He Pulled a Prank on Me and Lost Everything🌤️【ENG SUB】─影片 Dailymotion

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00:00:03When I woke up, I was a prop in their prank,

00:00:06zip-tied to the goalpost on the school's football field.

00:00:09Students walking by laughed at me, filmed TikToks,

00:00:12and someone even threw a milkshake at me.

00:00:14I was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours

00:00:17when my best friend, Leo, finally showed up.

00:00:20Savannah said she wanted to see a real-life horror movie prank,

00:00:23so we just played a little joke.

00:00:26Ellie, you're not actually mad, are you?

00:00:28We grew up together.

00:00:30You know me better than anyone.

00:00:32I just stared at him silently.

00:00:34I guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed

00:00:36for someone else's entertainment.

00:00:38I transferred schools the next day,

00:00:41and Leo lost his fucking mind.

00:00:43Please, Ellie, it was just a prank.

00:00:45Don't be like this.

00:00:47After gym class, I was just walking out of the equipment room

00:00:50when the football players surrounded me.

00:00:53Leo Carter, the boy next door I'd known my whole life,

00:00:56was leading them.

00:00:58Leo knocked me unconscious

00:01:00and tied me to the goalpost of the football field

00:01:02for two whole hours,

00:01:04leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone.

00:01:07Finally, Leo arrived.

00:01:08He still had that same cocky smirk he always wore.

00:01:11Hands shoved in his jean pockets.

00:01:13He strolled over like he was just there to watch the show.

00:01:15The rest of the football team, his accomplices,

00:01:18followed behind him.

00:01:19And so did Savannah Miller.

00:01:20She was wearing a pink sundress,

00:01:22her long hair flowing over her shoulders.

00:01:24Like every strand of her hair was glowing.

00:01:26Oh my god, you guys actually did it!

00:01:27That's insane!

00:01:28The excitement she couldn't hide in.

00:01:30Her voice made my blood run cold.

00:01:32So my pain was just her entertainment?

00:01:34Of course.

00:01:35Savannah asks, Savannah gets.

00:01:36It was a gentle tone.

00:01:37I had never heard from him before me.

00:01:39He walked up to the goalpost and looked up at me.

00:01:41The setting sun cast a golden glow on his face.

00:01:43The features were so familiar.

00:01:44But right now, he was a complete stranger.

00:01:46The eyes I once thought would protect me forever,

00:01:48now only held mockery.

00:01:50So how's the view from up there, Ellie?

00:01:53He was still joking.

00:01:54As if I wasn't a person, but a toy.

00:01:57All right, all right.

00:01:58Joke's over.

00:01:59Let's get her down.

00:02:01He said it so casually.

00:02:02Like he was commenting on the weather.

00:02:04A couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes.

00:02:07No one cared if I would get hurt.

00:02:08I crashed hard onto the grass.

00:02:10The impact knocked the wind out of me.

00:02:12And I felt like my lungs had collapsed.

00:02:14Every bone in my body ached.

00:02:16I curled into a ball.

00:02:18Like a dying insect.

00:02:19Leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face.

00:02:23The pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp.

00:02:26When he saw my red, swolled eyes, he paused for a second.

00:02:29For a moment, I thought I saw a flicker of regret.

00:02:32I thought he would apologize.

00:02:35What are you crying for?

00:02:36It was just a prank.

00:02:37We used to prank each other all the time.

00:02:38He said it so lightly, as if this was just like any other joke.

00:02:41But he forgot.

00:02:42Our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity.

00:02:45They never involved humiliating someone.

00:02:47In front of hundreds of people.

00:02:48They were never this cruel.

00:02:50I stared at him, saying nothing.

00:02:52I couldn't get a single word out.

00:02:54It wasn't that I didn't want to speak.

00:02:55I just didn't know what to say.

00:02:57How do you question 16 years of friendship?

00:03:00How do you put this betrayal into words?

00:03:02My stare made him uncomfortable.

00:03:04Don't look at me like that.

00:03:05It's creepy.

00:03:06His darting eyes gave away his guilt.

00:03:09Savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool Halloween prank video, so we thought,

00:03:13it's not a big deal.

00:03:14You're fine, right?

00:03:16But I didn't make a sound.

00:03:17I just gave Leo one last look.

00:03:19In that look was 16 years of friendship.

00:03:22Countless happy memories.

00:03:23And in that moment, it was over.

00:03:25Hey, Eleanor Vance, where you going?

00:03:26I heard his voice behind me.

00:03:29Stop being mad, okay?

00:03:29I didn't turn back.

00:03:31My steps were shaky, but firm.

00:03:33Every step felt like walking on knives, but I couldn't stop.

00:03:37If I stopped, I was afraid I would break down.

00:03:39I would sob uncontrollably right in front of him.

00:03:42And if that happened, I would have truly lost.

00:03:45Lost everything.

00:03:48When I got home, I went straight to the bathroom.

00:03:51As I took off my clothes, I saw the bruises and welts covering my body.

00:03:55They were horrifying.

00:03:57I stood under the scalding water, scrubbing my skin over and over.

00:04:01Trying to wash off the milkshake, to wash off the humiliation.

00:04:05Trying to wash away every trace of Leo.

00:04:08But I couldn't.

00:04:09The laughter still echoed in my ears.

00:04:11The malicious stares still crawled on my skin.

00:04:14And Leo's careless words,

00:04:16It was just a prank.

00:04:17They replayed in my mind like a curse.

00:04:19The hot water stung my wounds, making me shiver.

00:04:22But the pain was good.

00:04:24It kept me lucid.

00:04:25It reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare.

00:04:28This was real.

00:04:29Leo really did use me as a toy to impress Savannah.

00:04:33Ellie, you've been in there a while.

00:04:37Don't run up the water bill, honey.

00:04:40Coming out now.

00:04:43My voice was so hoarse, it didn't sound like my own.

00:04:46Mom must have gone to her book club,

00:04:48because she didn't notice anything was wrong.

00:04:51That was for the best.

00:04:52I didn't want to explain.

00:04:53How could I explain?

00:04:55Tell her that the person I trusted most in the world had betrayed me?

00:05:00Tell her I was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost?

00:05:03No, I couldn't bring myself to say it.

00:05:06The girl in the mirror was a mess.

00:05:07My face was pale.

00:05:09My lips colorless.

00:05:10The marks on my wrists were deep,

00:05:12and a sickening shade of purple-red,

00:05:14like they were carved into my bones.

00:05:16I took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them.

00:05:20Bit by bit, it hurt.

00:05:22A piercing pain.

00:05:23But it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart.

00:05:2616 years.

00:05:27I'd known Leo for 16 years.

00:05:29Our families lived on the same street.

00:05:31Our parents were old friends.

00:05:33Our moms went shopping together.

00:05:35Our dads had barbecues on weekends.

00:05:37We were in the same class since kindergarten.

00:05:40He cried his eyes out on the first day,

00:05:42and I was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate.

00:05:45After that, he followed me around like a little shadow.

00:05:49Ellie, wait for me!

00:05:51Ellie, you can have this!

00:05:52Back then, Leo's eyes were so bright,

00:05:55his smile so pure.

00:05:56He was the troublemaker.

00:05:58And I was the good girl who always listened.

00:06:00When he got into trouble, I covered for him.

00:06:03When the teacher asked who broke the classroom window,

00:06:06I said it was me.

00:06:07It was him, practicing his baseball swing.

00:06:10He hated studying, so I tutored him.

00:06:13Before final exams,

00:06:14I'd give him all my meticulously organized notes.

00:06:17Then I'd stay up all night making a new set for myself.

00:06:21He used to say,

00:06:22Ellie, you're the best.

00:06:24I'm gonna make you my bride someday.

00:06:25I'd blush and say,

00:06:27Who would want to marry you?

00:06:28But secretly, my heart would flutter.

00:06:30I thought we were best friends,

00:06:32the closest partners.

00:06:33I even secretly hoped for more.

00:06:35I hoped that one day,

00:06:37he would look at me seriously and say,

00:06:39Eleanor Vance, will you be my girlfriend?

00:06:41But it turned out, in his eyes,

00:06:43I was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted.

00:06:47Just a backup plan who would never leave.

00:06:49To get Savannah's attention,

00:06:51he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post.

00:06:54To make me the laughingstock of the whole school.

00:06:56To trample all over my dignity.

00:07:12When I woke up, I was a prop in their prank,

00:07:15zip-tied to the goal post on the school's football field.

00:07:18Students walking by laughed at me,

00:07:20filmed TikToks,

00:07:21and someone even threw a milkshake at me.

00:07:23I was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours,

00:07:25when my best friend, Leo, finally showed up.

00:07:28Savannah said she wanted to see a real-life horror movie prank,

00:07:31so we just played a little joke.

00:07:34Ellie, you're not actually mad, are you?

00:07:37We grew up together.

00:07:38You know me better than anyone.

00:07:40I just stared at him silently.

00:07:42I guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed

00:07:45for someone else's entertainment.

00:07:47I transferred schools the next day,

00:07:49and Leo lost his fucking mind.

00:07:51Please, Ellie, it was just a prank.

00:07:54Don't be like this.

00:07:55After gym class,

00:07:57I was just walking out of the equipment room

00:07:59when the football players surrounded me.

00:08:02Leo Carter, the boy next door I'd known my whole life,

00:08:05was leading them.

00:08:07Leo knocked me unconscious

00:08:08and tied me to the goal post of the football field

00:08:11for two whole hours,

00:08:13leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone.

00:08:15Finally, Leo arrived.

00:08:17He still had that same cocky smirk he always wore.

00:08:20Hands shoved in his jean pockets.

00:08:21He strolled over like he was just there to watch the show.

00:08:24The rest of the football team,

00:08:26his accomplices, followed behind him.

00:08:28And so did Savannah Miller.

00:08:29She was wearing a pink sundress,

00:08:31her long hair flowing over her shoulders,

00:08:33like every strand of her hair was glowing.

00:08:35Oh my god, you guys actually did it!

00:08:36That's insane!

00:08:37The excitement she couldn't hide in.

00:08:39Her voice made my blood run cold.

00:08:40So my pain was just her entertainment?

00:08:42Of course.

00:08:43Savannah asks, Savannah gets.

00:08:45It was a gentle tone.

00:08:46I had never heard from him before me.

00:08:47He walked up to the goal post and looked up at me.

00:08:49The setting sun cast a golden glow on his face.

00:08:52The features were so familiar,

00:08:53but right now, he was a complete stranger.

00:08:54The eyes I once thought would protect me forever,

00:08:57now only held mockery.

00:08:59So how's the view from up there, Ellie?

00:09:01He was still joking.

00:09:03As if I wasn't a person, but a toy.

00:09:06All right, all right.

00:09:07Joke's over.

00:09:08Let's get her down.

00:09:09He said it so casually,

00:09:11like he was commenting on the weather.

00:09:13A couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes.

00:09:15No one cared if I would get hurt.

00:09:17I crashed hard onto the grass.

00:09:19The impact knocked the wind out of me,

00:09:21and I felt like my lungs had collapsed.

00:09:23Every bone in my body ached.

00:09:25I curled into a ball, like a dying insect.

00:09:28Leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face.

00:09:31The pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp.

00:09:35When he saw my red, swolled eyes,

00:09:37he paused for a second.

00:09:38For a moment, I thought I saw a flicker of regret.

00:09:41I thought he would apologize.

00:09:43What are you crying for?

00:09:45It was just a prank.

00:09:45We used to prank each other all the time.

00:09:47He said it so lightly,

00:09:48as if this was just like any other joke.

00:09:50But he forgot.

00:09:51Our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity.

00:09:54They never involved humiliating someone.

00:09:56In front of hundreds of people,

00:09:57they were never this cruel.

00:09:59I stared at him, saying nothing.

00:10:00I couldn't get a single word out.

00:10:02It wasn't that I didn't want to speak.

00:10:04I just didn't know what to say.

00:10:06How do you question 16 years of friendship?

00:10:09How do you put this betrayal into words?

00:10:11My stare made him uncomfortable.

00:10:13Don't look at me like that.

00:10:14It's creepy.

00:10:15His darting eyes gave away his guilt.

00:10:18Savannah said yesterday

00:10:19she wanted to film a cool Halloween prank video,

00:10:21so we thought,

00:10:22it's not a big deal.

00:10:23You're fine, right?

00:10:24But I didn't make a sound.

00:10:26I just gave Leo one last look.

00:10:28In that look was 16 years of friendship.

00:10:30Countless happy memories.

00:10:32And in that moment, it was over.

00:10:34Hey, Eleanor Vance, where are you going?

00:10:35I heard his voice behind me.

00:10:37Stop being mad, okay?

00:10:38I didn't turn back.

00:10:39My steps were shaky.

00:10:41But firm.

00:10:42Every step felt like walking on knives.

00:10:44But I couldn't stop.

00:10:46If I stopped, I was afraid I would break down.

00:10:48I would sob uncontrollably right in front of him.

00:10:51And if that happened, I would have truly lost.

00:10:54Lost everything.

00:10:57When I got home, I went straight to the bathroom.

00:11:00As I took off my clothes, I saw the bruises and welts covering my body.

00:11:04They were horrifying.

00:11:05I stood under the scalding water, scrubbing my skin over and over, trying to wash off the milkshake, to wash

00:11:12off the humiliation, trying to wash away every trace of Leo.

00:11:16But I couldn't.

00:11:18But I couldn't.

00:11:18The laughter still echoed in my ears.

00:11:20The malicious stares still crawled on my skin.

00:11:23And Leo's careless words,

00:11:24It was just a prank.

00:11:26They replayed in my mind like a curse.

00:11:28The hot water stung my wounds, making me shiver.

00:11:31But the pain was good.

00:11:33It kept me lucid.

00:11:34It reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare.

00:11:37This was real.

00:11:38Leo really did use me as a toy to impress Savannah.

00:11:42Ellie, you've been in there a while.

00:11:46Don't run up the water bill, honey.

00:11:49Coming out now.

00:11:51My voice was so hoarse, it didn't sound like my own.

00:11:55Mom must have gone to her book club, because she didn't notice anything was wrong.

00:11:59That was for the best.

00:12:00I didn't want to explain.

00:12:02How could I explain?

00:12:04Tell her that the person I trusted most in the world had betrayed me?

00:12:08Tell her I was tied up like a clown?

00:12:10On the school's goalpost?

00:12:12No, I couldn't bring myself to say it.

00:12:14The girl in the mirror was a mess.

00:12:16My face was pale.

00:12:18My lips colorless.

00:12:19The marks on my wrists were deep.

00:12:21And a sickening shade of purple-red, like they were carved into my bones.

00:12:26I took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them.

00:12:29Bit by bit, it hurt.

00:12:31A piercing pain.

00:12:32But it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart.

00:12:3516 years.

00:12:36I'd known Leo for 16 years.

00:12:38Our families lived on the same street.

00:12:40Our parents were old friends.

00:12:42Our moms went shopping together.

00:12:44Our dads had barbecues on weekends.

00:12:46We were in the same class since kindergarten.

00:12:48He cried his eyes out on the first day.

00:12:51And I was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate.

