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📝Synopsis: High school star student Eleanor Vance has been best friends with Leo Carter for 16 years, until his cruel “prank” leaves her humiliated and broken. She transfers to California, rebuilding her life with new friends, success, and love, while Leo is left drowning in regret he cannot undo.
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📝Synopsis: High school star student Eleanor Vance has been best friends with Leo Carter for 16 years, until his cruel “prank” leaves her humiliated and broken. She transfers to California, rebuilding her life with new friends, success, and love, while Leo is left drowning in regret he cannot undo.
✨Genre: Campus Drama
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00:17When I woke up, I was a prop in their prank, zip tied to the goal post on the school's
00:21football field.
00:22Students walking by laughed at me, filmed TikToks, and someone even threw a milkshake at me.
00:27I was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend, Leo, finally showed up.
00:32Savannah said she wanted to see a real-life horror movie prank, so we just played a little joke.
00:36Ellie, you're not actually mad, are you? We grew up together. You know me better than anyone.
00:40I just stared at him silently. I guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment.
00:46I transferred schools the next day, and Leo lost his fucking mind.
00:51Please, Ellie, it was just a prank. Don't be like this.
00:54After gym class, I was just walking out of the equipment room when the football players surrounded me.
01:00Leo Carter, the boy next door I'd known my whole life, was leading them.
01:05Leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours,
01:12leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone.
01:15Finally, Leo arrived. He still had that same cocky smirk he always wore.
01:18Hands shoved in his jean pockets. He strolled over like he was just there to watch the show.
01:22The rest of the football team, his accomplices, followed behind him, and so did Sienna Miller.
01:25She was wearing a pink sundress, her long hair flowing over her shoulders, like every strand of her hair was
01:28glowing.
01:29Oh my god, you guys actually did it! That's insane!
01:31The excitement she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold, so my pain was just her entertainment?
01:37Of course. Savannah asks, Savannah gets.
01:40It was a gentle tone I had never heard from him before me.
01:43He walked up to the goal post and looked up at me.
01:45The setting sun cast a golden glow on his face.
01:48The features were so familiar, but right now, he was a complete stranger.
01:52The eyes I once thought would protect me forever now only held mockery.
01:55So, how's the view from up there, Ellie?
01:57He was still joking, as if I wasn't a person but a toy.
02:01Alright, alright, joke's over. Let's get her down.
02:03He said it so casually, like he was commenting on the weather.
02:06A couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes.
02:08No one cared if I would get hurt.
02:09I crashed hard onto the grass.
02:11The impact knocked the wind out of me, and I felt like my lungs had collapsed.
02:14Every bone in my body ached.
02:16I curled into a blob, like a dying insect.
02:18Leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face.
02:20The pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp.
02:23When he saw my red, swollen eyes, he paused for a second.
02:26For a moment, I thought I saw a flicker of regret.
02:28I thought he would apologize.
02:29What are you crying for? It was just a prank.
02:31We used to prank each other all the time.
02:33He said it so lightly, as if this was just like any other joke.
02:36But he forgot.
02:37Our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity.
02:39They never involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people.
02:42They were never this cruel.
02:43I stared at him, saying nothing.
02:44My throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton.
02:46I couldn't get a single word out.
02:48It wasn't that I didn't want to speak.
02:50I just didn't know what to say.
02:51How do you question 16 years of friendship?
02:53How do you put this betrayal into words?
02:55My stare made him uncomfortable.
02:57Don't look at me like that. It's creepy.
02:58His darting eyes gave away his guilt.
03:00Savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool Halloween prank video,
03:03so we thought, it's not a big deal.
03:05You're fine, right?
03:06But I didn't make a sound.
03:07I just gave Leo one last look.
03:09In that look was 16 years of friendship.
03:10Countless happy memories.
03:12And in that moment, it was over.
03:13Hey, Eleanor Vance, where are you going?
03:15Stop being mad, okay?
03:16I didn't turn back.
03:17My steps were shaky, but firm.
03:19Every step felt like walking on knives, but I couldn't stop.
03:21If I stopped, I was afraid I would break down.
03:23I would sob uncontrollably right in front of him.
03:25And if that happened, I would have truly lost.
03:27Lost everything.
03:27When I got home, I went straight to the bathroom.
03:31As I took off my clothes, I saw the bruises and wents covering my body.
03:36They were horrifying.
03:37I stood under the scalding water, scrubbing my skin over and over,
03:41trying to wash off the milkshake, to wash off the humiliation,
03:45trying to wash away every trace of Leo, but I couldn't.
03:49The laughter still echoed in my ears.
03:51The malicious stares still crawled on my skin.
03:54And Leo's careless words, it was just a prank.
03:57They replayed in my mind like a curse.
03:59The hot water sting my wounds, making me shiver.
04:01But the pain was good.
04:02It kept me lucid.
04:03It reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare.
04:05This was real.
04:06Leo really did use me as a toy to impress Savannah.
04:09My mom knocked on the door.
04:10Ellie, you've been in there a while.
04:12Don't run up the water bill, honey.
04:14I turned off the shower.
04:16Coming out now.
04:17My voice was so hoarse.
04:19It didn't sound like my own.
04:20Mom must have gone to her book club, because she didn't notice anything was wrong.
04:23That was for the best.
04:24I didn't want to explain.
04:26How could I explain?
04:27Tell her that the person I trusted most in the world had betrayed me?
04:30Tell her I was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost?
04:33No, I couldn't bring myself to say it.
04:34The girl in the mirror was a mess.
04:36My face was pale.
04:37My lips colorless.
04:38The marks on my wrists were deep and a sickening shade of purple-red like they were carved into my
04:42bones.
04:42I took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them, bit by bit.
04:45It hurt.
04:46A piercing pain.
04:47But it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart.
04:4916 years.
04:50I'd known Leo for 16 years.
04:53Our families lived on the same street.
04:55Our parents were old friends.
04:56Our moms went shopping together.
04:58Our dads had barbecues on weekends.
04:59We were in the same class since kindergarten.
05:01He cried his eyes out on the first day, and I was the one who gave him a piece of
05:05chocolate.
05:06After that, he followed me around like a little shadow.
05:10Ellie, wait for me.
05:11Ellie, Ellie, you can have this.
05:13Ellie, we're gonna be together forever.
05:16Back then, Leo's eyes were so bright, his smile so pure.
05:19He was the troublemaker, and I was the good girl who always listened.
05:22When he got into trouble, I covered him.
05:24When the teacher asked who broke the classroom window, I said it was me.
05:27It was him, practicing his baseball swing.
05:30He hated studying, so I tutored him.
05:31Before final exams, I'd give him all my meticulously organized notes.
05:35Then I'd stay up all night making a new set for myself.
05:37He used to say,
05:38Ellie, you're the best.
05:39I'm going to make you my bride someday.
05:41I'd blush and say, who would want to marry you?
05:43But secretly, my heart would flutter.
05:45I thought we were best friends.
05:47The closest partners.
05:48I even secretly hoped for more.
05:51I hoped that one day, he would look at me seriously and say,
05:54Eleanor Vars, will you be my girlfriend?
05:56But it turned out, in his eyes, I was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted.
06:01Just a backup plan who would never leave.
06:04To get Savannah's attention, he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goalpost.
06:08To make me the laughingstock of the whole school.
06:10To trample all over my dignity.
06:12My phone buzzed non-stop.
06:14It was the school's gossip Instagram page.
06:16They had a new post.
06:18I clicked on it mechanically.
06:19Someone had uploaded the videos from this afternoon.
06:22In the video, I was hanging there like a broken doll.
06:26Swaying every time the wind blew.
06:28The comments were filled with LOLs and laughing, crying emojis.
06:32I'm dead, Eleanor got what was coming to her.
06:34Mummy of the year, LOL.
06:36Every comment felt like a slap in the face.
06:38So this is what everyone thought of me.
06:40I closed Instagram.
06:42On his story, Leo had posted too.
06:44Today's source of entertainment.
06:46Savannah, are you satisfied?
06:47The picture was of me, tied to the post.
