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00:17When I woke up, I was a prop in their prank, zip-tied to the goalpost on the school's football
00:22field.
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.
00:30When 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.
01:06Leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goalpost 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.
01:19Hands 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
01:29glowing.
01:29Oh my god, you guys actually did it! That's insane!
01:32The 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.
01:41It was a gentle tone I had never heard from him before me.
01:43He walked up to the goalpost and looked up at me.
01:46The 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.
01:56So, how's the view from up there, Ellie?
01:58He 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.
02:10I crashed hard onto the grass.
02:11The impact knocked the wind out of me, and I felt like my lungs had collapsed.
02:15Every 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.
02:21The 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.
02:30What 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.
03:11Countless happy memories.
03:12And in that moment, it was over.
03:13Heard his voice behind me.
03:14Hey, 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.
03:28When 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.
03:38I stood under the scalding water, scrubbing my skin over and over,
03:42trying 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.
04:11Ellie, you've been in there a while.
04:13Don'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.
04:21Mom must have gone to her book club, because she didn't notice anything was wrong.
04:24That was for the best.
04:25I 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.
04:35The girl in the mirror was a mess.
04:36My face was pale, my lips colorless.
04:38The marks on my wrists were deep in 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.
04:46It hurt.
04:47A piercing pain.
04:48But it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart.
04:5016 years.
04:51I'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.
05:00We were in the same class since kindergarten.
05:02He cried his eyes out on the first day, and I was the one who gave him a piece of
05:06chocolate.
05:07After that, he followed me around like a little shadow.
05:10Ellie, wait for me.
05:12Ellie.
05:12You can have this.
05:14Ellie, 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.
05:32Before 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,
05:55Eleanor Vars, will you be my girlfriend?
05:57But it turned out, in his eyes, I was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted.
06:02Just 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, to trample all over my dignity.
06:12My phone buzzed non-stop.
06:14It was the school's gossip Instagram page.
06:17They had a new post.
06:18I clicked on it mechanically.
06:20Someone 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.
06:39So 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.
06:50He even added a clown jeeping emoji.
06:52Savannah replied,
06:53You 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.
07:03What's next? You're 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.
07:16And Leo, the one person I thought would always be on my side,
07:21he 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.
07:33I was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours.
07:36When 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.
07:55And Leo lost his fucking mind.
07:57Please, Ellie, it was just a prank.
07:59Don't be like this.
08:01After gym class, I was just walking out of the equipment room
08:04when the football players surrounded me.
08:06Leo Carter, the boy next door I'd known my whole life, was leading them.
08:12Leo 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.
08:23He still had that same cocky smirk he always wore.
08:25Hands shoved in his jean pockets.
08:26He strolled over like he was just there to watch the show.
08:28The 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!
08:37That's insane!
08:38The excitement she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold.
08:41So my pain was just her entertainment?
08:43Of course.
08:45Savannah 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.
08:52The 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.
09:02So, how's the view from up there, Ellie?
09:03He was still joking.
09:04As if I wasn't a person, but a toy.
09:07Alright, 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.
09:21Every 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.
09:27The 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.
09:36What 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.
09:43Our 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.
10:04It'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.
10:15In that look was 16 years of friendship.
10:17Countless happy memories.
10:18And in that moment, it was over.
10:19Heard 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,
10:39I saw the bruises and wentz 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.
11:03They 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.
11:17Ellie, you've been in there a while.
11:19Don'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.
11:30That was for the best.
11:31I didn't want to explain.
11:32How could I explain?
11:33Tell her that the person I trusted most in the world had betrayed me?
11:36Tell her I was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost?
11:39No, I couldn't bring myself to say it.
11:41The 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.
11:49I took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit.
11:52It hurt.
11:52A piercing pain.
11:53But it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart.
11:5616 years.
11:57I'd known Leo for 16 years.
11:59Our families lived on the same street.
12:01Our parents were old friends.
12:02Our moms went shopping together.
12:04Our dads had barbecues on weekends.
12:06We were in the same class since kindergarten.
12:07He cried his eyes out on the first day
12:10and I was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate.
12:12After that, he followed me around like a little shadow.
12:16Ellie, wait for me.
12:18Ellie, you can have this.
12:19Ellie, we're gonna be together forever.
12:22Back 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,
12:32I said it was me.
12:33It was him, practicing his baseball swing.
12:36He hated studying, so I tutored him.
12:38Before 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.
12:47I'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,
12:58he would look at me seriously and say,
13:00Eleanor Vars, will you be my girlfriend?
