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📜Synopsis: 🖌High school star student Eleanor Vance has been best friends with Leo Carter for 16 years, until he knocks her out and ties her to a goalpost as a “prank” to impress the popular girl Savannah. Humiliated in front of the whole school, Ellie transfers to California without a word. There, she finds real friends, academic success, and a caring new boyfriend. Meanwhile, Leo loses his mind with regret, but Ellie has learned that some betrayals can never be forgiven.
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📜Synopsis: 🖌High school star student Eleanor Vance has been best friends with Leo Carter for 16 years, until he knocks her out and ties her to a goalpost as a “prank” to impress the popular girl Savannah. Humiliated in front of the whole school, Ellie transfers to California without a word. There, she finds real friends, academic success, and a caring new boyfriend. Meanwhile, Leo loses his mind with regret, but Ellie has learned that some betrayals can never be forgiven.
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00:04when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
00:09football
00:09field students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktok and someone even threw a milkshake at me
00:14i was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up
00:19savannah said she wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie
00:24you're not actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at
00:28him silently i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
00:32i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank
00:40don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football
00:45players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
00:53leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole
00:58hours leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that
01:04same cocky smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just
01:08there to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so
01:11did sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every
01:15strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement she
01:20couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment
01:24of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me
01:30he walked up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on
01:35his face
01:35the features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought would
01:40protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still joking
01:46as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down he
01:50said it
01:51so casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes
01:55no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out
02:00of
02:00me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled into a blob
02:04like
02:04a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at
02:09my skin made me gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for a moment
02:14i thought i saw
02:14a flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was just a prank we
02:19used to
02:19prank each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this was just like any other joke
02:23but he
02:23forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved humiliating
02:28someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying nothing my
02:32throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't that i
02:36didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16 years of friendship
02:40how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me like that
02:45it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool
02:49halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make a sound
02:54i
02:54just gave leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories and
02:59in that moment it was over heard his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going stop being mad
03:03okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on knives but i
03:08couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front of
03:12him
03:12and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home i went straight
03:17to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body
03:23they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to
03:29wash off the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't
03:36the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin
03:41and leo's careless words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot
03:46water sting my wounds making me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that
03:51this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah
03:56my mom knocked on the door ellie you've been in there a while don't run up the water bill honey
04:01i turned off the shower coming out now my voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like my own mom
04:08must
04:08have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything was wrong that was for the best
04:12i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the person i trusted most in the world
04:16had
04:16betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost no i couldn't bring myself
04:21to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was pale my lips colorless the marks
04:26on my wrists
04:26were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they were carved into my bones i took out the
04:30antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing pain but it was nothing compared to the
04:36pain
04:36in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years our families lived on the same street our parents
04:42were old friends our moms went shopping together our dads had barbecues on weekends we were in the
04:47same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on the first day and i was the one who gave
04:52him a
04:52piece of chocolate after that he followed me around like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you
05:00could have this ellie we're gonna be together forever back then leo's eyes were so bright his
05:05smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good girl who always listened when he got into
05:10trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke the classroom window i said it was me
05:14it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying so i tutored him before final exams i'd give
05:20him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up all night making a new set for myself
05:24he used to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make you my bride someday i'd blush and say
05:29who would want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought we were best friends
05:34the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he would look at me
05:40seriously and say eleanor varse will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes i was
05:46just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave to get
05:52savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goalpost to make me the laughingstock of the
05:56whole school to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip
06:02instagram page they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from
06:08this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew
06:14the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming
06:21to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this is what
06:26everyone
06:27thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted two today's source of entertainment
06:33savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping emoji
06:38savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing emojis her
06:44comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for queen savannah what's next
06:50for round two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my pain was
06:59their
06:59entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought would always be on my
07:06side he was the one who had hurt me the most
07:15when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
07:20football field
07:20students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was tied up
07:26in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah said
07:31she wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're not
07:35actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him silently
07:40i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
07:43i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank
07:51don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football
07:56players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
08:04leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
08:10leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky smirk
08:16he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there to watch the
08:20show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did sienna miller she
08:23was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every strand of her hair
08:26was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement she couldn't hide in
08:31her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment of course savannah asks savannah
08:38gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me he walked up to the goal
08:42post and
08:43looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on his face the features were so familiar
08:48but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought would protect me forever now only held
08:53mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still joking as if i wasn't a person but
08:58a toy
08:59all right all right joke's over let's get her down he said it so casually like he was commenting on