06:49He even added a clown jeeping emoji.
06:51Savannah replied,
06:52You guys are so bad.
06:54I was just kidding around, followed by three blushing emojis.
06:57Her comment was flooded with likes and hype.
07:00Leo, you're the man!
07:01Anything for Queen Savannah.
07:02What's next? It's for round two.
07:04I shut off my phone.
07:07My heart felt like a hollow, empty space.
07:10So, my pain was their entertainment.
07:13My dignity was their plaything.
07:15And Leo, the one person I thought would always be on my side,
07:20he was the one who had hurt me the most.
07:23When I woke up, I was a prop in their prank,
07:26zip-tied to the goalpost on the school's football field.
07:28Students walking by laughed at me, filmed TikToks,
07:31and someone even threw a milkshake at me.
07:32I was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours.
07:35When my best friend, Leo, finally showed up...
07:38Savannah said she wanted to see a real-life horror movie prank,
07:41so we just played a little joke.
07:42Ellie, you're not actually mad, are you?
07:44We grew up together.
07:45You know me better than anyone.
07:46I just stared at him silently.
07:48I guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment.
07:52I transferred schools the next day.
07:54And Leo lost his fucking mind.
07:57Please, Ellie, it was just a prank!
07:59Don't be like this!
08:00After gym class, I was just walking out of the equipment room
08:03when the football players surrounded me.
08:06Leo Carter, the boy next door I'd known my whole life, was leading them.
08:11Leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goalpost of the football field for two whole hours,
08:18leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone.
08:21Finally, Leo arrived.
08:22He still had that same cocky smirk he always wore.
08:24Hands shoved in his jean pockets.
08:26He strolled over like he was just there to watch the show.
08:27The rest of the football team, his accomplices, followed behind him.
08:30And so did Sienna Miller.
08:31She was wearing a pink sundress, her long hair flowing over her shoulders.
08:33Like every strand of her hair was glowing.
08:35Oh my god, you guys actually did it!
08:36That's insane!
08:37The excitement she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold.
08:41So my pain was just her entertainment?
08:43Of course.
08:44Savannah asks, Savannah gets.
08:46It was a gentle tone I had never heard from him before me.
08:49He walked up to the goalpost and looked up at me.
08:51The setting sun cast a golden glow on his face.
08:54The features were so familiar.
08:56But right now, he was a complete stranger.
08:58The eyes I once thought would protect me forever now only held mockery.
09:01So, how's the view from up there, Ellie?
09:03He was still joking.
09:04As if I wasn't a person, but a toy.
09:06Alright, alright.
09:07Joke's over.
09:08Let's get her down.
09:09He said it so casually.
09:10Like he was commenting on the weather.
09:12A couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes.
09:14No one cared if I would get hurt.
09:15I crashed hard onto the grass.
09:17The impact knocked the wind out of me.
09:19And I felt like my lungs had collapsed.
09:20Every bone in my body ached.
09:22I curled into a blob, like a dying insect.
09:24Leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face.
09:26The pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp.
09:29When he saw my red, swollen eyes, he paused for a second.
09:32For a moment, I thought I saw a flicker of regret.
09:34I thought he would apologize.
09:35What are you crying for?
09:36It was just a prank.
09:37We used to prank each other all the time.
09:39He said it so lightly, as if this was just like any other joke.
09:42But he forgot.
09:42Our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity.
09:45They never involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people.
09:48They were never this cruel.
09:49I stared at him, saying nothing.
09:50My throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton.
09:52I couldn't get a single word out.
09:54It wasn't that I didn't want to speak.
09:56I just didn't know what to say.
09:57How do you question 16 years of friendship?
09:59How do you put this betrayal into words?
10:01My stare made him uncomfortable.
10:03Don't look at me like that.
10:03It's creepy.
10:04His darting eyes gave away his guilt.
10:06Savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool Halloween prank video,
10:09so we thought, it's not a big deal.
10:11You're fine, right?
10:12But I didn't make a sound.
10:13I just gave Leo one last look.
10:14In that look was 16 years of friendship.
10:16Countless happy memories.
10:18And in that moment, it was over.
10:19I heard his voice behind me.
10:20Hey, Eleanor Vance, where are you going?
10:21Stop being mad, okay?
10:22I didn't turn back.
10:23My steps were shaky, but firm.
10:25Every step felt like walking on knives, but I couldn't stop.
10:27If I stopped, I was afraid I would break down.
10:29I would sob uncontrollably right in front of him.
10:31And if that happened, I would have truly lost.
10:33Lost everything.
10:34When I got home, I went straight to the bathroom.
10:37As I took off my clothes, I saw the bruises and wents covering my body.
10:42They were horrifying.
10:43I stood under the scalding water, scrubbing my skin over and over,
10:47trying to wash off the milkshake, to wash off the humiliation,
10:51trying to wash away every trace of Leo, but I couldn't.
10:55The laughter still echoed in my ears.
10:57The malicious stares still crawled on my skin.
11:00And Leo's careless words, it was just a prank.
11:02They replayed in my mind like a curse.
11:05The hot water sting my wounds, making me shiver.
11:07But the pain was good.
11:08It kept me lucid.
11:09It reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare.
11:11This was real.
11:12Leo really did use me as a toy to impress Savannah.
11:15My mom knocked on the door.
11:16Ellie, you've been in there a while.
11:18Don't run up the water bill, honey.
11:20I turned off the shower.
11:22Coming out now.
11:23My voice was so hoarse.
11:25It didn't sound like my own.
11:26Mom must have gone to her book club,
11:28because she didn't notice anything was wrong.
11:29That was for the best.
11:30I didn't want to explain.
11:31How could I explain?
11:33Tell her that the person I trusted most in the world had betrayed me?
11:35Tell her I was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost?
11:38No, I couldn't bring myself to say it.
11:40The girl in the mirror was a mess.
11:42My face was pale.
11:43My lips colorless.
11:44The marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple-red
11:47like they were carved into my bones.
11:48I took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit.
11:51It hurt.
11:52A piercing pain.
11:53But it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart.
11:5516 years.
11:56I'd known Leo for 16 years.
11:59Our families lived on the same street.
12:00Our parents were old friends.
12:02Our moms went shopping together.
12:04Our dads had barbecues on weekends.
12:05We were in the same class since kindergarten.
12:07He cried his eyes out on the first day,
12:09and I was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate.
12:12After that, he followed me around like a little shadow.
12:16Ellie?
12:17Wait for me.
12:17Ellie?
12:18You can have this.
12:19Ellie?
12:20We're gonna be together forever.
12:21Back then, Leo's eyes were so bright, his smile so pure.
12:25He was the troublemaker, and I was the good girl who always listened.
12:28When he got into trouble, I covered him.
12:30When the teacher asked who broke the classroom window, I said it was me.
12:33It was him, practicing his baseball swing.
12:35He hated studying, so I tutored him.
12:37Before final exams, I'd give him all my meticulously organized notes.
12:41Then I'd stay up all night making a new set for myself.
12:43He used to say,
12:44Ellie, you're the best.
12:45I'm going to make you my bride someday.
12:46I'd blush and say,
12:48Who would want to marry you?
12:49But secretly, my heart would flutter.
12:51I thought we were best friends.
12:53The closest partners.
12:54I even secretly hoped for more.
12:57I hoped that one day, he would look at me seriously and say,
13:00Eleanor Vars, will you be my girlfriend?
13:03But it turned out, in his eyes,
13:04I was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted.
13:07Just a backup plan who would never leave.
13:10To get Savannah's attention,
13:11he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goalpost,
13:13to make me the laughingstock of the whole school,
13:15to trample all over my dignity.
13:18My phone buzzed non-stop.
13:20It was the school's gossip Instagram page.
13:22They had a new post.
13:24I clicked on it mechanically.
13:25Someone had uploaded the videos from this afternoon.
13:28In the video, I was hanging there like a broken doll,
13:31swaying every time the wind blew.
13:33The comments were filled with LOLs and laughing, crying emojis.
13:37I'm dead, Eleanor got what was coming to her.