13:03But it turned out, in his eyes,
13:05I was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted.
13:08Just a backup plan who would never leave.
13:10To get Savannah's attention,
13:11he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goalpost.
13:14To make me the laughingstock of the whole school.
13:16To 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.
13:26Someone had uploaded the videos from this afternoon.
13:28In the video, I was hanging there like a broken doll.
13:32Swaying every time the wind blew.
13:34The comments were filled with LOLs and laughing crying emojis.
13:38I'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.
13:48On 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,
13:59You 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.
14:09What's next?
14:09You'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.
14:22And 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.
14:32Zip tied to the goal post on the school's football field.
14:34Students walking by laughed at me.
14:36Filmed 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, so 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.
14:54I guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment.
14:58I transferred schools the next day.
15:00And Leo lost his fucking mind.
15:03Please, Ellie, it was just a prank.
15:05Don't be like this.
15:07After gym class, I was just walking out of the equipment room when the football players surrounded me.
15:12Leo Carter, the boy next door I'd known my whole life, was leading them.
15:18Leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goalpost of the football field for 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.
15:34The rest of the football team, his accomplices, followed behind him.
15:36And 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 made 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.
16:10As if I wasn't a person, but a toy.
16:12All right, all right, 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, and 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.
16:33The 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.
16:49Our 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.
17:02I 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.
17:09Don't look at me like that.
17:10It'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, it'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.
17:21In that look was 16 years of friendship, countless happy memories.
17:24And in that moment, it was over.
17:25Heard his voice behind me.
17:26Hey, Eleanor Vance, where are you going?
17:27Stop being mad, okay?
17:28I didn't turn back.
17:29My steps were shaky, but firm.
17:31Every 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.
17:37And if that happened, I would have truly lost.
17:39Lost 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.
18:01The 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.
18:09They 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.
18:23Ellie, 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,
18:34because she didn't notice anything was wrong.
18:35That was for the best.
18:36I didn't want to explain.
18:38How could I explain?
18:39Tell her that the person I trusted most in the world had betrayed me?
18:42Tell 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 in a sickening shade of purple red
18:53like they were carved into my 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.
19:03I'd known Leo for 16 years.
19:05Our families lived on the same street.
19:07Our parents were old friends.
19:08Our moms went shopping together.
19:10Our dads had barbecues on weekends.
19:11We were in the same class since kindergarten.
19:13He cried his eyes out on the first day
19:15and I was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate.
19:18After that, he followed me around like a little shadow.
19:22Ellie, wait for me.
19:24Ellie, 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,
19:38I said it was me.
19:39It was him practicing his baseball swing.
19:41He hated studying, so I tutored him.
19:44Before 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,
19:50Ellie, you're the best.
19:51I'm going to make you my bride someday.
19:53I'd blush and say,
19:54Who would want to marry you?
19:55But secretly, my heart would flutter.
19:57I thought we were best friends.
19:59The closest partners.
20:00I even secretly hoped for more.
20:03I hoped that one day,
20:04he would look at me seriously and say,
20:06Eleanor Vars, will you be my girlfriend?
20:08But it turned out, in his eyes,
20:11I was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted.
20:14Just a backup plan who would never leave.
20:16To get Savannah's attention,
20:17he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goalpost.
20:20To make me the laughingstock of the whole school.
20:22To trample all over my dignity.
20:24My phone buzzed non-stop.
20:26It was the school's gossip Instagram page.
20:28They had a new post.
20:30I clicked on it mechanically.
20:31Someone had uploaded the videos from this afternoon.
20:34In the video,
20:35I was hanging there like a broken doll.
20:38Swaying every time the wind blew.
20:40The comments were filled with LOLs
20:42and laughing, crying emojis.
20:44I'm dead, Eleanor 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.
20:54On his story, Leo had posted too.
20:56Today's source of entertainment.
20:58Savannah, are you satisfied?
20:59The picture was of me,
21:00tied to the post.
21:01He even added a clown jeeping emoji.
21:03Savannah replied,
21:05You guys are so bad.
21:06I was just kidding around,
21:07followed by three blushing emojis.
21:09Her comment was flooded with likes and hype.
21:12Leo, you're the man!
21:13Anything for Team Savannah.
21:14What's next?
21:15You're for round two.
21:16I 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,
21:28the 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,
21:36I was a prop in their prank,
21:38zip-tied to the goalpost on the school's football field.
21:40Students walking by laughed at me,
21:42filmed TikToks,
21:43and someone even threw a milkshake at me.
21:45I was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours.
