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00:00:03when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
00:00:07football
00:00:07field students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me
00:00:12i was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up
00:00:18savannah said she wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie
00:00:22you're not actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at
00:00:26him silently i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
00:00:31i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank
00:00:38don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football
00:00:44players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
00:00:51leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole
00:00:56hours leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that
00:01:03same cocky smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just
00:01:06there to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so
00:01:10did sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every
00:01:13strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement she
00:01:18couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment
00:01:22of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me
00:01:29he walked up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on
00:01:33his face
00:01:33the features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought would
00:01:39protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still joking
00:01:44as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down he
00:01:49said it
00:01:49so casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes
00:01:53no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out
00:01:58of
00:01:58me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled into a blob
00:02:02like
00:02:03a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at
00:02:07my skin made me gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for a moment
00:02:12i thought i saw
00:02:13a flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was just a prank we
00:02:17used to
00:02:17prank each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this was just like any other joke
00:02:21but he
00:02:22forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved humiliating
00:02:26someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying nothing my
00:02:30throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't that i
00:02:34didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16 years of friendship
00:02:39how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me like that
00:02:43it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool
00:02:48halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make a sound
00:02:52i
00:02:53just gave leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories and in
00:02:57that moment it was over heard his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going stop being mad
00:03:01okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on knives but i
00:03:06couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front of
00:03:10him
00:03:10and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home i went straight
00:03:15to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body
00:03:21they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to
00:03:27wash off the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't
00:03:34the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin
00:03:39and leo's careless words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot
00:03:45water sting my wounds making me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that
00:03:49this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah
00:03:54my mom knocked on the door ellie you've been in there a while don't run up the water bill honey
00:03:59i turned off the shower coming out now my voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like my own mom
00:04:06must
00:04:06have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything was wrong that was for the best
00:04:10i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the person i trusted most in the world
00:04:14had
00:04:14betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost no i couldn't bring myself
00:04:19to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was pale my lips colorless the marks
00:04:24on my
00:04:24wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they were carved into my bones i took out
00:04:28the
00:04:29antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing pain but it was nothing compared to the
00:04:34pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years our families lived on the same street our
00:04:40parents were old friends our moms went shopping together our dads had barbecues on weekends we
00:04:45were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on the first day and i was the
00:04:50one who
00:04:50gave him a piece of chocolate after that he followed me around like a little shadow ellie wait for me
00:04:57ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together forever back then leo's eyes were so bright his
00:05:03smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good girl who always listened when he got into
00:05:08trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke the classroom window i said it was me
00:05:13it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying so i tutored him before final exams i'd give
00:05:18him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up all night making a new set for myself he used
00:05:23to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make you my bride someday i'd blush and say who would
00:05:28want
00:05:28to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought we were best friends the closest partners
00:05:33i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he would look at me seriously and say
00:05:39eleanor varse will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes i was just a toy he
00:05:45could
00:05:45humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave to get savannah's attention he
00:05:51didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughingstock of the whole school
00:05:55to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip instagram page
00:06:02they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from this afternoon
00:06:07in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew the comments
00:06:14were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming to her
00:06:19mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this is what everyone
00:06:25thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted to today's source of entertainment
00:06:31savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping
00:06:36emoji savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing
00:06:42emojis her comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for team savannah
00:06:48what's next i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my pain was their
00:06:58entertainment
00:06:58my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought would always be on my side
00:07:06he was the one who had hurt me the most
00:07:18when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
00:07:23football field
00:07:24students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was
00:07:29tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah
00:07:34said she wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're
00:07:38not actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him
00:07:42silently i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
00:07:46i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank
00:07:54don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football
00:08:00players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
00:08:07leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
00:08:13leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky
00:08:19smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there
00:08:22to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did
00:08:26sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every
00:08:29strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement
00:08:33she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment
00:08:38of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me
00:08:44he walked up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on
00:08:49his face
00:08:49the features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought
00:08:54would protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still
00:08:59joking as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down
00:09:04he said it
00:09:05so casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes
00:09:09no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out
00:09:14of
00:09:14me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled into a blob
00:09:18like a
00:09:19dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at my
00:09:23skin
00:09:23made me gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for a moment i thought
00:09:28i saw a
00:09:29flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was just a prank we
00:09:33used to prank each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this was just like any
00:09:37other joke
00:09:37but he forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved
00:09:41humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying
00:09:45nothing my throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't
00:09:50that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16 years of
00:09:54friendship how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me
00:09:59like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to