00:12:54After that, he followed me around like a little shadow.

00:12:57Ellie, wait for me!

00:13:00Ellie, you can have this!

00:13:01Back then, Leo's eyes were so bright.

00:13:03His smile so pure.

00:13:05He was the troublemaker.

00:13:07And I was the good girl who always listened.

00:13:09When he got into trouble, I covered for him.

00:13:12When the teacher asked who broke the classroom window, I said it was me.

00:13:16It was him, practicing his baseball swing.

00:13:19He hated studying, so I tutored him.

00:13:21Before final exams, I'd give him all my meticulously organized notes.

00:13:26Then I'd stay up all night making a new set for myself.

00:13:29He used to say,

00:13:31Ellie, you're the best.

00:13:32I'm gonna make you my bride someday.

00:13:34I'd blush and say,

00:13:35Who would want to marry you?

00:13:37But secretly, my heart would flutter.

00:13:39I thought we were best friends.

00:13:41The closest partners.

00:13:42I even secretly hoped for more.

00:13:44I hoped that one day, he would look at me seriously and say,

00:13:48Eleanor Vance, will you be my girlfriend?

00:13:50But it turned out, in his eyes,

00:13:52I was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted.

00:13:55Just a backup plan who would never leave.

00:13:58To get Savannah's attention,

00:13:59he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post.

00:14:02To make me the laughingstock of the whole school.

00:14:05To trample all over my dignity.

00:14:21When I woke up, I was a prop in their prank,

00:14:23zip-tied to the goal post on the school's football field.

00:14:26Students walking by laughed at me,

00:14:28filmed TikToks,

00:14:29and someone even threw a milkshake at me.

00:14:31I was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours.

00:14:34When my best friend, Leo, finally showed up.

00:14:37Savannah said she wanted to see a real-life horror movie prank.

00:14:40So we just played a little joke.

00:14:43Ellie, you're not actually mad, are you?

00:14:46We grew up together.

00:14:47You know me better than anyone.

00:14:49I just stared at him silently.

00:14:51I guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed

00:14:54for someone else's entertainment.

00:14:56I transferred schools the next day.

00:14:58And Leo lost his fucking mind.

00:15:00Please, Ellie, it was just a prank.

00:15:03Don't be like this.

00:15:04After gym class, I was just walking out of the equipment room

00:15:07when the football players surrounded me.

00:15:10Leo Carter, the boy next door I'd known my whole life,

00:15:13was leading them.

00:15:16Leo knocked me unconscious

00:15:17and tied me to the goal post of the football field

00:15:20for two whole hours,

00:15:21leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone.

00:15:24Finally, Leo arrived.

00:15:26He still had that same cocky smirk he always wore.

00:15:28Hands shoved in his jean pockets.

00:15:30He strolled over like he was just there to watch the show.

00:15:33The rest of the football team, his accomplices,

00:15:35followed behind him.

00:15:36And so did Savannah Miller.

00:15:38She was wearing a pink sundress,

00:15:39her long hair flowing over her shoulders.

00:15:41Like every strand of her hair was glowing.

00:15:43Oh my god, you guys actually did it!

00:15:45That's insane!

00:15:46The excitement she couldn't hide in.

00:15:47Her voice made my blood run cold.

00:15:49So my pain was just her entertainment?

00:15:51Of course.

00:15:52Savannah asks, Savannah gets.

00:15:54It was a gentle tone.

00:15:55I had never heard from him before me.

00:15:56He walked up to the goal post and looked up at me.

00:15:58The setting sun cast a golden glow on his face.

00:16:00The features were so familiar, but right now, he was a complete stranger.

00:16:03The eyes I once thought would protect me forever now only held mockery.

00:16:07So how's the view from up there, Ellie?

00:16:10He was still joking.

00:16:11As if I wasn't a person, but a toy.

00:16:15All right, all right.

00:16:16Joke's over.

00:16:17Let's get her down.

00:16:18He said it so casually.

00:16:20Like he was commenting on the weather.

00:16:21A couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes.

00:16:24No one cared if I would get hurt.

00:16:26I crashed hard onto the grass.

00:16:27The impact knocked the wind out of me, and I felt like my lungs had collapsed.

00:16:32Every bone in my body ached.

00:16:34I curled into a ball, like a dying insect.

00:16:37Leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face.

00:16:40The pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp.

00:16:43When he saw my red, swolled eyes, he paused for a second.

00:16:47For a moment, I thought I saw a flicker of regret.

00:16:50I thought he would apologize.

00:16:52What are you crying for?

00:16:53It was just a prank.

00:16:54We used to prank each other all the time.

00:16:56He said it so lightly, as if this was just like any other joke.

00:16:59But he forgot.

00:17:00Our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity.

00:17:03They never involved humiliating someone.

00:17:04In front of hundreds of people, they were never this cruel.

00:17:07I stared at him, saying nothing.

00:17:09I couldn't get a single word out.

00:17:11It wasn't that I didn't want to speak.

00:17:13I just didn't know what to say.

00:17:15How do you question 16 years of friendship?

00:17:17How do you put this betrayal into words?

00:17:20My stare made him uncomfortable.

00:17:22Don't look at me like that.

00:17:23It's creepy.

00:17:23His darting eyes gave away his guilt.

00:17:26Savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool Halloween prank video,

00:17:30so we thought, it's not a big deal.

00:17:32You're fine, right?

00:17:33But I didn't make a sound.

00:17:35I just gave Leo one last look.

00:17:37In that look was 16 years of friendship.

00:17:39Countless happy memories.

00:17:41And in that moment, it was over.

00:17:43Hey, Eleanor Vance, where are you going?

00:17:44I heard his voice behind me.

00:17:46Stop being mad, okay?

00:17:47I didn't turn back.

00:17:48My steps were shaky, but firm.

00:17:51Every step felt like walking on knives.

00:17:53But I couldn't stop.

00:17:54If I stopped, I was afraid I would break down.

00:17:57I would sob uncontrollably right in front of him.

00:17:59And if that happened, I would have truly lost.

00:18:03Lost everything.

00:18:32When I got home, I went straight to the bathroom.

00:18:34They replayed in my mind like a curse.

00:18:37The hot water stung my wounds, making me shiver.

00:18:40But the pain was good.

00:18:41It kept me lucid.

00:18:43It reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare.

00:18:46This was real.

00:18:47Leo really did use me as a toy to impress Savannah.

00:18:51Ellie, you've been in there a while.

00:18:54Don't run up the water bill, honey.

00:18:58Coming out now.

00:19:00My voice was so hoarse, it didn't sound like my own.

00:19:04Mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything was wrong.

00:19:08That was for the best.

00:19:09I didn't want to explain.

00:19:11How could I explain?

00:19:13Tell her that the person I trusted most in the world had betrayed me?

00:19:17Tell her I was tied up like a clown on the school's goalpost?

00:19:21No, I couldn't bring myself to say it.

00:19:23The girl in the mirror was a mess.

00:19:25My face was pale, my lips colorless.

00:19:28The marks on my wrists were deep and a sickening shade of purple-red like they were carved into my

00:19:33bones.

00:19:34I took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them.

00:19:37Bit by bit, it hurt.

00:19:39A piercing pain.

00:19:41But it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart.

00:19:43Sixteen years.

00:19:45I'd known Leo for sixteen years.

00:19:47Our families lived on the same street.

00:19:49Our parents were old friends.

00:19:51Our moms went shopping together.

00:19:53Our dads had barbecues on weekends.

00:19:55We were in the same class since kindergarten.

00:19:57He cried his eyes out on the first day.

00:20:00And I was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate.

00:20:03After that, he followed me around like a little shadow.

00:20:06Ellie, wait for me!

00:20:08Ellie, you can have this!

00:20:10Back then, Leo's eyes were so bright, his smile so pure.

00:20:14He was the troublemaker.

00:20:15And I was the good girl who always listened.

00:20:18When he got into trouble, I covered for him.

00:20:20When the teacher asked who broke the classroom window, I said it was me.

00:20:25It was him, practicing his baseball swing.

00:20:28He hated studying, so I tutored him.

00:20:30Before final exams, I'd give him all my meticulously organized notes.

00:20:35Then I'd stay up all night making a new set for myself.

00:20:38He used to say,

00:20:40Ellie, you're the best.

00:20:41I'm gonna make you my bride someday.

00:20:43I'd blush and say,

00:20:44Who would want to marry you?

00:20:46But secretly, my heart would flutter.

00:20:48I thought we were best friends, the closest partners.

00:20:51I even secretly hoped for more.

00:20:53I hoped that one day, he would look at me seriously and say,

00:20:56Eleanor Vance, will you be my girlfriend?

00:20:59But it turned out, in his eyes,

00:21:01I was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted.

00:21:04Just a backup plan who would never leave.

00:21:06To get Savannah's attention,

00:21:08He didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post.

00:21:11To make me the laughing stock of the whole school.

00:21:14To trample all over my dignity.

00:21:30When I woke up, I was a prop in their prank,

00:21:32zip-tied to the goal post on the school's football field.

00:21:35Students walking by laughed at me, filmed TikToks,

00:21:38and someone even threw a milkshake at me.

00:21:40I was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours,

00:21:43when my best friend, Leo, finally showed up.

00:21:46Savannah said she wanted to see a real-life horror movie prank,

00:21:49so we just played a little joke.

00:21:51Ellie, you're not actually mad, are you?

00:21:55We grew up together.

00:21:56You know me better than anyone.

00:21:58I just stared at him silently.

00:22:00I guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed

00:22:02for someone else's entertainment.

00:22:05I transferred schools the next day,

00:22:07and Leo lost his fucking mind.

00:22:09Please, Ellie, it was just a prank.

00:22:11Don't be like this.

00:22:13After gym class,

00:22:14I was just walking out of the equipment room

00:22:16when the football players surrounded me.

00:22:19Leo Carter,

00:22:20the boy next door I'd known my whole life,

00:22:22was leading them.

00:22:25Leo knocked me unconscious,

00:22:26and tied me to the goal post of the football field

00:22:28for two whole hours,

00:22:30leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone.

00:22:32Finally, Leo arrived.

00:22:35He still had that same cocky smirk he always wore.

00:22:37Hands shoved in his jean pockets.

00:22:39He strolled over like he was just there to watch the show.

00:22:42The rest of the football team,

00:22:43his accomplices,

00:22:44followed behind him.

00:22:45And so did Savannah Miller.

00:22:47She was wearing a pink sundress,

00:22:48her long hair flowing over her shoulders,

00:22:50like every strand of her hair was glowing.

00:22:52Oh my god, you guys actually did it!

00:22:54That's insane!

00:22:55The excitement she couldn't hide in.

00:22:56Her voice made my blood run cold.

00:22:58So my pain was just her entertainment?

00:23:00Of course.

00:23:01Savannah asks,

00:23:02Savannah gets.

00:23:02It was a gentle tone.

00:23:03I had never heard from him before me.

00:23:05He walked up to the goal post and looked up at me.

00:23:07The setting sun cast a golden glow on his face.

00:23:09The features were so familiar,

00:23:10but right now,

00:23:11he was a complete stranger.

00:23:12The eyes I once thought would protect me forever,

00:23:14now only held mockery.

00:23:16So how's the view from up there, Ellie?

00:23:19He was still joking,

00:23:20as if I wasn't a person,

00:23:21but a toy.

00:23:23Alright, alright.

00:23:24Joke's over.

00:23:25Let's get her down.

00:23:27He said it so casually,

00:23:28like he was commenting on the weather.

00:23:30A couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes.

00:23:33No one cared if I would get hurt.

00:23:35I crashed hard onto the grass.

00:23:36The impact knocked the wind out of me,

00:23:38and I felt like my lungs had collapsed.

00:23:41Every bone in my body ached.

00:23:42I curled into a ball,

00:23:44like a dying insect.

00:23:45Leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face.

00:23:49The pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp.

00:23:52When he saw my red, swolled eyes,

00:23:54he paused for a second.

00:23:56For a moment,

00:23:56I thought I saw a flicker of regret.

00:23:59I thought he would apologize.

00:24:01What are you crying for?

00:24:02It was just a prank.

00:24:03We used to prank each other all the time.

00:24:05He said it so lightly,

00:24:06as if this was just like any other joke.

00:24:08But he forgot.

00:24:08Our old pranks

00:24:09never involved destroying someone's dignity.

00:24:11They never involved humiliating someone.

00:24:13In front of hundreds of people,

00:24:14they were never this cruel.

00:24:16I stared at him,

00:24:17saying nothing.

00:24:18I couldn't get a single word out.

00:24:20It wasn't that I didn't want to speak.

00:24:22I just didn't know what to say.

00:24:24How do you question 16 years of friendship?

00:24:26How do you put this betrayal into words?

00:24:29My stare made him uncomfortable.

00:24:31Don't look at me like that.

00:24:31It's creepy.

00:24:32His darting eyes gave away his guilt.

00:24:35Savannah said yesterday

00:24:36she wanted to film a cool Halloween prank video,

00:24:38so we thought,

00:24:39it's not a big deal.

00:24:40You're fine, right?

00:24:42But I didn't make a sound.

00:24:43I just gave Leo one last look.

00:24:45In that look was 16 years of friendship.

00:24:48Countless happy memories.

00:24:49And in that moment,

00:24:51it was over.

00:24:52Hey, Eleanor Vance, where you going?

00:24:53I heard his voice behind me.

00:24:55Stop being mad, okay?

00:24:56I didn't turn back.

00:24:57My steps were shaky,

00:24:58but firm.

00:24:59Every step felt like walking on knives.

00:25:02But I couldn't stop.

00:25:03If I stopped,

00:25:04I was afraid I would break down.

00:25:06I would sob uncontrollably

00:25:07right in front of him.

00:25:08And if that happened,

00:25:09I would have truly lost.

00:25:11Lost everything.

00:25:15When I got home,

00:25:16I went straight to the bathroom.

00:25:17As I took off my clothes,

00:25:19I saw the bruises and welts

00:25:20covering my body.

00:25:22They were horrifying.

00:25:23I stood under the scalding water,

00:25:25scrubbing my skin over and over,

00:25:27trying to wash off the milkshake

00:25:29to wash off the humiliation,

00:25:31trying to wash away every trace of Leo.

00:25:34But I couldn't.

00:25:35The laughter still echoed in my ears.

00:25:37The malicious stares still crawled on my skin.

00:25:40And Leo's careless words,

00:25:42It was just a prank.

00:25:43They replayed in my mind like a curse.

00:25:45The hot water stung my wounds,

00:25:47making me shiver.

00:25:49But the pain was good.

00:25:50It kept me lucid.

00:25:52It reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare.

00:25:54This was real.

00:25:56Leo really did use me as a toy

00:25:57to impress Savannah.

00:25:59Ellie, you've been in there a while.

00:26:03Don't run up the water bill, honey.

00:26:07Coming out now.

00:26:09My voice was so hoarse,

00:26:10it didn't sound like my own.

00:26:12Mom must have gone to her book club

00:26:14because she didn't notice anything was wrong.

00:26:17That was for the best.

00:26:18I didn't want to explain.

00:26:20How could I explain?