21:48When 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.
22:00I guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment.
22:04I transferred schools the next day,
22:06and Leo lost his fucking mind.
22:09Please, Ellie, it was just a prank.
22:11Don't be like this.
22:13After gym class,
22:13I was just walking out of the equipment room
22:15when the football players surrounded me.
22:17Leo Carter,
22:18the boy next door I'd known my whole life,
22:21was leading them.
22:24Leo 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.
22:40The rest of the football team, his accomplices,
22:41followed behind him.
22:42And so did Sienna Miller.
22:43She was wearing a pink sundress,
22:44her long hair flowing over her shoulders,
22:45like every strand of her hair was glowing.
22:47Oh 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.
22:53So my pain was just her entertainment?
22:55Of course.
22:56Savannah asks, Savannah gets.
22:58It was a gentle tone
22:59I had never heard from him before me.
23:01He walked up to the goalpost
23:02and looked up at me.
23:03The setting sun cast a golden glow on his face.
23:06The features were so familiar.
23:08But right now,
23:08he was a complete stranger.
23:10The eyes I once thought would protect me forever
23:12now 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.
23:18All right, all right, joke's over.
23:20Let's get her down.
23:21He said it so casually,
23:22like he was commenting on the weather.
23:24A couple of his teammates
23:25clumsily 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,
23:31and I felt like my lungs had collapsed.
23:32Every bone in my body ached.
23:34I curled into a blob,
23:35like a dying insect.
23:36Leo crouched down
23:37and ripped the bandage off my face.
23:38The pain of the tape tearing at my skin
23:40made me gasp.
23:41When he saw my red, swollen eyes,
23:43he paused for a second.
23:44For a moment,
23:44I 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,
23:52as if this was just like any other joke.
23:54But he forgot.
23:54Our old pranks never involved
23:56destroying someone's dignity.
23:57They never involved humiliating someone
23:59in 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.
24:06It 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.
24:16It's creepy.
24:16His darting eyes gave away his guilt.
24:18Savannah said yesterday she wanted to film
24:20a cool Halloween prank video,
24:21so we thought,
24:22it'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.
24:30And in that moment,
24:30it was over.
24:31Heard his voice behind me.
24:32Hey, Eleanor Vance,
24:32where are you going?
24:33Stop being mad, okay?
24:34I didn't turn back.
24:35My steps were shaky,
24:36but firm.
24:37Every step felt like walking on knives,
24:38but I couldn't stop.
24:39If I stopped,
24:40I was afraid I would break down.
24:41I would sob uncontrollably
24:42right in front of him.
24:43And if that happened,
24:44I would have truly lost.
24:45Lost everything.
24:46When I got home,
24:47I went straight to the bathroom.
24:49As I took off my clothes,
24:51I saw the bruises and wentz
24:53covering my body.
24:54They were horrifying.
24:55I stood under the scalding water,
24:57scrubbing my skin over and over,
24:59trying to wash off the milkshake,
25:01to wash off the humiliation,
25:03trying to wash away every trace of Leo,
25:05but I couldn't.
25:07The laughter still echoed in my ears.
25:09The malicious stares still crawled on my skin.
25:12And Leo's careless words,
25:13it was just a prank.
25:14They replayed in my mind like a curse.
25:17The hot water sting my wounds,
25:18making 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
25:25to impress Savannah.
25:27My 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
25:40because 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?
25:45Tell her that the person I trusted most in the world
25:47had betrayed me?
25:47Tell her I was tied up like a clown
25:49on 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
25:57and a sickening shade of purple red
25:59like they were carved into my bones.
26:00I took out the antiseptic
26:02and 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.
26:16Our 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,
26:25he followed me around like a little shadow.
26:28Ellie, wait for me.
26:30Ellie, you can have this.
26:31Ellie, we're gonna be together forever.
26:33Back then,
26:34Leo's eyes were so bright,
26:35his smile so pure.
26:37He was the troublemaker
26:38and I was the good girl
26:39who always listened.
26:40When he got into trouble,
26:41I covered him.
26:42When the teacher asked
26:43who broke the classroom window,
26:44I said it was me.
26:45It was him,
26:46practicing his baseball swing.
26:48He hated studying,
26:48so I tutored him.
26:49Before final exams,
26:50I'd give him all my meticulously organized notes.
26:53Then I'd stay up all night
26:54making 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,
27:02my heart would flutter.
27:03I thought we were best friends,
27:05the closest partners.
27:06I even secretly hoped for more.