00:10:03film a cool halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't
00:10:08make a sound i just gave leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy
00:10:12memories and in that moment it was over heard his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going
00:10:16stop being mad okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on
00:10:21knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably right
00:10:25in
00:10:26front of him and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home i went
00:10:31straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and wents covering my body they
00:10:38were horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off
00:10:44the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't
00:10:50the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless
00:10:56words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water sting my wounds
00:11:01making
00:11:02me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this
00:11:07was
00:11:07real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah my mom knocked on the door ellie you've
00:11:13been in
00:11:13there a while don't run up the water bill honey i turned off the shower coming out now my voice
00:11:19was
00:11:19so hoarse it didn't sound like my own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice
00:11:24anything was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that
00:11:29the person i trusted most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown
00:11:33on the
00:11:33school's goal post no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my
00:11:37face
00:11:38was pale my lips colorless the marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like
00:11:42they were carved into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit
00:11:47it hurt a piercing pain but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known
00:11:52leo for
00:11:5316 years our families lived on the same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping
00:11:58together our dads had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes
00:12:04out on the first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate after that he
00:12:09followed me
00:12:10around like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together
00:12:16forever back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was
00:12:22the good girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke
00:12:27the classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying so i
00:12:32tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up all
00:12:37night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make you
00:12:41my bride
00:12:42someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought
00:12:47we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he would
00:12:54look at me seriously and say eleanor vars will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes
00:13:00i was
00:13:00just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave
00:13:05to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughing
00:13:10stock of the whole school to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's
00:13:16gossip instagram page they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded the videos
00:13:22from this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew
00:13:29the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming
00:13:35to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this is what
00:13:41everyone
00:13:41thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted two today's source of entertainment
00:13:47savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping emoji
00:13:53savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing emojis her
00:13:59comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for team savannah what's next
00:14:04you're for round two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my pain
00:14:13was their
00:14:13entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought would always be on my side
00:14:22he was the one who had hurt me the most
00:14:34when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
00:14:39football field
00:14:39students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was tied
00:14:45up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah said she
00:14:50wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're not
00:14:54actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him silently
00:14:59i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
00:15:02i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank
00:15:10don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football
00:15:15players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
00:15:23leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
00:15:29leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky
00:15:35smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there
00:15:38to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did
00:15:41sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every
00:15:45strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement she
00:15:50couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment of course
00:15:55savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me he walked up
00:16:01to
00:16:01the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on his face the features
00:16:06were so
00:16:06familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought would protect me forever
00:16:11now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still joking as if i wasn't
00:16:17a
00:16:17person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down he said it so casually like
00:16:22he
00:16:22was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes no one cared
00:16:26if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out of me and
00:16:30i felt like
00:16:31my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled into a blob like a dying insect leo
00:16:36crouched
00:16:36down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp
00:16:40when he saw
00:16:41my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for a moment i thought i saw a flicker of regret
00:16:45i thought
00:16:46he would apologize what are you crying for it was just a prank we used to prank each other all
00:16:50the
00:16:50time he said it so lightly as if this was just like any other joke but he forgot our old
00:16:54pranks
00:16:55never involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved humiliating someone in front of
00:16:58hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying nothing my throat felt like
00:17:02it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't that i didn't want to speak
00:17:07i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16 years of friendship how do you put this
00:17:11betrayal
00:17:12into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes
00:17:16gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool halloween prank video so we
00:17:21thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make a sound i just gave leo one
00:17:25last look
00:17:26in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories and in that moment it was over heard
00:17:30his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going stop being mad okay i didn't turn back
00:17:34my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on knives but i couldn't stop
00:17:38if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front of him
00:17:42and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home i went straight to the
00:17:47bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body they were horrifying
00:17:54i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off the milkshake
00:18:00to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't the laughter
00:18:07still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless words it was
00:18:13just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water sting my wounds making me shiver
00:18:18but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this was real
00:18:23leo
00:18:23really did use me as a toy to impress savannah my mom knocked on the door ellie you've been in
00:18:29there a
00:18:29while don't run up the water bill honey i turned off the shower coming out now my voice was so
00:18:35hoarse
00:18:36it didn't sound like my own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything
00:18:40was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the
00:18:45person i trusted most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on
00:18:49the school's
00:18:49goalpost no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was
00:18:54pale
00:18:54my lips colorless the marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they were
00:18:59carved into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing
00:19:04pain but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years
00:19:10our
00:19:10families lived on the same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together our dads
00:19:15had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on the
00:19:20first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate after that he followed me around
00:19:26like
00:19:26a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together forever
00:19:33back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good
00:19:38girl
00:19:38who always listened when he got into trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke the
00:19:43classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying so i tutored
00:19:49him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up all
00:19:53night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make you
00:19:57my bride