00:26:21Tell her that the person I trusted most in the world

00:26:24had betrayed me?

00:26:26Tell her I was tied up like a clown

00:26:28on the school's goalpost?

00:26:29No, I couldn't bring myself to say it.

00:26:32The girl in the mirror was a mess.

00:26:34My face was pale,

00:26:35my lips colorless.

00:26:36The marks on my wrists were deep

00:26:38and a sickening shade of purple-red

00:26:40like they were carved into my bones.

00:26:43I took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them.

00:26:46Bit by bit,

00:26:47it hurt.

00:26:48A piercing pain.

00:26:50But it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart.

00:26:5216 years.

00:26:53I'd known Leo for 16 years.

00:26:55Our families lived on the same street.

00:26:58Our parents were old friends.

00:26:59Our moms went shopping together.

00:27:01Our dads had barbecues on weekends.

00:27:04We were in the same class since kindergarten.

00:27:06He cried his eyes out on the first day

00:27:08and I was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate.

00:27:11After that,

00:27:12he followed me around like a little shadow.

00:27:15Ellie, wait for me!

00:27:17Ellie, you can have this!

00:27:18Back then,

00:27:19Leo's eyes were so bright,

00:27:21his smile so pure.

00:27:22He was the troublemaker.

00:27:24And I was the good girl who always listened.

00:27:26When he got into trouble,

00:27:28I covered for him.

00:27:29When the teacher asked who broke the classroom window,

00:27:32I said it was me.

00:27:34It was him,

00:27:35practicing his baseball swing.

00:27:36He hated studying,

00:27:37so I tutored him.

00:27:39Before final exams,

00:27:40I'd give him all my meticulously organized notes.

00:27:44Then I'd stay up all night

00:27:45making a new set for myself.

00:27:47He used to say,

00:27:48Ellie, you're the best.

00:27:50I'm gonna make you my bride someday.

00:27:52I'd blush and say,

00:27:53Who would want to marry you?

00:27:54But secretly,

00:27:55my heart would flutter.

00:27:57I thought we were best friends,

00:27:58the closest partners.

00:27:59I even secretly hoped for more.

00:28:02I hoped that one day,

00:28:03he would look at me seriously and say,

00:28:05Eleanor Vance,

00:28:06will you be my girlfriend?

00:28:07But it turned out,

00:28:09in his eyes,

00:28:09I was just a toy he could humiliate

00:28:12whenever he wanted.

00:28:13Just a backup plan who would never leave.

00:28:15To get Savannah's attention,

00:28:17he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post.

00:28:20To make me the laughing stock of the whole school.

00:28:22To trample all over my dignity.

00:28:38When I woke up,

00:28:39I was a prop in their prank,

00:28:41zip-tied to the goal post

00:28:42on the school's football field.

00:28:44Students walking by laughed at me,

00:28:46filmed TikToks,

00:28:47and someone even threw a milkshake at me.

00:28:49I was tied up in front of everyone

00:28:50for two whole hours,

00:28:52when my best friend, Leo,

00:28:53finally showed up.

00:28:55Savannah said she wanted to see

00:28:56a real-life horror movie prank,

00:28:58so we just played a little joke.

00:29:00Ellie,

00:29:01you're not actually mad, are you?

00:29:03We grew up together.

00:29:05You know me better than anyone.

00:29:06I just stared at him silently.

00:29:08I guess my dignity was just something

00:29:10to be sacrificed

00:29:11for someone else's entertainment.

00:29:13I transferred schools the next day,

00:29:15and Leo lost his fucking mind.

00:29:18Please, Ellie,

00:29:18it was just a prank.

00:29:20Don't be like this.

00:29:22After gym class,

00:29:23I was just walking out

00:29:24of the equipment room

00:29:25when the football players

00:29:26surrounded me.

00:29:28Leo Carter,

00:29:29the boy next door

00:29:30I'd known my whole life,

00:29:31was leading them.

00:29:33Leo knocked me unconscious,

00:29:35and tied me to the goalpost

00:29:36of the football field

00:29:37for two whole hours,

00:29:39leaving me to be watched

00:29:40and mocked by everyone.

00:29:42Finally,

00:29:42Leo arrived.

00:29:43He still had that same

00:29:44cocky smirk he always wore.

00:29:46Hands shoved in his jean pockets.

00:29:48He strolled over

00:29:49like he was just there

00:29:49to watch the show.

00:29:50The rest of the football team,

00:29:52his accomplices,

00:29:53followed behind him.

00:29:54And so did Savannah Miller.

00:29:55She was wearing a pink sundress,

00:29:57her long hair flowing

00:29:58over her shoulders,

00:29:59like every strand of her hair

00:30:00was glowing.

00:30:01Oh my god,

00:30:01you guys actually did it!

00:30:02That's insane!

00:30:03The excitement she couldn't hide in.

00:30:05Her voice made my blood run cold.

00:30:07So my pain was just

00:30:08her entertainment?

00:30:09Of course.

00:30:09Savannah asks,

00:30:10Savannah gets.

00:30:11It was a gentle tone.

00:30:12I had never heard

00:30:13from him before me.

00:30:14He walked up to the goalpost

00:30:15and looked up at me.

00:30:16The setting sun

00:30:16cast a golden glow

00:30:17on his face.

00:30:18The features were so familiar,

00:30:19but right now,

00:30:20he was a complete stranger.

00:30:21The eyes I once thought

00:30:22would protect me forever

00:30:23now only held mockery.

00:30:25So how's the view

00:30:26from up there, Ellie?

00:30:28He was still joking,

00:30:29as if I wasn't a person,

00:30:30but a toy.

00:30:32All right, all right.

00:30:33Joke's over.

00:30:34Let's get her down.

00:30:36He said it so casually,

00:30:37like he was commenting

00:30:38on the weather.

00:30:39A couple of his teammates

00:30:40clumsily untied the ropes.

00:30:42No one cared

00:30:42if I would get hurt.

00:30:43I crashed hard

00:30:44onto the grass.

00:30:45The impact

00:30:46knocked the wind

00:30:47out of me,

00:30:47and I felt like

00:30:48my lungs had collapsed.

00:30:49Every bone in my body

00:30:50ached.

00:30:51I curled into a ball,

00:30:53like a dying insect.

00:30:54Leo crouched down

00:30:55and ripped the bandage

00:30:56off my face.

00:30:57The pain of the tape

00:30:59tearing at my skin

00:31:00made me gasp.

00:31:01When he saw

00:31:02my red,

00:31:02swolled eyes,

00:31:03he paused

00:31:03for a second.

00:31:04For a moment,

00:31:05I thought I saw

00:31:06a flicker of regret.

00:31:07I thought he would

00:31:08apologize.

00:31:10What are you crying for?

00:31:11It was just a prank.

00:31:12We used to prank

00:31:12each other all the time.

00:31:13He said it so lightly,

00:31:14as if this was just

00:31:15like any other joke,

00:31:16but he forgot.

00:31:17Our old pranks

00:31:18never involved

00:31:19destroying someone's dignity.

00:31:20They never involved

00:31:21humiliating someone.

00:31:22In front of hundreds

00:31:23of people,

00:31:23they were never

00:31:24this cruel.

00:31:25I stared at him,

00:31:26saying nothing.

00:31:27I couldn't get

00:31:27a single word out.

00:31:28It wasn't that

00:31:29I didn't want to speak.

00:31:30I just didn't know

00:31:31what to say.

00:31:32How do you question

00:31:3316 years of friendship?

00:31:35How do you put

00:31:36this betrayal into words?

00:31:37My stare made him

00:31:38uncomfortable.

00:31:39Don't look at me

00:31:40like that.

00:31:40It's creepy.

00:31:41His darting eyes

00:31:42gave away his guilt.

00:31:44Savannah said yesterday

00:31:45she wanted to film

00:31:46a cool Halloween prank video,

00:31:47so we thought,

00:31:48it's not a big deal.

00:31:49You're fine, right?

00:31:51But I didn't make a sound.

00:31:52I just gave Leo

00:31:53one last look.

00:31:54In that look

00:31:55was 16 years of friendship.

00:31:57Countless happy memories.

00:31:58And in that moment,

00:31:59it was over.

00:32:00Hey, Eleanor Vance,

00:32:01where are you going?

00:32:01I heard his voice

00:32:02behind me.

00:32:03Stop being mad, okay?

00:32:04I didn't turn back.

00:32:06My steps were shaky,

00:32:07but firm.

00:32:08Every step felt like

00:32:09walking on knives,

00:32:10but I couldn't stop.

00:32:12If I stopped,

00:32:13I was afraid

00:32:13I would break down.

00:32:14I would sob uncontrollably

00:32:16right in front of him.

00:32:17And if that happened,

00:32:18I would have truly lost.

00:32:20Lost everything.

00:32:24When I got home,

00:32:25I went straight

00:32:25to the bathroom.

00:32:26As I took off my clothes,

00:32:27I saw the bruises

00:32:28and welts covering my body.

00:32:30They were horrifying.

00:32:31I stood under

00:32:32the scalding water,

00:32:33scrubbing my skin

00:32:35over and over,

00:32:36trying to wash off

00:32:37the milkshake

00:32:38to wash off

00:32:39the humiliation,

00:32:40trying to wash away

00:32:41every trace of Leo,

00:32:42but I couldn't.

00:32:44The laughter still

00:32:45echoed in my ears.

00:32:46The malicious stares

00:32:47still crawled

00:32:48on my skin.

00:32:49And Leo's careless words,

00:32:50It was just a prank.

00:32:52They replayed

00:32:53in my mind

00:32:53like a curse.

00:32:54The hot water

00:32:55stung my wounds,

00:32:56making me shiver.

00:32:57But the pain was good.

00:32:59It kept me lucid.

00:33:00It reminded me

00:33:01that this wasn't

00:33:02a nightmare.

00:33:03This was real.

00:33:04Leo really did use me

00:33:06as a toy

00:33:06to impress Savannah.

00:33:08Ellie,

00:33:09you've been in there

00:33:09a while.

00:33:12Don't run up

00:33:13the water bill,

00:33:13honey.

00:33:15Coming out now.

00:33:17My voice was so hoarse

00:33:19it didn't sound

00:33:19like my own.

00:33:21Mom must have gone

00:33:22to her book club

00:33:23because she didn't

00:33:24notice anything was wrong.

00:33:25That was for the best.

00:33:27I didn't want to explain.

00:33:28How could I explain?

00:33:30Tell her that the person

00:33:31I trusted most

00:33:32in the world

00:33:33had betrayed me?

00:33:35Tell her I was tied up

00:33:36like a clown

00:33:37on the school's goalpost?

00:33:38No,

00:33:39I couldn't bring myself

00:33:40to say it.

00:33:40The girl in the mirror

00:33:41was a mess.

00:33:42My face was pale,

00:33:44my lips colorless.

00:33:45The marks on my

00:33:46wrists were deep

00:33:47and a sickening shade

00:33:48of purple-red

00:33:49like they were carved

00:33:50into my bones.

00:33:52I took out the antiseptic

00:33:53and started cleaning them.

00:33:55Bit by bit,

00:33:56it hurt.

00:33:57A piercing pain,

00:33:58but it was nothing

00:33:59compared to the pain

00:34:00in my heart.

00:34:0116 years.

00:34:02I'd known Leo

00:34:03for 16 years.

00:34:04Our families lived

00:34:05on the same street.

00:34:06Our parents were old friends.

00:34:08Our moms went shopping together.

00:34:10Our dads had barbecues

00:34:11on weekends.

00:34:12We were in the same class

00:34:13since kindergarten.

00:34:14He cried his eyes out

00:34:16on the first day

00:34:17and I was the one

00:34:18who gave him

00:34:19a piece of chocolate.

00:34:20After that,

00:34:21he followed me around

00:34:22like a little shadow.

00:34:24Ellie, wait for me!

00:34:26Ellie, you can have this!

00:34:27Back then,

00:34:28Leo's eyes were so bright,

00:34:30his smile so pure.

00:34:31He was the troublemaker

00:34:32and I was the good girl

00:34:34who always listened.

00:34:35When he got into trouble,

00:34:37I covered for him.

00:34:38When the teacher asked

00:34:39who broke the classroom window,

00:34:41I said it was me.

00:34:42It was him,

00:34:43practicing his baseball swing.

00:34:45He hated studying,

00:34:46so I tutored him.

00:34:48Before final exams,

00:34:49I'd give him all my

00:34:50meticulously organized notes.

00:34:52Then I'd stay up all night

00:34:54making a new set for myself.

00:34:56He used to say,

00:34:57Ellie, you're the best.

00:34:58I'm gonna make you

00:34:59my bride someday.

00:35:00I'd blush and say,

00:35:02Who would want to marry you?

00:35:03But secretly,

00:35:04my heart would flutter.

00:35:05I thought we were best friends,

00:35:07the closest partners.

00:35:08I even secretly hoped for more.

00:35:10I hoped that one day,

00:35:12he would look at me seriously

00:35:13and say,

00:35:14Eleanor Vance,

00:35:15will you be my girlfriend?

00:35:16But it turned out,

00:35:17in his eyes,

00:35:18I was just a toy

00:35:19he could humiliate

00:35:20whenever he wanted.

00:35:21Just a backup plan

00:35:23who would never leave.

00:35:24To get Savannah's attention,

00:35:26he didn't hesitate

00:35:27to tie me to a goal post.

00:35:28To make me the laughingstock

00:35:30of the whole school.

00:35:31To trample all over my dignity.

00:35:47When I woke up,

00:35:48I was a prop in their prank,

00:35:49zip-tied to the goal post

00:35:51on the school's football field.

00:35:53Students walking by

00:35:54laughed at me,

00:35:55filmed TikToks,

00:35:56and someone even threw

00:35:57a milkshake at me.

00:35:57I was tied up

00:35:58in front of everyone

00:35:59for two whole hours

00:36:00when my best friend,

00:36:02Leo,

00:36:02finally showed up.

00:36:04Savannah said she wanted

00:36:04to see a real-life

00:36:05horror movie prank,

00:36:06so we just played

00:36:07a little joke.

00:36:09Ellie,

00:36:10you're not actually mad,

00:36:11are you?

00:36:12We grew up together.

00:36:13You know me better

00:36:14than anyone.

00:36:15I just stared at him silently.

00:36:17I guess my dignity

00:36:18was just something

00:36:19to be sacrificed

00:36:20for someone else's entertainment.

00:36:22I transferred schools

00:36:23the next day,

00:36:24and Leo lost

00:36:25his fucking mind.

00:36:26Please, Ellie,

00:36:27it was just a prank.

00:36:29Don't be like this.

00:36:31After gym class,

00:36:32I was just walking out

00:36:33of the equipment room

00:36:34when the football players

00:36:35surrounded me.

00:36:36Leo Carter,

00:36:37the boy next door

00:36:38I'd known my whole life,

00:36:40was leading them.

00:36:42Leo knocked me unconscious

00:36:43and tied me to the goal post

00:36:45of the football field

00:36:46for two whole hours,

00:36:48leaving me to be watched

00:36:49and mocked by everyone.

00:36:50Finally,

00:36:51Leo arrived.

00:36:52He still had that same

00:36:53cocky smirk he always wore.