27:09I hoped that one day,
27:10he would look at me seriously and say,
27:12Eleanor Vars,
27:13will you be my girlfriend?
27:15But it turned out,
27:16in his eyes,
27:16I was just a toy he could humiliate
27:18whenever he wanted,
27:19just a backup plan
27:20who would never leave.
27:22To get Savannah's attention,
27:23he didn't hesitate
27:24to tie me to a goalpost,
27:25to make me the laughingstock
27:27of the whole school,
27:28to trample all over my dignity.
27:30My phone buzzed nonstop.
27:32It was the school's gossip Instagram page.
27:34They had a new post.
27:36I clicked on it mechanically.
27:37Someone had uploaded the videos
27:39from this afternoon.
27:40In the video,
27:41I was hanging there like a broken doll,
27:43swaying every time the wind blew.
27:46The comments were filled with LOLs
27:48and laughing, crying emojis.
27:49I'm dead,
27:50Eleanor got what was coming to her.
27:52Mummy of the year, LOL.
27:53Well, every 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,
28:01Leo had posted too.
28:02Today's source of entertainment.
28:04Savannah, are you satisfied?
28:05The picture was of me,
28:06tied to the post.
28:07He even added a clown jeeping emoji.
28:09Savannah replied,
28:10You guys are so bad.
28:12I was just kidding around,
28:13followed by three blushing emojis.
28:15Her comment was flooded with likes and hype.
28:18Leo, you're the man.
28:19Anything for Queen Savannah.
28:20What's next?
28:21You're for round two.
28:22I shut off my phone.
28:25My heart felt like a hollow, empty space.
28:28So, my pain was their entertainment.
28:31My dignity was their plaything.
28:33And Leo,
28:34the 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,
28:42I 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 TikTok,
28:49and 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,
28:59so we just played a little joke.
29:00Ellie, you're not actually mad, are you?
29:02We grew up together.
29:03You know me better than anyone.
29:04I just stared at him silently.
29:05I guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment.
29:09I transferred schools the next day.
29:12And Leo lost his fucking mind.
29:15Please, 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
29:34for 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.
29:44He strolled over like he was just there to watch the show.
29:45The rest of the football team, his accomplices, followed behind him.
29:48And so did Sienna Miller.
29:48She was wearing a pink sundress,
29:50her long hair flowing over her shoulders,
29:51like every strand of her hair was glowing.
29:53Oh 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.
29:59So 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 now only held mockery.
30:19So, how's the view from up there, Ellie?
30:21He was still joking, as if I wasn't a person but a toy.
30:24Alright, alright, joke's over.
30:26Let's get her down.
30:27He said it so casually, like he was commenting on the weather.
30:30A 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.
30:40I 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, he paused for a second.
30:50For a moment, I thought I saw a flicker of regret.
30:52I 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, as if this was just like any other joke.
31:00But he forgot.
31:00Our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity.
31:03They never involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people.
31:06They 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.
31:12It 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 a cool Halloween prank video,
31:27so we thought, it'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.
31:37Heard his voice behind me.
31:37Hey, Eleanor Vance, where are you going?
31:39Stop being mad, okay?
31:40I didn't turn back.
31:41My steps were shaky, but firm.
31:42Every step felt like walking on knives, but I couldn't stop.
31:45If I stopped, I was afraid I would break down.
31:47I would sob uncontrollably right in front of him.
31:49And if that happened, I would have truly lost.
31:50Lost everything.
31:52When I got home, I went straight to the bathroom.
31:55As I took off my clothes, I saw the bruises and wents covering my body.
32:00They were horrifying.
32:01I stood under the scalding water, scrubbing my skin over and over,
32:05trying to wash off the milkshake, to wash off the humiliation,
32:09trying to wash away every trace of Leo, but I couldn't.
32:13The 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.
32:23The 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.
32:30Leo really did use me as a toy to impress Savannah.
32:33My 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.
32:43It 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 had 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.
33:00My face was pale.
33:01My lips colorless.
33:02The marks on my wrists were deep and a sickening shade of purple-red
33:05like they were carved into my bones.
33:06I took out the antiseptic and 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, he 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, Leo's eyes were so bright, his smile so pure.
33:43He was the troublemaker, and I was the good girl who always listened.
33:46When he got into trouble, I covered him.
33:48When the teacher asked who broke the classroom window, I said it was me.
33:51It was him, practicing his baseball swing.
33:53He hated studying, so I tutored him.
33:55Before final exams, I'd give him all my meticulously organized notes.
33:59Then I'd stay up all night making a new set for myself.
