They Called Me Gross. Then I Changed Everything is an inspiring short drama about self-worth, transformation, and second chances. Bullied and humiliated throughout high school because of her appearance, a quiet young woman decides to rebuild her life instead of seeking sympathy. Months later, she returns stronger, healthier, and more confident than ever, leaving everyone—including the boy who once called her "gross"—speechless. As old classmates begin to regret their cruelty, she must choose between revenge, forgiveness, and the future she truly deserves. The story delivers emotional twists, heartfelt romance, and a powerful message about confidence and inner strength.
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Watch the Full Episode (ENGSUB) and enjoy an uplifting drama series filled with romance, redemption, emotional growth, and unforgettable moments.
#TheyCalledMeGrossThenIChangedEverything #GlowUp #SchoolRomance #BulliedToBeautiful #RevengeDrama #ShortDrama #DramaSeries #FullEP #ENGSUB
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00:03no whether lucas bled or not had nothing to do with me i did not know why he had to
00:08come to me
00:09for this lucas did not look surprised the color slowly drains from lucas's face when he spoke
00:14again his voice was even softer i get it lucas i like you
00:22what lily taylor did you just say you like lucas
00:26voice carried across the field for one second everyone went silent
00:34damn lucas really is something even the fatty has a crush on him lucas is that why you keep
00:41rejecting girls you were saving yourself for her you serious
00:48my face burned i could not say another word
00:53then a loud thug in the field a football shot past my ear and slammed into the ground behind me
01:00the boys who had been laughing shut up lucas looked down at me i just want to know one thing
01:06what made you think you could confess to me did you think my standards were that low my whole body
01:11went stiff the heat drained from my face don't you think you're kind of gross
01:16i could not take it anymore i could not take it anymore i ran into the restaurant and left myself
01:23inside a star
01:27suddenly
01:31next time look in a mirror before you embarrass lucas
01:35i stood there without moving cold water dripped from my hair onto the ground
01:43i had been knocked from my body for years but lucas was the first boy who ever defended me
01:49for a while i thought my life could be different but today lucas crushed that dream himself i finally
01:58understood girls like me did not get exceptions the next morning one of lucas's friends came over to
02:04move his desk lucas said he felt sick after yesterday he's taking a few days off he asked me to
02:10move his seat
02:13after saying that he seemed to realize how cruel it sounded he met my numb eyes and quickly added
02:20not because of you don't overthink it i blinked hard i could not understand why being bigger than
02:26other people hate me this much i only ate a little more than they did was that really so disgusting
02:34three days later lucas came back he walked into the classroom with his arm around bella hart's waist
02:42bella was captain of the cheer squad and every guy's dream girl and i was lily taylor
02:50a nobody people only remembered when they needed a joke chase could not help whistling damn lucas
02:56finally got yourself a girlfriend so is it real or just for show
03:02bella pouted like she was offended what do you mean do i look like the kind of girl who lets
03:07random
03:07guys put their hands on my waist lucas lifted his brow lazily lucas did not deny it people started
03:14cheering and teasing i lowered my head and looked at my workbook at least no one cared about what
03:21happened that day no one had time to laugh at me that was already good enough after that i buried
03:28myself in school work on the next ap calculus test i beat ethan miller the top student for the first
03:34time
03:35the moment class ended ethan moved his desk beside mine
03:40miss carter said i keep messing up the written explanations she told me to learn from you
03:45then he smiled at me new seat mate help me out it took me a few seconds to realize i
03:51had a seat
03:51mate again i was a little happy so i quickly pulled out my notebook here this is what i use
03:58thanks
03:59when i looked up by accident i met lucas's eyes across the room he had been watching us for a
04:05while
04:06a second later he looked away first i did not know my confession had disgusted him that much
04:13so much so that he could not even stand to see me doing okay the next morning ethan brought me
04:18two
04:18sausage rolls i had just taken them when lucas walked over with a low laugh