13:40Mummy of the year, LOL.
13:42Every comment felt like a slap in the face.
13:44So this is what everyone thought of me.
13:46I closed Instagram.
13:47On his story, Leo had posted too.
13:50Today's source of entertainment.
13:52Savannah, are you satisfied?
13:53The picture was of me, tied to the post.
13:55He even added a clown jeeping emoji.
13:57Savannah replied,
13:58You guys are so bad.
14:00I was just kidding around,
14:01followed by three blushing emojis.
14:03Her comment was flooded with likes and hype.
14:06Leo, you're the man!
14:07Anything for Queen Savannah.
14:08What's next? You're for round two.
14:10I shut off my phone.
14:13My heart felt like a hollow, empty space.
14:16So, my pain was their entertainment.
14:19My dignity was their plaything.
14:21And Leo, the one person I thought would always be on my side,
14:26he was the one who had hurt me the most.
14:29When I woke up, I was a prop in their prank,
14:31zip-tied to the goalpost on the school's football field.
14:34Students walking by laughed at me, filmed TikToks,
14:37and someone even threw a milkshake at me.
14:39I was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours.
14:42When my best friend, Leo, finally showed up,
14:44Savannah said she wanted to see a real-life horror movie prank,
14:47so we just played a little joke.
14:48Ellie, you're not actually mad, are you?
14:50We grew up together.
14:51You know me better than anyone.
14:52I just stared at him silently.
14:53I guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed
14:56for someone else's entertainment.
14:57I transferred schools the next day,
15:00and Leo lost his fucking mind.
15:02Please, Ellie, it was just a prank.
15:05Don't be like this.
15:06After gym class, I was just walking out of the equipment room
15:09when the football players surrounded me.
15:12Leo Carter, the boy next door I'd known my whole life,
15:15was leading them.
15:17Leo knocked me unconscious
15:19and tied me to the goalpost of the football field
15:22for two whole hours,
15:24leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone.
15:27Finally, Leo arrived.
15:28He still had that same cocky smirk he always wore.
15:30Hands shoved in his jean pockets.
15:32He strolled over like he was just there to watch the show.
15:33The rest of the football team, his accomplices, followed behind him,
15:35and so did Sienna Miller.
15:37She was wearing a pink sundress,
15:38her long hair flowing over her shoulders,
15:39like every strand of her hair was glowing.
15:41Oh my god, you guys actually did it!
15:42That's insane!
15:43The excitement she couldn't hide in her voice
15:45made my blood run cold.
15:47So my pain was just her entertainment?
15:49Of course.
15:50Savannah asks, Savannah gets.
15:52It was a gentle tone I had never heard from him before me.
15:55He walked up to the goalpost and looked up at me.
15:57The setting sun cast a golden glow on his face.
16:00The features were so familiar.
16:02But right now, he was a complete stranger.
16:04The eyes I once thought would protect me forever now only held mockery.
16:07So, how's the view from up there, Ellie?
16:09He was still joking, as if I wasn't a person but a toy.
16:12Alright, alright, joke's over.
16:14Let's get her down.
16:15He said it so casually, like he was commenting on the weather.
16:18A couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes.
16:20No one cared if I would get hurt.
16:21I crashed hard onto the grass.
16:23The impact knocked the wind out of me,
16:24and I felt like my lungs had collapsed.
16:26Every bone in my body ached.
16:28I curled into a blob, like a dying insect.
16:30Leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face.
16:32The pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp.
16:35When he saw my red, swollen eyes, he paused for a second.
16:38For a moment, I thought I saw a flicker of regret.
16:40I thought he would apologize.
16:41What are you crying for?
16:42It was just a prank.
16:43We used to prank each other all the time.
16:45He said it so lightly, as if this was just like any other joke.
16:48But he forgot.
16:48Our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity.
16:51They never involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people.
16:54They were never this cruel.
16:55I stared at him, saying nothing.
16:56My throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton.
16:58I couldn't get a single word out.
17:00It wasn't that I didn't want to speak.
17:01I just didn't know what to say.
17:03How do you question 16 years of friendship?
17:05How do you put this betrayal into words?
17:07My stare made him uncomfortable.
17:08Don't look at me like that.
17:09It's creepy.
17:10His darting eyes gave away his guilt.
17:12Savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool Halloween prank video,
17:15so we thought,
17:16It's not a big deal.
17:17You're fine, right?
17:18But I didn't make a sound.
17:19I just gave Leo one last look.
17:20In that look was 16 years of friendship.
17:22Countless happy memories.
17:23And in that moment, it was over.
17:25Heard his voice behind me.
17:25Hey, Eleanor Vance, where are you going?
17:27Stop being mad, okay?
17:28I didn't turn back.
17:29My steps were shaky, but firm.
17:30Every step felt like walking on knives, but I couldn't stop.
17:33If I stopped, I was afraid I would break down.
17:35I would sob uncontrollably right in front of him.
17:36And if that happened, I would have truly lost.
17:38Lost everything.
17:40When I got home, I went straight to the bathroom.
17:43As I took off my clothes, I saw the bruises and wentz covering my body.
17:48They were horrifying.
17:49I stood under the scalding water, scrubbing my skin over and over,
17:53trying to wash off the milkshake, to wash off the humiliation,
17:57trying to wash away every trace of Leo, but I couldn't.
18:00The laughter still echoed in my ears.
18:03The malicious stares still crawled on my skin.
18:06And Leo's careless words, it was just a prank.
18:08They replayed in my mind like a curse.
18:11The hot water sting my wounds, making me shiver.
18:13But the pain was good.
18:14It kept me lucid.
18:15It reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare.
18:17This was real.
18:18Leo really did use me as a toy to impress Savannah.
18:21My mom knocked on the door.
18:22Ellie, you've been in there a while.
18:24Don't run up the water bill, honey.
18:26I turned off the shower.
18:28Coming out now.
18:29My voice was so hoarse.
18:31It didn't sound like my own.
18:32Mom must have gone to her book club,
18:33because she didn't notice anything was wrong.
18:35That was for the best.
18:36I didn't want to explain.
18:37How could I explain?
18:38Tell her that the person I trusted most in the world had betrayed me?
18:41Tell her I was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost?
18:44No, I couldn't bring myself to say it.
18:46The girl in the mirror was a mess.
18:48My face was pale.
18:49My lips colorless.
18:50The marks on my wrists were deep and a sickening shade of purple red like they were carved into
18:54my bones.
18:54I took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit.
18:57It hurt.
18:58A piercing pain.
18:59But it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart.
19:0116 years.
19:13He cried his eyes out on the first day, and I was the one who gave him a piece of
19:17chocolate.
19:18After that, he followed me around like a little shadow.
19:22Ellie, wait for me.
19:23Ellie, you can have this.
19:25Ellie, we're gonna be together forever.
19:27Back then, Leo's eyes were so bright, his smile so pure.
19:31He was the troublemaker, and I was the good girl who always listened.
19:34When he got into trouble, I covered him.
19:36When the teacher asked who broke the classroom window, I said it was me.
19:39It was him, practicing his baseball swing.
19:41He hated studying, so I tutored him.
19:43Before final exams, I'd give him all my meticulously organized notes.
19:47Then I'd stay up all night making a new set for myself.
19:49He used to say, Ellie, you're the best.
19:51I'm going to make you my bride someday.
19:53I'd blush and say, who would want to marry you?
19:55But secretly, my heart would flutter.
19:56I thought we were best friends, the closest partners.
20:00I even secretly hoped for more.
20:02I hoped that one day, he would look at me seriously and say,
20:06Eleanor Vars, will you be my girlfriend?
20:08But it turned out, in his eyes, I was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted.
20:13Just a backup plan who would never leave.
20:15To get Savannah's attention, he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goalpost,
20:19to make me the laughingstock of the whole school, to trample all over my dignity.
20:24My phone buzzed nonstop.
20:25It was the school's gossip Instagram page.
20:28They had a new post.
20:29I clicked on it mechanically.
20:31Someone had uploaded the videos from this afternoon.