34:01He used to say, Ellie, you're the best.
34:03I'm going to make you my bride someday.
34:05I'd blush and say, who would want to marry you?
34:07But secretly, my heart would flutter.
34:09I thought we were best friends.
34:10The closest partners.
34:12I even secretly hoped for more.
34:14I hoped that one day, he would look at me seriously and say,
34:18Eleanor Vars, will you be my girlfriend?
34:20But it turned out, in his eyes, I was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted.
34:25Just a backup plan who would never leave.
34:28To get Savannah's attention, he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goalpost.
34:31To make me the laughingstock of the whole school.
34:34To trample all over my dignity.
34:36My phone buzzed non-stop.
34:38It 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 from this afternoon.
34:46In the video, I was hanging there like a broken doll.
34:49Swaying every time the wind blew.
34:51The comments were filled with LOLs and laughing, crying emojis.
34:55I'm dead, Eleanor got what was coming to her.
34:58Mummy of the year, LOL.
35:00Every 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, Leo had posted too.
35:08Today's source of entertainment.
35:10Savannah, are you satisfied?
35:11The picture was of me, tied to the post.
35:13He even added a clown jeeping emoji.
35:15Savannah replied, you guys are so bad.
35:17I was just kidding around, followed by three blushing emojis.
35:21Her comment was flooded with likes and hype.
35:23Leo, you're the man.
35:25Anything for Queen Savannah.
35:26What's next?
35:27You're for round two.
35:28I shut off my phone.
35:31My heart felt like a hollow, empty space.
35:34So my pain was their entertainment.
35:37My dignity was their plaything.
35:39And Leo, the one person I thought would always be on my side.
35:44He was the one who had hurt me the most.
35:47When I woke up, I was a prop in their prank, zip tied to the goal post on the school's
35:51football field.
35:52Students walking by laughed at me, filmed TikToks, and someone even threw a milkshake at me.
35:56I was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours.
35:59When my best friend Leo finally showed up.
36:02Savannah said she wanted to see a real life horror movie prank, so we just played a little joke.
36:06Ellie, you're not actually mad, are you?
36:08We grew up together.
36:09You know me better than anyone.
36:10I just stared at him silently.
36:11I guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment.
36:15I transferred schools the next day.
36:18And Leo lost his fucking mind.
36:20Please, Ellie, it was just a prank.
36:23Don't be like this.
36:24After gym class, I was just walking out of the equipment room when the football players surrounded me.
36:29Leo Carter, the boy next door I'd known my whole life, was leading them.
36:35Leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours.
36:42Leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone.
36:45Finally, Leo arrived.
36:46He still had that same cocky smirk he always wore.
36:48Hands shoved in his jean pockets.
36:50He strolled over like he was just there to watch the show.
36:51The rest of the football team, his accomplices, followed behind him.
36:53And so did Sienna Miller.
36:54She was wearing a pink sundress.
36:56Her long hair flowing over her shoulders.
36:57Like every strand of her hair was glowing.
36:58Oh my god, you guys actually did it!
37:00That's insane!
37:01The excitement she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold.
37:04So my pain was just her entertainment?
37:07Of course.
37:08Savannah asks, Savannah gets.
37:10It was a gentle tone I had never heard from him before me.
37:13He walked up to the goal post and looked up at me.
37:15The setting sun cast a golden glow on his face.
37:18The features were so familiar.
37:19But right now, he was a complete stranger.
37:22The eyes I once thought would protect me forever now only held mockery.
37:25So, how's the view from up there, Ellie?
37:27He was still joking, as if I wasn't a person but a toy.
37:30Alright, alright, joke's over.
37:32Let's get her down.
37:33He said it so casually, like he was commenting on the weather.
37:35A couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes.
37:38No one cared if I would get hurt.
37:39I crashed hard onto the grass.
37:41The impact knocked the wind out of me, and I felt like my lungs had collapsed.
37:44Every bone in my body ached.
37:46I curled into a blob, like a dying insect.
37:48Leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face.
37:50The pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp.
37:53When he saw my red, swollen eyes, he paused for a second.
37:55For a moment, I thought I saw a flicker of regret.
37:58I thought he would apologize.
37:59What are you crying for?
38:00It was just a prank.
38:01We used to prank each other all the time.
38:03He said it so lightly, as if this was just like any other joke.
38:06But he forgot.
38:06Our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity.
38:09They never involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people.
38:12They were never this cruel.
38:13I stared at him, saying nothing.
38:14My throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton.
38:16I couldn't get a single word out.