00:19:58someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought
00:20:02we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he would
00:20:10look at me seriously and say eleanor varse will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes
00:20:16i was
00:20:16just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave
00:20:21to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughing stock
00:20:26of
00:20:26the whole school to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip
00:20:33instagram page they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from
00:20:38this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew
00:20:44the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming
00:20:51to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this is what
00:20:56everyone
00:20:57thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted two today's source of entertainment
00:21:03savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping emoji
00:21:08savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing emojis her
00:21:15comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for queen savannah what's next
00:21:20for round two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my pain was
00:21:29their
00:21:29entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought would always be on my
00:21:36side he was the one who had hurt me the most
00:21:50when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
00:21:55football field
00:21:55students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was
00:22:00tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah
00:22:06said she wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're
00:22:10not actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him
00:22:14silently i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
00:22:18i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just
00:22:25a prank don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when
00:22:31the football players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading
00:22:37them leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
00:22:45leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky
00:22:51smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there
00:22:54to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did
00:22:57sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every
00:23:01strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement she
00:23:06couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment of course
00:23:12savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me he walked up
00:23:17to
00:23:17the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on his face the features
00:23:22were so
00:23:22familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought would protect me forever
00:23:27now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still joking as if i wasn't
00:23:32a
00:23:33person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down he said it so casually like
00:23:38he
00:23:38was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes no one cared
00:23:42if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out of me and
00:23:46i felt like
00:23:47my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled into a blob like a dying insect leo
00:23:51crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me
00:23:56gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for a moment i thought i saw
00:24:00a flicker of
00:24:01regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was just a prank we used to prank
00:24:05each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this was just like any other joke but
00:24:09he forgot
00:24:10our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved humiliating someone in front
00:24:14of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying nothing my throat felt like
00:24:18it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't that i didn't want to speak
00:24:23i
00:24:23just didn't know what to say how do you question 16 years of friendship how do you put this betrayal
00:24:28into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes
00:24:32gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool halloween prank video so we
00:24:37thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make a sound i just gave leo one
00:24:41last look
00:24:42in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories and in that moment it was over heard
00:24:46his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going stop being mad okay i didn't turn back
00:24:50my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped
00:24:55i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front of him and if that
00:24:58happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home i went straight to the bathroom
00:25:04as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body they were horrifying i stood
00:25:11under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off the milkshake to wash off
00:25:17the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't the laughter still echoed in my
00:25:24ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless words it was just a prank
00:25:30they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water sting my wounds making me shiver but the
00:25:35pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really
00:25:40did use me as a toy to impress savannah my mom knocked on the door ellie you've been in there
00:25:45a
00:25:45while don't run up the water bill honey i turned off the shower coming out now my voice was so
00:25:51hoarse
00:25:52it didn't sound like my own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything
00:25:56was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the
00:26:00person i trusted most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on
00:26:05the school's
00:26:05goalpost no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was
00:26:10pale
00:26:10my lips colorless the marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they were
00:26:14carved into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing
00:26:20pain but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years
00:26:26our families lived on the same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together
00:26:31our dads had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out
00:26:36on the first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate after that he followed
00:26:41me around
00:26:42like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together forever
00:26:48back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good
00:26:54girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke the
00:26:59classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying
00:27:04so i tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay
00:27:09up all night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the best i'm going to
00:27:13make you
00:27:13my bride someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i
00:27:18thought we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day
00:27:25he would look at me seriously and say eleanor vars will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in
00:27:31his
00:27:31eyes i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave
00:27:37to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughingstock
00:27:42of the whole school to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip
00:27:48instagram page they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from
00:27:54this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew
00:28:01the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming to
00:28:07her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this is what everyone
00:28:13thought
00:28:13of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted to today's source of entertainment savannah are you
00:28:20satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping emoji savannah replied
00:28:25you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing emojis her comment was
00:28:31flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for team savannah what's next you're for round two
00:28:37i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my pain was their entertainment
00:28:46my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought would always be on my side
00:28:53he was the one who had hurt me the most
00:29:06when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
00:29:11football
00:29:11field students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me
00:29:16i was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up
00:29:21savannah said she wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie
00:29:26you're not actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at
00:29:30him
00:29:30silently i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
00:29:34i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank
00:29:42don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football
00:29:47players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
00:29:55leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
00:30:01leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone
00:30:04finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean
00:30:08pockets he strolled over like he was just there to watch the show the rest of the football team
00:30:12his accomplices followed behind him and so did sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long
00:30:15hair flowing over her shoulders like every strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did
00:30:19it that's insane the excitement she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was
