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00:00:00You taste like summer peach, sticky hands and soft and sweet.

00:00:06When I woke up, I was a prop in their prank,

00:00:08zip-tied to the goalpost on the school's football field.

00:00:11Students walking by laughed at me, filmed TikToks,

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

00:00:16I was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours,

00:00:19when my best friend Leo finally showed up.

00:00:22Savannah said she wanted to see a real-life horror movie prank,

00:00:25so we just played a little joke.

00:00:28Ellie, you're not actually mad, are you?

00:00:31We grew up together.

00:00:32You know me better than anyone.

00:00:34I just stared at him silently.

00:00:36I guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment.

00:00:41I transferred schools the next day,

00:00:43and Leo lost his fucking mind.

00:00:45Please, Ellie, it was just a prank.

00:00:48Don't be like this.

00:00:49After gym class, I was just walking out of the equipment room

00:00:52when the football players surrounded me.

00:00:55Leo Carter, the boy next door I'd known my whole life, was leading them.

00:01:01Leo knocked me unconscious,

00:01:02and tied me to the goalpost of the football field,

00:01:05for two whole hours,

00:01:06leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone.

00:01:09Finally, Leo arrived.

00:01:11He still had that same cocky smirk he always wore.

00:01:13Hands shoved in his jean pockets.

00:01:15He strolled over like he was just there to watch the show.

00:01:18The rest of the football team, his accomplices, followed behind him.

00:01:21And so did Savannah Miller.

00:01:23She was wearing a pink sundress,

00:01:24her long hair flowing over her shoulders.

00:01:26Like every strand of her hair was glowing.

00:01:28Oh my god, you guys actually did it!

00:01:30That's insane!

00:01:31The excitement she couldn't hide in.

00:01:32Her voice made my blood run cold.

00:01:34So my pain was just her entertainment?

00:01:36Of course.

00:01:37Savannah asks, Savannah gets.

00:01:39It was a gentle tone.

00:01:39I had never heard from him before me.

00:01:41He walked up to the goalpost and looked up at me.

00:01:43The setting sun cast a golden glow on his face.

00:01:45The features were so familiar.

00:01:46But right now, he was a complete stranger.

00:01:48The eyes I once thought would protect me forever, now only held mockery.

00:01:52So how's the view from up there, Ellie?

00:01:55He was still joking.

00:01:56As if I wasn't a person, but a toy.

00:02:00All right, all right.

00:02:01Joke's over.

00:02:02Let's get her down.

00:02:03He said it so casually.

00:02:05Like he was commenting on the weather.

00:02:06A couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes.

00:02:09No one cared if I would get hurt.

00:02:11I crashed hard onto the grass.

00:02:13The impact knocked the wind out of me.

00:02:15And I felt like my lungs had collapsed.

00:02:16Every bone in my body ached.

00:02:19I curled into a ball, like a dying insect.

00:02:22Leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face.

00:02:25The pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp.

00:02:28When he saw my red, swolled eyes, he paused for a second.

00:02:32For a moment, I thought I saw a flicker of regret.

00:02:35I thought he would apologize.

00:02:37What are you crying for?

00:02:38It was just a prank.

00:02:39We used to prank each other all the time.

00:02:41He said it so lightly, as if this was just like any other joke.

00:02:44But he forgot.

00:02:45Our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity.

00:02:48They never involved humiliating someone.

00:02:49In front of hundreds of people, they were never this cruel.

00:02:52I stared at him, saying nothing.

00:02:54I couldn't get a single word out.

00:02:56It wasn't that I didn't want to speak.

00:02:58I just didn't know what to say.

00:03:00How do you question 16 years of friendship?

00:03:02How do you put this betrayal into words?

00:03:05My stare made him uncomfortable.

00:03:07Don't look at me like that.

00:03:08It's creepy.

00:03:08His darting eyes gave away his guilt.

00:03:11Savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool Halloween prank video,

00:03:15so we thought, it's not a big deal.

00:03:17You're fine, right?

00:03:18But I didn't make a sound.

00:03:20I just gave Leo one last look.

00:03:22In that look was 16 years of friendship.

00:03:24Countless happy memories.

00:03:26And in that moment, it was over.

00:03:28Hey, Eleanor Vance, where are you going?

00:03:29I heard his voice behind me.

00:03:31Stop being mad, okay?

00:03:32I didn't turn back.

00:03:33My steps were shaky, but firm.

00:03:35Every step felt like walking on knives.

00:03:37But I couldn't stop.

00:03:39If I stopped, I was afraid I would break down.

00:03:42I would sob uncontrollably right in front of him.

00:03:44And if that happened, I would have truly lost.

00:03:48Lost everything.

00:03:51When I got home, I went straight to the bathroom.

00:03:54As I took off my clothes, I saw the bruises and welts covering my body.

00:03:58They were horrifying.

00:03:59I stood under the scalding water, scrubbing my skin over and over.

00:04:03Trying to wash off the milkshake, to wash off the humiliation.

00:04:07Trying to wash away every trace of Leo.

00:04:10But I couldn't.

00:04:11The laughter still echoed in my ears.

00:04:14The malicious stares still crawled on my skin.

00:04:16And Leo's careless words,

00:04:18It was just a prank.

00:04:19They replayed in my mind like a curse.

00:04:22The hot water stung my wounds, making me shiver.

00:04:25But the pain was good.

00:04:26It kept me lucid.

00:04:28It reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare.

00:04:30This was real.

00:04:32Leo really did use me as a toy to impress Savannah.

00:04:36Ellie, you've been in there a while.

00:04:39Don't run up the water bill, honey.

00:04:43Coming out now.

00:04:45My voice was so hoarse, it didn't sound like my own.

00:04:48Mom must have gone to her book club,

00:04:50because she didn't notice anything was wrong.

00:04:53That was for the best.

00:04:54I didn't want to explain.

00:04:56How could I explain?

00:04:58Tell her that the person I trusted most in the world had betrayed me?

00:05:02Tell her I was tied up like a clown?

00:05:04On the school's goalpost?

00:05:06No, I couldn't bring myself to say it.

00:05:08The girl in the mirror was a mess.

00:05:10My face was pale.

00:05:11My lips colorless.

00:05:13The marks on my wrists were deep.

00:05:15And a sickening shade of purple-red,

00:05:17like they were carved into my bones.

00:05:19I took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them.

00:05:22Bit by bit.

00:05:23It hurt.

00:05:24A piercing pain.

00:05:26But it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart.

00:05:28Sixteen years.

00:05:29I'd known Leo for sixteen years.

00:05:32Our families lived on the same street.

00:05:34Our parents were old friends.

00:05:36Our moms went shopping together.

00:05:38Our dads had barbecues on weekends.

00:05:40We were in the same class since kindergarten.

00:05:42He cried his eyes out on the first day.

00:05:44And I was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate.

00:05:48After that, he followed me around like a little shadow.

00:05:51Ellie, wait for me!

00:05:53Ellie, you can have this!

00:05:55Back then, Leo's eyes were so bright,

00:05:57his smile so pure.

00:05:58He was the troublemaker.

00:06:00And I was the good girl who always listened.

00:06:03When he got into trouble, I covered for him.

00:06:05When the teacher asked who broke the classroom window,

00:06:08I said it was me.

00:06:10It was him, practicing his baseball swing.

00:06:12He hated studying, so I tutored him.

00:06:15Before final exams,

00:06:17I'd give him all my meticulously organized notes.

00:06:20Then I'd stay up all night making a new set for myself.

00:06:23He used to say,

00:06:24Ellie, you're the best.

00:06:26I'm gonna make you my bride someday.

00:06:28I'd blush and say,

00:06:29Who would want to marry you?

00:06:31But secretly, my heart would flutter.

00:06:33I thought we were best friends,

00:06:35the closest partners.

00:06:36I even secretly hoped for more.

00:06:38I hoped that one day,

00:06:39he would look at me seriously and say,

00:06:41Eleanor Vance,

00:06:42will you be my girlfriend?

00:06:44But it turned out,

00:06:45in his eyes,

00:06:46I was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted.

00:06:49Just a backup plan who would never leave.

00:06:51To get Savannah's attention,

00:06:53he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post.

00:06:56To make me the laughing stock of the whole school.

00:06:59To trample all over my dignity.

00:07:04When I woke up,

00:07:05I was a prop in their prank,

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

00:07:10Students walking by laughed at me,

00:07:12filmed TikToks,

00:07:13and someone even threw a milkshake at me.

00:07:15I was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours,

00:07:18when my best friend Leo finally showed up.

00:07:21Savannah said she wanted to see a real-life horror movie prank,

00:07:24so we just played a little joke.

00:07:26Ellie,

00:07:27you're not actually mad, are you?

00:07:29We grew up together.

00:07:31You know me better than anyone.

00:07:32I just stared at him silently.