38:17It wasn't that I didn't want to speak.
38:19I just didn't know what to say.
38:21How do you question 16 years of friendship?
38:23How do you put this 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 gave away his guilt.
38:30Savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool Halloween prank video, so we thought,
38:34it's not a big deal.
38:35You're fine, right?
38:36But I didn't make a sound.
38:37I just gave Leo one last look.
38:38In that look was 16 years of friendship, countless happy memories.
38:41And in that moment, it was over.
38:43Heard his voice behind me.
38:43Hey, Eleanor Vance, where are you going?
38:45Stop being mad, okay?
38:46I didn't turn back.
38:47My steps were shaky, but firm.
38:48Every step felt like walking on knives, but I couldn't stop.
38:51If I stopped, I was afraid I would break down.
38:52I would sob uncontrollably right in front of him.
38:54And if that happened, I would have truly lost.
38:56Lost everything.
38:58When I got home, I went straight to the bathroom.
39:01As I took off my clothes, I saw the bruises and wentz covering my body.
39:06They were horrifying.
39:07I stood under the scalding water, scrubbing my skin over and over, trying to wash off
39:12the milkshake, to wash off the humiliation, trying to wash away every trace of Leo, but
39:17I couldn't.
39:18The laughter still echoed in my ears.
39:21The malicious stares still crawled on my skin.
39:24And Leo's careless words, it was just a prank.
39:26They replayed in my mind like a curse.
39:28The hot water sting my wounds, making me shiver.
39:31But the pain was good.
39:32It kept me lucid.
39:33It reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare.
39:35This was real.
39:36Leo really did use me as a toy to impress Savannah.
39:39My mom knocked on the door.
39:40Ellie, you've been in there a while.
39:42Don't run up the water bill, honey.
39:44I turned off the shower.
39:46Coming out now.
39:47My voice was so hoarse.
39:49It didn't sound like my own.
39:50Mom must have gone to her book club, because she didn't notice anything 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 I trusted most in the world had betrayed me?
39:59Tell her I was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost?
40:02No, I couldn't bring myself to say it.
40:04The girl in the mirror was a mess.
40:06My face was pale.
40:07My lips colorless.
40:08The marks on my wrists were deep and a sickening shade of purple-red like they were carved into my
40:12bones.
40:12I took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit.
40:15It hurt.
40:16A piercing pain.
40:17But it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart.
40:1916 years.
40:20I'd known Leo for 16 years.
40:22Our families lived on the same street.
40:24Our parents were old friends.
40:26Our moms went shopping together.
40:27Our dads had barbecues on weekends.
40:29We were in the same class since kindergarten.
40:31He cried his eyes out on the first day and I was the one who gave him a piece of
40:35chocolate.
40:36After that, he followed me around like a little shadow.
40:40Ellie, wait for me.
40:41Ellie, you can have this.
40:43Ellie, we're gonna be together forever.
40:45Back then, Leo's eyes were so bright, his smile so pure.
40:49He was the troublemaker and I was the good girl who always listened.
40:52When he got into trouble, I covered him.
40:54When the teacher asked who broke the classroom window, I said it was me.
40:57It was him, practicing his baseball swing.
40:59He hated studying, so I tutored him.
41:01Before final exams, I'd give him all my meticulously organized notes.
41:05Then I'd stay up all night making a new set for myself.
41:07He used to say, Ellie, you're the best.
41:09I'm going to make you my bride someday.
41:11I'd blush and say, who would want to marry you?
41:13But secretly, my 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, he would look at me seriously and say,
41:24Eleanor Vars, will you be my girlfriend?
41:26But it turned out, in his eyes, I was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted.
41:31Just a backup plan who would never leave.
41:33To get Savannah's attention, he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goalpost.
41:37To make me the laughingstock of the whole school.
41:40To trample all over my dignity.
41:42My phone buzzed non-stop.
41:44It was the school's gossip Instagram page.
41:46They had a new post.
41:47I clicked on it mechanically.
41:49Someone had uploaded the videos from this afternoon.
41:52In the video, I was hanging there like a broken doll.
41:55Swaying every time the wind blew.
41:57The comments were filled with LOLs and laughing, crying emojis.
42:01I'm dead, Eleanor got what was coming to her.
42:04Mummy of the year, LOL.
42:06Every comment felt like a slap in the face.
42:08So this is what everyone thought of me.
42:10I closed Instagram.
42:11On his story, Leo had posted too.
42:14Today's source of entertainment.
42:16Savannah, are you satisfied?
42:17The picture was of me, tied to the post.