00:30:25just her entertainment of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from
00:30:32him before me he walked up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a
00:30:36golden glow
00:30:36on his face the features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once
00:30:42thought would protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was
00:30:47still joking as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her
00:30:52down
00:30:52he said it so casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily
00:30:56untied the ropes no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked
00:31:01the wind out of me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i
00:31:05curled into
00:31:06a blob like a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the
00:31:10tape
00:31:10tearing at my skin made me gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for
00:31:15a moment i thought
00:31:16i saw a flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was just
00:31:20a prank we used to prank each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this was
00:31:24just like any
00:31:24other joke but he forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never
00:31:29involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at
00:31:33him saying nothing my throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out
00:31:37it wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16
00:31:41years
00:31:42of friendship how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look
00:31:46at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted
00:31:51to film a cool halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i
00:31:55didn't
00:31:56make a sound i just gave leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy
00:32:00memories and in that moment it was over heard his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going
00:32:04stop being mad okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on
00:32:09knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably
00:32:13right in front of him and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home
00:32:18i
00:32:18went straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body
00:32:25they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off
00:32:31the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't
00:32:38the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless
00:32:44words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water sting my wounds
00:32:49making
00:32:49me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this
00:32:54was
00:32:54real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah my mom knocked on the door ellie you've
00:33:00been in
00:33:01there a while don't run up the water bill honey i turned off the shower coming out now my voice
00:33:07was
00:33:07so hoarse it didn't sound like my own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice
00:33:12anything was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that
00:33:16the person i trusted most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown
00:33:20on the school's
00:33:21goalpost no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was
00:33:26pale
00:33:26my lips colorless the marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they were
00:33:30carved into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing
00:33:36pain but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years
00:33:41our
00:33:42families lived on the same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together our dads
00:33:47had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on the
00:33:52first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate after that he followed me around
00:33:58like
00:33:58a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together forever
00:34:04back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good
00:34:10girl
00:34:10who always listened when he got into trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke the
00:34:15classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying so i
00:34:20tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up all
00:34:25night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make you
00:34:29my bride
00:34:29someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought
00:34:34we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he would
00:34:41look at me seriously and say eleanor varse will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes
00:34:47i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave
00:34:53to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughingstock
00:34:58of the whole school to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip
00:35:04instagram page they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from
00:35:10this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew
00:35:16the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming
00:35:22to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this is what
00:35:28everyone
00:35:29thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted two today's source of entertainment
00:35:35savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping emoji
00:35:40savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing emojis her
00:35:46comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for queen savannah what's next
00:35:52for round two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my pain was
00:36:01their
00:36:01entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought would always be on my
00:36:08side he was the one who had hurt me the most
00:36:22when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
00:36:26football field
00:36:27students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was
00:36:32tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah
00:36:38said she wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're
00:36:42not actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him
00:36:46silently i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
00:36:50i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just
00:36:57a prank don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the
00:37:03football players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
00:37:10leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
00:37:17leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky
00:37:23smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there
00:37:26to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did
00:37:29sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every
00:37:33strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement she
00:37:37couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment of course
00:37:43savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me he walked up
00:37:49to
00:37:49the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on his face the features
00:37:54were so
00:37:54familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought would protect me forever
00:37:59now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still joking as if i wasn't
00:38:04a
00:38:04person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down he said it so casually like
00:38:09he
00:38:10was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes no one cared
00:38:13if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out of me and
00:38:18i felt like
00:38:18my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled into a blob like a dying insect leo
00:38:23crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me
00:38:27gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for a moment i thought i saw
00:38:32a flicker of
00:38:33regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was just a prank we used to prank
00:38:37each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this was just like any other joke but
00:38:41he forgot
00:38:41our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved humiliating someone in front of
00:38:46hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying nothing my throat felt like
00:38:50it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't that i didn't want to speak
00:38:55i
00:38:55just didn't know what to say how do you question 16 years of friendship how do you put this betrayal
00:38:59into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes
00:39:04gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool halloween prank video so we
00:39:09thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make a sound i just gave leo one
00:39:13last look
00:39:13in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories and in that moment it was over heard
00:39:18his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going stop being mad okay i didn't turn back my
00:39:22steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped
00:39:27i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front of him and if that
00:39:30happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home i went straight to the bathroom
00:39:35as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body they were horrifying i stood
00:39:43under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off the milkshake to wash off
00:39:49the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't the laughter still echoed in my
00:39:55ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless words it was just a prank
00:40:01they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water sting my wounds making me shiver but the
00:40:06pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really
00:40:11did use me as a toy to impress savannah my mom knocked on the door ellie you've been in there
00:40:17a
00:40:17while don't run up the water bill honey i turned off the shower coming out now my voice was so