00:07:34I guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed

00:07:37for someone else's entertainment.

00:07:39I transferred schools the next day,

00:07:42and Leo lost his fucking mind.

00:07:43Please, Ellie,

00:07:44it was just a prank.

00:07:46Don't be like this.

00:07:48After gym class,

00:07:49I was just walking out of the equipment room

00:07:51when the football players surrounded me.

00:07:54Leo Carter,

00:07:55the boy next door I'd known my whole life,

00:07:57was leading them.

00:07:59Leo knocked me unconscious,

00:08:01and tied me to the goal post of the football field,

00:08:03for two whole hours,

00:08:05leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone.

00:08:07Finally, Leo arrived.

00:08:09He still had that same cocky smirk he always wore.

00:08:12Hands shoved in his jean pockets.

00:08:14He strolled over like he was just there to watch the show.

00:08:16The rest of the football team,

00:08:18his accomplices,

00:08:19followed behind him.

00:08:20And so did Savannah Miller.

00:08:21She was wearing a pink sundress,

00:08:23her long hair flowing over her shoulders.

00:08:25Like every strand of her hair was glowing.

00:08:27Oh my god,

00:08:27you guys actually did it!

00:08:28That's insane!

00:08:29The excitement she couldn't hide in.

00:08:31Her voice made my blood run cold.

00:08:32So my pain was just her entertainment?

00:08:34Of course.

00:08:35Savannah asks,

00:08:36Savannah gets.

00:08:37It was a gentle tone.

00:08:38I had never heard from him before me.

00:08:39He walked up to the goal post and looked up at me.

00:08:41The setting sun cast a golden glow on his face.

00:08:44The features were so familiar,

00:08:45but right now,

00:08:46he was a complete stranger.

00:08:47The eyes I once thought would protect me forever,

00:08:49now only held mockery.

00:08:51So how's the view from up there, Ellie?

00:08:53He was still joking,

00:08:55as if I wasn't a person,

00:08:56but a toy.

00:08:58Alright, alright.

00:08:59Joke's over.

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

00:09:01He said it so casually,

00:09:03like he was commenting on the weather.

00:09:04A couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes.

00:09:08No one cared if I would get hurt.

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

00:09:11The impact knocked the wind out of me,

00:09:13and I felt like my lungs had collapsed.

00:09:15Every bone in my body ached.

00:09:17I curled into a ball,

00:09:18like a dying insect.

00:09:20Leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face.

00:09:23The pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp.

00:09:27When he saw my red, swolled eyes,

00:09:29he paused for a second.

00:09:30For a moment,

00:09:31I thought I saw a flicker of regret.

00:09:33I thought he would apologize.

00:09:35What are you crying for?

00:09:37It was just a prank.

00:09:38We used to prank each other all the time.

00:09:39He said it so lightly,

00:09:40as if this was just like any other joke.

00:09:42But he forgot.

00:09:43Our old pranks

00:09:44never involved destroying someone's dignity.

00:09:46They never involved humiliating someone.

00:09:48In front of hundreds of people,

00:09:49they were never this cruel.

00:09:51I stared at him,

00:09:52saying nothing.

00:09:53I couldn't get a single word out.

00:09:54It wasn't that I didn't want to speak.

00:09:56I just didn't know what to say.

00:09:58How do you question 16 years of friendship?

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

00:10:03My stare made him uncomfortable.

00:10:05Don't look at me like that.

00:10:06It's creepy.

00:10:07His darting eyes gave away his guilt.

00:10:10Savannah said yesterday

00:10:11she wanted to film a cool Halloween prank video,

00:10:13so we thought,

00:10:14it's not a big deal.

00:10:15You're fine, right?

00:10:16But I didn't make a sound.

00:10:18I just gave Leo one last look.

00:10:20In that look was 16 years of friendship,

00:10:23countless happy memories.

00:10:24And in that moment,

00:10:25it was over.

00:10:26Hey, Eleanor Vance, where you going?

00:10:27I heard his voice behind me.

00:10:29Stop being mad, okay?

00:10:30I didn't turn back.

00:10:32My steps were shaky,

00:10:33but firm.

00:10:34Every step felt like walking on knives,

00:10:36but I couldn't stop.

00:10:38If I stopped,

00:10:39I was afraid I would break down.

00:10:40I would sob uncontrollably

00:10:42right in front of him.

00:10:43And if that happened,

00:10:44I would have truly lost.

00:10:46Lost everything.

00:10:49When I got home,

00:10:51I went straight to the bathroom.

00:10:52As I took off my clothes,

00:10:53I saw the bruises and welts

00:10:55covering my body.

00:10:56They were horrifying.

00:10:57I stood under the scalding water,

00:10:59scrubbing my skin over and over,

00:11:02trying to wash off the milkshake

00:11:03to wash off the humiliation,

00:11:06trying to wash away every trace of Leo,

00:11:08but I couldn't.

00:11:10The laughter still echoed in my ears.

00:11:12The malicious stares still crawled on my skin.

00:11:15And Leo's careless words,

00:11:16It was just a prank.

00:11:18They replayed in my mind like a curse.

00:11:20The hot water stung my wounds,

00:11:22making me shiver.

00:11:23But the pain was good.

00:11:25It kept me lucid.

00:11:26It reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare.

00:11:29This was real.

00:11:30Leo really did use me as a toy

00:11:32to impress Savannah.

00:11:34Ellie, you've been in there a while.

00:11:38Don't run up the water bill, honey.

00:11:41Coming out now.

00:11:43My voice was so hoarse,

00:11:45it didn't sound like my own.

00:11:47Mom must have gone to her book club

00:11:49because she didn't notice anything was wrong.

00:11:51That was for the best.

00:11:53I didn't want to explain.

00:11:54How could I explain?

00:11:56Tell her that the person I trusted most in the world

00:11:59had betrayed me?

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

00:12:02on the school's goalpost?

00:12:04No, I couldn't bring myself to say it.

00:12:06The girl in the mirror was a mess.

00:12:08My face was pale,

00:12:10my lips colorless.

00:12:11The marks on my wrists were deep

00:12:13and a sickening shade of purple-red

00:12:15like they were carved into my bones.

00:12:18I took out the antiseptic

00:12:19and started cleaning them.

00:12:21Bit by bit, it hurt.

00:12:23A piercing pain.

00:12:24But it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart.

00:12:27Sixteen years.

00:12:28I'd known Leo for sixteen years.

00:12:30Our families lived on the same street.

00:12:32Our parents were old friends.

00:12:34Our moms went shopping together.

00:12:36Our dads had barbecues on weekends.

00:12:38We were in the same class since kindergarten.

00:12:41He cried his eyes out on the first day.

00:12:43And I was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate.

00:12:46After that, he followed me around like a little shadow.

00:12:50Ellie, wait for me!

00:12:52Ellie, you can have this!

00:12:53Back then, Leo's eyes were so bright,

00:12:55his smile so pure.

00:12:57He was the troublemaker.

00:12:59And I was the good girl who always listened.

00:13:01When he got into trouble,

00:13:02I covered for him.

00:13:03When the teacher asked who broke the classroom window,

00:13:06I said it was me.

00:13:08It was him,

00:13:09practicing his baseball swing.

00:13:11He hated studying,

00:13:12so I tutored him.

00:13:13Before final exams,

00:13:15I'd give him all my meticulously organized notes.

00:13:18Then I'd stay up all night

00:13:20making a new set for myself.

00:13:21He used to say,

00:13:23Ellie, you're the best.

00:13:24I'm gonna make you my bride someday.

00:13:26I'd blush and say,

00:13:28Who would want to marry you?

00:13:29But secretly,

00:13:30my heart would flutter.

00:13:31I thought we were best friends.

00:13:33The closest partners.

00:13:34I even secretly hoped for more.

00:13:36I hoped that one day,

00:13:38he would look at me seriously and say,

00:13:40Eleanor Vance,

00:13:41will you be my girlfriend?

00:13:42But it turned out,

00:13:43in his eyes,

00:13:44I was just a toy he could humiliate

00:13:46whenever he wanted.

00:13:47Just a backup plan who would never leave.

00:13:50To get Savannah's attention,

00:13:51he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post.

00:13:54To make me the laughingstock of the whole school.

00:13:57To trample all over my dignity.

00:14:03When I woke up,

00:14:04I was a prop in their prank,

00:14:05zip tied to the goal post

00:14:06on the school's football field.

00:14:08Students walking by laughed at me,

00:14:10filmed TikToks,

00:14:11and someone even threw a milkshake at me.

00:14:13I was tied up in front of everyone

00:14:15for two whole hours.

00:14:16When my best friend,

00:14:17Leo,

00:14:18finally showed up.

00:14:19Savannah said she wanted to see

00:14:20a real-life horror movie prank,

00:14:22so we just played a little joke.

00:14:24Ellie,

00:14:25you're not actually mad,

00:14:27are you?