04:25i didn't know you had such a specific taste man ethan's face changed what do you mean
04:35lucas dropped a stack of printed pictures on my desk for you you like this type right
04:44want me to bring you more tomorrow
04:49who the hell said i liked fat girls
04:54oh i saw you move seats i thought you were into her
04:58was i wrong lucas's friends laughed with him
05:05ethan cursed under his breath then he moved back to his old seat without another word
05:11from beginning to end neither of them looked at me but every word was about me
05:17my eyes fell on the picture scattered across the desk the sausage rolls in my hands got cold
05:24before lucas walked away why would you do this
05:30what
05:34are you that desperate for attention every guy who sits beside you gets the full treatment after what
05:40lucas did everything got worse
05:43one morning i found my desk covered in graffiti
05:47i kept my head down and walked to my locker the moment i opened it a stack of printed pictures
05:53slipped out and scattered across the floor students slowed down as they passed and started laughing
05:59i crouched down and picked up the pictures one by one after that no one wanted to hang out with
06:05me anymore they were afraid they would become the next target during lunch i sat alone under a tree
06:12and took big bites of my food even though i never thought about dieting again the only time i had
06:19tried
06:19to lose weight was because i liked lucas more than food now i did not like him anymore that friday
06:26we had volleyball class halfway through class it started pouring everyone ran toward the gym entrance
06:34they laughed and screamed while covering their heads i followed behind them before i could reach
06:39the door several girls started knocking me back and forth between them i lost my balance and fell hard
06:45onto the wet court my kneecap slid out of place the pain was so sharp that i could not sit
06:51up
06:52then a person stopped beside me i grabbed one pant leg without thinking i can't stand can you help me
07:01it was lucas
07:05no bella laughed beside him maybe if you lost weight you wouldn't fall so hard i was soaked through lucas
07:14did
07:14not look at me he walked past me i can't help you rain kept running into my mouth but my
07:22throat still felt dry i could only try to push myself up near the gym entrance i heard people
07:28talking she doesn't look like she's faking it this is too much should we help her you like her you
07:34go
07:34who the hell said i liked fat girls
07:38it took me almost 10 minutes to sit up i still could not stand so i sat quietly in the
07:45rain
07:46i forced myself to think about what grandma might make for dinner otherwise the pain in my knee and
07:52the eyes behind me would break me in the end i got up by myself the voices at the gym
07:58entrance never
07:59stopped i did not dare look back i limped to the security office and called grandma after hearing what
08:07happened grandma decided i needed to get stronger from that day on she planned my meals and made me
08:14exercise with her if they try to knock you down again hit back i stayed home for two days before
08:20going back to school that morning grandma only let me eat one whole wheat egg sandwich i felt miserable
08:26but soon miss carter walked into the classroom behind her stood a strange transfer student miss carter
08:33looked around the room her eyes finally stopped at me sebastian cole sit beside lily after that she
08:39hurried back to the office sebastian sat in the empty spot beside me neither of us seemed interested
08:45in talking but blake could never keep his voice down lucas look this guy is weird his whole face is
08:52covered what is he disfigured probably if he looked good why would he hide his face
09:01ghost boy and chubby lily new couple alert lucas did not react he only spun his pen lazily and said
09:09nothing for almost a month sebastian and i barely spoke i did not want to talk i was afraid the
09:17same
09:17thing that happened with ethan would happen again then one afternoon after class i noticed sebastian lying
09:23across his desk after hesitating for a moment i walked over do you have a stomach ache
09:32yeah
09:36i'll take you to the nurse's office luckily he did not pull away when i touched him
09:40he was almost six feet two most of his weight leaned against me good thing i was sturdy otherwise
09:47i would not have been able to hold him up the nurse gave him medicine then she asked me to
09:54get
09:54him some water i ran to buy it then hurried back by then sebastian was the only one left in
10:00the nurse's
10:00office you dislike me that much and still help me that's pretty kind of you lily i don't dislike you
10:06i thought you hated me so i didn't talk to you why would i hate you because i'm fat