00:40:23hoarse
00:40:24it didn't sound like my own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything
00:40:28was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the
00:40:32person i trusted most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on
00:40:36the
00:40:37school's goalpost no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face
00:40:41was
00:40:41pale my lips colorless the marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they
00:40:46were carved into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a
00:40:51piercing pain but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16
00:40:57years
00:40:57our families lived on the same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together
00:41:02our dads had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out
00:41:08on the first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate after that he followed
00:41:13me around
00:41:14like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together forever
00:41:20back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good
00:41:26girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke the
00:41:30classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying
00:41:35so i tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up
00:41:41all night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make
00:41:45you my
00:41:45bride someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought
00:41:50we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he
00:41:57would look at me seriously and say eleanor vars will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in his
00:42:03eyes i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave
00:42:09to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughing stock
00:42:14of the whole school to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip
00:42:20instagram page they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from
00:42:26this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew
00:42:32the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming to
00:42:38her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this is what everyone
00:42:44thought
00:42:45of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted to today's source of entertainment savannah are you
00:42:51satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping emoji savannah replied
00:42:57you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing emojis her comment was
00:43:03flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for queen savannah what's next around two i shut
00:43:09off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my pain was their entertainment my dignity was
00:43:19their plaything and leo the one person i thought would always be on my side he was the one who
00:43:27had hurt me the most
00:43:38when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
00:43:42football field
00:43:43students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was tied
00:43:48up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah said she
00:43:54wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're not actually
00:43:58mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him silently
00:44:02i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
00:44:06i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank
00:44:13don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football
00:44:19players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
00:44:26leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
00:44:33leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone
00:44:36finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky smirk he always wore hands shoved in his
00:44:40jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there to watch the show the rest of the football
00:44:43team his accomplices followed behind him and so did sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress
00:44:47her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you
00:44:50guys actually did it that's insane the excitement she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run
00:44:55cold so my pain was just her entertainment of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle
00:45:02tone i had never heard from him before me he walked up to the goal post and looked up at
00:45:06me
00:45:06the setting sun cast a golden glow on his face the features were so familiar but right now he was
00:45:12a
00:45:12complete stranger the eyes i once thought would protect me forever now only held mockery so how's
00:45:17the view from up there ellie he was still joking as if i wasn't a person but a toy all
00:45:22right all right
00:45:22joke's over let's get her down he said it so casually like he was commenting on the weather a
00:45:27couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard
00:45:31onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out of me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every
00:45:36bone in my body ached i curled into a blob like a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the
00:45:40bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp when he saw my
00:45:45red swollen eyes
00:45:45he paused for a second for a moment i thought i saw a flicker of regret i thought he would
00:45:50apologize
00:45:50what are you crying for it was just a prank we used to prank each other all the time he
00:45:54said it
00:45:54so lightly as if this was just like any other joke but he forgot our old pranks never involved
00:45:59destroying someone's dignity they never involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people
00:46:03they were never this cruel i stared at him saying nothing my throat felt like it was stuffed with
00:46:07cotton i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know
00:46:11what
00:46:11to say how do you question 16 years of friendship how do you put this betrayal into words my stare
00:46:17made
00:46:17him uncomfortable don't look at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt
00:46:21savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool halloween prank video so we thought it's not a
00:46:25big deal you're fine right but i didn't make a sound i just gave leo one last look in that
00:46:30look
00:46:30was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories and in that moment it was over heard his voice
00:46:34behind hey eleanor vance where are you going stop being mad okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky
00:46:39but firm every step felt like walking on knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i
00:46:43would
00:46:43break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front of him and if that happened i would have
00:46:47truly lost lost everything when i got home i went straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes
00:46:53i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water
00:47:00scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off the milkshake to wash off the humiliation
00:47:06trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't the laughter still echoed in my ears
00:47:12the malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless words it was just a prank
00:47:17they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water sting my wounds making me shiver but the pain
00:47:22was
00:47:23good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really did
00:47:27use me as a toy to impress savannah my mom knocked on the door ellie you've been in there a
00:47:33while don't
00:47:34run up the water bill honey i turned off the shower coming out now my voice was so hoarse it
00:47:40didn't
00:47:40sound like my own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything was wrong
00:47:44that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the person i
00:47:49trusted
00:47:49most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost
00:47:53no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was pale
00:47:58my lips
00:47:58colorless the marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they were carved
00:48:02into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing pain
00:48:08but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years our
00:48:14families lived on the same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together
00:48:18our dads had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out
00:48:24on the first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate after that he followed
00:48:29me around
00:48:29like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together forever
00:48:36back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good
00:48:42girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke the
00:48:46classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying
00:48:51so i tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up
00:48:56all night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make
00:49:01you my
00:49:01bride someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i
00:49:06thought we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day
00:49:13he would look at me seriously and say eleanor vars will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in
00:49:19his
00:49:19eyes i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave
00:49:24to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughing
00:49:29stock of the whole school to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the
00:49:35school's gossip instagram page they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded
00:49:41the videos from this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time
00:49:47the wind blew the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was
00:49:54coming to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this is