20:34In the video, I was hanging there like a broken doll,
20:37swaying every time the wind blew.
20:39The comments were filled with LOLs and laughing, crying emojis.
20:43I'm dead.
20:44Eleanor got what was coming to her.
20:46Mummy of the year, LOL.
20:48Every comment felt like a slap in the face.
20:50So this is what everyone thought of me.
20:52I closed Instagram.
20:53On his story, Leo had posted too.
20:56Today's source of entertainment.
20:58Savannah, are you satisfied?
20:59The picture was of me, tied to the post.
21:01He even added a clown jeeping emoji.
21:03Savannah replied,
21:04You guys are so bad.
21:05I was just kidding around, followed by three blushing emojis.
21:09Her comment was flooded with likes and hype.
21:11Leo, you're the man!
21:13Anything for Queen Savannah.
21:14What's next?
21:15For round two.
21:15I shut off my phone.
21:19My heart felt like a hollow, empty space.
21:22So, my pain was their entertainment.
21:25My dignity was their plaything.
21:27And Leo, the one person I thought would always be on my side,
21:32he was the one who had hurt me the most.
21:35When I woke up, I was a prop in their prank,
21:37zip-tied to the goalpost on the school's football field.
21:40Students walking by laughed at me, filmed TikToks,
21:42and someone even threw a milkshake at me.
21:44I was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours.
21:47When my best friend, Leo, finally showed up...
21:50Savannah said she wanted to see a real-life horror movie prank,
21:53so we just played a little joke.
21:54Ellie, you're not actually mad, are you?
21:56We grew up together.
21:57You know me better than anyone.
21:58I just stared at him silently.
21:59I guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed
22:02for someone else's entertainment.
22:03I transferred schools the next day.
22:06And Leo lost his fucking mind.
22:08Please, Ellie, it was just a prank!
22:11Don't be like this!
22:12After gym class, I was just walking out of the equipment room
22:15when the football players surrounded me.
22:17Leo Carter, the boy next door I'd known my whole life,
22:21was leading them.
22:23Leo knocked me unconscious
22:25and tied me to the goalpost of the football field
22:28for two whole hours,
22:30leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone.
22:33Finally, Leo arrived.
22:34He still had that same cocky smirk he always wore.
22:36Hands shoved in his jean pockets.
22:38He strolled over like he was just there to watch the show.
22:39The rest of the football team, his accomplices, followed behind him.
22:41And so did Sienna Miller.
22:42She was wearing a pink sundress,
22:44her long hair flowing over her shoulders.
22:45Like every strand of her hair was glowing.
22:46Oh my god, you guys actually did it!
22:48That's insane!
22:49The excitement she couldn't hide in her voice
22:51made my blood run cold.
22:52So my pain was just her entertainment?
22:55Of course.
22:56Savannah asks, Savannah gets.
22:58It was a gentle tone I had never heard from him before me.
23:01He walked up to the goalpost and looked up at me.
23:03The setting sun cast a golden glow on his face.
23:06The features were so familiar.
23:07But right now, he was a complete stranger.
23:10The eyes I once thought would protect me forever now only held mockery.
23:13So, how's the view from up there, Ellie?
23:15He was still joking.
23:16As if I wasn't a person, but a toy.
23:18Alright, alright.
23:19Joke's over.
23:20Let's get her down.
23:21He said it so casually.
23:22Like he was commenting on the weather.
23:23A couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes.
23:26No one cared if I would get hurt.
23:27I crashed hard onto the grass.
23:29The impact knocked the wind out of me.
23:30And I felt like my lungs had collapsed.
23:32Every bone in my body ached.
23:33I curled into a blob, like a dying insect.
23:36Leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face.
23:38The pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp.
23:41When he saw my red, swollen eyes, he paused for a second.
23:44For a moment, I thought I saw a flicker of regret.
23:46I thought he would apologize.
23:47What are you crying for?
23:48It was just a prank.
23:49We used to prank each other all the time.
23:51He said it so lightly, as if this was just like any other joke.
23:53But he forgot.
23:54Our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity.
23:57They never involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people.
24:00They were never this cruel.
24:01I stared at him, saying nothing.
24:02My throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton.
24:04I couldn't get a single word out.
24:05It wasn't that I didn't want to speak.
24:07I just didn't know what to say.
24:09How do you question 16 years of friendship?
24:11How do you put this betrayal into words?
24:13My stare made him uncomfortable.
24:14Don't look at me like that.
24:15It's creepy.
24:16His darting eyes gave away his guilt.
24:18Savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool Halloween prank video,
24:21so we thought, it's not a big deal.
24:23You're fine, right?
24:24But I didn't make a sound.
24:25I just gave Leo one last look.
24:26In that look was 16 years of friendship.
24:28Countless happy memories.
24:29And in that moment, it was over.
24:30I heard his voice behind me.
24:31Hey, Eleanor Vance, where are you going?
24:33Stop being mad, okay?
24:34I didn't turn back.
24:35My steps were shaky, but firm.
24:36Every step felt like walking on knives, but I couldn't stop.
24:39If I stopped, I was afraid I would break down.
24:41I would sob uncontrollably right in front of him.
24:42And if that happened, I would have truly lost.
24:44Lost everything.
24:45When I got home, I went straight to the bathroom.
24:49As I took off my clothes, I saw the bruises and wentz covering my body.
24:54They were horrifying.
24:55I stood under the scalding water, scrubbing my skin over and over,
24:59trying to wash off the milkshake, to wash off the humiliation,
25:03trying to wash away every trace of Leo, but I couldn't.
25:06The laughter still echoed in my ears.
25:09The malicious stares still crawled on my skin.
25:12And Leo's careless words, it was just a prank.
25:14They replayed in my mind like a curse.
25:16The hot water sting my wounds, making me shiver.
25:19But the pain was good.
25:20It kept me lucid.
25:21It reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare.
25:23This was real.
25:24Leo really did use me as a toy to impress Savannah.
25:26My mom knocked on the door.
25:28Ellie, you've been in there a while.
25:30Don't run up the water bill, honey.
25:32I turned off the shower.
25:34Coming out now.
25:35My voice was so hoarse.
25:37It didn't sound like my own.
25:38Mom must have gone to her book club,
25:39because she didn't notice anything was wrong.
25:41That was for the best.
25:42I didn't want to explain.
25:43How could I explain?
25:44Tell her that the person I trusted most in the world had betrayed me?
25:47Tell her I was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost?
25:50No, I couldn't bring myself to say it.
25:52The girl in the mirror was a mess.
25:54My face was pale.
25:55My lips colorless.
25:56The marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple red
25:58like they were carved into my bones.
26:00I took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit.
26:03It hurt.
26:04A piercing pain.
26:05But it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart.
26:0716 years.
26:08I'd known Leo for 16 years.
26:10Our families lived on the same street.
26:12Our parents were old friends.
26:14Our moms went shopping together.
26:15Our dads had barbecues on weekends.
26:17We were in the same class since kindergarten.
26:19He cried his eyes out on the first day,
26:21and I was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate.
26:24After that, he followed me around like a little shadow.
26:28Ellie, wait for me.
26:29Ellie, you can have this.
26:31Ellie, we're gonna be together forever.
26:33Back then, Leo's eyes were so bright, his smile so pure.
26:37He was the troublemaker, and I was the good girl who always listened.
26:40When he got into trouble, I covered him.
26:42When the teacher asked who broke the classroom window, I said it was me.
26:45It was him, practicing his baseball swing.
26:47He hated studying, so I tutored him.
26:49Before final exams, I'd give him all my meticulously organized notes.
26:53Then I'd stay up all night making a new set for myself.
26:55He used to say,
26:56Ellie, you're the best.
26:57I'm going to make you my bride someday.
26:58I'd blush and say,
27:00Who would want to marry you?
27:01But secretly, my heart would flutter.
27:02I thought we were best friends.
27:04The closest partners.
27:06I even secretly hoped for more.
27:08I hoped that one day, he would look at me seriously and say,
27:12Eleanor Vars, will you be my girlfriend?
27:14But it turned out, in his eyes,
27:16I was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted.