00:36:55Hands shoved in his jean pockets.

00:36:56He strolled over

00:36:57like he was just there

00:36:58to watch the show.

00:36:59The rest of the football team,

00:37:00his accomplices,

00:37:01followed behind him.

00:37:02And so did Savannah Miller.

00:37:04She was wearing

00:37:05a pink sundress,

00:37:06her long hair flowing

00:37:07over her shoulders.

00:37:08Like every strand

00:37:08of her hair was glowing.

00:37:10Oh my god,

00:37:10you guys actually did it!

00:37:11That's insane!

00:37:12The excitement

00:37:13she couldn't hide in.

00:37:14Her voice made my blood run cold.

00:37:15So my pain

00:37:16was just her entertainment?

00:37:17Of course.

00:37:18Savannah asks,

00:37:19Savannah gets.

00:37:20It was a gentle tone.

00:37:21I had never heard

00:37:21from him before me.

00:37:22He walked up to the goalpost

00:37:23and looked up at me.

00:37:24The setting sun

00:37:25cast a golden glow

00:37:26on his face.

00:37:27The features were so familiar,

00:37:28but right now,

00:37:28he was a complete stranger.

00:37:30The eyes I once thought

00:37:30would protect me forever

00:37:31now only held mockery.

00:37:34So how's the view

00:37:35from up there, Ellie?

00:37:36He was still joking,

00:37:38as if I wasn't a person,

00:37:39but a toy.

00:37:41Alright, alright.

00:37:42Joke's over.

00:37:43Let's get her down.

00:37:44He said it so casually,

00:37:46like he was commenting

00:37:47on the weather.

00:37:48A couple of his teammates

00:37:49clumsily untied the ropes.

00:37:50No one cared

00:37:51if I would get hurt.

00:37:52I crashed hard

00:37:53onto the grass.

00:37:54The impact

00:37:55knocked the wind

00:37:55out of me,

00:37:56and I felt like

00:37:57my lungs had collapsed.

00:37:58Every bone in my body

00:37:59ached.

00:38:00I curled into a ball,

00:38:01like a dying insect.

00:38:03Leo crouched down

00:38:04and ripped the bandage

00:38:05off my face.

00:38:06The pain of the tape

00:38:07tearing at my skin

00:38:08made me gasp.

00:38:10When he saw

00:38:10my red,

00:38:11swolled eyes,

00:38:12he paused

00:38:12for a second.

00:38:13For a moment,

00:38:14I thought I saw

00:38:15a flicker of regret.

00:38:16I thought

00:38:17he would apologize.

00:38:18What are you crying for?

00:38:20It was just a prank.

00:38:20We used to prank

00:38:21each other all the time.

00:38:22He said it so lightly,

00:38:23as if this was just

00:38:24like any other joke,

00:38:25but he forgot.

00:38:26Our old pranks

00:38:27never involved

00:38:28destroying someone's dignity.

00:38:29They never involved

00:38:30humiliating someone.

00:38:31In front of hundreds

00:38:31of people,

00:38:32they were never

00:38:32this cruel.

00:38:34I stared at him,

00:38:35saying nothing.

00:38:35I couldn't get

00:38:36a single word out.

00:38:37It wasn't that

00:38:38I didn't want to speak.

00:38:39I just didn't know

00:38:40what to say.

00:38:41How do you question

00:38:4216 years of friendship?

00:38:44How do you put

00:38:44this betrayal into words?

00:38:46My stare

00:38:47made him uncomfortable.

00:38:48Don't look at me like that.

00:38:49It's creepy.

00:38:50His darting eyes

00:38:50gave away his guilt.

00:38:53Savannah said yesterday

00:38:54she wanted to film

00:38:55a cool Halloween prank video,

00:38:56so we thought,

00:38:57it's not a big deal.

00:38:58You're fine, right?

00:38:59But I didn't make a sound.

00:39:01I just gave Leo

00:39:02one last look.

00:39:03In that look

00:39:04was 16 years of friendship,

00:39:05countless happy memories.

00:39:07And in that moment,

00:39:08it was over.

00:39:09Hey, Eleanor Vance,

00:39:10where are you going?

00:39:10I heard his voice

00:39:11behind me.

00:39:12Stop being mad, okay?

00:39:13I didn't turn back.

00:39:14My steps were shaky,

00:39:16but firm.

00:39:17Every step felt like

00:39:18walking on knives,

00:39:19but I couldn't stop.

00:39:20If I stopped,

00:39:21I was afraid

00:39:22I would break down.

00:39:23I would sob uncontrollably

00:39:25right in front of him.

00:39:26And if that happened,

00:39:27I would have truly lost.

00:39:29Lost everything.

00:39:32When I got home,

00:39:33I went straight

00:39:34to the bathroom.

00:39:35As I took off my clothes,

00:39:36I saw the bruises

00:39:37and welts

00:39:38covering my body.

00:39:39They were horrifying.

00:39:40I stood under

00:39:41the scalding water,

00:39:42scrubbing my skin

00:39:43over and over,

00:39:44trying to wash off

00:39:46the milkshake

00:39:46to wash off

00:39:48the humiliation,

00:39:49trying to wash away

00:39:50every trace of Leo.

00:39:51But I couldn't.

00:39:52The laughter still echoed

00:39:54in my ears.

00:39:55The malicious stares

00:39:56still crawled on my skin.

00:39:57And Leo's careless words,

00:39:59It was just a prank.

00:40:01They replayed in my mind

00:40:02like a curse.

00:40:03The hot water

00:40:04stung my wounds,

00:40:05making me shiver.

00:40:06But the pain was good.

00:40:08It kept me lucid.

00:40:09It reminded me

00:40:10that this wasn't

00:40:11a nightmare.

00:40:12This was real.

00:40:13Leo really did use me

00:40:14as a toy

00:40:15to impress Savannah.

00:40:17Ellie,

00:40:18you've been in there

00:40:18a while.

00:40:21Don't run up

00:40:21the water bill,

00:40:22honey.

00:40:24Coming out now.

00:40:26Now.

00:40:27My voice was so hoarse

00:40:28it didn't sound

00:40:28like my own.

00:40:30Mom must have gone

00:40:31to her book club

00:40:32because she didn't notice

00:40:33anything was wrong.

00:40:34That was for the best.

00:40:36I didn't want to explain.

00:40:37How could I explain?

00:40:39Tell her that the person

00:40:40I trusted most in the world

00:40:42had betrayed me?

00:40:43Tell her I was tied up

00:40:45like a clown

00:40:45on the school's goalpost?

00:40:47No,

00:40:47I couldn't bring myself

00:40:48to say it.

00:40:49The girl in the mirror

00:40:50was a mess.

00:40:51My face was pale,

00:40:53my lips colorless.

00:40:54The marks on my wrists

00:40:55were deep

00:40:56and a sickening shade

00:40:57of purple-red

00:40:58like they were carved

00:40:59into my bones.

00:41:01I took out the antiseptic

00:41:02and started cleaning them.

00:41:04Bit by bit,

00:41:05it hurt.

00:41:05A piercing pain.

00:41:07But it was nothing

00:41:08compared to the pain

00:41:09in my heart.

00:41:1016 years.

00:41:11I'd known Leo

00:41:12for 16 years.

00:41:13Our families lived

00:41:14on the same street.

00:41:15Our parents were old friends.

00:41:17Our moms went shopping together.

00:41:19Our dads had barbecues

00:41:20on weekends.

00:41:21We were in the same class

00:41:22since kindergarten.

00:41:23He cried his eyes out

00:41:25on the first day

00:41:25and I was the one

00:41:27who gave him

00:41:27a piece of chocolate.

00:41:29After that,

00:41:30he followed me around

00:41:31like a little shadow.

00:41:32Ellie, wait for me!

00:41:35Ellie, you can have this!

00:41:36Back then,

00:41:37Leo's eyes were so bright,

00:41:38his smile so pure.

00:41:40He was the troublemaker

00:41:41and I was the good girl

00:41:43who always listened.

00:41:44When he got into trouble,

00:41:45I covered for him.

00:41:47When the teacher asked

00:41:48who broke the classroom window,

00:41:49I said it was me.

00:41:51It was him,

00:41:52practicing his baseball swing.

00:41:54He hated studying,

00:41:55so I tutored him.

00:41:56Before final exams,

00:41:58I'd give him

00:41:59all my meticulously

00:42:00organized notes.

00:42:01Then I'd stay up all night

00:42:03making a new set for myself.

00:42:04He used to say,

00:42:06Ellie, you're the best.

00:42:07I'm gonna make you

00:42:08my bride someday.

00:42:09I'd blush and say,

00:42:10Who would want to marry you?

00:42:12But secretly,

00:42:13my heart would flutter.

00:42:14I thought we were best friends,

00:42:16the closest partners.

00:42:17I even secretly hoped for more.

00:42:19I hoped that one day,

00:42:20he would look at me

00:42:21seriously and say,

00:42:23Eleanor Vance,

00:42:24will you be my girlfriend?

00:42:25But it turned out,

00:42:26in his eyes,

00:42:27I was just a toy

00:42:28he could humiliate

00:42:29whenever he wanted.

00:42:30Just a backup plan

00:42:31who would never leave.

00:42:32To get Savannah's attention,

00:42:34he didn't hesitate

00:42:36to tie me to a goal post.

00:42:37To make me the laughing stock

00:42:39of the whole school.

00:42:40To trample all over my dignity.

00:42:56When I woke up,

00:42:57I was a prop in their prank,

00:42:58zip-tied to the goal post

00:42:59on the school's football field.

00:43:01Students walking by

00:43:02laughed at me,

00:43:03filmed TikToks,

00:43:04and someone even threw

00:43:05a milkshake at me.

00:43:06I was tied up in front of everyone

00:43:08for two whole hours.

00:43:09When my best friend,

00:43:10Leo,

00:43:11finally showed up.

00:43:12Savannah said she wanted

00:43:13to see a real-life

00:43:14horror movie prank.

00:43:15So we just played

00:43:16a little joke.

00:43:18Ellie,

00:43:19you're not actually mad,

00:43:20are you?

00:43:21We grew up together.

00:43:22You know me better

00:43:23than anyone.

00:43:24I just stared at him silently.

00:43:26I guess my dignity

00:43:27was just something

00:43:28to be sacrificed

00:43:29for someone else's entertainment.

00:43:31I transferred schools

00:43:32the next day.

00:43:33And Leo lost

00:43:34his fucking mind.

00:43:35Please, Ellie,

00:43:36it was just a prank.

00:43:38Don't be like this.

00:43:39After gym class,

00:43:41I was just walking out

00:43:41of the equipment room

00:43:42when the football players

00:43:44surrounded me.

00:43:45Leo Carter,

00:43:46the boy next door

00:43:47I'd known my whole life

00:43:48was leading them.

00:43:51Leo knocked me unconscious

00:43:52and tied me to the goal post

00:43:54of the football field

00:43:55for two whole hours,

00:43:56leaving me to be watched

00:43:57and mocked by everyone.

00:43:59Finally,

00:44:00Leo arrived.

00:44:01He still had that same

00:44:02cocky smirk he always wore.

00:44:03Hands shoved in his

00:44:04jean pockets.

00:44:05He strolled over

00:44:06like he was just there

00:44:07to watch the show.

00:44:08The rest of the football team,

00:44:09his accomplices,

00:44:10followed behind him.

00:44:11And so did Savannah Miller.

00:44:13She was wearing

00:44:13a pink sundress,

00:44:14her long hair

00:44:15flowing over her shoulders,

00:44:16like every strand

00:44:17of her hair was glowing.

00:44:18Oh my god,

00:44:19you guys actually did it!

00:44:20That's insane!

00:44:21The excitement

00:44:21she couldn't hide in.

00:44:22Her voice made my blood run cold.

00:44:24So my pain

00:44:25was just her entertainment?

00:44:26Of course.

00:44:27Savannah asks,

00:44:28Savannah gets.

00:44:29It was a gentle tone.

00:44:29I had never heard

00:44:30from him before me.

00:44:31He walked up to the goalpost

00:44:32and looked up at me.

00:44:33The setting sun

00:44:34cast a golden glow

00:44:35on his face.

00:44:35The features were so familiar,

00:44:36but right now,

00:44:37he was a complete stranger.

00:44:38The eyes I once thought

00:44:39would protect me forever

00:44:40now only held mockery.

00:44:42So how's the view

00:44:43from up there, Ellie?

00:44:45He was still joking,

00:44:46as if I wasn't a person,

00:44:48but a toy.

00:44:50Alright, alright.

00:44:51Joke's over.

00:44:52Let's get her down.

00:44:53He said it so casually,

00:44:55like he was commenting

00:44:56on the weather.

00:44:56A couple of his teammates

00:44:58clumsily untied the ropes.

00:44:59No one cared

00:45:00if I would get hurt.

00:45:01I crashed hard

00:45:02onto the grass.

00:45:03The impact knocked

00:45:04the wind out of me,

00:45:04and I felt like

00:45:06my lungs had collapsed.

00:45:07Every bone in my body ached.

00:45:09I curled into a ball,

00:45:10like a dying insect.

00:45:12Leo crouched down

00:45:13and ripped the bandage

00:45:14off my face.

00:45:15The pain of the tape

00:45:16tearing at my skin

00:45:17made me gasp.

00:45:18When he saw my red,

00:45:20swolled eyes,

00:45:20he paused for a second.

00:45:22For a moment,

00:45:23I thought I saw

00:45:24a flicker of regret.

00:45:25I thought he would

00:45:26apologize.

00:45:27What are you crying for?

00:45:28It was just a prank.

00:45:29We used to prank

00:45:30each other all the time.

00:45:31He said it so lightly,

00:45:32as if this was just

00:45:33like any other joke.

00:45:34But he forgot.

00:45:35Our old pranks

00:45:35never involved

00:45:36destroying someone's dignity.

00:45:38They never involved

00:45:38humiliating someone.

00:45:39In front of hundreds

00:45:40of people,

00:45:41they were never

00:45:41this cruel.

00:45:42I stared at him,

00:45:43saying nothing.

00:45:44I couldn't get

00:45:45a single word out.

00:45:46It wasn't that

00:45:47I didn't want to speak.

00:45:48I just didn't know

00:45:49what to say.

00:45:50How do you question

00:45:51sixteen years of friendship?

00:45:52How do you put

00:45:53this betrayal into words?

00:45:54My stare

00:45:55made him uncomfortable.

00:45:57Don't look at me like that.

00:45:58It's creepy.

00:45:59His darting eyes

00:45:59gave away his guilt.

00:46:01Savannah said yesterday

00:46:03she wanted to film

00:46:03a cool Halloween prank video,

00:46:05so we thought,

00:46:05it's not a big deal.

00:46:07You're fine, right?

00:46:08But I didn't make a sound.

00:46:10I just gave Leo

00:46:11one last look.

00:46:12In that look was

00:46:12sixteen years of friendship.

00:46:14Countless happy memories.

00:46:16And in that moment,

00:46:17it was over.

00:46:18Hey, Eleanor Vance,

00:46:19where you going?

00:46:19I heard his voice

00:46:20behind me.

00:46:21Stop being mad, okay?