42:19He even added a clown jeeping emoji.
42:21Savannah replied,
42:22You guys are so bad.
42:24I was just kidding around, followed by three blushing emojis.
42:27Her comment was flooded with likes and hype.
42:29Leo, you're the man.
42:31Anything for Team Savannah.
42:32What's next?
42:33It's for round two.
42:34I shut off my phone.
42:36My heart felt like a hollow, empty space.
42:40So my pain was their entertainment.
42:43My dignity was their plaything.
42:45And Leo, the one person I thought would always be on my side,
42:50he was the one who had hurt me the most.
42:53When I woke up, I was a prop in their prank,
42:55zip-tied to the goalpost on the school's football field.
42:58Students walking by laughed at me, filmed TikToks,
43:00and someone even threw a milkshake at me.
43:02I was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours.
43:05When my best friend, Leo, finally showed up.
43:08Savannah said she wanted to see a real-life horror movie prank,
43:10so we just played a little joke.
43:12Ellie, you're not actually mad, are you?
43:13We grew up together.
43:14You know me better than anyone.
43:16I just stared at him silently.
43:17I guess my dignity was 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, it was just a prank.
43:29Don't be like this.
43:30After gym class, I was just walking out of the equipment room
43:33when the football players surrounded me.
43:35Leo Carter, the boy next door I'd known my whole life,
43:39was leading them.
43:41Leo knocked me unconscious
43:43and tied me to the goalpost of the football field
43:45for two whole hours,
43:48leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone.
43:51Finally, Leo arrived.
43:52He still had that same cocky smirk he always wore.
43:54Hands shoved in his jean pockets.
43:55He strolled over like he was just there to watch the show.
43:57The rest of the football team, his accomplices,
43:59followed behind him.
43:59And so did Sienna Miller.
44:00She was wearing a pink sundress,
44:01her long hair flowing over her shoulders,
44:03like every strand of her hair was glowing.
44:04Oh my god, you guys actually did it!
44:06That's insane!
44:07The excitement she couldn't hide in her voice
44:09made my blood run cold.
44:10So my pain was just her entertainment?
44:13Of course.
44:14Savannah asks, Savannah gets.
44:16It was a gentle tone I had never heard from him before me.
44:19He walked up to the goalpost and looked up at me.
44:21The setting sun cast a golden glow on his face.
44:24The features were so familiar.
44:25But right now, he was a complete stranger.
44:28The eyes I once thought would protect me forever
44:30now only held mockery.
44:31So, how's the view from up there, Ellie?
44:33He was still joking,
44:34as if I wasn't a person but a toy.
44:36All right, all right, joke's over.
44:38Let's get her down.
44:38He said it so casually,
44:40like he was commenting on the weather.
44:41A couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes.
44:44No one cared if I would get hurt.
44:45I crashed hard onto the grass.
44:47The impact knocked the wind out of me,
44:48and I felt like my lungs had collapsed.
44:50Every bone in my body ached.
44:51I curled into a blob like a dying insect.
44:54Leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face.
44:56The pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp.
44:59When he saw my red, swollen eyes,
45:00he paused for a second.
45:01For a moment, I thought I saw a flicker of regret.
45:04I thought he would apologize.
45:05What are you crying for?
45:06It was just a prank.
45:07We used to prank each other all the time.
45:09He said it so lightly,
45:10as if this was just like any other joke.
45:11But he forgot.
45:12Our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity.
45:15They never involved humiliating someone
45:16in front of hundreds of people.
45:17They were never this cruel.
45:19I stared at him, saying nothing.
45:20My throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton.
45:22I couldn't get a single word out.
45:23It wasn't that I didn't want to speak.
45:25I just didn't know what to say.
45:27How do you question 16 years of friendship?
45:29How do you put this betrayal into words?
45:31My stare made him uncomfortable.
45:32Don't look at me like that.
45:33It's creepy.
45:34His darting eyes gave away his guilt.
45:36Savannah said yesterday she wanted to film
45:37a cool Halloween prank video,
45:39so we thought,
45:40it's not a big deal.
45:41You're fine, right?
45:42But I didn't make a sound.
45:43I just gave Leo one last look,
45:44and that look was 16 years of friendship.
45:46I had countless happy memories,
45:47and in that moment,
45:48it was over.
45:49Heard his voice behind me.
45:49Hey, Eleanor Vance,
45:50where are you going?
45:51Stop being mad, okay?
45:52I didn't turn back.
45:53My steps were shaky, but firm.