09:03the
09:04weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed
09:08hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out of me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed
09:12every bone in my body ached i curled into a blob like a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped
09:17the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp when he saw
09:22my
09:22red swollen eyes he paused for a second for a moment i thought i saw a flicker of regret i
09:26thought he
09:27would apologize what are you crying for it was just a prank we used to prank each other all the
09:31time he
09:31said it so lightly as if this was just like any other joke but he forgot our old pranks never
09:36involved
09:36destroying someone's dignity they never involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people
09:40they were never this cruel i stared at him saying nothing my throat felt like it was stuffed with
09:44cotton i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know
09:48what
09:49to say how do you question 16 years of friendship how do you put this betrayal into words my stare
09:54made him uncomfortable don't look at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt
09:58savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal
10:03you're fine right but i didn't make a sound i just gave leo one last look in that look was
10:0716 years of
10:08friendship countless happy memories and in that moment it was over heard his voice behind hey
10:12eleanor vance where are you going stop being mad okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but
10:16firm every step felt like walking on knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would
10:20break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front of him and if that happened i would have truly lost
10:25lost everything when i got home i went straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw
10:32the bruises
10:32and wents covering my body they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin
10:38over and over trying to wash off the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every
10:45trace of leo but i couldn't the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled
10:52on my skin and leo's careless words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse
10:57the hot
10:57water sting my wounds making me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that
11:02this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah my mom
11:08knocked on the door ellie you've been in there a while don't run up the water bill honey i turned
11:12off the shower coming out now my voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like my own mom must have
11:19gone to
11:19her book club because she didn't notice anything was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to
11:23explain how could i explain tell her that the person i trusted most in the world had betrayed
11:27me tell her i was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost no i couldn't bring myself to
11:32say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was pale my lips colorless the marks on
11:37my wrists
11:37were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they were carved into my bones i took out the
11:41antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing pain but it was nothing compared to
11:47the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years our families lived on the same street
11:52our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together our dads had barbecues on weekends we were
11:58in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on the first day and i was the one
12:03who gave
12:03him a piece of chocolate after that he followed me around like a little shadow ellie wait for me
12:10ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together forever back then leo's eyes were so bright his
12:16smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good girl who always listened when he got into
12:21trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke the classroom window i said it was me
12:25it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying so i tutored him before final exams i'd give
12:31him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up all night making a new set for myself he
12:36used to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make you my bride someday i'd blush and say who
12:40would
12:40want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought we were best friends the closest
12:46partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he would look at me seriously and say
12:52eleanor vars will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes i was just a toy he
12:58could
12:58humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave to get savannah's attention
13:03he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughing stock of the whole school
13:08to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip instagram page
13:14they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from this
13:19afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew
13:25the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming
13:31to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this is what
13:37everyone
13:38thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted too today's source of entertainment
13:44savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping
13:49emoji savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing
13:54emojis her comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for queen savannah
14:01what's next for round two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space
14:08so my pain was their entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought
14:16would always be on my side he was the one who had hurt me the most
14:26when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
14:31football field
14:31students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was tied up
14:37in
14:37front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah said she
14:42wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're not actually
14:46mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him silently i
14:51guess my
14:51dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment i transferred schools
14:56the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank don't be like this
15:03after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football players surrounded
15:08me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them leo knocked me unconscious
15:16and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours leaving me to be watched
15:22and
15:23mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky smirk he always wore hands shoved in
15:28his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there to watch the show the rest of the football
15:31team his accomplices followed behind him and so did sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress
15:35her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys
15:39actually did it that's insane the excitement she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold
15:44so my pain was just her entertainment of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had
15:51never heard from him before me he walked up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting
15:55sun cast a
15:56golden glow on his face the features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger
16:01the eyes i once thought would protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up
16:06there ellie he was still joking as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's
16:11over
16:11let's get her down he said it so casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his
16:15teammates clumsily untied the ropes no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass
16:20the impact knocked the wind out of me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my
16:24body
16:24ached i curled into a blob like a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face
16:29the pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes he
16:34paused for
16:34a second for a moment i thought i saw a flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are
16:39you
16:39crying for it was just a prank we used to prank each other all the time he said it so
16:43lightly as if
16:43this was just like any other joke but he forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's
16:48dignity they never involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this
16:52cruel i stared at him saying nothing my throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't
16:56get a single word out it wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say
17:00how do you question 16 years of friendship how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made
17:05him uncomfortable don't look at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt
17:09savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal
17:14you're fine right but i didn't make a sound i just gave leo one last look in that look was
17:1816 years of
17:19friendship countless happy memories and in that moment it was over heard his voice behind hey
17:23eleanor vance where are you going stop being mad okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but
17:27firm every step felt like walking on knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would
17:31break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front of him and if that happened i would have truly lost
17:36lost everything when i got home i went straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw
17:43the bruises