00:14:28We grew up together.

00:14:29You know me better than anyone.

00:14:31I just stared at him silently.

00:14:33I guess my dignity

00:14:34was just something to be sacrificed

00:14:36for someone else's entertainment.

00:14:38I transferred schools the next day,

00:14:40and Leo lost his fucking mind.

00:14:42Please, Ellie,

00:14:43it was just a prank.

00:14:44Don't be like this.

00:14:46After gym class,

00:14:47I was just walking out

00:14:48of the equipment room

00:14:49when the football players

00:14:50surrounded me.

00:14:52Leo Carter,

00:14:53the boy next door

00:14:54I'd known my whole life

00:14:55was leading them.

00:14:58Leo knocked me unconscious

00:14:59and tied me to the goalpost

00:15:01of the football field

00:15:02for two whole hours,

00:15:03leaving me to be watched

00:15:04and mocked by everyone.

00:15:06Finally,

00:15:07Leo arrived.

00:15:08He still had that same

00:15:09cocky smirk he always wore.

00:15:10Hands shoved in his jean pockets.

00:15:12He strolled over

00:15:13like he was just there

00:15:14to watch the show.

00:15:15The rest of the football team,

00:15:16his accomplices,

00:15:17followed behind him.

00:15:18And so did Savannah Miller.

00:15:20She was wearing a pink sundress,

00:15:21her long hair flowing

00:15:22over her shoulders.

00:15:23Like every strand

00:15:24of her hair was glowing.

00:15:25Oh my god,

00:15:26you guys actually did it!

00:15:27That's insane!

00:15:28The excitement she couldn't hide in.

00:15:29Her voice made my blood run cold.

00:15:31So my pain was just her entertainment?

00:15:33Of course.

00:15:34Savannah asks,

00:15:35Savannah gets.

00:15:35It was a gentle tone.

00:15:36I had never heard from him before me.

00:15:38He walked up to the goalpost

00:15:39and looked up at me.

00:15:40The setting sun

00:15:40cast a golden glow on his face.

00:15:42The features were so familiar,

00:15:43but right now,

00:15:44he was a complete stranger.

00:15:45The eyes I once thought

00:15:46would protect me forever

00:15:47now only held mockery.

00:15:49So how's the view

00:15:50from up there, Ellie?

00:15:52He was still joking,

00:15:53as if I wasn't a person,

00:15:55but a toy.

00:15:56All right, all right.

00:15:57Joke's over.

00:15:58Let's get her down.

00:16:00He said it so casually,

00:16:01like he was commenting

00:16:02on the weather.

00:16:03A couple of his teammates

00:16:04clumsily untied the ropes.

00:16:06No one cared

00:16:07if I would get hurt.

00:16:08I crashed hard

00:16:09onto the grass.

00:16:09The impact

00:16:10knocked the wind out of me,

00:16:11and I felt like

00:16:12my lungs had collapsed.

00:16:14Every bone in my body

00:16:15ached.

00:16:15I curled into a ball,

00:16:17like a dying insect.

00:16:18Leo crouched down

00:16:19and ripped the bandage

00:16:20off my face.

00:16:22The pain of the tape

00:16:23tearing at my skin

00:16:24made me gasp.

00:16:25When he saw my red,

00:16:26swolled eyes,

00:16:27he paused for a second.

00:16:29For a moment,

00:16:30I thought I saw

00:16:30a flicker of regret.

00:16:32I thought he would apologize.

00:16:34What are you crying for?

00:16:35It was just a prank.

00:16:36We used to prank

00:16:37each other all the time.

00:16:38He said it so lightly,

00:16:39as if this was just

00:16:40like any other joke,

00:16:41but he forgot.

00:16:41Our old pranks

00:16:42never involved

00:16:43destroying someone's dignity.

00:16:44They never involved

00:16:45humiliating someone.

00:16:46In front of hundreds of people,

00:16:47they were never

00:16:48this cruel.

00:16:49I stared at him,

00:16:50saying nothing.

00:16:51I couldn't get

00:16:52a single word out.

00:16:53It wasn't that

00:16:54I didn't want to speak.

00:16:55I just didn't know

00:16:56what to say.

00:16:57How do you question

00:16:5816 years of friendship?

00:16:59How do you put

00:17:00this betrayal into words?

00:17:02My stare made him

00:17:03uncomfortable.

00:17:04Don't look at me like that.

00:17:05It's creepy.

00:17:05His darting eyes

00:17:06gave away his guilt.

00:17:08Savannah said yesterday

00:17:09she wanted to film

00:17:10a cool Halloween prank video,

00:17:12so we thought,

00:17:12it's not a big deal.

00:17:14You're fine, right?

00:17:15But I didn't make a sound.

00:17:16I just gave Leo

00:17:17one last look.

00:17:18In that look was

00:17:1916 years of friendship.

00:17:21Countless happy memories.

00:17:22And in that moment,

00:17:24it was over.

00:17:25Hey, Eleanor Vance,

00:17:26where you going?

00:17:26I heard his voice

00:17:27behind me.

00:17:28Stop being mad, okay?

00:17:29I didn't turn back.

00:17:30My steps were shaky,

00:17:31but firm.

00:17:32Every step felt like

00:17:33walking on knives.

00:17:35But I couldn't stop.

00:17:36If I stopped,

00:17:37I was afraid

00:17:38I would break down.

00:17:39I would sob uncontrollably

00:17:40right in front of him.

00:17:41And if that happened,

00:17:43I would have truly lost.

00:17:44Lost everything.

00:17:48When I got home,

00:17:49I went straight to the bathroom.

00:17:50As I took off my clothes,

00:17:52I saw the bruises

00:17:53and welts covering my body.

00:17:55They were horrifying.

00:17:56I stood under

00:17:57the scalding water,

00:17:58scrubbing my skin

00:17:59over and over,

00:18:00trying to wash off

00:18:01the milkshake

00:18:02to wash off

00:18:03the humiliation,

00:18:04trying to wash away

00:18:05every trace of Leo.

00:18:07But I couldn't.

00:18:08The laughter still echoed

00:18:10in my ears.

00:18:10The malicious stares

00:18:11still crawled on my skin.

00:18:13And Leo's careless words,

00:18:15It was just a prank.

00:18:16They replayed in my mind

00:18:17like a curse.

00:18:18The hot water

00:18:19stung my wounds,

00:18:20making me shiver.

00:18:22But the pain was good.

00:18:23It kept me lucid.

00:18:25It reminded me

00:18:26that this wasn't a nightmare.

00:18:27This was real.

00:18:29Leo really did use me

00:18:30as a toy

00:18:30to impress Savannah.

00:18:32Ellie, you've been

00:18:33in there a while.

00:18:36Don't run up

00:18:37the water bill, honey.

00:18:40Coming out now.

00:18:42My voice was so hoarse

00:18:43it didn't sound like my own.

00:18:45Mom must have gone

00:18:46to her book club

00:18:47because she didn't notice

00:18:49anything was wrong.

00:18:50That was for the best.

00:18:51I didn't want to explain.

00:18:53How could I explain?

00:18:54Tell her that the person

00:18:56I trusted most in the world

00:18:57had betrayed me?

00:18:59Tell her I was tied up

00:19:00like a clown

00:19:01on the school's goalpost?

00:19:02No, I couldn't bring

00:19:04myself to say it.

00:19:05The girl in the mirror

00:19:06was a mess.

00:19:07My face was pale,

00:19:08my lips colorless.

00:19:10The marks on my wrists

00:19:11were deep

00:19:11and a sickening shade

00:19:13of purple-red

00:19:13like they were carved

00:19:15into my bones.

00:19:16I took out the antiseptic

00:19:18and started cleaning them.

00:19:19Bit by bit,

00:19:20it hurt.

00:19:21A piercing pain.

00:19:22But it was nothing

00:19:23compared to the pain

00:19:24in my heart.

00:19:2516 years.

00:19:26I'd known Leo

00:19:27for 16 years.

00:19:28Our families lived

00:19:29on the same street.

00:19:31Our parents were old friends.

00:19:33Our moms went shopping together.

00:19:34Our dads had barbecues

00:19:36on weekends.

00:19:37We were in the same class

00:19:38since kindergarten.

00:19:39He cried his eyes out

00:19:40on the first day

00:19:41and I was the one

00:19:42who gave him

00:19:43a piece of chocolate.

00:19:45After that,

00:19:45he followed me around

00:19:46like a little shadow.

00:19:48Ellie, wait for me!

00:19:50Ellie, you can have this!

00:19:52Back then,

00:19:52Leo's eyes were so bright,

00:19:54his smile so pure.

00:19:55He was the troublemaker

00:19:57and I was the good girl

00:19:58who always listened.

00:19:59When he got into trouble,

00:20:01I covered for him.

