doesn't either.
11:33We're done trying to please you.
11:35With that,
11:36I walked off and went backstage to find Nadia.
11:38Why'd you do that?
11:39Mom didn't bat an eye when she separated us,
11:42ruined her marriage,
11:43and used you to become popular.
11:44She ignored me all my life,
11:46and now she's using me.
11:48Nadia,
11:48we deserve better.
11:50Aren't you tired of being Mom's puppet?
11:52Come with me.
11:52We bolted before Mom could stop us.
11:54Dad was outside,
11:55ready to whisk us away.
11:56You can't take my kids.
11:58They're old enough to choose.
11:59Or do you want to take this up in court?
12:01Mom looked furious,
12:03but she stayed quiet,
12:04and we went home.
12:05Vanessa had a lovely dinner waiting,
12:07and it felt like a fresh start.
12:09And Nadia started helping Vanessa with the snakes,
12:11and it seemed to be her calling
12:13working with those slimy creatures.
12:15As for me,
12:15I'm still figuring things out,
12:17but for now,
12:18I'm just happy with the good stuff around me.
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