27:19Just a backup plan who would never leave.
27:21To get Savannah's attention,
27:23he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goalpost,
27:25to make me the laughingstock of the whole school,
27:27to trample all over my dignity.
27:30My phone buzzed non-stop.
27:32It was the school's gossip Instagram page.
27:34They had a new post.
27:35I clicked on it mechanically.
27:37Someone had uploaded the videos from this afternoon.
27:40In the video, I was hanging there like a broken doll,
27:43swaying every time the wind blew.
27:45The comments were filled with LOLs and laughing, crying emojis.
27:49I'm dead, Eleanor got what was coming to her.
27:52Mummy of the year, LOL.
27:54Every comment felt like a slap in the face.
27:56So this is what everyone thought of me.
27:58I closed Instagram.
27:59On his story, Leo had posted too.
28:02Today's source of entertainment.
28:04Savannah, are you satisfied?
28:05The picture was of me, tied to the post.
28:07He even added a clown jeeping emoji.
28:09Savannah replied,
28:10You guys are so bad.
28:11I was just kidding around,
28:13followed by three blushing emojis.
28:15Her comment was flooded with likes and hype.
28:17Leo, you're the man!
28:19Anything for Queen Savannah.
28:20What's next?
28:21It's for round two.
28:21I shut off my phone.
28:24My heart felt like a hollow, empty space.
28:28So, my pain was their entertainment.
28:31My dignity was their plaything.
28:33And Leo, the one person I thought would always be on my side,
28:38he was the one who had hurt me the most.
28:41When I woke up, I was a prop in their prank,
28:43zip-tied to the goalpost on the school's football field.
28:46Students walking by laughed at me,
28:48filmed TikToks,
28:48and someone even threw a milkshake at me.
28:50I was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours.
28:53When my best friend Leo finally showed up,
28:56Savannah said she wanted to see a real-life horror movie prank,
28:58so we just played a little joke.
29:00Ellie, you're not actually mad, are you?
29:01We grew up together.
29:02You know me better than anyone.
29:04I just stared at him silently.
29:05I guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed
29:07for someone else's entertainment.
29:09I transferred schools the next day.
29:12And Leo lost his fucking mind.
29:14Please, Ellie, it was just a prank.
29:17Don't be like this.
29:18After gym class,
29:19I was just walking out of the equipment room
29:21when the football players surrounded me.
29:23Leo Carter,
29:24the boy next door I'd known my whole life,
29:27was leading them.
29:29Leo knocked me unconscious
29:31and tied me to the goalpost of the football field
29:33for two whole hours,
29:36leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone.
29:39Finally, Leo arrived.
29:40He still had that same cocky smirk he always wore.
29:42Hands shoved in his jean pockets.
29:43He strolled over like he was just there to watch the show.
29:45The rest of the football team, his accomplices,
29:47followed behind him.
29:47And so did Sienna Miller.
29:48She was wearing a pink sundress,
29:49her long hair flowing over her shoulders,
29:51like every strand of her hair was glowing.
29:52Oh my god, you guys actually did it!
29:54That's insane!
29:55The excitement she couldn't hide in her voice
29:57made my blood run cold.
29:58So my pain was just her entertainment?
30:01Of course.
30:02Savannah asks, Savannah gets.
30:04It was a gentle tone I had never heard from him before me.
30:07He walked up to the goalpost and looked up at me.
30:09The setting sun cast a golden glow on his face.
30:12The features were so familiar.
30:13But right now, he was a complete stranger.
30:16The eyes I once thought would protect me forever
30:18now only held mockery.
30:19So, how's the view from up there, Ellie?
30:21He was still joking,
30:22as if I wasn't a person, but a toy.
30:24All right, all right, joke's over.
30:26Let's get her down.
30:27He said it so casually,
30:28like he was commenting on the weather.
30:29A couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes.
30:32No one cared if I would get hurt.
30:33I crashed hard onto the grass.
30:35The impact knocked the wind out of me,
30:36and I felt like my lungs had collapsed.
30:38Every bone in my body ached.
30:39I curled into a blob, like a dying insect.
30:42Leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face.
30:44The pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp.
30:47When he saw my red, swollen eyes,
30:48he paused for a second.
30:49For a moment, I thought I saw a flicker of regret.
30:51I thought he would apologize.
30:53What are you crying for?
30:54It was just a prank.
30:55We used to prank each other all the time.
30:57He said it so lightly,
30:58as if this was just like any other joke.
30:59But he forgot.
31:00Our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity.
31:03They never involved humiliating someone
31:04in front of hundreds of people.
31:05They were never this cruel.
31:07I stared at him, saying nothing.
31:08My throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton.
31:10I couldn't get a single word out.
31:11It wasn't that I didn't want to speak.
31:13I just didn't know what to say.
31:15How do you question 16 years of friendship?
31:17How do you put this betrayal into words?
31:19My stare made him uncomfortable.
31:20Don't look at me like that.
31:21It's creepy.
31:22His darting eyes gave away his guilt.
31:24Savannah said yesterday she wanted to film
31:25a cool Halloween prank video,
31:27so we thought,
31:28it's not a big deal.
31:29You're fine, right?
31:30But I didn't make a sound.
31:31I just gave Leo one last look.
31:32In that look was 16 years of friendship,
31:34countless happy memories.
31:35And in that moment, it was over.
31:36Heard his voice behind me.
31:37Hey, Eleanor Vance, where are you going?
31:39Stop being mad, okay?
31:40I didn't turn back.
31:40My steps were shaky, but firm.
31:42Every step felt like walking on knives,
31:44but I couldn't stop.
31:45If I stopped, I was afraid I would break down.
31:46I would sob uncontrollably right in front of him.
31:48And if that happened, I would have truly lost.
31:50Lost everything.
31:51When I got home, I went straight to the bathroom.
31:55As I took off my clothes,
31:57I saw the bruises and wentz covering my body.
32:00They were horrifying.
32:01I stood under the scalding water,
32:03scrubbing my skin over and over,
32:05trying to wash off the milkshake,
32:07to wash off the humiliation,
32:09trying to wash away every trace of Leo,
32:11but I couldn't.
32:12The laughter still echoed in my ears.
32:15The malicious stares still crawled on my skin.
32:18And Leo's careless words, it was just a prank.
32:20They replayed in my mind like a curse.
32:22The hot water sting my wounds, making me shiver.
32:25But the pain was good.
32:26It kept me lucid.
32:27It reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare.
32:29This was real.
32:29Leo really did use me as a toy to impress Savannah.
32:32My mom knocked on the door.
32:34Ellie, you've been in there a while.
32:36Don't run up the water bill, honey.
32:38I turned off the shower.
32:40Coming out now.
32:41My voice was so hoarse.
32:42It didn't sound like my own.
32:44Mom must have gone to her book club,
32:45because she didn't notice anything was wrong.
32:47That was for the best.
32:48I didn't want to explain.
32:49How could I explain?
32:50Tell her that the person I trusted most in the world
32:52had betrayed me?
32:53Tell her I was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost?
32:56No, I couldn't bring myself to say it.
32:58The girl in the mirror was a mess.
32:59My face was pale, my lips colorless.
33:02The marks on my wrists were deep
33:03and a sickening shade of purple-red
33:04like they were carved into my bones.
33:06I took out the antiseptic
33:07and started cleaning them bit by bit.
33:09It hurt.
33:10A piercing pain.
33:11But it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart.
33:1316 years.
33:14I'd known Leo for 16 years.
33:16Our families lived on the same street.
33:18Our parents were old friends.
33:20Our moms went shopping together.
33:21Our dads had barbecues on weekends.
33:23We were in the same class since kindergarten.
33:25He cried his eyes out on the first day,
33:27and I was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate.
33:30After that,
33:31he followed me around like a little shadow.
33:34Ellie, wait for me.
33:35Ellie, you can have this.
33:37Ellie, we're gonna be together forever.
33:39Back then,
33:40Leo's eyes were so bright,
33:41his smile so pure.
33:42He was the troublemaker,
33:43and I was the good girl who always listened.