00:20:02When the teacher asked

00:20:03who broke the classroom window,

00:20:05I said it was me.

00:20:07It was him,

00:20:08practicing his baseball swing.

00:20:09He hated studying

00:20:10so I tutored him.

00:20:12Before final exams,

00:20:13I'd give him

00:20:14all my meticulously

00:20:15organized notes.

00:20:17Then I'd stay up all night

00:20:18making a new set for myself.

00:20:20He used to say,

00:20:21Ellie, you're the best.

00:20:23I'm gonna make you

00:20:23my bride someday.

00:20:25I'd blush and say,

00:20:26Who would want to marry you?

00:20:27But secretly,

00:20:28my heart would flutter.

00:20:30I thought we were best friends,

00:20:31the closest partners.

00:20:32I even secretly hoped for more.

00:20:35I hoped that one day,

00:20:36he would look at me seriously

00:20:37and say,

00:20:38Eleanor Vance,

00:20:39will you be my girlfriend?

00:20:40But it turned out,

00:20:42in his eyes,

00:20:42I was just a toy

00:20:44he could humiliate

00:20:45whenever he wanted.

00:20:46Just a backup plan

00:20:47who would never leave.

00:20:48To get Savannah's attention,

00:20:50he didn't hesitate

00:20:51to tie me to a goal post.

00:20:53To make me the laughing stock

00:20:54of the whole school.

00:20:55To trample all over my dignity.

00:21:06When I woke up,

00:21:07I was a prop in their prank,

00:21:08zip-tied to the goal post

00:21:10on the school's football field.

00:21:12Students walking by

00:21:13laughed at me,

00:21:14filmed TikToks,

00:21:15and someone even

00:21:15threw a milkshake at me.

00:21:17I was tied up

00:21:17in front of everyone

00:21:18for two whole hours.

00:21:19When my best friend,

00:21:21Leo,

00:21:21finally showed up.

00:21:22Savannah said she wanted

00:21:23to see a real-life

00:21:24horror movie prank,

00:21:25so we just played

00:21:26a little joke.

00:21:28Ellie,

00:21:29you're not actually mad,

00:21:30are you?

00:21:31We grew up together.

00:21:32You know me better

00:21:33than anyone.

00:21:34I just stared at him silently.

00:21:36I guess my dignity

00:21:37was just something

00:21:38to be sacrificed

00:21:39for someone else's entertainment.

00:21:41I transferred schools

00:21:42the next day,

00:21:43and Leo lost

00:21:44his fucking mind.

00:21:45Please, Ellie,

00:21:46it was just a prank.

00:21:48Don't be like this.

00:21:50After gym class,

00:21:51I was just walking out

00:21:52of the equipment room

00:21:53when the football players

00:21:54surrounded me.

00:21:55Leo Carter,

00:21:56the boy next door

00:21:57I'd known my whole life

00:21:58was leading them.

00:22:01Leo knocked me unconscious

00:22:02and tied me to the goal post

00:22:04of the football field

00:22:05for two whole hours,

00:22:07leaving me to be watched

00:22:08and mocked by everyone.

00:22:09Finally,

00:22:10Leo arrived.

00:22:11He still had that same

00:22:12cocky smirk he always wore.

00:22:14Hands shoved in his jean pockets.

00:22:15He strolled over

00:22:16like he was just there

00:22:17to watch the show.

00:22:18The rest of the football team,

00:22:19his accomplices,

00:22:20followed behind him.

00:22:22And so did Savannah Miller.

00:22:23She was wearing

00:22:24a pink sundress,

00:22:25her long hair flowing

00:22:26over her shoulders,

00:22:27like every strand

00:22:27of her hair was glowing.

00:22:28Oh my god,

00:22:29you guys actually did it!

00:22:30That's insane!

00:22:31The excitement

00:22:32she couldn't hide in.

00:22:33Her voice made my blood run cold.

00:22:34So my pain

00:22:35was just her entertainment?

00:22:36Of course.

00:22:37Savannah asks,

00:22:38Savannah gets.

00:22:39It was a gentle tone.

00:22:40I had never heard

00:22:40from him before me.

00:22:41He walked up to the goal post

00:22:42and looked up at me.

00:22:43The setting sun

00:22:44cast a golden glow

00:22:45on his face.

00:22:46The features were so familiar,

00:22:47but right now,

00:22:47he was a complete stranger.

00:22:49The eyes I once thought

00:22:49would protect me forever

00:22:50now only held mockery.

00:22:53So how's the view

00:22:54from up there, Ellie?

00:22:55He was still joking,

00:22:57as if I wasn't a person,

00:22:58but a toy.

00:23:00Alright, alright.

00:23:01Joke's over.

00:23:02Let's get her down.

00:23:03He said it so casually,

00:23:05like he was commenting

00:23:06on the weather.

00:23:07A couple of his teammates

00:23:08clumsily untied the ropes.

00:23:09No one cared

00:23:10if I would get hurt.

00:23:11I crashed hard

00:23:12onto the grass.

00:23:13The impact

00:23:14knocked the wind

00:23:14out of me,

00:23:15and I felt like

00:23:16my lungs had collapsed.

00:23:17Every bone in my body

00:23:18ached.

00:23:19I curled into a ball,

00:23:20like a dying insect.

00:23:22Leo crouched down

00:23:23and ripped the bandage

00:23:24off my face.

00:23:25The pain of the tape

00:23:26tearing at my skin

00:23:27made me gasp.

00:23:28When he saw my red,

00:23:30swolled eyes,

00:23:31he paused for a second.

00:23:32For a moment,

00:23:33I thought I saw

00:23:34a flicker of regret.

00:23:35I thought he would apologize.

00:23:37What are you crying for?

00:23:38It was just a prank.

00:23:39We used to prank

00:23:40each other all the time.

00:23:41He said it so lightly,

00:23:42as if this was just

00:23:43like any other joke,

00:23:44but he forgot.

00:23:45Our old pranks

00:23:46never involved

00:23:47destroying someone's dignity.

00:23:48They never involved

00:23:49humiliating someone.

00:23:50In front of hundreds

00:23:50of people,

00:23:51they were never

00:23:51this cruel.

00:23:53I stared at him,

00:23:54saying nothing.

00:23:54I couldn't get

00:23:55a single word out.

00:23:56It wasn't that

00:23:57I didn't want to speak.

00:23:58I just didn't know

00:23:59what to say.

00:24:00How do you question

00:24:0116 years of friendship?

00:24:03How do you put

00:24:03this betrayal into words?

00:24:05My stare made him

00:24:06uncomfortable.

00:24:07Don't look at me

00:24:08like that.

00:24:08It's creepy.

00:24:09His darting eyes

00:24:09gave away his guilt.

00:24:12Savannah said yesterday

00:24:13she wanted to film

00:24:14a cool Halloween prank video,

00:24:15so we thought,

00:24:16it's not a big deal.

00:24:17You're fine, right?

00:24:18But I didn't make a sound.

00:24:20I just gave Leo

00:24:21one last look.

00:24:22In that look

00:24:23was 16 years of friendship.

00:24:24Countless happy memories.

00:24:26And in that moment,

00:24:27it was over.

00:24:28Hey, Eleanor Vance,

00:24:29where are you going?

00:24:29I heard his voice

00:24:30behind me.

00:24:31Stop being mad, okay?

00:24:32I didn't turn back.

00:24:33My steps were shaky,

00:24:35but firm.

00:24:36Every step felt like

00:24:37walking on knives,

00:24:38but I couldn't stop.

00:24:39If I stopped,

00:24:40I was afraid

00:24:41I would break down.

00:24:42I would sob uncontrollably

00:24:44right in front of him.

00:24:45And if that happened,

00:24:46I would have truly lost.

00:24:48Lost everything.

00:24:50Lost everything.

00:24:51When I got home,

00:24:52I went straight

00:24:53to the bathroom.

00:24:54As I took off my clothes,

00:24:55I saw the bruises

00:24:56and welts covering my body.

00:24:58They were horrifying.

00:24:59I stood under

00:25:00the scalding water,

00:25:01scrubbing my skin

00:25:02over and over,

00:25:04trying to wash off

00:25:05the milkshake

00:25:05to wash off

00:25:07the humiliation,

00:25:08trying to wash away

00:25:09every trace of Leo,

00:25:10but I couldn't.

00:25:12The laughter still echoed

00:25:13in my ears.

00:25:14The malicious stares

00:25:15still crawled on my skin.

00:25:16And Leo's careless words,

00:25:18It was just a prank.

00:25:20They replayed in my mind

00:25:21like a curse.

00:25:22The hot water

00:25:23stung my wounds,

00:25:24making me shiver.

00:25:25But the pain was good.

00:25:27It kept me lucid.

00:25:28It reminded me

00:25:29that this wasn't a nightmare.

00:25:31This was real.

00:25:32Leo really did use me

00:25:33as a toy

00:25:34to impress Savannah.