00:46:22I didn't turn back.

00:46:23My steps were shaky,

00:46:24but firm.

00:46:25Every step felt like

00:46:27walking on knives,

00:46:28but I couldn't stop.

00:46:29If I stopped,

00:46:30I was afraid

00:46:31I would break down.

00:46:32I would sob uncontrollably

00:46:33right in front of him.

00:46:34And if that happened,

00:46:36I would have truly lost.

00:46:38Lost everything.

00:46:41When I got home,

00:46:42I went straight

00:46:43to the bathroom.

00:46:44As I took off my clothes,

00:46:45I saw the bruises

00:46:46and welts

00:46:47covering my body.

00:46:48They were horrifying.

00:46:49I stood under

00:46:50the scalding water,

00:46:51scrubbing my skin

00:46:52over and over,

00:46:53trying to wash off

00:46:54the milkshake

00:46:55to wash off

00:46:56the humiliation,

00:46:57trying to wash away

00:46:59every trace of Leo,

00:47:00but I couldn't.

00:47:01The laughter still echoed

00:47:03in my ears.

00:47:04The malicious stares

00:47:05still crawled on my skin.

00:47:06And Leo's careless words,

00:47:08It was just a prank.

00:47:09they replayed in my mind

00:47:11like a curse.

00:47:12The hot water

00:47:13stung my wounds,

00:47:14making me shiver.

00:47:15But the pain

00:47:16was good.

00:47:16It kept me lucid.

00:47:18It reminded me

00:47:19that this wasn't

00:47:19a nightmare.

00:47:20This was real.

00:47:22Leo really did use me

00:47:23as a toy

00:47:24to impress Savannah.

00:47:26Ellie,

00:47:26you've been in there

00:47:27a while.

00:47:29Don't run up

00:47:30the water bill, honey.

00:47:33Coming out now.

00:47:35My voice was so hoarse

00:47:36it didn't sound

00:47:37like my own.

00:47:38Mom must have gone

00:47:39to her book club

00:47:40because she didn't

00:47:41notice anything was wrong.

00:47:43That was for the best.

00:47:44I didn't want

00:47:45to explain.

00:47:46How could I explain?

00:47:48Tell her that the person

00:47:49I trusted most

00:47:50in the world

00:47:50had betrayed me?

00:47:52Tell her I was tied up

00:47:53like a clown

00:47:54on the school's goalpost?

00:47:56No,

00:47:56I couldn't bring myself

00:47:57to say it.

00:47:58The girl in the mirror

00:47:59was a mess.

00:48:00My face was pale,

00:48:01my lips colorless.

00:48:03The marks on my wrists

00:48:04were deep

00:48:05and a sickening shade

00:48:06of purple-red

00:48:07like they were carved

00:48:08into my bones.

00:48:09I took out the antiseptic

00:48:11and started cleaning them.

00:48:12Bit by bit,

00:48:13it hurt.

00:48:14A piercing pain,

00:48:16but it was nothing

00:48:17compared to the pain

00:48:17in my heart.

00:48:1816 years.

00:48:20I'd known Leo

00:48:20for 16 years.

00:48:22Our families lived

00:48:23on the same street.

00:48:24Our parents

00:48:25were old friends.

00:48:26Our moms went

00:48:27shopping together.

00:48:28Our dads had barbecues

00:48:29on weekends.

00:48:30We were in the same class

00:48:31since kindergarten.

00:48:32He cried his eyes out

00:48:33on the first day

00:48:34and I was the one

00:48:36who gave him

00:48:36a piece of chocolate.

00:48:37After that,

00:48:38he followed me around

00:48:39like a little shadow.

00:48:41Ellie,

00:48:42wait for me!

00:48:43Ellie,

00:48:44you can have this!

00:48:45Back then,

00:48:46Leo's eyes were so bright,

00:48:47his smile so pure.

00:48:49He was the troublemaker

00:48:50and I was the good girl

00:48:51who always listened.

00:48:53When he got into trouble,

00:48:54I covered for him.

00:48:55When the teacher asked

00:48:56who broke the classroom window,

00:48:58I said it was me.

00:49:00It was him,

00:49:01practicing his baseball swing.

00:49:02He hated studying

00:49:04so I tutored him.

00:49:05Before final exams,

00:49:07I'd give him

00:49:08all my meticulously

00:49:08organized notes.

00:49:10Then I'd stay up

00:49:11all night

00:49:11making a new set

00:49:12for myself.

00:49:13He used to say,

00:49:14Ellie,

00:49:15you're the best.

00:49:16I'm gonna make you

00:49:17my bride someday.

00:49:18I'd blush and say,

00:49:19Who would wanna marry you?

00:49:21But secretly,

00:49:21my heart would flutter.

00:49:23I thought we were

00:49:24best friends,

00:49:25the closest partners.

00:49:26I even secretly

00:49:27hoped for more.

00:49:28I hoped that one day,

00:49:29he would look at me

00:49:30seriously and say,

00:49:31Eleanor Vance,

00:49:32will you be my girlfriend?

00:49:34But it turned out,

00:49:35in his eyes,

00:49:36I was just a toy

00:49:37he could humiliate

00:49:38whenever he wanted.

00:49:39Just a backup plan

00:49:40who would never leave.

00:49:41To get Savannah's attention,

00:49:43he didn't hesitate

00:49:44to tie me to a goal post.

00:49:46To make me the laughingstock

00:49:47of the whole school.

00:49:49To trample all over

00:49:50my dignity.

00:50:04When I woke up,

00:50:05I was a prop in their prank,

00:50:07zip-tied to the goal post

00:50:08on the school's football field.

00:50:10Students walking by

00:50:11laughed at me,

00:50:12filmed TikToks,

00:50:13and someone even

00:50:14threw a milkshake at me.

00:50:15I was tied up

00:50:16in front of everyone

00:50:17for two whole hours

00:50:18when my best friend,

00:50:19Leo,

00:50:20finally showed up.

00:50:21Savannah said she wanted

00:50:22to see a real-life

00:50:23horror movie prank,

00:50:24so we just played

00:50:25a little joke.

00:50:27Ellie,

00:50:27you're not actually mad,

00:50:29are you?

00:50:30We grew up together.

00:50:31You know me better

00:50:32than anyone.

00:50:33I just stared

00:50:34at him silently.

00:50:35I guess my dignity

00:50:36was just something

00:50:37to be sacrificed

00:50:37for someone else's

00:50:38entertainment.

00:50:40I transferred schools

00:50:41the next day,

00:50:41and Leo lost

00:50:43his fucking mind.

00:50:44Please, Ellie,

00:50:45it was just a prank.

00:50:46Don't be like this.

00:50:48After gym class,

00:50:49I was just walking

00:50:50out of the equipment room

00:50:51when the football players

00:50:52surrounded me.

00:50:54Leo Carter,

00:50:55the boy next door

00:50:56I'd known my whole life

00:50:57was leading them.

00:50:59Leo knocked me unconscious

00:51:01and tied me to the goal post

00:51:03of the football field

00:51:03for two whole hours,

00:51:05leaving me to be watched

00:51:06and mocked by everyone.

00:51:08Finally,

00:51:08Leo arrived.

00:51:09He still had that same

00:51:11cocky smirk he always wore.

00:51:12Hands shoved

00:51:13in his jean pockets.

00:51:14He strolled over

00:51:15like he was just there

00:51:16to watch the show.

00:51:16The rest of the football team,

00:51:18his accomplices,

00:51:19followed behind him.

00:51:20And so did Savannah Miller.

00:51:21She was wearing

00:51:22a pink sundress,

00:51:23her long hair

00:51:24flowing over her shoulders,

00:51:25like every strand

00:51:26of her hair was glowing.

00:51:27Oh my god,

00:51:27you guys actually did it!

00:51:28That's insane!

00:51:30The excitement

00:51:30she couldn't hide in.

00:51:31Her voice made my blood

00:51:32run cold.

00:51:33So my pain

00:51:33was just her entertainment?

00:51:35Of course.

00:51:36Savannah asks,

00:51:37Savannah gets.

00:51:37It was a gentle tone.

00:51:38I had never heard

00:51:39from him before me.

00:51:40He walked up to the goal post

00:51:41and looked up at me.

00:51:42The setting sun

00:51:42cast a golden glow

00:51:43on his face.

00:51:44The features were so familiar,

00:51:45but right now,

00:51:46he was a complete stranger.

00:51:47The eyes I once thought

00:51:48would protect me forever

00:51:49now only held mockery.

00:51:51So how's the view

00:51:52from up there, Ellie?

00:51:54He was still joking,

00:51:55as if I wasn't a person,

00:51:56but a toy.

00:51:58Alright, alright.

00:51:59Joke's over.

00:52:00Let's get her down.

00:52:02He said it so casually,

00:52:03like he was commenting

00:52:04on the weather.

00:52:05A couple of his teammates

00:52:06clumsily untied the ropes.

00:52:08No one cared

00:52:09if I would get hurt.

00:52:09I crashed hard

00:52:10onto the grass.

00:52:11The impact

00:52:12knocked the wind

00:52:13out of me,

00:52:13and I felt like

00:52:14my lungs had collapsed.

00:52:16Every bone in my body

00:52:17ached.

00:52:17I curled into a ball,

00:52:19like a dying insect.

00:52:20Leo crouched down

00:52:21and ripped the bandage

00:52:22off my face.

00:52:24The pain of the tape

00:52:25tearing at my skin

00:52:26made me gasp.

00:52:27When he saw my red,

00:52:28swolled eyes,

00:52:29he paused for a second.

00:52:31For a moment,

00:52:32I thought I saw

00:52:32a flicker of regret.

00:52:34I thought he would apologize.

00:52:36What are you crying for?

00:52:37It was just a prank.

00:52:38We used to prank each other

00:52:39all the time.

00:52:40He said it so lightly,

00:52:41as if this was just like

00:52:42any other joke.

00:52:42But he forgot.

00:52:43Our old pranks

00:52:44never involved

00:52:45destroying someone's dignity.

00:52:46They never involved

00:52:47humiliating someone

00:52:48in front of hundreds of people.

00:52:49They were never

00:52:50this cruel.

00:52:51I stared at him,

00:52:52saying nothing.

00:52:53I couldn't get a single word out.

00:52:55It wasn't that I didn't

00:52:56want to speak.

00:52:57I just didn't know

00:52:58what to say.

00:52:59How do you question

00:52:5916 years of friendship?

00:53:01How do you put

00:53:02this betrayal into words?

00:53:04My stare made him

00:53:05uncomfortable.

00:53:05Don't look at me like that.

00:53:06It's creepy.

00:53:07His darting eyes

00:53:08gave away his guilt.

00:53:10Savannah said yesterday

00:53:11she wanted to film

00:53:12a cool Halloween prank video,

00:53:13so we thought,

00:53:14it's not a big deal.

00:53:15You're fine, right?

00:53:17But I didn't make a sound.

00:53:18I just gave Leo

00:53:19one last look.

00:53:20In that look was

00:53:2116 years of friendship,

00:53:23countless happy memories.

00:53:24And in that moment,

00:53:26it was over.

00:53:27Hey, Eleanor Vance,

00:53:27where are you going?

00:53:28I heard his voice

00:53:28behind me.

00:53:30Stop being mad, okay?

00:53:31I didn't turn back.

00:53:32My steps were shaky,

00:53:33but firm.

00:53:34Every step felt like

00:53:35walking on knives,

00:53:36but I couldn't stop.

00:53:38If I stopped,

00:53:39I was afraid I would

00:53:40break down.

00:53:40I would sob uncontrollably

00:53:42right in front of him.

00:53:43And if that happened,

00:53:44I would have truly lost.

00:53:46Lost everything.

00:53:50When I got home,

00:53:51I went straight

00:53:52to the bathroom.

00:53:52As I took off my clothes,

00:53:54I saw the bruises

00:53:55and welts

00:53:55covering my body.

00:53:56They were horrifying.

00:53:58I stood under

00:53:59the scalding water,

00:54:00scrubbing my skin

00:54:01over and over,

00:54:02trying to wash off

00:54:03the milkshake

00:54:04to wash off

00:54:05the humiliation,

00:54:06trying to wash away

00:54:07every trace of Leo.

00:54:09But I couldn't.

00:54:10The laughter still

00:54:11echoed in my ears.

00:54:12The malicious stares

00:54:13still crawled on my skin.

00:54:15And Leo's careless words,

00:54:17It was just a prank.

00:54:18they replayed in my mind

00:54:19like a curse.

00:54:20The hot water

00:54:21stung my wounds,

00:54:22making me shiver.

00:54:23But the pain was good.

00:54:25It kept me lucid.

00:54:27It reminded me

00:54:28that this wasn't

00:54:28a nightmare.

00:54:29This was real.

00:54:30Leo really did use me

00:54:32as a toy

00:54:32to impress Savannah.

00:54:34Ellie,

00:54:35you've been in there

00:54:36a while.

00:54:38Don't run up

00:54:39the water bill,

00:54:40honey.

00:54:41Coming out now.

00:54:44My voice was so hoarse

00:54:45it didn't sound

00:54:46like my own.

00:54:47Mom must have gone

00:54:48to her book club

00:54:49because she didn't notice

00:54:50anything was wrong.

00:54:52That was for the best.

00:54:53I didn't want to explain.

00:54:55How could I explain?

00:54:56Tell her that the person

00:54:58I trusted most

00:54:58in the world

00:54:59had betrayed me?

00:55:01Tell her I was tied up

00:55:02like a clown

00:55:03on the school's goalpost?

00:55:04No,

00:55:05I couldn't bring myself

00:55:06to say it.

00:55:07The girl in the mirror

00:55:08was a mess.

00:55:09My face was pale,

00:55:10my lips colorless.

00:55:11The marks on my wrists

00:55:13were deep

00:55:13and a sickening shade

00:55:15of purple-red

00:55:15like they were carved

00:55:17into my bones.

00:55:18I took out the antiseptic

00:55:20and started cleaning them.

00:55:21Bit by bit,

00:55:22it hurt.

00:55:23A piercing pain,

00:55:24but it was nothing

00:55:25compared to the pain

00:55:26in my heart.

00:55:2716 years.

00:55:28I'd known Leo

00:55:29for 16 years.

00:55:30Our families lived

00:55:31on the same street.

00:55:33Our parents were old friends.

00:55:34Our moms went shopping together.

00:55:36Our dads had barbecues

00:55:38on weekends.

00:55:39We were in the same class

00:55:40since kindergarten.

00:55:41He cried his eyes out

00:55:42on the first day,

00:55:43and I was the one

00:55:44who gave him

00:55:45a piece of chocolate.

00:55:46After that,

00:55:47he followed me around

00:55:48like a little shadow.

00:55:50Ellie, wait for me!

00:55:52Ellie, you can have this!

00:55:53Back then,

00:55:54Leo's eyes were so bright,

00:55:56his smile so pure.

00:55:57He was the troublemaker.

00:55:59And I was the good girl

00:56:00who always listened.

00:56:01When he got into trouble,

00:56:03I covered for him.

00:56:04When the teacher asked

00:56:05who broke the classroom window,

00:56:07I said it was me.

00:56:08It was him,

00:56:10practicing his baseball swing.