33:45When he got into trouble,
33:47I covered him.
33:48When the teacher asked
33:49who broke the classroom window,
33:50I said it was me.
33:51It was him,
33:52practicing his baseball swing.
33:53He hated studying,
33:54so I tutored him.
33:55Before final exams,
33:56I'd give him all my meticulously organized notes.
33:59Then I'd stay up all night
33:59making a new set for myself.
34:01He used to say,
34:02Ellie, you're the best.
34:03I'm going to make you my bride someday.
34:04I'd blush and say,
34:05who would want to marry you?
34:07But secretly,
34:07my heart would flutter.
34:08I thought we were best friends,
34:11the closest partners.
34:12I even secretly hoped for more.
34:14I hoped that one day,
34:16he would look at me seriously and say,
34:18Eleanor Vars,
34:19will you be my girlfriend?
34:20But it turned out,
34:21in his eyes,
34:22I was just a toy he could humiliate
34:24whenever he wanted,
34:25just a backup plan
34:26who would never leave.
34:27To get Savannah's attention,
34:29he didn't hesitate
34:30to tie me to a goal post,
34:31to make me the laughingstock
34:32of the whole school,
34:33to trample all over my dignity.
34:35My phone buzzed nonstop.
34:37It was the school's gossip Instagram page.
34:40They had a new post.
34:41I clicked on it mechanically.
34:43Someone had uploaded the videos
34:45from this afternoon.
34:46In the video,
34:46I was hanging there
34:47like a broken doll,
34:49swaying every time the wind blew.
34:51The comments were filled with LOLs
34:53and laughing, crying emojis.
34:55I'm dead,
34:56Eleanor got what was coming to her.
34:58Mummy of the year, LOL.
34:59Every comment felt like a slap in the face.
35:02So this is what everyone thought of me.
35:04I closed Instagram.
35:05On his story,
35:06Leo had posted too.
35:08Today's source of entertainment.
35:09Savannah, are you satisfied?
35:11The picture was of me,
35:12tied to the post.
35:13He even added a clown jeeping emoji.
35:15Savannah replied,
35:16You guys are so bad.
35:17I was just kidding around,
35:19followed by three blushing emojis.
35:21Her comment was flooded
35:22with likes and hype.
35:23Leo, you're the man!
35:25Anything for Queen Savannah.
35:26What's next?
35:27You're for round two.
35:27I shut off my phone.
35:30My heart felt like a hollow,
35:33empty space.
35:34So, my pain was their entertainment.
35:37My dignity was their plaything.
35:39And Leo,
35:40the one person I thought
35:41would always be on my side,
35:44he was the one who had hurt me the most.
35:47When I woke up,
35:48I was a prop in their prank,
35:49zip-tied to the goalpost
35:50on the school's football field.
35:52Students walking by laughed at me,
35:53filmed TikToks,
35:54and someone even threw a milkshake at me.
35:56I was tied up in front of everyone
35:58for two whole hours.
35:59When my best friend,
36:00Leo,
36:01finally showed up,
36:02Savannah said she wanted to see
36:03a real-life horror movie prank,
36:04so we just played a little joke.
36:06Ellie, you're not actually mad,
36:07are you?
36:07We grew up together.
36:08You know me better than anyone.
36:10I just stared at him silently.
36:11I guess my dignity
36:12was just something to be sacrificed
36:13for someone else's entertainment.
36:15I transferred schools the next day,
36:18and Leo lost his fucking mind.
36:20Please, Ellie,
36:21it was just a prank.
36:22Don't be like this.
36:24After gym class,
36:25I was just walking out
36:26of the equipment room
36:27when the football players
36:28surrounded me.
36:29Leo Carter,
36:30the boy next door
36:31I'd known my whole life,
36:33was leading them.
36:35Leo knocked me unconscious
36:36and tied me to the goalpost
36:38of the football field
36:39for two whole hours,
36:41leaving me to be watched
36:43and mocked by everyone.
36:45Finally,
36:45Leo arrived.
36:46He still had that same
36:47cocky smirk he always wore.
36:48Hands shoved in his jean pockets.
36:49He strolled over
36:50like he was just there
36:50to watch the show.
36:51The rest of the football team,
36:52his accomplices,
36:53followed behind him.
36:53And so did Sienna Miller.
36:54She was wearing a pink sundress,
36:55her long hair flowing
36:56over her shoulders,
36:57like every strand of her hair
36:58was glowing.
36:58Oh my god,
36:59you guys actually did it!
37:00That's insane!
37:01The excitement she couldn't hide
37:02in her voice
37:03made my blood run cold.
37:04So my pain was just
37:06her entertainment?
37:07Of course.
37:08Savannah asks,
37:09Savannah gets.
37:10It was a gentle tone
37:11I had never heard
37:12from him before me.
37:13He walked up to the goalpost
37:14and looked up at me.
37:15The setting sun
37:16cast a golden glow
37:17on his face.
37:18The features were so familiar.
37:19But right now,
37:20he was a complete stranger.
37:22The eyes I once thought
37:22would protect me forever
37:23now only held mockery.
37:25So, how's the view
37:26from up there, Ellie?
37:27He was still joking,
37:28as if I wasn't a person
37:29but a toy.
37:30Alright, alright,
37:31joke's over.
37:32Let's get her down.
37:32He said it so casually,
37:34like he was commenting
37:35on the weather.
37:35A couple of his teammates
37:36clumsily untied the ropes.
37:37No one cared
37:38if I would get hurt.
37:39I crashed hard
37:40onto the grass.
37:40The impact knocked
37:41the wind out of me,
37:42and I felt like
37:43my lungs had collapsed.
37:44Every bone in my body ached.
37:45I curled into a blob
37:46like a dying insect.
37:48Leo crouched down
37:48and ripped the bandage
37:49off my face.
37:50The pain of the tape
37:51tearing at my skin
37:52made me gasp.
37:53When he saw my red,
37:53swollen eyes,
37:54he paused for a second.
37:55For a moment,
37:56I thought I saw
37:57a flicker of regret.
37:57I thought he would apologize.
37:59What are you crying for?
38:00It was just a prank.
38:01We used to prank
38:01each other all the time.
38:02He said it so lightly,
38:03as if this was just
38:04like any other joke.
38:05But he forgot.
38:06Our old pranks
38:07never involved
38:07destroying someone's dignity.
38:09They never involved
38:09humiliating someone
38:10in front of hundreds of people.
38:11They were never this cruel.
38:12I stared at him
38:13saying nothing.
38:14My throat felt like
38:15it was stuffed with cotton.
38:16I couldn't get a single word out.
38:17It wasn't that
38:18I didn't want to speak.
38:19I just didn't know
38:20what to say.
38:21How do you question
38:2116 years of friendship?
38:23How do you put
38:23this betrayal into words?
38:25My stare made him uncomfortable.
38:26Don't look at me like that.
38:27It's creepy.
38:28His darting eyes
38:28gave away his guilt.
38:30Savannah said yesterday
38:31she wanted to film
38:31a cool Halloween prank video,
38:33so we thought,
38:33it's not a big deal.
38:35You're fine, right?
38:35But I didn't make a sound.
38:36I just gave Leo
38:37one last look.
38:38In that look
38:38was 16 years of friendship,
38:40countless happy memories.
38:41And in that moment,
38:42it was over.
38:42Heard his voice behind me.
38:43Hey, Eleanor Vance,
38:44where are you going?
38:45Stop being mad, okay?
38:46I didn't turn back.
38:46My steps were shaky,
38:47but firm.
38:48Every step felt like
38:49walking on knives,
38:50but I couldn't stop.
38:50If I stopped,
38:51I was afraid I would break down.
38:52I would sob uncontrollably
38:53right in front of him.
38:54And if that happened,
38:55I would have truly lost.
38:56Lost everything.
38:58When I got home,
38:59I went straight to the bathroom.
39:01As I took off my clothes,
39:03I saw the bruises
39:04and wentz
39:04covering my body.
39:05They were horrifying.