00:25:36Ellie,

00:25:37you've been in there a while.

00:25:40Don't run up

00:25:40the water bill, honey.

00:25:43Coming out now.

00:25:45My voice was so hoarse

00:25:47it didn't sound like my own.

00:25:49Mom must have gone

00:25:50to her book club

00:25:51because she didn't notice

00:25:52anything was wrong.

00:25:53That was for the best.

00:25:55I didn't want to explain.

00:25:56How could I explain?

00:25:58Tell her that the person

00:25:59I trusted most in the world

00:26:01had betrayed me?

00:26:02Tell her I was tied up

00:26:04like a clown

00:26:04on the school's goalpost?

00:26:06No,

00:26:06I couldn't bring myself

00:26:07to say it.

00:26:08The girl in the mirror

00:26:09was a mess.

00:26:10My face was pale,

00:26:12my lips colorless.

00:26:13The marks on my wrists

00:26:14were deep

00:26:15and a sickening shade

00:26:16of purple-red

00:26:17like they were carved

00:26:18into my bones.

00:26:20I took out the antiseptic

00:26:21and started cleaning them.

00:26:23Bit by bit,

00:26:24it hurt.

00:26:24A piercing pain.

00:26:26But it was nothing

00:26:27compared to the pain

00:26:28in my heart.

00:26:2916 years.

00:26:30I'd known Leo

00:26:31for 16 years.

00:26:32Our families lived

00:26:33on the same street.

00:26:34Our parents were old friends.

00:26:36Our moms went shopping together.

00:26:38Our dads had barbecues

00:26:39on weekends.

00:26:40We were in the same class

00:26:41since kindergarten.

00:26:42He cried his eyes out

00:26:44on the first day

00:26:44and I was the one

00:26:46who gave him

00:26:46a piece of chocolate.

00:26:48After that,

00:26:49he followed me around

00:26:50like a little shadow.

00:26:51Ellie, wait for me!

00:26:54Ellie, you can have this!

00:26:55Back then,

00:26:56Leo's eyes were so bright,

00:26:57his smile so pure.

00:26:59He was the troublemaker

00:27:00and I was the good girl

00:27:02who always listened.

00:27:03When he got into trouble,

00:27:04I covered for him.

00:27:06When the teacher asked

00:27:07who broke the classroom window,

00:27:08I said it was me.

00:27:10It was him,

00:27:11practicing his baseball swing.

00:27:13He hated studying

00:27:14so I tutored him.

00:27:15Before final exams,

00:27:17I'd give him all my

00:27:18meticulously organized notes.

00:27:20Then I'd stay up all night

00:27:22making a new set for myself.

00:27:23He used to say,

00:27:25Ellie, you're the best.

00:27:26I'm gonna make you

00:27:27my bride someday.

00:27:28I'd blush and say,

00:27:30Who would want to marry you?

00:27:31But secretly,

00:27:32my heart would flutter.

00:27:33I thought we were best friends,

00:27:35the closest partners.

00:27:36I even secretly hoped for more.

00:27:38I hoped that one day,

00:27:39he would look at me seriously

00:27:41and say,

00:27:42Eleanor Vance,

00:27:42will you be my girlfriend?

00:27:44But it turned out,

00:27:45in his eyes,

00:27:46I was just a toy

00:27:47he could humiliate

00:27:48whenever he wanted.

00:27:49Just a backup plan

00:27:50who would never leave.

00:27:52To get Savannah's attention,

00:27:53he didn't hesitate

00:27:55to tie me to a goal post.

00:27:56To make me the laughing stock

00:27:58of the whole school.

00:27:59To trample all over my dignity.

00:28:04When I woke up,

00:28:05I was a prop in their prank,

00:28:07zip tied to the goal post

00:28:08on the school's football field.

00:28:10Students walking by

00:28:11laughed at me,

00:28:12filmed TikToks,

00:28:13and someone even threw

00:28:14a milkshake at me.

00:28:15I was tied up in front of everyone

00:28:17for two whole hours,

00:28:18when my best friend,

00:28:19Leo,

00:28:20finally showed up.

00:28:21Savannah said she wanted

00:28:22to see a real-life

00:28:23horror movie prank,

00:28:24so we just played

00:28:25a little joke.

00:28:27Ellie,

00:28:27you're not actually mad,

00:28:29are you?

00:28:29We grew up together.

00:28:31You know me better

00:28:32than anyone.

00:28:33I just stared at him silently.

00:28:35I guess my dignity

00:28:36was just something

00:28:37to be sacrificed

00:28:37for someone else's entertainment.

00:28:40I transferred schools

00:28:41the next day,

00:28:42and Leo lost his fucking mind.

00:28:44Please, Ellie,

00:28:45it was just a prank.

00:28:46Don't be like this.

00:28:47After gym class,

00:28:49I was just walking out

00:28:50of the equipment room

00:28:51when the football players

00:28:52surrounded me.

00:28:54Leo Carter,

00:28:55the boy next door

00:28:56I'd known my whole life,

00:28:57was leading them.

00:28:59Leo knocked me unconscious

00:29:01and tied me to the goal post

00:29:03of the football field

00:29:03for two whole hours,

00:29:05leaving me to be watched

00:29:06and mocked by everyone.

00:29:08Finally, Leo arrived.

00:29:09He still had that same

00:29:11cocky smirk he always wore.

00:29:12Hands shoved in his jean pockets.

00:29:14He strolled over

00:29:15like he was just there

00:29:15to watch the show.

00:29:16The rest of the football team,

00:29:18his accomplices,

00:29:19followed behind him.

00:29:20And so did Savannah Miller.

00:29:21She was wearing

00:29:22a pink sundress,

00:29:23her long hair

00:29:24flowing over her shoulders,

00:29:25like every strand

00:29:26of her hair was glowing.

00:29:27Oh my god,

00:29:27you guys actually did it!

00:29:28That's insane!

00:29:30The excitement

00:29:30she couldn't hide in.

00:29:31Her voice made my blood run cold.

00:29:33So my pain

00:29:33was just her entertainment?

00:29:35Of course.

00:29:36Savannah asks,

00:29:36Savannah gets.

00:29:37It was a gentle tone.

00:29:38I had never heard

00:29:39from him before me.

00:29:40He walked up to the goal post

00:29:41and looked up at me.

00:29:42The setting sun

00:29:42cast a golden glow

00:29:43on his face.

00:29:44The features were so familiar,

00:29:45but right now,

00:29:46he was a complete stranger.

00:29:47The eyes I once thought

00:29:48would protect me forever

00:29:49now only held mockery.

00:29:51So how's the view

00:29:52from up there, Ellie?

00:29:54He was still joking,

00:29:55as if I wasn't a person,

00:29:56but a toy.

00:29:58All right, all right.

00:29:59Joke's over.

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

00:30:02He said it so casually,

00:30:03like he was commenting

00:30:04on the weather.

00:30:05A couple of his teammates

00:30:06clumsily untied the ropes.

00:30:08No one cared

00:30:09if I would get hurt.

00:30:09I crashed hard

00:30:10onto the grass.

00:30:11The impact knocked

00:30:12the wind out of me,

00:30:13and I felt like

00:30:14my lungs had collapsed.

00:30:15Every bone in my body ached.

00:30:17I curled into a ball,

00:30:19like a dying insect.

00:30:20Leo crouched down

00:30:21and ripped the bandage

00:30:22off my face.

00:30:24The pain of the tape

00:30:25tearing at my skin

00:30:26made me gasp.

00:30:27When he saw my red,

00:30:28swolled eyes,

00:30:29he paused for a second.

00:30:31For a moment,

00:30:32I thought I saw

00:30:32a flicker of regret.

00:30:34I thought he would apologize.

00:30:36What are you crying for?

00:30:37It was just a prank.

00:30:38We used to prank

00:30:39each other all the time.

00:30:40He said it so lightly,

00:30:41as if this was just

00:30:41like any other joke.

00:30:42But he forgot.

00:30:43Our old pranks

00:30:44never involved

00:30:45destroying someone's dignity.

00:30:46They never involved

00:30:47humiliating someone.

00:30:48In front of hundreds of people,

00:30:49they were never

00:30:50this cruel.

00:30:51I stared at him,

00:30:52saying nothing.

00:30:53I couldn't get

00:30:53a single word out.

00:30:55It wasn't that

00:30:55I didn't want to speak.

00:30:57I just didn't know

00:30:58what to say.

00:30:58How do you question

00:30:59sixteen years of friendship?

00:31:01How do you put

00:31:02this betrayal into words?

00:31:03My stare made him

00:31:05uncomfortable.

00:31:05Don't look at me like that.

00:31:06It's creepy.

00:31:07His darting eyes

00:31:08gave away his guilt.

00:31:10Savannah said yesterday

00:31:11she wanted to film

00:31:12a cool Halloween prank video,

00:31:13so we thought,

00:31:14it's not a big deal.