00:50:00what
00:50:00everyone thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted too today's source of
00:50:06entertainment savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added
00:50:11a clown jeeping emoji savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three
00:50:17blushing emojis her comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for queen
00:50:23savannah what's next you're for round two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space
00:50:31so my pain was their entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought
00:50:39would always be on my side he was the one who had hurt me the most
00:50:54when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
00:50:58football field
00:50:59students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was
00:51:04tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah
00:51:09said she wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're
00:51:13not actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him
00:51:18silently i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
00:51:22i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank
00:51:29don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football
00:51:35players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
00:51:42leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
00:51:49leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky
00:51:54smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there
00:51:58to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did
00:52:01sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every
00:52:04strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement
00:52:09she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment
00:52:14of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me
00:52:20he walked up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on
00:52:24his face
00:52:25the features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought
00:52:30would protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still
00:52:35joking as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down
00:52:40he said it so casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied
00:52:44the ropes no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked
00:52:49the wind out of me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i
00:52:53curled into
00:52:53a blob like a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the
00:52:58tape
00:52:58tearing at my skin made me gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for
00:53:03a moment
00:53:03i thought i saw a flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was
00:53:07just a prank we used to prank each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this
00:53:11was just like
00:53:12any other joke but he forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never
00:53:16involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him
00:53:21saying nothing my throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it
00:53:25wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16 years
00:53:29of
00:53:30friendship how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look
00:53:34at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted
00:53:38to film a cool halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i
00:53:43didn't
00:53:43make a sound i just gave leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy
00:53:48memories and in that moment it was over heard his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going
00:53:52stop being mad okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on
00:53:57knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably
00:54:01right in front of him and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home
00:54:06i
00:54:06went straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body
00:54:13they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off
00:54:19the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't
00:54:25the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless
00:54:32words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water sting my wounds
00:54:37making
00:54:37me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this
00:54:42was
00:54:42real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah my mom knocked on the door ellie you've
00:54:48been in there a
00:54:49while don't run up the water bill honey i turned off the shower coming out now my voice was so
00:54:55hoarse
00:54:55it didn't sound like my own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything
00:55:00was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the
00:55:04person i trusted most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on
00:55:08the school's
00:55:09goalpost no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was
00:55:13pale
00:55:14my lips colorless the marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they were
00:55:18carved into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a
00:55:23piercing pain but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16
00:55:29years
00:55:29our families lived on the same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together
00:55:34our dads had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on
00:55:40the first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate after that he followed me
00:55:45around
00:55:45like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together forever
00:55:52back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good
00:55:57girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who broke the
00:56:02classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying
00:56:07so i tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up
00:56:12all night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make
00:56:16you my
00:56:17bride someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i
00:56:22thought we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day
00:56:29he would look at me seriously and say eleanor varse will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in
00:56:35his
00:56:35eyes i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave
00:56:40to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughing
00:56:45stock of the whole school to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's
00:56:52gossip instagram page they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded the videos
00:56:58from this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew
00:57:04the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming
00:57:10to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this is what
00:57:16everyone
00:57:16thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted two today's source of entertainment
00:57:22savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping emoji
00:57:28savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing emojis
00:57:34her comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for queen savannah what's
00:57:40next it's around two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my pain
00:57:48was their
00:57:49entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought would always be on my side
00:57:57he was the one who had hurt me the most
00:58:10when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
00:58:14football field
00:58:15students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktok and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was tied up
00:58:20in
00:58:20front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah said she wanted
00:58:26to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're not actually
00:58:30mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him silently i
00:58:35guess my
00:58:35dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment i transferred schools
00:58:40the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank don't be like this
00:58:47after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football players surrounded me
00:58:52leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them leo knocked me unconscious and
00:59:00tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours leaving me to be watched and
00:59:06mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky smirk he always wore hands shoved in
00:59:12his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there to watch the show the rest of the football
00:59:15team his accomplices followed behind him and so did sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long
00:59:19hair flowing over her shoulders like every strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually
00:59:23did it that's insane the excitement she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain
00:59:28was just her entertainment of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard
00:59:35from him before me he walked up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast
00:59:39a golden glow
00:59:40on his face the features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once
00:59:45thought would protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he
00:59:50was still joking as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get
00:59:55her down
00:59:55he said it so casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily
01:00:00untied the ropes no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked
01:00:05the
01:00:05wind out of me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled
01:00:09into a blob
01:00:10like a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing
01:00:14at
01:00:14my skin made me gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for a moment
01:00:19i thought