39:06I stood under the scalding water,
39:09scrubbing my skin
39:10over and over,
39:11trying to wash off
39:12the milkshake,
39:13to wash off the humiliation,
39:15trying to wash away
39:15every trace of Leo,
39:17but I couldn't.
39:18The laughter still echoed
39:20in my ears.
39:21The malicious stares
39:22still crawled on my skin.
39:24And Leo's careless words,
39:25it was just a prank.
39:26They replayed in my mind
39:27like a curse.
39:28The hot water sting my wounds,
39:30making me shiver.
39:30But the pain was good.
39:32It kept me lucid.
39:33It reminded me that
39:33this wasn't a nightmare.
39:34This was real.
39:35Leo really did use me
39:36as a toy to impress Savannah.
39:38My mom knocked on the door.
39:40Ellie,
39:41you've been in there a while.
39:42Don't run up the water bill, honey.
39:43I turned off the shower.
39:45Coming out now.
39:47My voice was so hoarse.
39:49It didn't sound like my own.
39:50Mom must have gone
39:50to her book club
39:51because she didn't notice
39:52anything was wrong.
39:53That was for the best.
39:54I didn't want to explain.
39:55How could I explain?
39:56Tell her that the person
39:57I trusted most in the world
39:58had betrayed me?
39:59Tell her I was tied up
40:00like a clown
40:01on the school's goalpost?
40:02No,
40:02I couldn't bring myself
40:03to say it.
40:04The girl in the mirror
40:05was a mess.
40:05My face was pale,
40:07my lips colorless.
40:08The marks on my wrists
40:08were deep
40:09and a sickening shade
40:10of purple red
40:10like they were carved
40:11into my bones.
40:12I took out the antiseptic
40:13and started cleaning them
40:14bit by bit.
40:15It hurt.
40:16A piercing pain,
40:17but it was nothing
40:17compared to the pain
40:18in my heart.
40:1916 years.
40:20I'd known Leo
40:21for 16 years.
40:22Our families lived
40:23on the same street.
40:24Our parents were old friends.
40:25Our moms went shopping together.
40:27Our dads had barbecues
40:28on weekends.
40:29We were in the same class
40:30since kindergarten.
40:31He cried his eyes out
40:32on the first day
40:33and I was the one
40:34who gave him
40:35a piece of chocolate.
40:36After that,
40:37he followed me around
40:38like a little shadow.
40:40Ellie,
40:40wait for me.
40:41Ellie,
40:42you can have this.
40:43Ellie,
40:44we're gonna be together forever.
40:45Back then,
40:46Leo's eyes were so bright,
40:47his smile so pure.
40:48He was the troublemaker
40:49and I was the good girl
40:50who always listened.
40:51When he got into trouble,
40:53I covered him.
40:53When the teacher asked
40:54who broke the classroom window,
40:56I said it was me.
40:57It was him,
40:58practicing his baseball swing.
40:59He hated studying,
41:00so I tutored him.
41:01Before final exams,
41:02I'd give him all my
41:03meticulously organized notes.
41:04Then I'd stay up all night
41:05making a new set for myself.
41:07He used to say,
41:08Ellie,
41:08you're the best.
41:09I'm going to make you
41:09my bride someday.
41:10I'd blush and say,
41:11who would want to marry you?
41:12But secretly,
41:13my heart would flutter.
41:14I thought we were best friends,
41:16the closest partners.
41:18I even secretly hoped for more.
41:20I hoped that one day,
41:21he would look at me seriously
41:23and say,
41:24Eleanor Vars,
41:25will you be my girlfriend?
41:26But it turned out,
41:27in his eyes,
41:28I was just a toy
41:29he could humiliate
41:30whenever he wanted,
41:31just a backup plan
41:32who would never leave.
41:33To get Savannah's attention,
41:35he didn't hesitate
41:36to tie me to a goalpost,
41:37to make me the laughingstock
41:38of the whole school,
41:39to trample all over my dignity.
41:41My phone buzzed nonstop.
41:43It was the school's
41:44gossip Instagram page.
41:46They had a new post.
41:47I clicked on it mechanically.
41:49Someone had uploaded
41:50the videos from this afternoon.
41:51In the video,
41:52I was hanging there
41:53like a broken doll,
41:55swaying every time
41:56the wind blew.
41:57The comments were filled
41:58with LOLs
41:59and laughing crying emojis.
42:01I'm dead,
42:02Eleanor got what was coming to her.
42:04Mummy of the year, LOL.
42:06Every comment felt
42:06like a slap in the face.
42:08So this is what
42:09everyone thought of me.
42:10I closed Instagram.
42:11On his story,
42:12Leo had posted too.
42:14Today's source of entertainment.
42:15Savannah,
42:16are you satisfied?
42:16The picture was of me,
42:18tied to the post.
42:19He even added a clown jeeping emoji.
42:21Savannah replied,
42:22You guys are so bad.
42:23I was just kidding around,
42:25followed by three blushing emojis.
42:26Her comment was flooded
42:28with likes and hype.
42:29Leo, you're the man!
42:31Anything for Queen Savannah!
42:32What's next?
42:33You're for round two!
42:33I shut off my phone.
42:36My heart felt like
42:37a hollow, empty space.
42:40So, my pain was their entertainment.
42:42My dignity was their plaything.
42:45And Leo,
42:46the one person I thought
42:47would always be on my side,
42:50he was the one
42:51who had hurt me the most.
42:52When I woke up,
42:54I was a prop in their prank,
42:55zip-tied to the goalpost
42:56on the school's football field.
42:58Students walking by laughed at me,
42:59filmed TikToks,
43:00and someone even threw
43:01a milkshake at me.
43:02I was tied up in front of everyone
43:04for two whole hours.
43:05When my best friend,
43:06Leo,
43:07finally showed up,
43:08Savannah said she wanted to see
43:09a real-life horror movie prank,
43:10so we just played a little joke.
43:12Ellie,
43:12you're not actually mad,
43:13are you?
43:13We grew up together.
43:14You know me better than anyone.
43:15I just stared at him silently.
43:17I guess my dignity
43:18was just something to be sacrificed
43:19for someone else's entertainment.
43:21I transferred schools the next day,
43:24and Leo lost his fucking mind.
43:26Please, Ellie,
43:27it was just a prank.
43:28Don't be like this.
43:30After gym class,
43:31I was just walking out
43:32of the equipment room
43:33when the football players
43:34surrounded me.
43:35Leo Carter,
43:36the boy next door
43:37I'd known my whole life,
43:38was leading them.
43:41Leo knocked me unconscious
43:42and tied me to the goalpost
43:44of the football field
43:45for two whole hours,
43:48leaving me to be watched
43:49and mocked by everyone.
43:51Finally,
43:51Leo arrived.
43:52He still had that same
43:53cocky smirk he always wore,
43:54hands shoved in his jean pockets.
43:55He strolled over
43:56like he was just there
43:56to watch the show.
43:57The rest of the football team,
43:58his accomplices,
43:58followed behind him,
43:59and so did Sienna Miller.
44:00She was wearing a pink sundress,
44:01her long hair flowing
44:02over her shoulders,
44:03like every strand of her hair
44:04was glowing.
44:04Oh my god,
44:05you guys actually did it!
44:06That's insane!
44:07The excitement she couldn't hide
44:08in her voice
44:09made my blood run cold.
44:10So my pain was just
44:11her entertainment?
44:13Of course.
44:14Savannah asks,
44:15Savannah gets.
44:16It was a gentle tone
44:17I had never heard
44:18from him before me.
44:19He walked up to the goalpost
44:20and looked up at me.
44:21The setting sun
44:22cast a golden glow
44:23on his face.
44:23The features were so familiar,
44:25but right now,
44:26he was a complete stranger.
44:27The eyes I once thought
44:28would protect me forever
44:29now only held mockery.
44:31So,
44:31how's the view
44:32from up there, Ellie?
44:33He was still joking,
44:34as if I wasn't a person,
44:35but a toy.
44:36Alright, alright,
44:37joke's over.
44:37Let's get her down.
44:38He said it so casually,
44:40like he was commenting
44:40on the weather.
44:41A couple of his teammates
44:42clumsily untied the ropes.