45:54Every step felt like walking on knives,
45:56but I couldn't stop.
45:57If 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.
46:04When I got home,
46:05I went straight to the bathroom.
46:07As I took off my clothes,
46:08I saw the bruises and wents
46:10covering my body.
46:12They 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 every trace of Leo,
46:23but I couldn't.
46:24The laughter still echoed in my ears.
46:27The malicious stares still crawled on my skin.
46:30And Leo's careless words,
46:31it was just a prank.
46:32They replayed in my mind like a curse.
46:34The hot water sting my wounds,
46:36making me shiver.
46:36But the pain was good.
46:38It kept me lucid.
46:39It reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare.
46:41This was real.
46:42Leo really did use me as a toy
46:43to 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.
46:50I turned off the shower.
46:51Coming out now.
46:53My 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 anything 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 I trusted most in the world
47:04had betrayed me?
47:05Tell her I was tied up
47:06like a clown on the school's goalpost?
47:08No, I couldn't bring myself to say it.
47:10The girl in the mirror was a mess.
47:12My face was pale.
47:13My lips colorless.
47:14The marks on my wrists were deep
47:15and a sickening shade of purple red
47:16like they were carved into my bones.
47:18I took out the antiseptic
47:19and started cleaning them bit by bit.
47:21It hurt.
47:22A piercing pain.
47:23But it was nothing compared
47:24to the pain in my heart.
47:2516 years.
47:26I'd known Leo for 16 years.
47:28Our families lived on the same street.
47:30Our parents were old friends.
47:32Our moms went shopping together.
47:33Our dads had barbecues on weekends.
47:35We were in the same class since kindergarten.
47:37He cried his eyes out on the first day
47:39and I was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate.
47:42After that,
47:43he followed me around like a little shadow.
47:46Ellie, wait for me.
47:47Ellie, you can have this.
47:49Ellie, we're gonna be together 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 who always listened.
47:58When he got into trouble,
47:59I covered him.
47:59When the teacher asked who broke the classroom window,
48:02I said it was me.
48:03It was him practicing his baseball swing.
48:05He hated studying,
48:06so I tutored him.
48:07Before final exams,
48:08I'd give him all my meticulously organized notes.
48:11Then I'd stay up all night
48:11making a new set for myself.
48:13He used to say,
48:14Ellie, you're the best.
48:15I'm going to make you my bride someday.
48:16I'd blush and say,
48:17who would want to marry you?
48:19But secretly,
48:19my heart would flutter.
48:20I thought we were best friends.
48:22The closest partners.
48:24I even secretly hoped for more.
48:26I hoped that one day,
48:27he would look at me seriously 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 he could humiliate
48:36whenever he wanted.
48:37Just a backup plan who would never leave.
48:39To get Savannah's attention,
48:41he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goalpost,
48:43to make me the laughingstock of the whole school,
48:45to trample all over my dignity.
48:47My phone buzzed nonstop.
48:49It was the school's gossip Instagram page.
48:52They had a new post.
48:53I clicked on it mechanically.
48:55Someone had uploaded the videos
48:57from this afternoon.
48:57In the video,
48:59I was hanging there like a broken doll,
49:01swaying every time the wind blew.
49:03The comments were filled with LOLs
49:05and laughing, crying emojis.
49:07I'm dead,
49:08Eleanor got what was coming to her.
49:10Mummy of the year, LOL.
49:12Every comment felt like a slap in the face.
49:14So this is what everyone thought of me.
49:16I closed Instagram.
49:17On his story,
49:18Leo had posted too.
49:20Today's source of entertainment.
49:21Savannah, are you satisfied?
49:23The picture was of me,
49:24tied to the post.
49:25He even added a clown jeeping emoji.
49:27Savannah replied,
49:28You guys are so bad.
49:29I was just kidding around,
49:31followed by three blushing emojis.
49:33Her comment was flooded with likes and hype.
49:35Leo, you're the man!
49:37Anything for Queen Savannah.
49:38What's next?
49:39You're for round two.
49:39I shut off my phone.
49:42My heart felt like a hollow, empty space.
49:46So, my pain was their entertainment.
49:49My dignity was their plaything.
49:51And Leo,
49:52the one person I thought would always be on my side,
49:56he was the one who had hurt me the most.
49:59He was the old man who was he gonna do it.
49:59He was always satisfied.
49:59He used his birthday.
50:00He was guy wonnanji if you had or 10 times wichtig.
50:03He goes to the same place.
50:03Jonah to steal his own revenge,
50:04He said,
50:04You're out gearing somewhere,оме
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