10:12i suddenly felt he was probably not disfigured at all after that day sebastian and i slowly got
10:18closer but he was still strange he never took off his mask he barely talked to anyone else but he
10:24always ran with me after school my body changed too without noticing it i had gotten stronger
10:31grandma was pleased she said i looked healthier now i never expected lucas to be the first person
10:37at school to notice that afternoon i sat on the lawn finishing the low-fat turkey bowl grandma had
10:44packed for me i had just picked up my lunchbox when lucas suddenly grabbed my wrist you're dieting again
10:51that's none of your business lucas let go lucas pulled me toward the cafeteria
10:57you get dizzy when you starve yourself did you forget planning to pass out again
11:02if you don't let go i'll bite you you really don't know who is good to you
11:08drop the act after that i turned and walked back to the classroom sebastian was lying across his desk alone
11:17is your stomach hurting again sebastian slowly lifted his head
11:24yeah i wanted to buy medicine but i forgot where the nurse's office was
11:30i saw you downstairs just now but you were talking to some guy
11:37so i didn't want to interrupt
11:40lily it hurts i'll go buy it for you right now wait here
11:45i'll go with you that way i can remember the route
12:01i hurt too much to walk let me rest for a second okay i opened my mouth but when he
12:06made another
12:07soft sound of pain i could not refuse lucas's eyes turned cold at once he had just taken one step
12:15toward us when blake and bella caught up from behind oh fatty and ghost boy what are you two doing
12:23what did you call her fatty am i wrong sebastian punched him react
12:30i rushed between them and shrugged tyler hard run
12:37only when we reached the nurse's office did i let out a breath thank you sebastian
12:43but next time just ignore him he won a taekwondo tournament before we can't beat him
12:53but he was bullying you
12:57lily i can't let anyone bully you the next day blake came to school with bruises all over his face
13:04if i find out who beat me i'll kill him forget your face for a second
13:09i heard some billionaire's kid just transferred to our school from overseas who do you think it is
13:14i looked up and met sebastian's clean calm eyes he pointed at a problem on his worksheet then he
13:21smiled sincerely lily can you explain this one to me by late spring graduation was only a month away
13:29for the graduation showcase bella was in charge of costume sizes she stood at the front of the classroom
13:36with a clipboard and asked everyone when she got to me she looked down at the form lily should i
13:44put
13:44you down for xl or xxl i looked up for my corrections for some reason i felt embarrassed saying it
13:51i wear a small
13:57the classroom weren't quiet
14:10no whether lucas bled or not had nothing to do with me i did not know why he had to
14:16come to me for this
14:16lucas did not look surprised the color slowly drains from lucas's face when he spoke again his voice was
14:22even softer i get it lucas i like you
14:30what lily taylor did you just say you like lucas carried across the field for one second everyone went silent
14:42damn lucas really is something even the fatty has a crush on him lucas is that why you keep
14:48rejecting girls you were saving yourself for her i'm serious
14:56my face burned i could not say another word then a loud bug cut out the field a football shot
15:04past my
15:05ear and slammed into the ground behind me the boys who had been laughing shut up lucas looked down at
15:11me
15:11i just want to know one thing what made you think you could confess to me did you think my
15:17standards
15:17were that low my whole body went stiff the heat drained from my face don't you think you're kind of
15:23gross
15:38next time look in a mirror before you embarrass lucas
15:42i stood there without moving cold water dripped from my hair onto the ground
15:50i had been knocked from my body for years but lucas was the first boy who ever defended me
15:57for a while i thought my life could be different but today lucas crushed that dream himself i finally
16:05understood girls like me did not get exceptions the next morning one of lucas's friends came over
16:11to move his desk lucas said he felt sick after yesterday he's taking a few days off he asked me
16:17to
16:18move his seat after saying that he seemed to realize how cruel it sounded he met my numb eyes and
16:27quickly
16:27added not because of you don't overthink it i blinked hard i could not understand why being bigger
16:33than other cat got your tongue hate me this much i only ate a little more than they did
