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00:06when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
00:10football
00:10field students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me
00:15i was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up
00:21savannah said she wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie
00:25you're not actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just
00:29stared at him silently i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's
00:33entertainment i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was
00:40just a prank don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when
00:46the football players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading
00:52them leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole
00:59hours leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that
01:06same cocky smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there
01:10to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did
01:13sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every strand
01:16of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement she couldn't
01:21hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment of course
01:26savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me he walked up
01:32to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on his face the
01:37features
01:37were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought would protect me
01:42forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still joking as if i
01:48wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down he said it so
01:52casually like
01:53he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes no one cared
01:57if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out of me and
02:01i felt like
02:02my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled into a blob like a dying insect leo
02:07crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me
02:11gasped when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for a moment i thought i saw
02:16a flicker
02:16of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was just a prank we used to
02:20prank
02:20each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this was just like any other joke but
02:24he forgot
02:25our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved humiliating someone in
02:29front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying nothing my throat felt
02:34like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't that i didn't want to
02:38speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16 years of friendship how do you put
02:42this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me like that it's
02:46creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool halloween
02:51prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make a sound i
02:56just gave
02:56leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories and in that
03:01moment it was over heard his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going stop being mad okay i
03:05didn't
03:05turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on knives but i couldn't stop
03:09if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front of him and
03:14if that
03:14happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home i went straight to the bathroom
03:20as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body they were horrifying i stood
03:27under
03:27the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off the milkshake to wash off the
03:33humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't the laughter still echoed in my ears
03:39the malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless words it was just a prank
03:45they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water sting my wounds making me shiver but the pain
03:50was
03:50good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really did use
03:55me as a toy to impress savannah my mom knocked on the door ellie you've been in there a while
04:01don't run up
04:01the water bill honey i turned off the shower coming out now my voice was so hoarse it didn't
04:08sound like my own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything was wrong
04:12that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the person i
04:16trusted
04:16most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost
04:21no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was pale
04:25my lips
04:26colorless the marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they were carved
04:30into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing pain
04:36but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years our
04:41families
04:42lived on the same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together our dads
04:47had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on
04:51the first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate after that he followed me
04:57around
04:57like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together forever
05:04back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good
05:09girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke the
05:14classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying
05:19so i tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up
05:24all night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make
05:28you my
05:28bride someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i
05:33thought we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day
05:40he would look at me seriously and say eleanor varse will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in
05:46his
05:47eyes i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave
05:52to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughing
05:57stock of the whole school to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the
06:03school's gossip instagram page they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded
06:09the videos from this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time
06:15the wind blew the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what
06:21was coming to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this
06:27is
06:28what everyone thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted to today's source of
06:34entertainment savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added
06:39a clown jeeping emoji savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three
06:44blushing emojis her comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for team
06:51savannah what's next it's around two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space
06:58so my pain was their entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought
07:06would always be on my side he was the one who had hurt me the most
07:27when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
07:32football field
07:33students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was
07:38tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah
07:43said she wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're
07:47not actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him
07:51silently i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
07:56i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his mind please ellie it was just a prank
08:04don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football
08:09players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
08:16leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
08:23leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky
08:28smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there
08:32to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did
08:35sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every
08:38strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement
08:43she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment of
08:48course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me he walked
08:54up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on his face
08:58the
08:59features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought would
09:04protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still joking
09:09as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down he
09:14said it so
09:14casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes
09:18no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out
09:23of
09:23me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled into a blob
09:27like a
09:28dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at my
09:32skin
09:33made me gasped when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for a moment i thought
09:37i saw a
09:38flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was just a prank we used
09:42to
09:42prank each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this was just like any other joke
09:46but he
09:47forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved humiliating
09:51someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying nothing my
09:55throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't that
09:59i didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16 years of friendship
10:04how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me like
10:08that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film
10:12a cool halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make
10:17a
10:17sound i just gave leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories
10:22and in that moment it was over heard his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going stop
10:26being mad okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on knives
10:31but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably right in
10:35front of him and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home i went
10:40straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body they
10:47were horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off
10:53the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't
10:59the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless
11:05words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water sting my wounds
11:11making
11:11me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this
11:16was
11:16real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah my mom knocked on the door ellie you've
11:22been in
11:22there a while don't run up the water bill honey i turned off the shower coming out now my voice
11:28was
11:28so hoarse it didn't sound like my own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't
11:33notice anything was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell
11:37her that the person i trusted most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like
11:41a clown
11:42on the school's goalpost no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess
11:46my face was pale my lips colorless the marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple
11:51red like they were carved into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit
11:55by bit it hurt a piercing pain but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years
12:01i'd known
12:02leo for 16 years our families lived on the same street our parents were old friends our moms went
12:07shopping together our dads had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten
12:12he cried his eyes out on the first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of
12:16chocolate
12:16after that he followed me around like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this
12:24ellie we're gonna be together forever back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was
12:30the troublemaker and i was the good girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered him when
12:35the teacher asked who broke the classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball
12:40swing he hated studying so i tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized
12:45notes then i'd stay up all night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the
12:49best
12:49i'm going to make you my bride someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly
12:54my heart would flutter i thought we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped
13:00for more i hoped that one day he would look at me seriously and say eleanor varse will you be
13:06my
13:07girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted
13:12just a backup plan who would never leave to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me
13:17to a goal post to make me the laughing stock of the whole school to trample all over my dignity
13:22my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip instagram page they had a new post i clicked on
13:29it
13:29mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a
13:35broken doll swaying every time the wind blew the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying
13:41emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a
13:48slap
13:48in the face so this is what everyone thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted
13:54too
13:54today's source of entertainment savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he
14:00even added a clown jeeping emoji savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around
14:06followed by three blushing emojis her comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man
14:12anything for queen savannah what's next you're for round two i shut off my phone
14:17my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my pain was their entertainment my dignity was their plaything
14:25and leo the one person i thought would always be on my side he was the one who had hurt
14:33me the most
14:49when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
14:54football field
14:55students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was
15:00tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah
15:05said she wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're
15:09not actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him
15:13silently i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
15:18i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his mind please ellie it was just
15:24a prank don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the
15:30football players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
15:38leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole
15:43hours leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same
15:50cocky smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there
15:53to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did
15:57sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like
16:00every strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement
16:05she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment of
16:10course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me he walked
16:16up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on his face
16:20the features
16:21were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought would protect me
16:26forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still joking as if i
16:31wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down he said it so
16:36casually like
16:37he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes no one cared if
16:41i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out of me and i
16:45felt like my
16:46lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled into a blob like a dying insect leo crouched
16:51down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp
16:55when he
16:56saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for a moment i thought i saw a flicker of
17:00regret i thought
17:01he would apologize what are you crying for it was just a prank we used to prank each other all
17:05the time
17:05he said it so lightly as if this was just like any other joke but he forgot our old pranks
17:10never
17:10involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of
17:14people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying nothing my throat felt like it was
17:18stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just
17:22didn't know what to say how do you question 16 years of friendship how do you put this betrayal
17:27into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes
17:31gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool halloween prank video so we
17:36thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make a sound i just gave leo one
17:40last look
17:41in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories and in that moment it was over heard
17:45his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going stop being mad okay i didn't turn back
17:49my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped
17:54i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front of him and if that
17:58happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home i went straight to the bathroom
18:04as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and wentes covering my body they were horrifying i stood
18:10under
18:11the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off the milkshake to wash off the
18:16humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't the laughter still echoed in my ears
18:23the malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless words it was just a prank they
18:29replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water sting my wounds making me shiver but the pain was
18:34good it
18:35kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really did use me as
18:39a toy to
18:40impress savannah my mom knocked on the door ellie you've been in there a while don't run up the
18:45water bill honey i turned off the shower coming out now my voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like
18:52my
18:52own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything was wrong that was for
18:56the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the person i trusted most in
19:01the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost no i
19:06couldn't
19:06bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was pale my lips colorless
19:10the marks
19:11on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they were carved into my bones
19:15i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing pain but it was
19:20nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years our families lived on
19:26the
19:26same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together our dads had barbecues on
19:31weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on the
19:35first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate after that he followed me around
19:41like
19:41a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together forever
19:48back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good
19:53girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke the
19:58classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying
20:03so i tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay
20:08up all night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the best i'm going to
20:12make you
20:12my bride someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i
20:17thought we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day
20:24he would look at me seriously and say eleanor vars will you be my girlfriend but it turned out
20:30in his eyes i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would
20:35never leave to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the
20:41laughing stock of the whole school to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the
20:47school's gossip instagram page they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded the
20:53videos from this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every
20:59time the wind blew the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what
21:05was coming to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this
21:11is what
21:12everyone thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted too today's source of entertainment
21:18savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping emoji
21:24savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing emojis
21:29her comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for queen savannah what's
21:35next for round two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my pain
21:44was their
21:44entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought would always be on my
21:52side he was the one who had hurt me the most
22:11when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
22:16football field
22:16students walking by laughed at me filmed tick tocks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was tied
22:22up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah said
22:27she wanted to see a real-life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're not
22:31actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him silently
22:36i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
22:40i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his mind please ellie it was just a prank
22:48don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football
22:53players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
23:00leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
23:06leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky smirk
23:12he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there to watch the
23:16show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did sienna miller she
23:19was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every strand of her hair
23:23was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement she couldn't hide in
23:27her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment of course savannah asks savannah
23:34gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me he walked up to the goal
23:39post and looked
23:39up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on his face the features were so familiar but right
23:44now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought would protect me forever now only held
23:49mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still joking as if i wasn't a person but
23:54a toy
23:55all right all right jokes over let's get her down he said it so casually like he was commenting on
24:00the
24:00weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed
24:04hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out of me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed
24:09every bone in my body ached i curled into a blob like a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped
24:14the
24:14face the pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes
24:19he paused for a second for a moment i thought i saw a flicker of regret i thought he would
24:23apologize
24:24what are you crying for it was just a prank we used to prank each other all the time he
24:27said it
24:28so lightly as if this was just like any other joke but he forgot our old pranks never involved
24:32destroying someone's dignity they never involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people
24:36they were never this cruel i stared at him saying nothing my throat felt like it was stuffed
24:40with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't
24:45know what to say how do you question 16 years of friendship how do you put this betrayal into words
24:49my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his
24:54guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool halloween prank video so we thought it's not a
24:59big deal you're fine right but i didn't make a sound i just gave leo one last look in that
25:03look
25:03was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories and in that moment it was over heard his voice
25:08behind hey eleanor vance where are you going stop being mad okay i didn't turn back my steps were
25:12shaky but firm every step felt like walking on knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was
25:16afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front of him and if that happened i would
25:20have truly lost lost everything when i got home i went straight to the bathroom as i took off my
25:26clothes
25:27i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water
25:33scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying
25:40to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious
25:46stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind
25:52like a curse the hot water sting my wounds making me shiver but the pain was good it kept me
25:57lucid it
25:58reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really did use me as a toy to impress
26:02savannah
26:03my mom knocked on the door ellie you've been in there a while don't run up the water bill honey
26:08i turned off the shower coming out now my voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like my own mom
26:15must
26:15have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything was wrong that was for the best i didn't
26:19want to explain how could i explain tell her that the person i trusted most in the world had betrayed
26:24me tell her i was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost no i couldn't bring myself to
26:28say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was pale my lips colorless the marks on
26:33my wrists
26:33were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they were carved into my bones i took out the
26:37antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing pain but it was nothing compared to
26:43the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years our families lived on the same street
26:49our
26:49parents were old friends our moms went shopping together our dads had barbecues on weekends we
26:54were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on the first day and i was the
26:59one who
26:59gave him a piece of chocolate after that he followed me around like a little shadow ellie wait for me
27:06ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together forever back then leo's eyes were so bright his
27:12smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good girl who always listened when he got into
27:17trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke the classroom window i said it was me it was
27:22him
27:22practicing his baseball swing he hated studying so i tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my
27:28meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up all night making a new set for myself he used to say
27:32ellie you're the best i'm going to make you my bride someday i'd blush and say who would want to
27:37marry
27:37you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought we were best friends the closest partners i even
27:43secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he would look at me seriously and say eleanor vars will
27:50you
27:50be my girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he
27:55wanted
27:56just a backup plan who would never leave to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me
28:01to a goal post to make me the laughing stock of the whole school to trample all over my dignity
28:06my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip instagram page they had a new post i clicked on
28:13it
28:13mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a
28:19broken doll swaying every time the wind blew the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying
28:25emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a
28:32slap
28:32in the face so this is what everyone thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted
28:38too
28:38today's source of entertainment savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he
28:44even added a clown jeeping emoji savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around
28:49followed by three blushing emojis her comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man
28:55anything for queen savannah what's next for round two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow
29:03empty space so my pain was their entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i
29:12thought would always be on my side he was the one who had hurt me the most
29:33when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
29:38football field
29:38students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was
29:43tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah
29:49said she wanted to see a real-life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're
29:53not actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him