00:31:15You're fine, right?

00:31:17But I didn't make a sound.

00:31:18I just gave Leo

00:31:19one last look.

00:31:20In that look

00:31:21was sixteen years

00:31:22of friendship.

00:31:23Countless happy memories.

00:31:24And in that moment,

00:31:25it was over.

00:31:26Hey, Eleanor Vance,

00:31:27where you going?

00:31:28I heard his voice

00:31:28behind me.

00:31:30Stop being mad, okay?

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

00:31:32My steps were shaky,

00:31:33but firm.

00:31:34Every step felt like

00:31:35walking on knives,

00:31:36but I couldn't stop.

00:31:38If I stopped,

00:31:39I was afraid I would

00:31:40break down.

00:31:40I would sob uncontrollably

00:31:42right in front of him.

00:31:43And if that happened,

00:31:44I would have truly lost.

00:31:46Lost everything.

00:31:50When I got home,

00:31:51I went straight to the bathroom.

00:31:52As I took off my clothes,

00:31:54I saw the bruises

00:31:55and welts covering my body.

00:31:56They were horrifying.

00:31:58I stood under the scalding water,

00:32:00scrubbing my skin

00:32:01over and over,

00:32:02trying to wash off

00:32:03the milkshake

00:32:04to wash off

00:32:05the humiliation,

00:32:06trying to wash away

00:32:07every trace of Leo,

00:32:09but I couldn't.

00:32:10The laughter still echoed

00:32:11in my ears.

00:32:12The malicious stares

00:32:13still crawled on my skin.

00:32:15And Leo's careless words,

00:32:17It was just a prank.

00:32:18They replayed in my mind

00:32:19like a curse.

00:32:20The hot water

00:32:21stung my wounds,

00:32:22making me shiver.

00:32:23But the pain was good.

00:32:25It kept me lucid.

00:32:27It reminded me

00:32:27that this wasn't a nightmare.

00:32:29This was real.

00:32:31Leo really did use me

00:32:32as a toy

00:32:32to impress Savannah.

00:32:34Ellie, you've been

00:32:35in there a while.

00:32:38Don't run up

00:32:39the water bill, honey.

00:32:41Coming out now.

00:32:44My voice was so hoarse

00:32:45it didn't sound

00:32:46like my own.

00:32:47Mom must have gone

00:32:48to her book club

00:32:49because she didn't notice

00:32:50anything was wrong.

00:32:52That was for the best.

00:32:53I didn't want to explain.

00:32:55How could I explain?

00:32:56Tell her that the person

00:32:57I trusted most

00:32:58in the world

00:32:59had betrayed me?

00:33:01Tell her I was tied up

00:33:02like a clown

00:33:03on the school's goalpost?

00:33:04No, I couldn't bring

00:33:05myself to say it.

00:33:07The girl in the mirror

00:33:08was a mess.

00:33:08My face was pale,

00:33:10my lips colorless.

00:33:11The marks on my wrists

00:33:13were deep

00:33:13and a sickening shade

00:33:15of purple-red

00:33:15like they were carved

00:33:17into my bones.

00:33:18I took out the antiseptic

00:33:20and started cleaning them.

00:33:21Bit by bit,

00:33:22it hurt.

00:33:23A piercing pain.

00:33:24But it was nothing

00:33:25compared to the pain

00:33:26in my heart.

00:33:2716 years.

00:33:28I'd known Leo

00:33:29for 16 years.

00:33:30Our families lived

00:33:31on the same street.

00:33:33Our parents were old friends.

00:33:34Our moms went shopping together.

00:33:36Our dads had barbecues

00:33:38on weekends.

00:33:38We were in the same class

00:33:40since kindergarten.

00:33:41He cried his eyes out

00:33:42on the first day

00:33:43and I was the one

00:33:44who gave him

00:33:45a piece of chocolate.

00:33:46After that,

00:33:47he followed me around

00:33:48like a little shadow.

00:33:50Ellie, wait for me!

00:33:52Ellie, you can have this!

00:33:54Back then,

00:33:54Leo's eyes were so bright,

00:33:56his smile so pure.

00:33:57He was the troublemaker

00:33:59and I was the good girl

00:34:00who always listened.

00:34:01When he got into trouble,

00:34:03I covered for him.

00:34:04When the teacher asked

00:34:05who broke the classroom window,

00:34:07I said it was me.

00:34:08It was him,

00:34:10practicing his baseball swing.

00:34:11He hated studying,

00:34:13so I tutored him.

00:34:14Before final exams,

00:34:15I'd give him all my

00:34:17meticulously organized notes.

00:34:19Then I'd stay up all night

00:34:20making a new set for myself.

00:34:22He used to say,

00:34:23Ellie, you're the best.

00:34:25I'm gonna make you

00:34:25my bride someday.

00:34:26I'd blush and say,

00:34:28Who would want to marry you?

00:34:29But secretly,

00:34:30my heart would flutter.

00:34:31I thought we were best friends,

00:34:33the closest partners.

00:34:34I even secretly hoped for more.

00:34:36I hoped that one day,

00:34:38he would look at me seriously

00:34:39and say,

00:34:40Eleanor Vance,

00:34:41will you be my girlfriend?

00:34:42But it turned out,

00:34:43in his eyes,

00:34:44I was just a toy

00:34:46he could humiliate

00:34:46whenever he wanted.

00:34:48Just a backup plan

00:34:49who would never leave.

00:34:50To get Savannah's attention,

00:34:52he didn't hesitate

00:34:53to tie me to a goal post.

00:34:54To make me the laughing stock

00:34:56of the whole school.

00:34:57To trample all over my dignity.

00:35:03When I woke up,

00:35:04I was a prop in their prank,

00:35:05zip-tied to the goal post

00:35:07on the school's football field.

00:35:08Students walking by

00:35:09laughed at me,

00:35:10filmed TikToks,

00:35:11and someone even

00:35:12threw a milkshake at me.

00:35:13I was tied up

00:35:14in front of everyone

00:35:15for two whole hours,

00:35:16when my best friend,

00:35:18Leo,

00:35:18finally showed up.

00:35:19Savannah said she wanted to see

00:35:21a real-life horror movie prank,

00:35:22so we just played

00:35:23a little joke.

00:35:25Ellie,

00:35:26you're not actually mad,

00:35:27are you?

00:35:28We grew up together.

00:35:29You know me better

00:35:30than anyone.

00:35:31I just stared at him silently.

00:35:33I guess my dignity

00:35:34was just something

00:35:35to be sacrificed

00:35:36for someone else's entertainment.

00:35:38I transferred schools

00:35:39the next day,

00:35:40and Leo lost his fucking mind.

00:35:42Please, Ellie,

00:35:43it was just a prank.

00:35:45Don't be like this.

00:35:46After gym class,

00:35:47I was just walking out

00:35:49of the equipment room

00:35:50when the football players

00:35:51surrounded me.

00:35:52Leo Carter,

00:35:53the boy next door

00:35:54I'd known my whole life

00:35:55was leading them.

00:35:58Leo knocked me unconscious

00:35:59and tied me to the goalpost

00:36:01of the football field

00:36:02for two whole hours,

00:36:04leaving me to be watched

00:36:05and mocked by everyone.

00:36:06Finally,

00:36:07Leo arrived.

00:36:08He still had that same

00:36:09cocky smirk he always wore.

00:36:11Hands shoved in his jean pockets.

00:36:12He strolled over

00:36:13like he was just there

00:36:14to watch the show.

00:36:15The rest of the football team,

00:36:16his accomplices,

00:36:17followed behind him.

00:36:19And so did Savannah Miller.

00:36:20She was wearing a pink sundress,

00:36:22her long hair flowing

00:36:22over her shoulders,

00:36:23like every strand

00:36:24of her hair was glowing.

00:36:25Oh my god,

00:36:26you guys actually did it!

00:36:27That's insane!

00:36:28The excitement she couldn't hide in.

00:36:30Her voice made my blood run cold.

00:36:31So my pain was just

00:36:32her entertainment?

00:36:33Of course.

00:36:34Savannah asks,

00:36:35Savannah gets.

00:36:36It was a gentle tone.

00:36:37I had never heard

00:36:37from him before me.

00:36:38He walked up to the goalpost

00:36:39and looked up at me.

00:36:40The setting sun

00:36:41cast a golden glow

00:36:42on his face.

00:36:42The features were so familiar,

00:36:43but right now,

00:36:44he was a complete stranger.

00:36:45The eyes I once thought

00:36:46would protect me forever

00:36:47now only held mockery.

00:36:50So how's the view

00:36:50from up there, Ellie?

00:36:52He was still joking,

00:36:53as if I wasn't a person,

00:36:55but a toy.

00:36:57Alright, alright.

00:36:58Joke's over.

00:36:59Let's get her down.