00:56:11He hated studying,

00:56:12so I tutored him.

00:56:14Before final exams,

00:56:15I'd give him

00:56:16all my meticulously

00:56:17organized notes.

00:56:19Then I'd stay up all night

00:56:20making a new set for myself.

00:56:22He used to say,

00:56:23Ellie, you're the best.

00:56:25I'm gonna make you

00:56:25my bride someday.

00:56:26I'd blush and say,

00:56:28Who would want to marry you?

00:56:29But secretly,

00:56:30my heart would flutter.

00:56:32I thought we were best friends,

00:56:33the closest partners.

00:56:35I even secretly hoped for more.

00:56:36I hoped that one day,

00:56:38he would look at me

00:56:39seriously and say,

00:56:40Eleanor Vance,

00:56:41will you be my girlfriend?

00:56:42But it turned out,

00:56:43in his eyes,

00:56:44I was just a toy

00:56:46he could humiliate

00:56:47whenever he wanted.

00:56:48Just a backup plan

00:56:49who would never leave.

00:56:50To get Savannah's attention,

00:56:51he didn't hesitate

00:56:53to tie me to a goal post.

00:56:55To make me the laughing stock

00:56:56of the whole school.

00:56:57To trample all over my dignity.

00:57:13When I woke up,

00:57:14I was a prop in their prank,

00:57:16zip-tied to the goal post

00:57:17on the school's football field.

00:57:19Students walking by

00:57:20laughed at me,

00:57:21filmed TikToks,

00:57:22and someone even threw

00:57:23a milkshake at me.

00:57:24I was tied up

00:57:25in front of everyone

00:57:25for two whole hours

00:57:27when my best friend,

00:57:28Leo,

00:57:28finally showed up.

00:57:30Savannah said she wanted

00:57:31to see a real-life

00:57:32horror movie prank,

00:57:33so we just played

00:57:34a little joke.

00:57:35Ellie,

00:57:36you're not actually mad,

00:57:37are you?

00:57:38We grew up together.

00:57:40You know me better

00:57:41than anyone.

00:57:41I just stared at him silently.

00:57:44I guess my dignity

00:57:45was just something

00:57:45to be sacrificed

00:57:46for someone else's entertainment.

00:57:48I transferred schools

00:57:50the next day,

00:57:50and Leo lost

00:57:52his fucking mind.

00:57:52Please, Ellie,

00:57:53it was just a prank.

00:57:55Don't be like this.

00:57:57After gym class,

00:57:58I was just walking out

00:57:59of the equipment room

00:58:00when the football players

00:58:01surrounded me.

00:58:03Leo Carter,

00:58:04the boy next door

00:58:05I'd known my whole life,

00:58:06was leading them.

00:58:08Leo knocked me unconscious

00:58:10and tied me to the goal post

00:58:11of the football field

00:58:12for two whole hours,

00:58:14leaving me to be watched

00:58:15and mocked by everyone.

00:58:17Finally,

00:58:17Leo arrived.

00:58:18He still had that same

00:58:19cocky smirk he always wore,

00:58:21hands shoved in his

00:58:22jean pockets.

00:58:23He strolled over

00:58:24like he was just there

00:58:24to watch the show.

00:58:25The rest of the football team,

00:58:27his accomplices,

00:58:28followed behind him.

00:58:29And so did Savannah Miller.

00:58:30She was wearing

00:58:31a pink sundress,

00:58:32her long hair flowing

00:58:33over her shoulders,

00:58:34like every strand

00:58:35of her hair was glowing.

00:58:36Oh my god,

00:58:36you guys actually did it!

00:58:37That's insane!

00:58:38The excitement

00:58:39she couldn't hide in.

00:58:40Her voice made my blood run cold.

00:58:41So my pain

00:58:42was just her entertainment?

00:58:43Of course.

00:58:44Savannah asks,

00:58:45Savannah gets.

00:58:46It was a gentle tone.

00:58:47I had never heard

00:58:48from him before me.

00:58:49He walked up to the goalpost

00:58:50and looked up at me.

00:58:51The setting sun

00:58:51cast a golden glow

00:58:52on his face.

00:58:53The features were so familiar,

00:58:54but right now,

00:58:55he was a complete stranger.

00:58:56The eyes I once thought

00:58:57would protect me forever

00:58:58now only held mockery.

00:59:00So how's the view

00:59:01from up there, Ellie?

00:59:03He was still joking,

00:59:04as if I wasn't a person,

00:59:05but a toy.

00:59:07All right, all right.

00:59:08Joke's over.

00:59:09Let's get her down.

00:59:10He said it so casually,

00:59:12like he was commenting

00:59:13on the weather.

00:59:14A couple of his teammates

00:59:15clumsily untied the ropes.

00:59:17No one cared

00:59:17if I would get hurt.

00:59:18I crashed hard

00:59:19onto the grass.

00:59:20The impact knocked

00:59:21the wind out of me,

00:59:22and I felt like

00:59:23my lungs had collapsed.

00:59:24Every bone in my body ached.

00:59:26I curled into a ball,

00:59:27like a dying insect.

00:59:29Leo crouched down

00:59:30and ripped the bandage

00:59:31off my face.

00:59:32The pain of the tape

00:59:34tearing at my skin

00:59:34made me gasp.

00:59:36When he saw my red,

00:59:37swolled eyes,

00:59:38he paused for a second.

00:59:39For a moment,

00:59:40I thought I saw

00:59:41a flicker of regret.

00:59:42I thought he would apologize.

00:59:45What are you crying for?

00:59:46It was just a prank.

00:59:47We used to prank

00:59:47each other all the time.

00:59:48He said it so lightly,

00:59:49as if this was just

00:59:50like any other joke,

00:59:51but he forgot.

00:59:52Our old pranks

00:59:53never involved

00:59:54destroying someone's dignity.

00:59:55They never involved

00:59:56humiliating someone.

00:59:57In front of hundreds of people,

00:59:58they were never

00:59:59this cruel.

01:00:00I stared at him,

01:00:01saying nothing.

01:00:02I couldn't get

01:00:02a single word out.

01:00:03It wasn't that

01:00:04I didn't want to speak.

01:00:05I just didn't know

01:00:06what to say.

01:00:07How do you question

01:00:0816 years of friendship?

01:00:10How do you put

01:00:11this betrayal into words?

01:00:12My stare made him

01:00:13uncomfortable.

01:00:14Don't look at me like that.

01:00:15It's creepy.

01:00:16His darting eyes

01:00:17gave away his guilt.

01:00:19Savannah said yesterday

01:00:20she wanted to film

01:00:21a cool Halloween prank video,

01:00:22so we thought,

01:00:23it's not a big deal.

01:00:24You're fine, right?

01:00:26But I didn't make a sound.

01:00:27I just gave Leo

01:00:28one last look.

01:00:29In that look

01:00:30was 16 years of friendship.

01:00:32Countless happy memories.

01:00:33And in that moment,

01:00:34it was over.

01:00:35Hey, Eleanor Vance,

01:00:36where are you going?

01:00:36I heard his voice

01:00:37behind me.

01:00:38Stop being mad, okay?

01:00:39I didn't turn back.

01:00:41My steps were shaky,

01:00:42but firm.

01:00:43Every step felt like

01:00:44walking on knives,

01:00:45but I couldn't stop.

01:00:47If I stopped,

01:00:48I was afraid

01:00:48I would break down.

01:00:49I would sob uncontrollably

01:00:51right in front of him.

01:00:52And if that happened,

01:00:53I would have truly lost.

01:00:55Lost everything.

01:00:58When I got home,

01:01:00I went straight

01:01:00to the bathroom.

01:01:01As I took off my clothes,

01:01:02I saw the bruises

01:01:03and welts

01:01:04covering my body.

01:01:05They were horrifying.

01:01:06I stood under

01:01:07the scalding water,

01:01:08scrubbing my skin

01:01:10over and over,

01:01:11trying to wash off

01:01:12the milkshake

01:01:13to wash off

01:01:14the humiliation,

01:01:15trying to wash away

01:01:16every trace of Leo,

01:01:17but I couldn't.

01:01:19The laughter still

01:01:20echoed in my ears.

01:01:21The malicious stares

01:01:22still crawled

01:01:23on my skin.

01:01:24And Leo's

01:01:24careless words,

01:01:25It was just a prank.

01:01:27they replayed

01:01:28in my mind

01:01:28like a curse.

01:01:29The hot water

01:01:30stung my wounds,

01:01:31making me shiver.

01:01:32But the pain

01:01:33was good.

01:01:34It kept me lucid.

01:01:35It reminded me

01:01:36that this wasn't

01:01:37a nightmare.

01:01:38This was real.

01:01:40Leo really did

01:01:40use me as a toy

01:01:41to impress Savannah.

01:01:43Ellie,

01:01:44you've been in there

01:01:44a while.

01:01:47Don't run up

01:01:48the water bill,

01:01:48honey.

01:01:50Coming out now.

01:01:52My voice was so hoarse

01:01:54it didn't sound

01:01:54like my own.

01:01:56Mom must have

01:01:57gone to her book club

01:01:58because she didn't

01:01:59notice anything

01:01:59was wrong.

01:02:00That was for the best.

01:02:02I didn't want

01:02:02to explain.

01:02:03How could I explain?

01:02:05Tell her that the person

01:02:06I trusted most

01:02:07in the world

01:02:08had betrayed me?

01:02:09Tell her I was

01:02:10tied up like a clown

01:02:11on the school's

01:02:12goalpost?

01:02:13No,

01:02:14I couldn't bring

01:02:14myself to say it.

01:02:15The girl in the mirror

01:02:16was a mess.

01:02:17My face was pale,

01:02:19my lips colorless.

01:02:20The marks on my wrists

01:02:21were deep

01:02:22and a sickening shade

01:02:23of purple-red

01:02:24like they were carved

01:02:25into my bones.

01:02:26I took out the antiseptic

01:02:28and started cleaning them.

01:02:30Bit by bit,

01:02:31it hurt.

01:02:32A piercing pain,

01:02:33but it was nothing

01:02:34compared to the pain

01:02:35in my heart.

01:02:3616 years.

01:02:37I'd known Leo

01:02:38for 16 years.

01:02:39Our families lived

01:02:40on the same street.

01:02:41Our parents

01:02:42were old friends.

01:02:43Our moms went

01:02:44shopping together.

01:02:45Our dads had

01:02:46barbecues on weekends.

01:02:47We were in the same

01:02:48class since kindergarten.

01:02:49He cried his eyes

01:02:51out on the first day

01:02:52and I was the one

01:02:53who gave him

01:02:54a piece of chocolate.

01:02:55After that,

01:02:56he followed me around

01:02:57like a little shadow.

01:02:59Ellie,

01:02:59wait for me!

01:03:01Ellie,

01:03:01you can have this!

01:03:02Back then,

01:03:03Leo's eyes were so bright,

01:03:05his smile so pure.

01:03:06He was the troublemaker

01:03:07and I was the good girl

01:03:09who always listened.

01:03:10When he got into trouble,

01:03:12I covered for him.

01:03:13When the teacher asked

01:03:14who broke

01:03:14the classroom window,

01:03:16I said it was me.

01:03:17It was him,

01:03:18practicing his baseball swing.

01:03:20He hated studying

01:03:21so I tutored him.

01:03:22Before final exams,

01:03:24I'd give him

01:03:25all my meticulously

01:03:26organized notes.

01:03:27Then I'd stay up

01:03:28all night

01:03:29making a new set

01:03:30for myself.

01:03:30He used to say,

01:03:32Ellie,

01:03:32you're the best.

01:03:33I'm gonna make you

01:03:34my bride someday.

01:03:35I'd blush and say,

01:03:37Who would want

01:03:37to marry you?

01:03:38But secretly,

01:03:39my heart would flutter.

01:03:40I thought we were

01:03:41best friends,

01:03:42the closest partners.

01:03:43I even secretly

01:03:44hoped for more.

01:03:45I hoped that one day,

01:03:47he would look at me

01:03:47seriously and say,

01:03:49Eleanor Vance,

01:03:50will you be my girlfriend?

01:03:51But it turned out,

01:03:52in his eyes,

01:03:53I was just a toy

01:03:54he could humiliate

01:03:55whenever he wanted.

01:03:56Just a backup plan

01:03:58who would never leave.

01:03:59To get Savannah's attention,

01:04:01he didn't hesitate

01:04:02to tie me to a goal post.

01:04:03To make me the laughingstock

01:04:05of the whole school.

01:04:06To trample all over

01:04:07my dignity.

01:04:22When I woke up,

01:04:23I was a prop

01:04:23in their prank,

01:04:24zip-tied to the goal post

01:04:26on the school's football field.

01:04:28Students walking by

01:04:29laughed at me,

01:04:30filmed TikToks,

01:04:31and someone even threw

01:04:32a milkshake at me.

01:04:32I was tied up

01:04:33in front of everyone

01:04:34for two whole hours.

01:04:35When my best friend,

01:04:37Leo,

01:04:37finally showed up.

01:04:38Savannah said she wanted

01:04:39to see a real-life

01:04:40horror movie prank,

01:04:41so we just played

01:04:42a little joke.

01:04:44Ellie,

01:04:45you're not actually mad,

01:04:46are you?

01:04:47We grew up together.

01:04:48You know me better

01:04:49than anyone.

01:04:50I just stared at him silently.

01:04:52I guess my dignity

01:04:53was just something

01:04:54to be sacrificed

01:04:55for someone else's

01:04:56entertainment.

01:04:57I transferred schools

01:04:58the next day,

01:04:59and Leo lost

01:05:00his fucking mind.

01:05:01Please, Ellie,

01:05:02it was just a prank.

01:05:04Don't be like this.

01:05:06After gym class,

01:05:06I was just walking out

01:05:08of the equipment room

01:05:09when the football players

01:05:10surrounded me.

01:05:11Leo Carter,

01:05:12the boy next door

01:05:13I'd known my whole life,

01:05:14was leading them.

01:05:17Leo knocked me unconscious

01:05:18and tied me to the goal post

01:05:20of the football field

01:05:21for two whole hours,

01:05:23leaving me to be watched

01:05:24and mocked by everyone.

01:05:25Finally, Leo arrived.

01:05:27He still had that same

01:05:28cocky smirk he always wore.

01:05:30Hands shoved in his

01:05:31jean pockets.

01:05:31He strolled over

01:05:32like he was just there

01:05:33to watch the show.

01:05:34The rest of the football team,

01:05:35his accomplices,

01:05:36followed behind him.

01:05:37And so did Savannah Miller.

01:05:39She was wearing

01:05:39a pink sundress,

01:05:40her long hair

01:05:41flowing over her shoulders,

01:05:42like every strand

01:05:43of her hair was glowing.

01:05:44Oh my god,

01:05:45you guys actually did it!

01:05:46That's insane!

01:05:47The excitement

01:05:48she couldn't hide in.

01:05:49Her voice made my blood

01:05:50run cold.

01:05:50So my pain

01:05:51was just her entertainment?

01:05:52Of course.

01:05:53Savannah asks,

01:05:54Savannah gets.

01:05:55It was a gentle tone.