17:43and wentz covering my body they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin
17:49over and over trying to wash off the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every
17:55trace of leo but i couldn't the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled
18:02on my skin and leo's careless words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse
18:08the hot
18:08water sting my wounds making me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that
18:13this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah my mom
18:19knocked on the door ellie you've been in there a while don't run up the water bill honey i turned
18:23off the shower coming out now my voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like my own mom must have
18:30gone to
18:30her book club because she didn't notice anything was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to
18:34explain how could i explain tell her that the person i trusted most in the world had betrayed
18:38me tell her i was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost no i couldn't bring myself to
18:43say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was pale my lips colorless the marks on
18:48my wrists
18:48were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they were carved into my bones i took out the
18:52antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing pain but it was nothing compared to
18:58the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years our families lived on the same street
19:03our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together our dads had barbecues on weekends we were
19:09in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on the first day and i was the one
19:14who gave
19:14him a piece of chocolate after that he followed me around like a little shadow ellie wait for me
19:20ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together forever back then leo's eyes were so bright his
19:27smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good girl who always listened when he got into
19:32trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke the classroom window i said it was me
19:36it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying so i tutored him before final exams i'd give
19:42him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up all night making a new set for myself he
19:46used to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make you my bride someday i'd blush and say who
19:51would
19:51want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought we were best friends the closest
19:57partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he would look at me seriously and say
20:03eleanor vars will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes i was just a toy he
20:09could
20:09humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave to get savannah's attention
20:14he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughing stock of the whole school
20:19to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip instagram
20:25page they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from this afternoon
20:31in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew the comments
20:37were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming to her
20:43mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this is what everyone thought
20:49of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted too today's source of entertainment savannah are you
20:55satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping emoji savannah replied
21:01you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing emojis her comment was flooded
21:07with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for queen savannah what's next for round two
21:13i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my pain was their entertainment
21:22my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought would always be on my side
21:29he was the one who had hurt me the most
21:37when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
21:41football field
21:42students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was
21:47tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah
21:52said she wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're
21:57not actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him
22:01silently i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
22:05i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank
22:12don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football
22:18players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
22:25leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
22:32leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky
22:38smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there
22:41to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did
22:44sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every
22:48strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement she
22:52couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment
22:57of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me
23:03he walked up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on
23:07his face
23:08the features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought would
23:13protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still joking
23:18as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down he
23:23said it so
23:24casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes
23:28no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out
23:32of
23:32me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled into a blob
23:37like a
23:37dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at
23:42my skin made me gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for a moment
23:46i thought i saw
23:47a flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was just a prank we
23:51used to
23:52prank each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this was just like any other joke
23:56but he
23:56forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved humiliating
24:00someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying nothing my
24:04throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't that i
24:09didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16 years of friendship
24:13how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me like that
24:18it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool
24:22halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make a sound
24:27i
24:27just gave leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories and in
24:32that moment it was over heard his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going stop being mad
24:36okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on knives but i
24:40couldn't
24:41stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front of him
24:45and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home i went straight
24:50to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body they were
24:56horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash
25:02off the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't
25:09the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin
25:14and leo's careless words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot
25:19water sting my wounds making me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that
25:24this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah
25:29my mom knocked on the door ellie you've been in there a while don't run up the water bill honey
25:34i turned off the shower coming out now my voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like my own mom
25:40must
25:41have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything was wrong that was for the best
25:44i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the person i trusted most in the world
25:49had
25:49betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost no i couldn't bring myself
25:54to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was pale my lips colorless the marks
25:58on my wrists
25:59were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they were carved into my bones i took out the
26:03antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing pain but it was nothing compared to the
26:09pain
26:09in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years our families lived on the same street our parents
26:15were old friends our moms went shopping together our dads had barbecues on weekends we were in the
26:20same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on the first day and i was the one who gave
26:25him a
26:25piece of chocolate after that he followed me around like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you
26:32could have this ellie we're gonna be together forever back then leo's eyes were so bright his
26:38smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good girl who always listened when he got into
26:43trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke the classroom window i said it was me
26:47it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying so i tutored him before final exams i'd give
26:53him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up all night making a new set for myself he used
26:58to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make you my bride someday i'd blush and say who would
27:02want
27:02to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought we were best friends the closest partners
27:08i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he would look at me seriously and say