16:39was that really so disgusting three days later lucas came back he walked into the classroom with his
16:47arm around bella heart's waist bella was captain of the cheer squad and every guy's dream girl and i was
16:56lily taylor and nobody people only remembered when they needed a joke chase could not help whistling
17:02damn lucas finally got yourself a girlfriend so is it real or just for show
17:09bella pouted like she was offended what do you mean do i look like the kind of girl who lets
17:14random
17:14guys put their hands on my waist lucas lifted his brow lazily lucas did not deny it people started
17:22cheering and teasing me i lowered my head and looked at my workbook at least no one cared about what
17:28happened that day no one had time to laugh at me that was already good enough after that i buried
17:35myself in school work on the next ap calculus test i beat ethan miller the top student for the first
17:42time
17:42the moment class ended ethan moved his desk beside mine miss carter said i keep messing up the written
17:49explanations she told me to learn from you then he smiled at me new seatmate help me out it took
17:57me a
17:57few seconds to realize i had a seatmate again i was a little happy so i quickly pulled out my
18:02notebook
18:04here this is what i use thanks when i looked up by accident i met lucas's eyes across the room
18:11he had been watching us for a while a second later he looked away i did not know my confession
18:18had
18:18disgusted him that much so much so that he could not even stand to see me doing okay the next
18:24morning
18:25ethan brought me two sausage rolls i had just taken them when lucas walked over with a low laugh
18:32didn't know you had such specific taste man ethan's face changed what do you mean
18:43lucas dropped a stack of printed pictures on my desk for you you like this type right
18:52want me to bring you more tomorrow who the hell said i liked fat girls
19:01oh i saw you move seats i thought you were into her was i wrong lucas's friends laughed with him
19:12ethan cursed under his breath then he moved back to his old seat without another word
19:18from beginning to end neither of them looked at me but every word was about me
19:25my eyes fell on the picture scattered across the desk the sausage rolls in my hands were cold
19:31before lucas walked away why would you do this what
19:41are you that desperate for attention every guy who sits beside you gets the full treatment after what
19:47lucas did everything got worse one morning i found my desk covered in graffiti i kept my head down and
19:56walked to my locker the moment i opened it a stack of printed pictures slipped out and scattered across
20:02the floor students slowed down as they passed and started laughing i crouched down and picked up the
20:08pictures one by one after that no one wanted to hang out with me anymore they were afraid they would
20:15become
20:16the next target during lunch i sat alone under a tree and took big bites of my food even though
20:22i never
20:23thought about dieting again the only time i had tried to lose weight was because i liked lucas more
20:29than food now i did not like him anymore that friday we had volleyball class halfway through class
20:37it started pouring everyone ran toward the gym entrance they laughed and screamed while covering
20:43their heads i followed behind them before i could reach the door several girls started knocking me
20:49back and forth between them i lost my balance and fell hard onto the wet court my kneecap slid out
20:55of
20:55place the pain was so sharp that i could not sit up then a person stopped beside me i grabbed
21:03one
21:03pant leg without thinking i can't stand can you help me it was lucas
21:12no no laughed beside him maybe if you lost weight you wouldn't fall so hard i was soaked through lucas
21:21did
21:22not look at me he walked past me i can't help you rain kept running into my mouth but my
21:29throat still
21:30felt dry i could only try to push myself up near the gym entrance i heard people talking she doesn't
21:37look like she's faking it this is too much should we help her you like her you go who the
21:43hell said
21:43i liked fat girls it took me almost 10 minutes to sit up i still could not stand so i
21:51sat quietly in
21:52the rain i forced myself to think about what grandma might make for dinner otherwise the pain in my knee
21:59and the eyes behind me would break me in the end i got up by myself the voices at the
22:05gym entrance never
22:06stopped i did not dare look back i limped to the security office and called grandma after hearing what
22:15happened grandma decided i needed to get stronger from that day on she planned my meals and made me