01:05:56I had never heard

01:05:56from him before me.

01:05:57He walked up to the goalpost

01:05:58and looked up at me.

01:05:59The setting sun

01:06:00cast a golden glow

01:06:01on his face.

01:06:01The features were so familiar,

01:06:03but right now,

01:06:03he was a complete stranger.

01:06:04The eyes I once thought

01:06:05would protect me forever

01:06:06now only held mockery.

01:06:09So how's the view

01:06:10from up there, Ellie?

01:06:11He was still joking,

01:06:12as if I wasn't a person,

01:06:14but a toy.

01:06:16Alright, alright.

01:06:17Joke's over.

01:06:18Let's get her down.

01:06:19He said it so casually,

01:06:21like he was commenting

01:06:22on the weather.

01:06:22A couple of his teammates

01:06:24clumsily untied the ropes.

01:06:25No one cared

01:06:26if I would get hurt.

01:06:27I crashed hard

01:06:28onto the grass.

01:06:29The impact

01:06:30knocked the wind

01:06:30out of me,

01:06:31and I felt like

01:06:32my lungs had collapsed.

01:06:33Every bone in my body

01:06:34ached.

01:06:35I curled into a ball,

01:06:36like a dying insect.

01:06:38Leo crouched down

01:06:39and ripped the bandage

01:06:40off my face.

01:06:41The pain of the tape

01:06:42tearing at my skin

01:06:43made me gasp.

01:06:44When he saw

01:06:45my red,

01:06:46swolled eyes,

01:06:47he paused

01:06:47for a second.

01:06:48For a moment,

01:06:49I thought I saw

01:06:50a flicker of regret.

01:06:51I thought he would

01:06:52apologize.

01:06:53What are you crying for?

01:06:54It was just a prank.

01:06:55We used to prank

01:06:56each other all the time.

01:06:57He said it so lightly,

01:06:58as if this was just

01:06:59like any other joke.

01:07:00But he forgot.

01:07:01Our old pranks

01:07:02never involved

01:07:03destroying someone's dignity.

01:07:04They never involved

01:07:04humiliating someone.

01:07:05In front of hundreds

01:07:06of people,

01:07:07they were never

01:07:07this cruel.

01:07:08I stared at him,

01:07:09saying nothing.

01:07:10I couldn't get

01:07:11a single word out.

01:07:12It wasn't that

01:07:13I didn't want to speak.

01:07:14I just didn't know

01:07:15what to say.

01:07:16How do you question

01:07:1716 years of friendship?

01:07:18How do you put

01:07:19this betrayal into words?

01:07:21My stare made him

01:07:22uncomfortable.

01:07:23Don't look at me

01:07:23like that.

01:07:24It's creepy.

01:07:25His darting eyes

01:07:25gave away his guilt.

01:07:28Savannah said yesterday

01:07:29she wanted to film

01:07:30a cool Halloween

01:07:30prank video,

01:07:31so we thought,

01:07:32it's not a big deal.

01:07:33You're fine, right?

01:07:34But I didn't make a sound.

01:07:36I just gave Leo

01:07:37one last look.

01:07:38In that look

01:07:38was 16 years of friendship.

01:07:40Countless happy memories.

01:07:42And in that moment,

01:07:43it was over.

01:07:44Hey, Eleanor Vance,

01:07:45where you going?

01:07:45I heard his voice

01:07:46behind me.

01:07:47Stop being mad, okay?

01:07:48I didn't turn back.

01:07:50My steps were shaky,

01:07:51but firm.

01:07:52Every step felt like

01:07:53walking on knives,

01:07:54but I couldn't stop.

01:07:55If I stopped,

01:07:56I was afraid

01:07:57I would break down.

01:07:58I would sob uncontrollably

01:08:00right in front of him.

01:08:01And if that happened,

01:08:02I would have truly lost.

01:08:04Lost everything.

01:08:07When I got home,

01:08:08I went straight

01:08:09to the bathroom.

01:08:10As I took off my clothes,

01:08:11I saw the bruises

01:08:12and welts

01:08:13covering my body.

01:08:14They were horrifying.

01:08:15I stood under

01:08:16the scalding water,

01:08:17scrubbing my skin

01:08:18over and over,

01:08:19trying to wash off

01:08:21the milkshake

01:08:21to wash off

01:08:22the humiliation,

01:08:24trying to wash away

01:08:25every trace of Leo.

01:08:26But I couldn't.

01:08:27The laughter still

01:08:29echoed in my ears.

01:08:30The malicious stares

01:08:31still crawled on my skin.

01:08:32And Leo's careless words,

01:08:34It was just a prank.

01:08:35They replayed in my mind

01:08:37like a curse.

01:08:38The hot water

01:08:39stung my wounds,

01:08:40making me shiver.

01:08:41But the pain was good.

01:08:42It kept me lucid.

01:08:44It reminded me

01:08:45that this wasn't a nightmare.

01:08:47This was real.

01:08:48Leo really did use me

01:08:49as a toy

01:08:50to impress Savannah.

01:08:52Ellie,

01:08:52you've been in there a while.

01:08:56Don't run up

01:08:56the water bill, honey.

01:08:59Coming out now.

01:09:01My voice was so hoarse

01:09:03it didn't sound like my own.

01:09:05Mom must have gone

01:09:06to her book club

01:09:06because she didn't notice

01:09:08anything was wrong.

01:09:09That was for the best.

01:09:10I didn't want to explain.

01:09:12How could I explain?

01:09:14Tell her that the person

01:09:15I trusted most in the world

01:09:16had betrayed me?

01:09:18Tell her I was tied up

01:09:20like a clown

01:09:20on the school's goalpost?

01:09:22No, I couldn't bring myself

01:09:23to say it.

01:09:24The girl in the mirror

01:09:25was a mess.

01:09:26My face was pale,

01:09:28my lips colorless.

01:09:29The marks on my room

01:09:30wrists were deep

01:09:31and a sickening shade

01:09:32of purple-red

01:09:33like they were carved

01:09:34into my bones.

01:09:35I took out the antiseptic

01:09:37and started cleaning them.

01:09:38Bit by bit,

01:09:40it hurt.

01:09:40A piercing pain,

01:09:42but it was nothing

01:09:43compared to the pain

01:09:44in my heart.

01:09:4516 years.

01:09:46I'd known Leo

01:09:47for 16 years.

01:09:48Our families lived

01:09:49on the same street.

01:09:50Our parents were old friends.

01:09:52Our moms went shopping together.

01:09:54Our dads had barbecues

01:09:55on weekends.

01:09:56We were in the same class

01:09:57since kindergarten.

01:09:58He cried his eyes out

01:10:00on the first day

01:10:00and I was the one

01:10:02who gave him a piece

01:10:03of chocolate.

01:10:04After that,

01:10:05he followed me around

01:10:06like a little shadow.

01:10:07Ellie, wait for me!

01:10:10Ellie, you can have this!

01:10:11Back then,

01:10:12Leo's eyes were so bright,

01:10:13his smile so pure.

01:10:15He was the troublemaker

01:10:16and I was the good girl

01:10:18who always listened.

01:10:19When he got into trouble,

01:10:20I covered for him.

01:10:22When the teacher asked

01:10:23who broke the classroom window,

01:10:24I said it was me.

01:10:26It was him,

01:10:27practicing his baseball swing.

01:10:29He hated studying,

01:10:30so I tutored him.

01:10:31Before final exams,

01:10:33I'd give him all my

01:10:34meticulously organized notes.

01:10:36Then I'd stay up all night

01:10:38making a new set for myself.

01:10:39He used to say,

01:10:41Ellie, you're the best.

01:10:42I'm gonna make you

01:10:43my bride someday.

01:10:44I'd blush and say,

01:10:45Who would want to marry you?

01:10:47But secretly,

01:10:48my heart would flutter.

01:10:49I thought we were best friends,

01:10:51the closest partners.

01:10:52I even secretly hoped for more.

01:10:54I hoped that one day,

01:10:55he would look at me seriously

01:10:56and say,

01:10:57Eleanor Vance,

01:10:58will you be my girlfriend?

01:11:00But it turned out,

01:11:01in his eyes,

01:11:02I was just a toy

01:11:03he could humiliate

01:11:04whenever he wanted.

01:11:05Just a backup plan

01:11:06who would never leave.

01:11:07To get Savannah's attention,

01:11:09he didn't hesitate

01:11:10to tie me to a goal post.

01:11:12To make me the laughingstock

01:11:14of the whole school.

01:11:15To trample all over my dignity.

01:11:31When I woke up,

01:11:32I was a prop in their prank,

01:11:33zip-tied to the goal post

01:11:34on the school's football field.

01:11:36Students walking by laughed at me,

01:11:38filmed TikToks,

01:11:39and someone even threw

01:11:40a milkshake at me.

01:11:41I was tied up in front of everyone

01:11:43for two whole hours,

01:11:44when my best friend, Leo,

01:11:46finally showed up.

01:11:47Savannah said she wanted to see

01:11:48a real-life horror movie prank,

01:11:50so we just played

01:11:51a little joke.

01:11:52Ellie, you're not actually mad,

01:11:55are you?

01:11:56We grew up together.

01:11:57You know me better than anyone.

01:11:59I just stared at him silently.

01:12:01I guess my dignity

01:12:02was just something

01:12:03to be sacrificed

01:12:04for someone else's entertainment.

01:12:06I transferred schools

01:12:07the next day,

01:12:08and Leo lost his fucking mind.

01:12:10Please, Ellie,

01:12:11it was just a prank.

01:12:13Don't be like this.

01:12:14After gym class,

01:12:15I was just walking out

01:12:16of the equipment room

01:12:17when the football players

01:12:18surrounded me.

01:12:20Leo Carter,

01:12:21the boy next door

01:12:22I'd known my whole life

01:12:23was leading them.

01:12:26Leo knocked me unconscious

01:12:27and tied me to the goalpost

01:12:29of the football field

01:12:30for two whole hours,

01:12:31leaving me to be watched

01:12:32and mocked by everyone.

01:12:34Finally, Leo arrived.

01:12:36He still had that same

01:12:37cocky smirk he always wore.

01:12:39Hands shoved in his jean pockets.

01:12:40He strolled over

01:12:41like he was just there

01:12:42to watch the show.

01:12:43The rest of the football team,

01:12:44his accomplices,

01:12:45followed behind him.

01:12:46And so did Savannah Miller.

01:12:48She was wearing

01:12:48a pink sundress,

01:12:49her long hair

01:12:50flowing over her shoulders.

01:12:51Like every strand

01:12:52of her hair was glowing.

01:12:53Oh my god,

01:12:54you guys actually did it!

01:12:55That's insane!

01:12:56The excitement

01:12:56she couldn't hide in.

01:12:57Her voice made my blood

01:12:58run cold.

01:12:59So my pain

01:13:00was just her entertainment?

01:13:01Of course.

01:13:02Savannah asks,

01:13:03Savannah gets.

01:13:03It was a gentle tone.

01:13:04I had never heard

01:13:05from him before me.

01:13:06He walked up to the goalpost

01:13:07and looked up at me.

01:13:08The setting sun

01:13:09cast a golden glow

01:13:09on his face.

01:13:10The features were so familiar,

01:13:11but right now,

01:13:12he was a complete stranger.

01:13:13The eyes I once thought

01:13:14would protect me forever

01:13:15now only held mockery.

01:13:18So how's the view

01:13:18from up there, Ellie?

01:13:20He was still joking,

01:13:21as if I wasn't a person,

01:13:23but a toy.

01:13:25All right, all right.

01:13:26Joke's over.

01:13:27Let's get her down.

01:13:28He said it so casually,

01:13:29like he was commenting

01:13:31on the weather.

01:13:31A couple of his teammates

01:13:33clumsily untied the ropes.

01:13:34No one cared

01:13:35if I would get hurt.

01:13:36I crashed hard

01:13:37onto the grass.

01:13:38The impact

01:13:38knocked the wind out of me,

01:13:39and I felt like

01:13:40my lungs had collapsed.

01:13:42Every bone in my body

01:13:43ached.

01:13:44I curled into a ball,

01:13:45like a dying insect.

01:13:47Leo crouched down

01:13:48and ripped the bandage

01:13:49off my face.

01:13:50The pain of the tape

01:13:51tearing at my skin

01:13:52made me gasp.

01:13:53When he saw my red,

01:13:55swolled eyes,

01:13:55he paused for a second.

01:13:57For a moment,

01:13:58I thought I saw

01:13:59a flicker of regret.

01:14:00I thought he would apologize.

01:14:02What are you crying for?

01:14:03It was just a prank.

01:14:04We used to prank

01:14:05each other all the time.

01:14:06He said it so lightly,

01:14:07as if this was just

01:14:08like any other joke.

01:14:09But he forgot.

01:14:10Our old pranks

01:14:10never involve

01:14:11destroying someone's dignity.

01:14:12They never involved

01:14:13humiliating someone

01:14:14in front of hundreds

01:14:15of people.

01:14:16They were never

01:14:16this cruel.

01:14:17I stared at him,

01:14:18saying nothing.

01:14:19I couldn't get

01:14:20a single word out.

01:14:21It wasn't that

01:14:22I didn't want to speak.

01:14:23I just didn't know

01:14:24what to say.

01:14:25How do you question

01:14:2616 years of friendship?

01:14:27How do you put

01:14:28this betrayal into words?

01:14:30My stare made him

01:14:31uncomfortable.

01:14:32Don't look at me like that.

01:14:33It's creepy.

01:14:33His darting eyes

01:14:34gave away his guilt.

01:14:36Savannah said yesterday

01:14:37she wanted to film

01:14:38a cool Halloween prank video

01:14:40so we thought

01:14:40it's not a big deal.

01:14:42You're fine, right?

01:14:43But I didn't make a sound.

01:14:45I just gave Leo

01:14:46one last look.

01:14:47In that look was

01:14:4716 years of friendship.

01:14:49Countless happy memories.

01:14:51And in that moment,

01:14:52it was over.

01:14:53Hey, Eleanor Vance,

01:14:54where are you going?

01:14:54I heard his voice

01:14:55behind me.

01:14:56Stop being mad, okay?

01:14:57I didn't turn back.

01:14:58My steps were shaky,

01:14:59but firm.

01:15:00Every step felt like

01:15:01walking on knives.

01:15:02But I couldn't stop.

01:15:04If I stopped,

01:15:05I was afraid

01:15:06I would break down.

01:15:07I would sob uncontrollably

01:15:08right in front of him.

01:15:09And if that happened,

01:15:11I would have truly lost.

01:15:12Lost everything.

01:15:16When I got home,

01:15:17I went straight

01:15:18to the bathroom.

01:15:19As I took off my clothes,

01:15:20I saw the bruises

01:15:21and welts

01:15:22covering my body.

01:15:23They were horrifying.

01:15:24I stood under

01:15:25the scalding water,

01:15:26scrubbing my skin

01:15:27over and over,

01:15:28trying to wash off

01:15:29the milkshake

01:15:30to wash off

01:15:31the humiliation.

01:15:32Trying to wash away

01:15:34every trace of Leo.

01:15:35But I couldn't.

01:15:36The laughter still

01:15:37echoed in my ears.