01:00:19i saw a flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was just
01:00:23a prank we used to prank each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this was
01:00:27just like any
01:00:28other joke but he forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never
01:00:32involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him
01:00:36saying nothing my throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out
01:00:40it wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16
01:00:45years of friendship how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't
01:00:50look at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted
01:00:54to film a cool halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i
01:00:59didn't
01:00:59make a sound i just gave leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy
01:01:04memories and in that moment it was over heard his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going
01:01:08stop being mad okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking
01:01:12on knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably
01:01:17right in front of him and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home
01:01:22i
01:01:22went straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body
01:01:29they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off
01:01:35the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't
01:01:41the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless
01:01:48words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water sting my wounds
01:01:53making
01:01:53me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this
01:01:58was
01:01:58real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah my mom knocked on the door ellie you've
01:02:04been in
01:02:04there a while don't run up the water bill honey i turned off the shower coming out now my voice
01:02:10was so hoarse it didn't sound like my own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't
01:02:15notice anything was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell
01:02:20her that the person i trusted most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like
01:02:24a clown
01:02:24on the school's goalpost no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess
01:02:28my face was pale my lips colorless the marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple
01:02:33red like they were carved into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit
01:02:38by bit it hurt a piercing pain but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years
01:02:43i'd known leo for 16 years our families lived on the same street our parents were old friends
01:02:48our moms went shopping together our dads had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class
01:02:53since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on the first day and i was the one who gave him a
01:02:58piece
01:02:58of chocolate after that he followed me around like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you
01:03:05can have this ellie we're gonna be together forever back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure
01:03:11he was the troublemaker and i was the good girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered
01:03:16him when the teacher asked who broke the classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his
01:03:21baseball swing he hated studying so i tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously
01:03:27organized notes then i'd stay up all night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're
01:03:31the best i'm going to make you my bride someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you
01:03:36but
01:03:36secretly my heart would flutter i thought we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly
01:03:42hoped for more i hoped that one day he would look at me seriously and say eleanor varse will you
01:03:48be my
01:03:49girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted
01:03:54just a backup plan who would never leave to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me
01:03:59to a goal post to make me the laughing stock of the whole school to trample all over my dignity
01:04:05my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip instagram page they had a new post i clicked on
01:04:11it
01:04:11mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like
01:04:17a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying
01:04:23emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a
01:04:30slap
01:04:30in the face so this is what everyone thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted
01:04:36too
01:04:36today's source of entertainment savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post
01:04:42he even added a clown jeeping emoji savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding
01:04:47around followed by three blushing emojis her comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man
01:04:54anything for queen savannah what's next for round two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow
01:05:01empty space so my pain was their entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person
01:05:10i thought would always be on my side he was the one who had hurt me the most
01:05:26when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
01:05:30football field
01:05:31students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was tied up
01:05:36in
01:05:36front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah said she wanted
01:05:42to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're not actually mad
01:05:46are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him silently i guess
01:05:51my
01:05:51dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment i transferred schools
01:05:55the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank don't be like this
01:06:03after gym
01:06:04class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football players surrounded me leo carter
01:06:09the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to
01:06:17the
01:06:17goal post of the football field for two whole hours leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone
01:06:24finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean
01:06:28pockets he strolled over like he was just there to watch the show the rest of the football team
01:06:31his accomplices followed behind him and so did sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long
01:06:35hair flowing over her shoulders like every strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually
01:06:39did it that's insane the excitement she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain
01:06:44was just her entertainment of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard
01:06:51from him before me he walked up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast
01:06:55a golden
01:06:56glow on his face the features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i
01:07:01once thought would protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he
01:07:06was still joking as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get
01:07:11her down
01:07:11he said it so casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied
01:07:16the ropes no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked
01:07:20the wind out of me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i
01:07:25curled
01:07:25into a blob like a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of
01:07:30the
01:07:30tape tearing at my skin made me gasp when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second
01:07:34for a
01:07:35moment i thought i saw a flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it
01:07:39was just
01:07:39a prank we used to prank each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this was
01:07:43just like any other
01:07:44joke but he forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved
01:07:48humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying
01:07:53nothing my throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't
01:07:57that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16 years of
01:08:01friendship
01:08:02how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me like that it's
01:08:06creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool
01:08:11halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make a sound
01:08:16i just gave leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories and in
01:08:20that moment it was over heard his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going stop being mad
01:08:24okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on knives but i
01:08:29couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front of
01:08:33him and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home i went straight to
01:08:39the
01:08:39bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and wentz covering my body they were horrifying i
01:08:46stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off the milkshake to
01:08:52wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't the laughter still
01:08:58echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless words it was just a
01:09:05prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water sting my wounds making me shiver but the
01:09:10pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really
01:09:15did
01:09:15use me as a toy to impress savannah my mom knocked on the door ellie you've been in there a
01:09:20while don't
01:09:21run up the water bill honey i turned off the shower coming out now my voice was so hoarse it
01:09:28didn't
01:09:28sound like my own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything was wrong
01:09:32that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the person i
01:09:36trusted