00:37:00He said it so casually,

00:37:02like he was commenting

00:37:03on the weather.

00:37:04A couple of his teammates

00:37:05clumsily untied the ropes.

00:37:06No one cared

00:37:07if I would get hurt.

00:37:08I crashed hard

00:37:09onto the grass.

00:37:10The impact knocked

00:37:11the wind out of me,

00:37:12and I felt like

00:37:13my lungs had collapsed.

00:37:14Every bone in my body ached.

00:37:16I curled into a ball,

00:37:17like a dying insect.

00:37:19Leo crouched down

00:37:20and ripped the bandage

00:37:21off my face.

00:37:22The pain of the tape

00:37:23tearing at my skin

00:37:24made me gasp.

00:37:25When he saw my red,

00:37:27swolled eyes,

00:37:27he paused for a second.

00:37:29For a moment,

00:37:30I thought I saw

00:37:31a flicker of regret.

00:37:32I thought he would apologize.

00:37:34What are you crying for?

00:37:35It was just a prank.

00:37:36We used to prank

00:37:37each other all the time.

00:37:38He said it so lightly,

00:37:39as if this was just

00:37:40like any other joke.

00:37:41But he forgot.

00:37:42Our old pranks

00:37:43never involved

00:37:43destroying someone's dignity.

00:37:45They never involved

00:37:45humiliating someone.

00:37:46in front of hundreds of people.

00:37:48They were never

00:37:48this cruel.

00:37:49I stared at him,

00:37:51saying nothing.

00:37:51I couldn't get

00:37:52a single word out.

00:37:53It wasn't that

00:37:54I didn't want to speak.

00:37:55I just didn't know

00:37:56what to say.

00:37:57How do you question

00:37:5816 years of friendship?

00:37:59How do you put

00:38:00this betrayal into words?

00:38:02My stare made him

00:38:03uncomfortable.

00:38:04Don't look at me like that.

00:38:05It's creepy.

00:38:06His darting eyes

00:38:06gave away his guilt.

00:38:08Savannah said yesterday

00:38:10she wanted to film

00:38:11a cool Halloween prank video,

00:38:12so we thought,

00:38:13it's not a big deal.

00:38:14You're fine, right?

00:38:15But I didn't make a sound.

00:38:17I just gave Leo

00:38:18one last look.

00:38:19In that look was

00:38:2016 years of friendship.

00:38:21Countless happy memories.

00:38:23And in that moment,

00:38:24it was over.

00:38:25Hey, Eleanor Vance,

00:38:26where are you going?

00:38:26I heard his voice

00:38:27behind me.

00:38:28Stop being mad, okay?

00:38:29I didn't turn back.

00:38:30My steps were shaky,

00:38:32but firm.

00:38:33Every step felt like

00:38:34walking on knives.

00:38:35But I couldn't stop.

00:38:36If I stopped,

00:38:37I was afraid

00:38:38I would break down.

00:38:39I would sob uncontrollably

00:38:41right in front of him.

00:38:41And if that happened,

00:38:43I would have truly lost.

00:38:45Lost everything.

00:38:48When I got home,

00:38:49I went straight to the bathroom.

00:38:51As I took off my clothes,

00:38:52I saw the bruises

00:38:53and welts covering my body.

00:38:55They were horrifying.

00:38:56I stood under the scalding water,

00:38:58scrubbing my skin

00:38:59over and over,

00:39:00trying to wash off

00:39:01the milkshake

00:39:02to wash off

00:39:03the humiliation,

00:39:05trying to wash away

00:39:06every trace of Leo.

00:39:07But I couldn't.

00:39:08The laughter still echoed

00:39:10in my ears.

00:39:11The malicious stares

00:39:12still crawled on my skin.

00:39:13And Leo's careless words,

00:39:15It was just a prank.

00:39:16They replayed in my mind

00:39:18like a curse.

00:39:19The hot water stung my wounds,

00:39:21making me shiver.

00:39:22But the pain was good.

00:39:24It kept me lucid.

00:39:25It reminded me

00:39:26that this wasn't a nightmare.

00:39:28This was real.

00:39:29Leo really did use me

00:39:30as a toy

00:39:31to impress Savannah.

00:39:33Ellie, you've been in there a while.

00:39:37Don't run up the water bill, honey.

00:39:40Coming out now.

00:39:42My voice was so hoarse

00:39:43it didn't sound like my own.

00:39:46Mom must have gone

00:39:47to her book club

00:39:47because she didn't notice

00:39:49anything was wrong.

00:39:50That was for the best.

00:39:51I didn't want to explain.

00:39:53How could I explain?

00:39:55Tell her that the person

00:39:56I trusted most in the world

00:39:57had betrayed me?

00:39:59Tell her I was tied up

00:40:00like a clown

00:40:01on the school's goalpost?

00:40:03No, I couldn't bring myself

00:40:04to say it.

00:40:05The girl in the mirror

00:40:06was a mess.

00:40:07My face was pale,

00:40:08my lips colorless.

00:40:10The marks on my wrists

00:40:11were deep

00:40:12and a sickening shade

00:40:13of purple-red

00:40:14like they were carved

00:40:15into my bones.

00:40:16I took out the antiseptic

00:40:18and started cleaning them.

00:40:19Bit by bit,

00:40:21it hurt.

00:40:21A piercing pain.

00:40:23But it was nothing

00:40:24compared to the pain

00:40:25in my heart.

00:40:2616 years.

00:40:27I'd known Leo

00:40:27for 16 years.

00:40:29Our families lived

00:40:30on the same street.

00:40:31Our parents were

00:40:32old friends.

00:40:33Our moms went shopping

00:40:34together.

00:40:35Our dads had barbecues

00:40:36on weekends.

00:40:37We were in the same class

00:40:38since kindergarten.

00:40:39He cried his eyes out

00:40:40on the first day

00:40:41and I was the one

00:40:43who gave him

00:40:43a piece of chocolate.

00:40:45After that,

00:40:46he followed me around

00:40:47like a little shadow.

00:40:48Ellie, wait for me!

00:40:51Ellie, you can have this!

00:40:52Back then,

00:40:53Leo's eyes were so bright,

00:40:54his smile so pure.

00:40:56He was the troublemaker

00:40:57and I was the good girl

00:40:59who always listened.

00:41:00When he got into trouble,

00:41:01I covered for him.

00:41:02When the teacher asked

00:41:04who broke the classroom window,

00:41:05I said it was me.

00:41:07It was him,

00:41:08practicing his baseball swing.

00:41:10He hated studying,

00:41:11so I tutored him.

00:41:12Before final exams,

00:41:14I'd give him all my

00:41:15meticulously organized notes.

00:41:17Then I'd stay up all night

00:41:18making a new set for myself.

00:41:20He used to say,

00:41:22Ellie, you're the best.

00:41:23I'm gonna make you

00:41:24my bride someday.

00:41:25I'd blush and say,

00:41:27Who would want to marry you?

00:41:28But secretly,

00:41:29my heart would flutter.

00:41:30I thought we were best friends,

00:41:32the closest partners.

00:41:33I even secretly hoped for more.

00:41:35I hoped that one day,

00:41:36he would look at me seriously

00:41:37and say,

00:41:38Eleanor Vance,

00:41:39will you be my girlfriend?

00:41:41But it turned out,

00:41:42in his eyes,

00:41:43I was just a toy

00:41:44he could humiliate

00:41:45whenever he wanted.

00:41:46Just a backup plan

00:41:47who would never leave.

00:41:48To get Savannah's attention,

00:41:50he didn't hesitate

00:41:51to tie me to a goal post.

00:41:53To make me the laughingstock

00:41:55of the whole school.

00:41:56To trample all over my dignity.

00:42:06When I woke up,

00:42:07I was a prop in their prank,

00:42:09zip-tied to the goal post

00:42:10on the school's football field.

00:42:12Students walking by

00:42:13laughed at me,

00:42:14filmed TikToks,

00:42:15and someone even threw

00:42:16a milkshake at me.

00:42:17I was tied up

00:42:18in front of everyone

00:42:18for two whole hours.

00:42:20When my best friend,

00:42:21Leo,

00:42:21finally showed up.

00:42:23Savannah said she wanted

00:42:24to see a real-life

00:42:25horror movie prank,

00:42:26so we just played

00:42:27a little joke.

00:42:28Ellie,

00:42:29you're not actually mad,

00:42:31are you?

00:42:31We grew up together.

00:42:33You know me better

00:42:34than anyone.

00:42:35I just stared at him silently.

00:42:37I guess my dignity

00:42:38was just something

00:42:38to be sacrificed

00:42:39for someone else's entertainment.

00:42:41I transferred schools

00:42:43the next day,

00:42:44and Leo lost

00:42:45his fucking mind.

00:42:45Please, Ellie,

00:42:47it was just a prank.

00:42:48Don't be like this.