29:57silently i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
30:02i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his mind
30:07please ellie it was just a prank don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of
30:13the
30:13equipment room when the football players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole
30:19life was leading them leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field
30:26for two whole hours leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had
30:33that same cocky smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was
30:37just there to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind
30:40him and so did sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders
30:43like every strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane
30:48the excitement she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her
30:53entertainment of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard
30:59from him before me he walked up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast
31:03a golden
31:03glow on his face the features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes
31:09i once thought would protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie
31:14he was still joking as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right jokes over let's
31:19get
31:19her down he said it so casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his
31:23teammates clumsily untied the ropes no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass
31:27the impact knocked the wind out of me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my
31:31body
31:32ached i curled into a blob like a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face
31:37the pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes he
31:41paused for a
31:42second for a moment i thought i saw a flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you
31:46crying
31:46for it was just a prank we used to prank each other all the time he said it so lightly
31:50as if
31:51this was just like any other joke but he forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's
31:55dignity they never involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this
31:59cruel i stared at him saying nothing my throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a
32:03single word out it wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do
32:08you
32:08question 16 years of friendship how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable
32:13don't look at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she
32:18wanted to film a cool halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but
32:22i didn't make a sound i just gave leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship
32:27countless happy memories and in that moment it was over heard his voice behind hey eleanor vance where
32:31are you going stop being mad okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt
32:36like
32:36walking on knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob
32:40uncontrollably right in front of him and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything
32:44when i got home i went straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises
32:50and
32:51wentz covering my body they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and
32:57over trying to wash off the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo
33:03but i couldn't the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin
33:10and leo's careless words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water
33:16sting my wounds making me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this
33:20wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah my mom knocked
33:26on the
33:26door ellie you've been in there a while don't run up the water bill honey i turned off the shower
33:32coming out now my voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like my own mom must have gone to her
33:38book
33:38club because she didn't notice anything was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to explain how
33:42could i explain tell her that the person i trusted most in the world had betrayed me tell her i
33:46was
33:47tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in
33:51the
33:51mirror was a mess my face was pale my lips colorless the marks on my wrists were deep in a
33:56sickening shade
33:56of purple red like they were carved into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning
34:01them bit by bit it hurt a piercing pain but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart
34:0616 years
34:06i'd known leo for 16 years our families lived on the same street our parents were old friends
34:12our moms went shopping together our dads had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class
34:17since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on the first day and i was the one who gave him a
34:21piece
34:22of chocolate after that he followed me around like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have
34:29this ellie we're gonna be together forever back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure
34:35he was the troublemaker and i was the good girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered
34:40him when the teacher asked who broke the classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his
34:45baseball swing he hated studying so i tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously
34:50organized notes then i'd stay up all night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're
34:55the
34:55best i'm going to make you my bride someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but
34:59secretly my heart would flutter i thought we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly
35:06hoped for more i hoped that one day he would look at me seriously and say eleanor varse will you
35:12be
35:12my girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted
35:17just a backup plan who would never leave to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me
35:23to a goal post to make me the laughing stock of the whole school to trample all over my dignity
35:28my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip instagram page they had a new post i clicked on
35:35it
35:35mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like
35:40a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew the comments were filled with lols and laughing
35:46crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like
35:53a slap in the face so this is what everyone thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo
35:59had posted
36:00too today's source of entertainment savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post
36:06he even added a clown jeeping emoji savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding
36:11around followed by three blushing emojis her comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man
36:17anything for queen savannah what's next for round two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow
36:25empty space so my pain was their entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person
36:34i thought would always be on my side he was the one who had hurt me the most
36:55when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
37:00football field
37:00students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was
37:05tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah
37:11said she wanted to see a real-life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're
37:15not actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him
37:19silently i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
37:24i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his mind please ellie it was just a prank
37:31don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football
37:36players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
37:44leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
37:50leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky
37:56smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there
37:59to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did
38:02sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every
38:06strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement
38:10she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment of
38:16course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me he walked
38:22up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on his face
38:26the
38:26features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought would
38:31protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still joking
38:37as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down he
38:41said it
38:42so casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes
38:46no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out
38:51of
38:51me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled into a blob
38:55like
38:55a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at
39:00my skin made me gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for a moment
39:05i thought
39:05i saw a flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was just a
39:09prank
39:09we used to prank each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this was just like
39:13any other
39:14joke but he forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved
39:18humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying
39:22nothing my throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't