01:09:37most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost
01:09:41no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was pale
01:09:45my lips
01:09:46colorless the marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like they were carved
01:09:50into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing pain
01:09:56but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years
01:10:01our families lived on the same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together
01:10:06our dads had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes
01:10:11out on the first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate after that he
01:10:16followed me
01:10:17around like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together
01:10:23forever back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the
01:10:29good girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who
01:10:34broke the classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying
01:10:39so i tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up
01:10:44all night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make
01:10:48you my
01:10:49bride someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought
01:10:54we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he
01:11:01would look at me seriously and say eleanor vars will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in his
01:11:07eyes i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave
01:11:12to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughing stock
01:11:17of
01:11:18the whole school to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's gossip
01:11:24instagram page they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded the videos from
01:11:30this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew
01:11:36the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming
01:11:42to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this is what
01:11:48everyone
01:11:48thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted too today's source of entertainment
01:11:54savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping emoji
01:12:00savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing emojis her
01:12:06comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for queen savannah what's next
01:12:12around two i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my pain was their
01:12:21entertainment my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought would always be on my
01:12:28side he was the one who had hurt me the most
01:12:42when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
01:12:46football field
01:12:47students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was
01:12:52tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah
01:12:57said she wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're
01:13:01not actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him
01:13:05silently i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
01:13:10i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank
01:13:17don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football
01:13:23players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
01:13:30leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
01:13:37leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky
01:13:42smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there
01:13:46to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did
01:13:49sienna miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every
01:13:52strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement
01:13:57she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment
01:14:01of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me
01:14:08he walked up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on
01:14:12his face
01:14:12the features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought
01:14:18would protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still
01:14:22joking as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down
01:14:27he said it so casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied
01:14:32the ropes no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked
01:14:36the wind out of me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i
01:14:41curled into
01:14:41a blob like a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the
01:14:46tape
01:14:46tearing at my skin made me gasped when he saw my red swollen eyes he paused for a second for
01:14:51a moment
01:14:51i thought i saw a flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was
01:14:55just a prank we used to prank each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this
01:14:59was just like
01:14:59any other joke but he forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never
01:15:04involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him
01:15:08saying nothing my throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton i couldn't get a single word out it
01:15:13wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16 years
01:15:17of
01:15:17friendship how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look
01:15:22at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted
01:15:26to film a cool halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i
01:15:31didn't
01:15:31make a sound i just gave leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy
01:15:36memories and in that moment it was over heard his voice behind hey eleanor vance where are you going
01:15:40stop being mad okay i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on
01:15:44knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably
01:15:48right in front of him and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything when i got home
01:15:53i
01:15:54went straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises and went covering my body
01:16:00they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash
01:16:07off the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of leo but i
01:16:12couldn't the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's
01:16:19careless words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water sting my
01:16:24wounds
01:16:25making me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare
01:16:29this was real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah my mom knocked on the door
01:16:35ellie you've
01:16:36been in there a while don't run up the water bill honey i turned off the shower coming out now
01:16:41my
01:16:42voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like my own mom must have gone to her book club because she
01:16:47didn't
01:16:47notice anything was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell
01:16:51her that the person i trusted most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like
01:16:55a clown on
01:16:56the school's goalpost no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my
01:17:01face
01:17:01was pale my lips colorless the marks on my wrists were deep in a sickening shade of purple red like
01:17:05they were carved into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit
01:17:10it hurt a piercing pain but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known
01:17:16leo for
01:17:1616 years our families lived on the same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping
01:17:22together our dads had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes
01:17:27out on the first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate after that he
01:17:32followed me
01:17:33around like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this ellie we're gonna be together
01:17:39forever back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the
01:17:45good girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered him when the teacher asked who
01:17:50broke the classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying so
01:17:55i tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up all
01:18:00night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the best i'm going to make you
01:18:04my
01:18:04bride someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i
01:18:09thought we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day
01:18:16he would look at me seriously and say eleanor varse will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in
01:18:22his
01:18:23eyes i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave
01:18:28to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughing
01:18:33stock of the whole school to trample all over my dignity my phone buzzed non-stop it was the school's
01:18:39gossip instagram page they had a new post i clicked on it mechanically someone had uploaded the videos
01:18:45from this afternoon in the video i was hanging there like a broken doll swaying every time the wind blew
01:18:52the comments were filled with lols and laughing crying emojis i'm dead eleanor got what was coming
01:18:58to her mummy of the year lol every comment felt like a slap in the face so this is what
01:19:04everyone
01:19:04thought of me i closed instagram on his story leo had posted too today's source of entertainment
01:19:10savannah are you satisfied the picture was of me tied to the post he even added a clown jeeping emoji
01:19:16savannah replied you guys are so bad i was just kidding around followed by three blushing emojis her
01:19:22comment was flooded with likes and hype leo you're the man anything for queen savannah what's next
01:19:27i shut off my phone my heart felt like a hollow empty space so my pain was their entertainment
01:19:37my dignity was their plaything and leo the one person i thought would always be on my side
01:19:45he was the one who had hurt me the most
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