27:14eleanor vars will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes i was just a toy he
27:20could
27:20humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave to get savannah's attention he
27:26didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughingstock of the whole school
27:29to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip instagram page
27:36they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from this afternoon
27:42in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew the comments
27:48were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming to her
27:54mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this is what everyone thought
28:00of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted to today's source of entertainment
28:05savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping emoji
28:11savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing emojis
28:17her comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for queen savannah what's
28:23next you're for round two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my
28:31pain was
28:32their entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought would always be
28:39on my side he was the one who had hurt me the most
28:48when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
28:52football field
28:53students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was tied
28:58up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah said she
29:04wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're not actually
29:08mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him silently i
29:13guess
29:13my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment i transferred schools
29:18the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank don't be like this
29:25after
29:26gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football players surrounded me leo
29:31carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them leo knocked me unconscious
29:38and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
29:43leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone
29:46finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets
29:51he strolled over like he was just there to watch the show the rest of the football team his
29:53accomplices followed behind him and so did sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress
29:57her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every strand of her hair was glowing
29:59oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane
30:02the excitement she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her
30:07entertainment of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him
30:13before me he walked up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden
30:18glow on his
30:18face the features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought
30:24would protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still
30:29joking as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down
30:34he said it so casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied
30:38the ropes no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked
30:43the wind out of me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i
30:47curled into
30:47a blob like a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the
30:52tape
30:52tearing at my skin made me gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for
30:57a moment i
30:57thought i saw a flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was
31:01just a prank we used to prank each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this
31:05was just like
31:06any other joke but he forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never
31:10involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at
31:14him saying nothing my throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out
31:18it wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16
31:23years of
31:24friendship how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look
31:28at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted
31:32to film a cool halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i
31:37didn't
31:37make a sound i just gave leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy
31:42memories and in that moment it was over heard his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going
31:46stop being mad okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on
31:51knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably
31:55right in front of him and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home
32:00i
32:00went straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body
32:07they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash
32:13off the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't
32:19the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless
32:26words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water sting my wounds
32:31making
32:31me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this
32:36was
32:36real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah my mom knocked on the door ellie you've
32:42been in
32:42there a while don't run up the water bill honey i turned off the shower coming out now my voice
32:49was
32:49so hoarse it didn't sound like my own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice
32:53anything was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that
32:58the person i trusted most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown
33:02on the
33:02school's goalpost no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face
33:07was
33:07pale my lips colorless the marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they
33:12were carved into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a
33:17piercing pain but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16
33:23years
33:23our families lived on the same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together
33:28our dads had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on
33:34the first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate after that he followed me
33:39around like
33:40a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together forever
33:46back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good
33:51girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke the
33:56classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying
34:01so i tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up
34:06all night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make
34:11you my
34:11bride someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i
34:16thought we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day
34:23he would look at me seriously and say eleanor varse will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in
34:29his
34:29eyes i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave
34:34to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughing
34:39stock of the whole school to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the
34:45school's gossip instagram page they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded
34:51the videos from this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time
34:57the wind blew the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what
35:04was coming to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this
35:10is
35:10what everyone thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted to today's source of
35:16entertainment savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added
35:21a clown jeeping emoji savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three
35:27blushing emojis her comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for queen
35:33savannah what's next you're for round two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space
35:41so my pain was their entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought
35:49would always be on my side he was the one who had hurt me the most
35:59when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
36:03football field
36:04students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktok and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was tied up
36:09in
36:09front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah said she wanted
36:15to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're not actually mad
36:19are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him silently i guess
36:24my
36:24dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment i transferred schools
36:29the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank don't be like this
36:36after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football players surrounded me
36:41leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them leo knocked me unconscious
36:49and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours leaving me to be watched
36:55and
36:55mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky smirk he always wore hands shoved in
37:01his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there to watch the show the rest of the football
37:04team his accomplices followed behind him and so did sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long
37:08hair flowing over her shoulders like every strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually
37:12did it that's insane the excitement she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain
37:17was just her entertainment of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard
37:24from him before me he walked up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast
37:28a golden glow