44:43No one cared
44:44if I would get hurt.
44:45I crashed hard
44:45onto the grass.
44:46The impact knocked
44:47the wind out of me,
44:48and I felt like
44:49my lungs had collapsed.
44:50Every bone in my body ached.
44:51I curled into a blob,
44:52like a dying insect.
44:53Leo crouched down
44:54and ripped the bandage
44:55off my face.
44:56The pain of the tape
44:57tearing at my skin
44:57made me gasp.
44:58When he saw my red,
44:59swollen eyes,
45:00he paused for a second.
45:01For a moment,
45:02I thought I saw
45:02a flicker of regret.
45:03I thought he would apologize.
45:05What are you crying for?
45:06It was just a prank.
45:07We used to prank
45:07each other all the time.
45:08He said it so lightly
45:09as if this was just
45:10like any other joke,
45:11but he forgot.
45:12Our old pranks
45:13never involved
45:13destroying someone's dignity.
45:15They never involved
45:15humiliating someone
45:16in front of hundreds of people.
45:17They were never this cruel.
45:19I stared at him
45:19saying nothing.
45:20My throat felt like
45:20it was stuffed with cotton.
45:22I couldn't get
45:22a single word out.
45:23It wasn't that
45:24I didn't want to speak.
45:25I just didn't know
45:26what to say.
45:27How do you question
45:2716 years of friendship?
45:29How do you put
45:29this betrayal into words?
45:31My stare made him uncomfortable.
45:32Don't look at me like that.
45:33It's creepy.
45:33His darting eyes
45:34gave away his guilt.
45:36Savannah said yesterday
45:37she wanted to film
45:37a cool Halloween prank video,
45:39so we thought,
45:39it's not a big deal.
45:40You're fine, right?
45:41But I didn't make a sound.
45:42I just gave Leo
45:43one last look.
45:44In that look
45:44was 16 years of friendship,
45:46countless happy memories.
45:47And in that moment,
45:48it was over.
45:48Heard his voice behind me.
45:49Hey, Eleanor Vance,
45:50where are you going?
45:50Stop being mad, okay?
45:51I didn't turn back.
45:52My steps were shaky,
45:53but firm.
45:54Every step felt like
45:55walking on knives,
45:55but I couldn't stop.
45:56If I stopped,
45:57I was afraid I would break down.
45:58I would sob uncontrollably
45:59right in front of him.
46:00And if that happened,
46:01I would have truly lost.
46:02Lost everything.
46:03When I got home,
46:05I went straight to the bathroom.
46:06As I took off my clothes,
46:08I saw the bruises
46:10and wentz covering my body.
46:11They were horrifying.
46:13I stood under the scalding water,
46:15scrubbing my skin over and over,
46:17trying to wash off the milkshake,
46:19to wash off the humiliation,
46:21trying to wash away
46:21every trace of Leo,
46:23but I couldn't.
46:24The laughter still echoed in my ears.
46:27The malicious stares
46:28still crawled on my skin.
46:29And Leo's careless words,
46:31it was just a prank.
46:32They replayed in my mind
46:33like a curse.
46:34The hot water sting my wounds,
46:36making me shiver.
46:36But the pain was good.
46:37It kept me lucid.
46:39It reminded me
46:39that this wasn't a nightmare.
46:40This was real.
46:41Leo really did use me
46:42as a toy to impress Savannah.
46:44My mom knocked on the door.
46:46Ellie, you've been in there a while.
46:48Don't run up the water bill, honey.
46:49I turned off the shower.
46:51Coming out now.
46:52My voice was so hoarse.
46:54It didn't sound like my own.
46:56Mom must have gone to her book club
46:57because she didn't notice
46:58anything was wrong.
46:59That was for the best.
47:00I didn't want to explain.
47:01How could I explain?
47:02Tell her that the person
47:03I trusted most in the world
47:04had betrayed me?
47:05Tell her I was tied up
47:06like a clown
47:07on the school's goalpost?
47:08No, I couldn't bring myself
47:09to say it.
47:10The girl in the mirror
47:11was a mess.
47:11My face was pale,
47:12my lips colorless.
47:14The marks on my wrists
47:14were deep
47:15and a sickening shade
47:16of purple red
47:16like they were carved
47:17into my bones.
47:18I took out the antiseptic
47:19and started cleaning them
47:20bit by bit.
47:21It hurt.
47:22A piercing pain.
47:23But it was nothing
47:23compared to the pain
47:24in my heart.
47:2516 years.
47:26I'd known Leo
47:27for 16 years.
47:28Our families lived
47:29on the same street.
47:30Our parents were old friends.
47:31Our moms went shopping together.
47:33Our dads had barbecues
47:34on weekends.
47:35We were in the same class
47:36since kindergarten.
47:37He cried his eyes out
47:38on the first day
47:39and I was the one
47:40who gave him
47:40a piece of chocolate.
47:42After that,
47:43he followed me around
47:44like a little shadow.
47:46Ellie, wait for me.
47:47Ellie, you can have this.
47:49Ellie, we're gonna be
47:50together forever.
47:51Back then,
47:52Leo's eyes were so bright,
47:53his smile so pure.
47:54He was the troublemaker
47:55and I was the good girl
47:56who always listened.
47:57When he got into trouble,
47:58I covered him.
47:59When the teacher asked
48:00who broke the classroom window,
48:02I said it was me.
48:03It was him,
48:04practicing his baseball swing.
48:05He hated studying,
48:06so I tutored him.
48:07Before final exams,
48:08I'd give him all my
48:09meticulously organized notes.
48:10Then I'd stay up all night
48:11making a new set for myself.
48:13He used to say,
48:14Ellie, you're the best.
48:14I'm going to make you
48:15my bride someday.
48:16I'd blush and say,
48:17who would want to marry you?
48:18But secretly,
48:19my heart would flutter.
48:20I thought we were
48:21best friends,
48:22the closest partners.
48:24I even secretly hoped
48:25for more.
48:26I hoped that one day,
48:27he would look at me
48:28seriously and say,
48:30Eleanor Vars,
48:31will you be my girlfriend?
48:32But it turned out,
48:33in his eyes,
48:34I was just a toy
48:35he could humiliate
48:36whenever he wanted,
48:37just a backup plan
48:38who would never leave.
48:39To get Savannah's attention,
48:41he didn't hesitate
48:42to tie me to a goalpost,
48:43to make me the laughingstock
48:44of the whole school,
48:45to trample all over
48:46my dignity.
48:47My phone buzzed nonstop.
48:49It was the school's
48:50gossip Instagram page.
48:52They had a new post.
48:53I clicked on it mechanically.
48:55Someone had uploaded
48:56the videos from this afternoon.
48:57In the video,
48:58I was hanging there
48:59like a broken doll,
49:01swaying every time
49:02the wind blew.
49:03The comments were filled
49:04with LOLs
49:05and laughing,
49:06crying emojis.
49:07I'm dead,
49:08Eleanor got what was
49:08coming to her.
49:09Mummy of the year, LOL.
49:11Every comment felt
49:12like a slap in the face.
49:14So this is what
49:15everyone thought of me.
49:15I closed Instagram.
49:17On his story,
49:18Leo had posted too.
49:20Today's source of entertainment.
49:21Savannah,
49:22are you satisfied?
49:22The picture was of me,
49:24tied to the post.
49:25He even added a clown
49:26jeeping emoji.
49:27Savannah replied,
49:28you guys are so bad.
49:29I was just kidding around,
49:31followed by three
49:31blushing emojis.
49:32Her comment was flooded
49:34with likes and hype.
49:35Leo,
49:36you're the man!
49:37Anything for Queen Savannah.
49:38What's next?
49:38You're for round two.
49:39I shut off my phone.
49:42My heart felt like
49:43a hollow,
49:44empty space.
49:46So,
49:46my pain was their entertainment.
49:48My dignity was their plaything.
49:51And Leo,
49:52the one person I thought
49:53would always be on my side,
49:56he was the one
49:57who had hurt me the most.
49:58He was the one who had hurt me the most.
49:59He was the one who had hurt me the most.