01:15:39The malicious stares

01:15:40still crawled on my skin.

01:15:41And Leo's careless words,

01:15:43It was just a prank.

01:15:44They replayed in my mind

01:15:46like a curse.

01:15:46The hot water

01:15:47stung my wounds,

01:15:49making me shiver.

01:15:50But the pain was good.

01:15:51It kept me lucid.

01:15:53It reminded me

01:15:54that this wasn't

01:15:54a nightmare.

01:15:55This was real.

01:15:57Leo really did use me

01:15:58as a toy

01:15:58to impress Savannah.

01:16:00Ellie,

01:16:01you've been in there

01:16:02a while.

01:16:04Don't run up

01:16:05the water bill,

01:16:06honey.

01:16:08Coming out now.

01:16:10My voice was so hoarse

01:16:11it didn't sound

01:16:12like my own.

01:16:13Mom must have gone

01:16:14to her book club

01:16:15because she didn't

01:16:16notice anything

01:16:17was wrong.

01:16:18That was for the best.

01:16:19I didn't want to explain.

01:16:21How could I explain?

01:16:23Tell her that the person

01:16:24I trusted most

01:16:25in the world

01:16:25had betrayed me?

01:16:27Tell her I was

01:16:28tied up like a clown

01:16:29on the school's goalpost?

01:16:31No,

01:16:31I couldn't bring myself

01:16:32to say it.

01:16:33The girl in the mirror

01:16:34was a mess.

01:16:35My face was pale,

01:16:36my lips colorless.

01:16:38The marks on my wrists

01:16:39were deep

01:16:40and a sickening shade

01:16:41of purple-red

01:16:42like they were carved

01:16:43into my bones.

01:16:44I took out the antiseptic

01:16:46and started cleaning them.

01:16:47Bit by bit,

01:16:48it hurt.

01:16:49A piercing pain,

01:16:50but it was nothing

01:16:52compared to the pain

01:16:52in my heart.

01:16:5316 years.

01:16:54I'd known Leo

01:16:55for 16 years.

01:16:57Our families lived

01:16:58on the same street.

01:16:59Our parents were

01:17:00old friends.

01:17:01Our moms went shopping

01:17:02together.

01:17:02Our dads had barbecues

01:17:04on weekends.

01:17:05We were in the same class

01:17:06since kindergarten.

01:17:07He cried his eyes out

01:17:08on the first day

01:17:09and I was the one

01:17:10who gave him

01:17:11a piece of chocolate.

01:17:13After that,

01:17:13he followed me around

01:17:14like a little shadow.

01:17:16Ellie, wait for me!

01:17:18Ellie, you can have this!

01:17:20Back then,

01:17:20Leo's eyes were so bright,

01:17:22his smile so pure.

01:17:23He was the troublemaker

01:17:25and I was the good girl

01:17:26who always listened.

01:17:28When he got into trouble,

01:17:29I covered for him.

01:17:30When the teacher asked

01:17:31who broke the classroom window,

01:17:33I said it was me.

01:17:35It was him,

01:17:36practicing his baseball swing.

01:17:37He hated studying,

01:17:39so I tutored him.

01:17:40Before final exams,

01:17:42I'd give him all my

01:17:43meticulously organized notes.

01:17:45Then I'd stay up all night

01:17:46making a new set for myself.

01:17:48He used to say,

01:17:49Ellie, you're the best.

01:17:51I'm gonna make you

01:17:52my bride someday.

01:17:53I'd blush and say,

01:17:54Who would want to marry you?

01:17:56But secretly,

01:17:56my heart would flutter.

01:17:58I thought we were best friends,

01:18:00the closest partners.

01:18:01I even secretly hoped for more.

01:18:03I hoped that one day,

01:18:04he would look at me seriously

01:18:05and say,

01:18:06Eleanor Vance,

01:18:07will you be my girlfriend?

01:18:09But it turned out,

01:18:10in his eyes,

01:18:11I was just a toy

01:18:12he could humiliate

01:18:13whenever he wanted.

01:18:14Just a backup plan

01:18:15who would never leave.

01:18:16To get Savannah's attention,

01:18:18he didn't hesitate

01:18:19to tie me to a goal post.

01:18:21To make me the laughing stock

01:18:22of the whole school.

01:18:24To trample all over my dignity.

01:18:39When I woke up,

01:18:40I was a prop in their prank,

01:18:42zip-tied to the goal post

01:18:43on the school's football field.

01:18:45Students walking by

01:18:46laughed at me,

01:18:47filmed TikToks,

01:18:48and someone even threw

01:18:49a milkshake at me.

01:18:50I was tied up in front of everyone

01:18:52for two whole hours.

01:18:53When my best friend,

01:18:54Leo,

01:18:55finally showed up.

01:18:56Savannah said she wanted

01:18:57to see a real-life

01:18:58horror movie prank.

01:18:59So we just played

01:19:00a little joke.

01:19:01Ellie,

01:19:02you're not actually mad,

01:19:04are you?

01:19:04We grew up together.

01:19:06You know me better

01:19:07than anyone.

01:19:07I just stared at him silently.

01:19:10I guess my dignity

01:19:11was just something

01:19:12to be sacrificed

01:19:12for someone else's entertainment.

01:19:14I transferred schools

01:19:16the next day,

01:19:17and Leo lost his fucking mind.

01:19:19Please, Ellie,

01:19:20it was just a prank.

01:19:21Don't be like this.

01:19:22After gym class,

01:19:24I was just walking out

01:19:25of the equipment room

01:19:26when the football players

01:19:27surrounded me.

01:19:29Leo Carter,

01:19:30the boy next door

01:19:31I'd known my whole life,

01:19:32was leading them.

01:19:34Leo knocked me unconscious

01:19:36and tied me to the goal post

01:19:37of the football field

01:19:38for two whole hours,

01:19:40leaving me to be watched

01:19:41and mocked by everyone.

01:19:43Finally,

01:19:43Leo arrived.

01:19:44He still had that same

01:19:45cocky smirk he always wore.

01:19:47Hands shoved in his jean pockets.

01:19:49He strolled over

01:19:50like he was just there

01:19:50to watch the show.

01:19:51The rest of the football team,

01:19:53his accomplices,

01:19:54followed behind him.

01:19:55And so did Savannah Miller.

01:19:56She was wearing

01:19:57a pink sundress,

01:19:58her long hair

01:19:59flowing over her shoulders.

01:20:00Like every strand

01:20:01of her hair was glowing.

01:20:02Oh my god,

01:20:02you guys actually did it!

01:20:03That's insane!

01:20:04The excitement

01:20:05she couldn't hide in.

01:20:06Her voice made my blood run cold.

01:20:08So my pain

01:20:08was just her entertainment?

01:20:10Of course.

01:20:11Savannah asks,

01:20:11Savannah gets.

01:20:12It was a gentle tone.

01:20:13I had never heard

01:20:14from him before me.

01:20:15He walked up to the goal post

01:20:16and looked up at me.

01:20:17The setting sun

01:20:17cast a golden glow

01:20:18on his face.

01:20:19The features were so familiar,

01:20:20but right now,

01:20:21he was a complete stranger.

01:20:22The eyes I once thought

01:20:23would protect me forever

01:20:24now only held mockery.

01:20:26So how's the view

01:20:27from up there, Ellie?

01:20:29He was still joking,

01:20:30as if I wasn't a person,

01:20:31but a toy.

01:20:33All right, all right.

01:20:34Joke's over.

01:20:35Let's get her down.

01:20:37He said it so casually,

01:20:38like he was commenting

01:20:39on the weather.

01:20:40A couple of his teammates

01:20:41clumsily untied the ropes.

01:20:43No one cared

01:20:43if I would get hurt.

01:20:44I crashed hard

01:20:45onto the grass.

01:20:46The impact

01:20:47knocked the wind

01:20:48out of me,

01:20:48and I felt like

01:20:49my lungs had collapsed.

01:20:50Every bone in my body

01:20:52ached.

01:20:52I curled into a ball,

01:20:54like a dying insect.

01:20:55Leo crouched down

01:20:56and ripped the bandage

01:20:57off my face.

01:20:59The pain of the tape

01:21:00tearing at my skin

01:21:01made me gasp.

01:21:02When he saw

01:21:03my red,

01:21:03swolled eyes,

01:21:04he paused for a second.

01:21:06For a moment,

01:21:06I thought I saw

01:21:07a flicker of regret.

01:21:08I thought he would apologize.

01:21:11What are you crying for?

01:21:12It was just a prank.

01:21:13We used to prank

01:21:13each other all the time.

01:21:14He said it so lightly,

01:21:16as if this was just

01:21:16like any other joke.

01:21:17But he forgot.

01:21:18Our old pranks

01:21:19never involved

01:21:20destroying someone's dignity.

01:21:21They never involved

01:21:22humiliating someone.

01:21:23In front of hundreds

01:21:24of people,

01:21:24they were never

01:21:25this cruel.

01:21:26I stared at him,

01:21:27saying nothing.

01:21:28I couldn't get

01:21:28a single word out.

01:21:30It wasn't that

01:21:30I didn't want to speak.

01:21:32I just didn't know

01:21:33what to say.

01:21:33How do you question

01:21:34sixteen years of friendship?

01:21:36How do you put

01:21:37this betrayal into words?

01:21:38My stare made him

01:21:40uncomfortable.

01:21:40Don't look at me like that.

01:21:41It's creepy.

01:21:42His darting eyes

01:21:43gave away his guilt.

01:21:45Savannah said yesterday

01:21:46she wanted to film

01:21:47a cool Halloween prank video,

01:21:48so we thought,

01:21:49it's not a big deal.

01:21:50You're fine, right?

01:21:52But I didn't make a sound.

01:21:53I just gave Leo

01:21:54one last look.

01:21:55In that look

01:21:56was sixteen years

01:21:57of friendship.

01:21:58Countless happy memories.

01:21:59And in that moment,

01:22:00it was over.

01:22:01Hey, Eleanor Vance,

01:22:02where you going?

01:22:03I heard his voice

01:22:03behind me.

01:22:05Stop being mad, okay?

01:22:05I didn't turn back.

01:22:07My steps were shaky,

01:22:08but firm.

01:22:09Every step felt like

01:22:10walking on knives,

01:22:11but I couldn't stop.

01:22:13If I stopped,

01:22:14I was afraid I would

01:22:15break down.

01:22:15I would sob uncontrollably

01:22:17right in front of him.

01:22:18And if that happened,

01:22:19I would have truly lost.

01:22:21Lost everything.

01:22:24When I got home,

01:22:26I went straight to the bathroom.

01:22:27As I took off my clothes,

01:22:29I saw the bruises

01:22:30and welts covering my body.

01:22:31They were horrifying.

01:22:33I stood under the scalding water,

01:22:35scrubbing my skin

01:22:36over and over,

01:22:37trying to wash off

01:22:38the milkshake

01:22:39to wash off

01:22:40the humiliation,

01:22:41trying to wash away

01:22:42every trace of Leo,

01:22:44but I couldn't.

01:22:45The laughter still echoed

01:22:46in my ears.

01:22:47The malicious stares

01:22:48still crawled on my skin.

01:22:50And Leo's careless words,

01:22:52It was just a prank.

01:22:53They replayed in my mind

01:22:54like a curse.

01:22:55The hot water

01:22:56stung my wounds,

01:22:57making me shiver.

01:22:58But the pain was good.

01:23:00It kept me lucid.

01:23:02It reminded me

01:23:02that this wasn't a nightmare.

01:23:04This was real.

01:23:06Leo really did use me

01:23:07as a toy

01:23:07to impress Savannah.

01:23:09Ellie, you've been

01:23:10in there a while.

01:23:13Don't run up

01:23:14the water bill, honey.

01:23:16Coming out now.

01:23:19My voice was so hoarse

01:23:20it didn't sound

01:23:21like my own.

01:23:22Mom must have gone

01:23:23to her book club

01:23:24because she didn't notice

01:23:25anything was wrong.

01:23:27That was for the best.

01:23:28I didn't want to explain.

01:23:30How could I explain?

01:23:31Tell her that the person

01:23:32I trusted most

01:23:33in the world

01:23:34had betrayed me?

01:23:36Tell her I was tied up

01:23:37like a clown?

01:23:38On the school's goalpost?

01:23:39No, I couldn't bring myself

01:23:41to say it.

01:23:41The girl in the mirror

01:23:43was a mess.

01:23:43My face was pale,

01:23:45my lips colorless.

01:23:46The marks on my wrists

01:23:48were deep

01:23:48and a sickening shade

01:23:49of purple-red

01:23:50like they were carved

01:23:52into my bones.

01:23:53I took out the antiseptic

01:23:55and started cleaning them.

01:23:56Bit by bit,

01:23:57it hurt.

01:23:58A piercing pain.

01:23:59But it was nothing

01:24:00compared to the pain

01:24:01in my heart.

01:24:0216 years.

01:24:03I'd known Leo

01:24:04for 16 years.

01:24:05Our families lived

01:24:06on the same street.

01:24:07Our parents were old friends.

01:24:09Our moms went shopping together.

01:24:11Our dads had barbecues

01:24:12on weekends.

01:24:13We were in the same class

01:24:15since kindergarten.

01:24:16He cried his eyes out

01:24:17on the first day

01:24:18and I was the one

01:24:19who gave him

01:24:20a piece of chocolate.

01:24:21After that,

01:24:22he followed me around

01:24:23like a little shadow.

01:24:25Ellie, wait for me!

01:24:27Ellie, you can have this!

01:24:28Back then,

01:24:29Leo's eyes were so bright,

01:24:31his smile so pure.

01:24:32He was the troublemaker

01:24:34and I was the good girl

01:24:35who always listened.

01:24:36When he got into trouble,

01:24:38I covered for him.

01:24:39When the teacher asked

01:24:40who broke the classroom window,

01:24:42I said it was me.

01:24:43It was him,

01:24:45practicing his baseball swing.

01:24:46He hated studying,

01:24:47so I tutored him.

01:24:49Before final exams,

01:24:50I'd give him all my

01:24:52meticulously organized notes.

01:24:54Then I'd stay up all night

01:24:55making a new set for myself.

01:24:57He used to say,

01:24:58Ellie, you're the best.

01:25:00I'm gonna make you

01:25:00my bride someday.

01:25:01I'd blush and say,

01:25:03Who would want to marry you?

01:25:04But secretly,

01:25:05my heart would flutter.

01:25:06I thought we were best friends,

01:25:08the closest partners.

01:25:09I even secretly hoped for more.

01:25:11I hoped that one day,

01:25:13he would look at me seriously

01:25:14and say,

01:25:15Eleanor Vance,

01:25:16will you be my girlfriend?

01:25:17But it turned out,

01:25:18in his eyes,

01:25:19I was just a toy

01:25:21he could humiliate

01:25:21whenever he wanted.

01:25:23Just a backup plan

01:25:24who would never leave.

01:25:25To get Savannah's attention,

01:25:27he didn't hesitate

01:25:28to tie me to a goal post.

01:25:29To make me the laughingstock

01:25:31of the whole school.

01:25:32To trample all over my dignity.

He Pulled a Prank on Me and Lost Everything🌤️【ENG SUB】

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