37:29on his face the features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once
37:35thought would protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he
37:39was still joking as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get
37:44her down
37:44he said it so casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily
37:49untied the ropes no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked
37:54the
37:54wind out of me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled
37:58into a blob
37:59like a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing
38:03at
38:03my skin made me gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for a moment
38:08i thought
38:09i saw a flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was just
38:12a prank we used to prank each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this was
38:16just like any
38:17other joke but he forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never
38:21involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him
38:25saying nothing my throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out
38:29it wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16
38:34years of friendship how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't
38:39look at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted
38:43to film a cool halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i
38:48didn't
38:48make a sound i just gave leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy
38:53memories and in that moment it was over heard his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going
38:57stop being mad okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking
39:01on knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably
39:06right in front of him and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home
39:11i
39:11went straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body
39:18they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off
39:24the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't
39:30the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless
39:37words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water sting my wounds
39:42making
39:42me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this
39:47was
39:47real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah my mom knocked on the door ellie you've
39:53been in there a
39:54while don't run up the water bill honey i turned off the shower coming out now my voice was so
40:00hoarse
40:00it didn't sound like my own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything
40:05was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the
40:09person i trusted most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on
40:13the school's
40:14goalpost no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was
40:18pale
40:19my lips colorless the marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they were
40:23carved into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing
40:29pain but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years
40:34our
40:35families lived on the same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together our dads
40:40had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on the
40:45first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate after that he followed me around
40:50like
40:51a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together forever
40:57back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good
41:02girl
41:03who always listened when he got into trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke the
41:07classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying so i tutored
41:13him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up all
41:17night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make you
41:22my bride
41:22someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought
41:27we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he would
41:34look at me seriously and say eleanor varse will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes
41:40i was
41:41just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave to get
41:46savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughing stock of the
41:51whole school to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip
41:57instagram page they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from
42:03this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew
42:09the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming
42:15to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this is what
42:21everyone
42:21thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted two today's source of entertainment
42:27savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping emoji
42:33savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing emojis
42:38her comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for queen savannah what's
42:45next you're for round two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my
42:53pain was
42:54their entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought would always be
43:01on my side he was the one who had hurt me the most
43:10when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
43:14football field
43:15students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was tied up
43:20in
43:20front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah said she wanted
43:26to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're not actually mad
43:30are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him silently i guess
43:35my
43:35dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment i transferred schools
43:39the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank don't be like this
43:47after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football players surrounded me
43:52leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
43:58leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
44:05leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky
44:10smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there
44:14to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did sienna
44:17miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every strand of her
44:21hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement she couldn't hide
44:25in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment of course savannah asks
44:32savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me he walked up to the
44:37goal
44:37post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on his face the features were so
44:42familiar
44:42but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought would protect me forever now only
44:47held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still joking as if i wasn't a person
44:52but a
44:53toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down he said it so casually like he was commenting
44:58on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes no one cared if i would get hurt
45:02i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out of me and i felt like my lungs
45:06had
45:07collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled into a blob like a dying insect leo crouched down and
45:12ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp when he
45:16saw
45:16my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for a moment i thought i saw a flicker of regret
45:21i thought
45:21he would apologize what are you crying for it was just a prank we used to prank each other all
45:25the
45:25time he said it so lightly as if this was just like any other joke but he forgot our old
45:30pranks never
45:30involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of
45:34people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying nothing my throat felt like it was stuffed
45:38with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't
45:43know what to say how do you question 16 years of friendship how do you put this betrayal into words
45:48my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his
45:52guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool halloween prank video so we thought it's not
45:57a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make a sound i just gave leo one last look in
46:01that look
46:02was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories and in that moment it was over heard his voice
46:06hey eleanor vance where are you going stop being mad okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky
46:10but firm every step felt like walking on knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i
46:15would break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front of him and if that happened i would have
46:18truly lost lost everything when i got home i went straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes
46:26i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water
46:32scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying
46:38to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious
46:45stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind
46:51like a curse the hot water sting my wounds making me shiver but the pain was good it kept me
46:55lucid it
46:56reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really did use me as a toy to impress
47:00savannah my mom knocked on the door ellie you've been in there a while don't run up the water bill
47:06honey i turned off the shower coming out now my voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like my own
47:13mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything was wrong that was for the
47:17best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the person i trusted most in the