39:27that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16 years of
39:31friendship
39:31how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me like that
39:36it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool
39:40halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make a sound
39:45i
39:45just gave leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories and in
39:50that moment it was over heard his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going stop being mad okay
39:54i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on knives but i couldn't
39:59stop
39:59if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front of him
40:03and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home i went straight to
40:08the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body they were
40:15horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off the
40:21milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't
40:27the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin
40:32and leo's careless words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot
40:37water sting my wounds making me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that
40:42this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah
40:47my mom knocked on the door ellie you've been in there a while don't run up the water bill honey
40:52i turned off the shower coming out now my voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like my own mom
40:59must
40:59have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything was wrong that was for the best
41:03i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the person i trusted most in the world
41:07had
41:07betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost no i couldn't bring myself
41:12to
41:12say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was pale my lips colorless the marks on
41:17my wrists
41:17were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they were carved into my bones i took out the
41:21antiseptic
41:22and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing pain but it was nothing compared to the
41:27pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years our families lived on the same street our
41:33parents were old friends our moms went shopping together our dads had barbecues on weekends we
41:38were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on the first day and i was the
41:43one who
41:43gave him a piece of chocolate after that he followed me around like a little shadow ellie wait for me
41:50ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together forever back then leo's eyes were so
41:55bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good girl who always listened when
42:00he got into trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke the classroom window i said it was
42:05me it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying so i tutored him before final exams i'd
42:11give him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up all night making a new set for myself he
42:16used
42:16to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make you my bride someday i'd blush and say who would
42:20want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought we were best friends the closest
42:26partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he would look at me seriously and say
42:32eleanor vars will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes i was just a toy he
42:38could
42:38humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave to get savannah's attention
42:43he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughing stock of the whole school
42:48to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip instagram page
42:54they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from this afternoon
43:00in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew the comments
43:07were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming to her
43:12mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this is what everyone
43:18thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted too today's source of entertainment
43:24savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping emoji
43:29savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing emojis
43:35her comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for queen savannah what's
43:41next for round two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my pain
43:50was their
43:50entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought would always be on my side
43:58he was the one who had hurt me the most
44:17when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
44:22football field
44:22students walking by laughed at me filmed tick tocks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was tied
44:27up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah said she
44:33wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're not actually
44:37mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him silently i
44:42guess
44:42my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment i transferred schools
44:47the next day and leo lost his mind please ellie it was just a prank don't be like this after
44:55gym
44:55class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football players surrounded me leo carter the
45:01boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the
45:09goal post of the football field for two whole hours leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone
45:15finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets
45:20he strolled over like he was just there to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices
45:23followed behind him and so did sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over
45:27her shoulders like every strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's
45:31insane the excitement she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just
45:36her entertainment of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from
45:43him before me he walked up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a
45:47golden glow
45:47on his face the features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once
45:53thought would protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he
45:58was still joking as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get
46:03her down
46:03he said it so casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily
46:07untied the ropes no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked
46:12the
46:12wind out of me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled
46:16into a blob
46:17like a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing
46:22at
46:22my skin made me gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for a moment
46:27i thought
46:27i saw a flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was just
46:31a prank we used to prank each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this was
46:35just like any
46:35other joke but he forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never
46:40involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him
46:44saying nothing my throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it
46:48wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16 years
46:53of
46:53friendship how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me
46:57like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film
47:02a cool halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make
47:07a
47:07sound i just gave leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories
47:12and in that moment it was over heard his voice behind hey eleanor bounce where are you going stop being
47:16mad okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on knives but
47:20i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front
47:24of him and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home i went straight
47:30to
47:30the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body they were horrifying
47:37i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off the milkshake
47:43to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't the laughter
47:50still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless words it was
47:56just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water sting my wounds making me shiver
48:01but
48:01the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo
48:06really
48:07did use me as a toy to impress savannah my mom knocked on the door ellie you've been in there
48:12a
48:12while don't run up the water bill honey i turned off the shower coming out now my voice was so
48:18hoarse
48:19it didn't sound like my own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything
48:23was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the
48:27person i trusted most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on
48:32the school's
48:32goalpost no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was
48:37pale
48:37my lips colorless the marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they were
48:41carved into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a
48:47piercing pain but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16
48:52years
48:52our families lived on the same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together
48:58our dads had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten
49:01he cried his eyes out on the first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of
49:06chocolate