22:21exercise with her if they try to knock you down again hit back i stayed home for two days before
22:28going back to school that morning grandma only let me eat one whole wheat egg sandwich i felt miserable
22:34but soon miss carter walked into the classroom behind her stood a strange transfer student
22:39miss carter looked around the room her eyes finally stopped at me sebastian cole sit beside lily
22:45after that she hurried back to the office sebastian sat in the empty spot beside me neither of us
22:52seemed interested in talking but blake could never keep his voice down lucas look this guy is weird
22:59his whole face is covered what is he disfigured probably if he looked good why would he hide his face
23:09ghost boy and chubby lily new couple alert lucas did not react he only spun his pen lazily and said
23:16nothing
23:17for almost a month sebastian and i barely spoke i did not want to talk i was afraid the same
23:25thing
23:25that happened with inkling would happen again then one afternoon after class i noticed sebastian lying
23:30across his desk after hesitating for a moment i walked over do you have a stomach ache
23:39yeah
23:44i'll take you to the nurse's office luckily he did not pull away when i touched him
23:48he was almost six feet two most of his weight leaned against me good thing i was sturdy otherwise
23:54i would not have been able to hold him up the nurse gave him medicine then she asked me to
24:01get him
24:01some water i ran to buy it then hurried back by then sebastian was the only one left in the
24:07nurse's
24:07office you dislike me that much and still help me that's pretty kind of you lily i don't dislike you
24:13i thought you hated me so i didn't talk to you why would i hate you because i'm fat
24:19i suddenly felt he was probably not disfigured at all after that day sebastian and i slowly got
24:25closer but he was still strange he never took off his mask he barely talked to anyone else but he
24:31always ran with me after school my body changed too without noticing it i had gotten stronger
24:38grandma was pleased she said i looked healthier now i never expected lucas to be the first person
24:45at school to notice that afternoon i sat on the lawn finishing the low-fat turkey bowl grandma had
24:51packed for me i had just picked up my lunchbox when lucas suddenly grabbed my wrist you're dieting again
24:59that's none of your business lucas let go lucas pulled me toward the cafeteria you get dizzy when
25:05you starve yourself did you forget planning to pass out again if you don't let go i'll bite you
25:12you really don't know who is good to you
25:16drop the act after that i turned and walked back to the classroom sebastian was lying across his desk alone
25:25is your stomach hurting again sebastian slowly lifted his head yeah i wanted to buy medicine
25:34but i forgot where the nurse's office was i saw you downstairs just now but you were talking to some
25:42guy so i didn't want to interrupt lily it hurts i'll go buy it for you right now wait here
25:53i'll go with you that way i can remember the route
26:01i hurt his arm and helped him take the most of the time when he went downstairs he ran into
26:06lucas
26:07sebastian suddenly lost his balance i hurt too much to walk let me rest for a second okay i opened
26:12my
26:13mouth but when he made another soft sound of pain i could not refuse lucas's eyes turned cold at once
26:21he had just taken one step toward us when blake and bella caught up from behind
26:25whoa fatty and ghost boy what are you two doing what did you call her fatty am i wrong sebastian
26:35punched him react i rushed between them and shoved tyler hard
26:44only when we reached the nurse's office did i let out a breath thank you sebastian
26:50but next time just ignore him he won a taekwondo tournament before we can't beat him
27:01but he was bullying you
27:04lily i can't let anyone bully you the next day blake came to school with bruises all over his face
27:12if i find out who beat me i'll kill him forget your face for a second i heard some billionaires
27:18kid just transferred to our school from overseas who do you think it is i looked up and met sebastian's
27:24clean calm eyes he pointed at a problem on his worksheet then he smiled sincerely can you explain
27:31this one to me by late spring graduation was only a month away for the graduation showcase bella was in
27:40charge of costume sizes she stood at the front of the classroom with a clipboard and asked everyone
27:47when she got to me she looked down at the form lily should i put you down for xl or
27:53xxl i looked up for
27:54my corrections for some reason i felt embarrassed saying it i wear a small
28:04the classroom went quiet
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