47:21world
47:21had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost no i couldn't bring
47:26myself
47:26to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was pale my lips colorless the marks
47:31on my
47:31wrists were deep and a sickening shade of purple red like they were carved into my bones i took out
47:36the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing pain but it was nothing compared
47:41to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years our families lived on the same
47:47street
47:47our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together our dads had barbecues on weekends we were
47:52in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on the first day and i was the one
47:57who
47:57gave him a piece of chocolate after that he followed me around like a little shadow ellie wait for me
48:04ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together forever back then leo's eyes were so bright his
48:10smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good girl who always listened when he got into
48:15trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke the classroom window i said it was me
48:20it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying so i tutored him before final exams i'd give
48:26him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up all night making a new set for myself he
48:30used to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make you my bride someday i'd blush and say who
48:35would
48:35want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought we were best friends the closest
48:40partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he would look at me seriously and say
48:47eleanor vars will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes i was just a toy he
48:52could
48:53humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave to get savannah's attention
48:58he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughing stock of the whole school
49:02to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip instagram page
49:09they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from this afternoon
49:14in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew the comments
49:21were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming to her
49:26mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this is what everyone thought
49:32of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted to today's source of entertainment savannah are you
49:39satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping emoji savannah replied
49:45you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing emojis her comment was flooded
49:51with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for queen savannah what's next it's around two
49:56i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my pain was their entertainment
50:05my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought would always be on my side
50:13he was the one who had hurt me the most
50:20when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
50:25football field
50:26students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was
50:31tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah
50:36said she wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're
50:40not actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him
50:44silently i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
50:49i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank
50:56don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football
51:02players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
51:09leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
51:16leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky
51:21smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there
51:25to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did
51:28sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every
51:31strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement
51:36she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment
51:40of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me
51:47he walked up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on
51:51his face
51:51the features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought would
51:57protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still joking
52:02as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down he
52:07said it so
52:07casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes
52:11no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out
52:16of
52:16me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled into a blob
52:20like a
52:21dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at
52:25my skin made me gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for a moment
52:30i thought i saw
52:31a flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was just a prank we
52:35used to prank
52:35each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this was just like any other joke but
52:39he forgot
52:40our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved humiliating someone
52:44in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying nothing my throat
52:48felt like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't that i didn't want
52:53to speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16 years of friendship how do you
52:57put this
52:58betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes
53:03gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool halloween prank video so we
53:07thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make a sound i just gave leo one
53:11last look
53:12in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories and in that moment it was over heard
53:17his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going stop being mad okay i didn't turn back my steps
53:21were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was
53:25afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front of him and if that happened i would
53:29have truly lost lost everything when i got home i went straight to the bathroom as i took off my
53:36clothes i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body they were horrifying i stood under the scalding
53:42water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off the milkshake to wash off the humiliation
53:49trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't the laughter still echoed in my ears the
53:55malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless words it was just a prank they
54:00replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water sting my wounds making me shiver but the pain was
54:05good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really did
54:10use me as a toy to impress savannah my mom knocked on the door ellie you've been in there a
54:15while
54:16don't run up the water bill honey i turned off the shower coming out now my voice was so hoarse
54:22it didn't sound like my own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything
54:26was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the
54:31person i trusted most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on
54:35the
54:35school's goalpost no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face
54:40was
54:40pale my lips colorless the marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they
54:45were carved into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a
54:50piercing pain but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16
54:55years our families lived on the same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping
55:01together our dads had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his
55:06eyes out on the first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate after that
55:11he followed
55:12me around like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be
55:18together forever back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was
55:24the good girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke
55:29the classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying so i
55:34tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up all
55:39night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make you
55:43my bride
55:44someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought
55:49we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he would
55:56look at me seriously and say eleanor varse will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes
56:02i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave
56:07to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goalpost to make me the laughing
56:12stock of the whole school to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the
56:18school's gossip instagram page they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded
56:24the videos from this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time
56:30the wind blew the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was
56:37coming to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this is
56:43what
56:43everyone thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted to today's source of entertainment
56:49savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping emoji
56:55savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing emojis
57:00her comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for team savannah what's
57:06next you're for round two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my
57:15pain was
57:15their entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought would always be on my
57:23side he was the one who had hurt me the most