49:07after that he followed me around like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this
49:13ellie we're gonna be together forever back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was
49:19the troublemaker and i was the good girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered him when
49:24the teacher asked who broke the classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing
49:30he hated studying so i tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized
49:34notes then i'd stay up all night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the
49:39best i'm
49:40going to make you my bride someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my
49:44heart
49:44would flutter i thought we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more
49:51i hoped that one day he would look at me seriously and say eleanor varse will you be my girlfriend
49:57but it turned out in his eyes i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a
50:02backup
50:02plan who would never leave to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goalpost
50:08to make me the laughing stock of the whole school to trample all over my dignity
50:12my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip instagram page they had a new post i clicked on
50:19it mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from this afternoon in the video i was hanging
50:24there like a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew the comments were filled with lols and
50:30laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming to her mummy of the year lol every
50:37comment felt like a slap in the face so this is what everyone thought of me i closed instagram
50:42on his story leo had posted too today's source of entertainment savannah are you satisfied the
50:47picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping emoji savannah replied you guys are
50:53so
50:53bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing emojis her comment was flooded with likes and
50:59hype leo you're the man anything for queen savannah what's next for round two i shut off my phone
51:07my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my pain was their entertainment my dignity was their
51:15plaything and leo the one person i thought would always be on my side he was the one who had
51:22hurt me the most
51:39when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
51:44football field
51:44students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was tied
51:49up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah said she
51:55wanted to see a real-life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're not actually
51:59mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him silently i
52:04guess my
52:04dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment i transferred schools
52:09the next day and leo lost his mind please ellie it was just a prank don't be like this after
52:17gym
52:17class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football players surrounded me leo
52:22carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them leo knocked me unconscious and tied
52:30me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours leaving me to be watched and mocked
52:36by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky smirk he always wore hands shoved in his
52:41jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there to watch the show the rest of the football team
52:45his accomplices followed behind him and so did sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair
52:48flowing over her shoulders like every strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually
52:52did it that's insane the excitement she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain
52:58was just her entertainment of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard
53:04from him before me he walked up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast
53:09a golden
53:09glow on his face the features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i
53:15once
53:15thought would protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he
53:20was still joking as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get
53:24her down
53:25he said it so casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily
53:29untied the ropes no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked
53:34the
53:34wind out of me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled
53:38into a blob
53:39like a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing
53:44at my skin made me gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for a
53:48moment i thought
53:49i saw a flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was just
53:53a prank we used to prank each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this was
53:57just like any
53:57other joke but he forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never
54:02involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him
54:06saying nothing my throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it
54:10wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16 years
54:15of
54:15friendship how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me
54:19like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film
54:24a cool halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make
54:29a
54:29sound i just gave leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories
54:34and in that moment it was over heard his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going stop being
54:38mad okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on knives but
54:42i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front
54:46of him and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home i went straight
54:52to
54:52the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and went covering my body they were horrifying
54:59i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off the milkshake
55:05to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't the laughter still
55:12echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless words it was just a
55:18prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water sting my wounds making me shiver but the
55:23pain
55:24was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really did
55:29use
55:29me as a toy to impress savannah my mom knocked on the door ellie you've been in there a while
55:34don't run up the water bill honey i turned off the shower coming out now my voice was so hoarse
55:41it didn't sound like my own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything
55:45was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the
55:49person i trusted most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on
55:54the school's
55:54goalpost no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was
55:59pale
55:59my lips colorless the marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they were
56:03carved into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a
56:09piercing pain but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16
56:14years
56:14our families lived on the same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together
56:19our dads had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten
56:24he cried his eyes out on the first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of
56:28chocolate
56:29after that he followed me around like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this
56:35ellie we're gonna be together forever back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was
56:41the troublemaker and i was the good girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered him when
56:46the teacher asked who broke the classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing
56:52he hated studying so i tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized
56:56notes then i'd stay up all night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the
57:01best i'm
57:01going to make you my bride someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my
57:06heart
57:06would flutter i thought we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more
57:13i hoped that one day he would look at me seriously and say eleanor varse will you be my girlfriend
57:19but it turned out in his eyes i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a
57:24backup
57:24plan who would never leave to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal
57:29post to make me the laughing stock of the whole school to trample all over my dignity
57:34my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip instagram page they had a new post i clicked on
57:41it
57:41mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a
57:46broken doll swaying every time the wind blew the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying
57:53emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a
57:59slap
58:00in the face so this is what everyone thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted
58:05too
58:06today's source of entertainment savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post
58:11he even added a clown jeeping emoji savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding
58:17around followed by three blushing emojis her comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man
58:23anything for queen savannah what's next for round two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow
58:31empty
58:31space so my pain was their entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought
58:40would always be on my side he was the one who had hurt me the most