00:42:50After gym class,

00:42:51I was just walking out

00:42:52of the equipment room

00:42:53when the football players

00:42:54surrounded me.

00:42:56Leo Carter,

00:42:57the boy next door

00:42:58I'd known my whole life,

00:42:59was leading them.

00:43:01Leo knocked me unconscious

00:43:03and tied me to the goal post

00:43:04of the football field

00:43:05for two whole hours,

00:43:07leaving me to be watched

00:43:08and mocked by everyone.

00:43:10Finally,

00:43:10Leo arrived.

00:43:11He still had that same

00:43:12cocky smirk he always wore,

00:43:14hands shoved in his jean pockets.

00:43:16He strolled over

00:43:17like he was just there

00:43:17to watch the show.

00:43:18The rest of the football team,

00:43:20his accomplices,

00:43:21followed behind him.

00:43:22And so did Savannah Miller.

00:43:23She was wearing

00:43:24a pink sundress,

00:43:25her long hair flowing

00:43:26over her shoulders,

00:43:27like every strand

00:43:28of her hair was glowing.

00:43:29Oh my god,

00:43:29you guys actually did it!

00:43:30That's insane!

00:43:31The excitement

00:43:32she couldn't hide in.

00:43:33Her voice made my blood run cold.

00:43:35So my pain

00:43:35was just her entertainment?

00:43:37Of course.

00:43:38Savannah asks,

00:43:38Savannah gets.

00:43:39It was a gentle tone.

00:43:40I had never heard

00:43:41from him before me.

00:43:42He walked up to the goal post

00:43:43and looked up at me.

00:43:44The setting sun

00:43:44cast a golden glow

00:43:45on his face.

00:43:46The features were so familiar,

00:43:47but right now,

00:43:48he was a complete stranger.

00:43:49The eyes I once thought

00:43:50would protect me forever

00:43:51now only held mockery.

00:43:53So how's the view

00:43:54from up there, Ellie?

00:43:56He was still joking,

00:43:57as if I wasn't a person,

00:43:58but a toy.

00:44:00Alright, alright.

00:44:01Joke's over.

00:44:02Let's get her down.

00:44:04He said it so casually,

00:44:05like he was commenting

00:44:06on the weather.

00:44:07A couple of his teammates

00:44:08clumsily untied the ropes.

00:44:10No one cared

00:44:10if I would get hurt.

00:44:11I crashed hard

00:44:12onto the grass.

00:44:13The impact knocked

00:44:14the wind out of me,

00:44:15and I felt like my lungs

00:44:16had collapsed.

00:44:17Every bone in my body ached.

00:44:19I curled into a ball,

00:44:21like a dying insect.

00:44:22Leo crouched down

00:44:23and ripped the bandage

00:44:24off my face.

00:44:25The pain of the tape

00:44:27tearing at my skin

00:44:28made me gasp.

00:44:29When he saw my red,

00:44:30swolled eyes,

00:44:31he paused for a second.

00:44:32For a moment,

00:44:33I thought I saw

00:44:34a flicker of regret.

00:44:35I thought he would apologize.

00:44:38What are you crying for?

00:44:39It was just a prank.

00:44:40We used to prank

00:44:40each other all the time.

00:44:41He said it so lightly,

00:44:42as if this was just

00:44:43like any other joke,

00:44:44but he forgot.

00:44:45Our old pranks

00:44:46never involved

00:44:47destroying someone's dignity.

00:44:48They never involved

00:44:49humiliating someone

00:44:50in front of hundreds of people.

00:44:51They were never

00:44:52this cruel.

00:44:53I stared at him,

00:44:54saying nothing.

00:44:55I couldn't get

00:44:55a single word out.

00:44:56It wasn't that

00:44:57I didn't want to speak.

00:44:58I just didn't know

00:44:59what to say.

00:45:00How do you question

00:45:0116 years of friendship?

00:45:03How do you put

00:45:04this betrayal into words?

00:45:05My stare

00:45:06made him uncomfortable.

00:45:07Don't look at me like that.

00:45:08It's creepy.

00:45:09His darting eyes

00:45:10gave away his guilt.

00:45:12Savannah said yesterday

00:45:13she wanted to film

00:45:14a cool Halloween prank video,

00:45:15so we thought,

00:45:16it's not a big deal.

00:45:17You're fine, right?

00:45:19But I didn't make a sound.

00:45:20I just gave Leo

00:45:21one last look.

00:45:22In that look

00:45:23was 16 years of friendship,

00:45:25countless happy memories.

00:45:26And in that moment,

00:45:27it was over.

00:45:28Hey, Eleanor Vance,

00:45:29where are you going?

00:45:30I heard his voice

00:45:30behind me.

00:45:32Stop being mad, okay?

00:45:32I didn't turn back.

00:45:34My steps were shaky.

00:45:35But firm.

00:45:36Every step felt like

00:45:37walking on knives.

00:45:38But I couldn't stop.

00:45:40If I stopped,

00:45:41I was afraid I would break down.

00:45:42I would sob uncontrollably

00:45:44right in front of him.

00:45:45And if that happened,

00:45:46I would have truly lost.

00:45:48Lost everything.

00:45:51When I got home,

00:45:53I went straight to the bathroom.

00:45:54As I took off my clothes,

00:45:55I saw the bruises

00:45:57and welts covering my body.

00:45:58They were horrifying.

00:46:00I stood under the scalding water,

00:46:02scrubbing my skin over and over,

00:46:04trying to wash off the milkshake

00:46:06to wash off the humiliation,

00:46:08trying to wash away

00:46:09every trace of Leo.

00:46:11But I couldn't.

00:46:12The laughter still echoed

00:46:13in my ears.

00:46:14The malicious stares

00:46:15still crawled on my skin.

00:46:16And Leo's careless words,

00:46:18It was just a prank.

00:46:20They replayed in my mind

00:46:21like a curse.

00:46:22The hot water stung my wounds,

00:46:24making me shiver.

00:46:25But the pain was good.

00:46:27It kept me lucid.

00:46:28It reminded me

00:46:29that this wasn't a nightmare.

00:46:31This was real.

00:46:32Leo really did use me

00:46:34as a toy

00:46:34to impress Savannah.

00:46:36Ellie, you've been in there a while.

00:46:40Don't run up the water bill, honey.

00:46:43Coming out now.

00:46:46My voice was so hoarse

00:46:47it didn't sound like my own.

00:46:49Mom must have gone

00:46:50to her book club

00:46:51because she didn't notice

00:46:52anything was wrong.

00:46:53That was for the best.

00:46:55I didn't want to explain.

00:46:57How could I explain?

00:46:58Tell her that the person

00:46:59I trusted most in the world

00:47:01had betrayed me?

00:47:03Tell her I was tied up

00:47:04like a clown?

00:47:05On the school's goalpost?

00:47:06No, I couldn't bring myself

00:47:08to say it.

00:47:08The girl in the mirror

00:47:09was a mess.

00:47:10My face was pale,

00:47:12my lips colorless.

00:47:13The marks on my wrists

00:47:15were deep

00:47:15and a sickening shade

00:47:16of purple-red

00:47:17like they were carved

00:47:18into my bones.

00:47:20I took out the antiseptic

00:47:21and started cleaning them.

00:47:23Bit by bit,

00:47:24it hurt.

00:47:25A piercing pain.

00:47:26But it was nothing

00:47:27compared to the pain

00:47:28in my heart.

00:47:2916 years.

00:47:30I'd known Leo

00:47:31for 16 years.

00:47:32Our families lived

00:47:33on the same street.

00:47:34Our parents were old friends.

00:47:36Our moms went shopping together.

00:47:38Our dads had barbecues

00:47:39on weekends.

00:47:40We were in the same class

00:47:41since kindergarten.

00:47:43He cried his eyes out

00:47:44on the first day

00:47:45and I was the one

00:47:46who gave him

00:47:47a piece of chocolate.

00:47:48After that,

00:47:49he followed me around

00:47:50like a little shadow.

00:47:52Ellie, wait for me!

00:47:54Ellie, you can have this!

00:47:55Back then,

00:47:56Leo's eyes were so bright,

00:47:58his smile so pure.

00:47:59He was the troublemaker

00:48:00and I was the good girl

00:48:02who always listened.

00:48:03When he got into trouble,

00:48:05I covered for him.

00:48:06When the teacher asked

00:48:07who broke the classroom window,

00:48:09I said it was me.

00:48:10It was him,

00:48:12practicing his baseball swing.

00:48:13He hated studying,

00:48:14so I tutored him.

00:48:16Before final exams,

00:48:17I'd give him all my

00:48:18meticulously organized notes.

00:48:20Then I'd stay up all night

00:48:22making a new set for myself.

00:48:24He used to say,

00:48:25Ellie, you're the best.

00:48:26I'm gonna make you

00:48:27my bride someday.

00:48:28I'd blush and say,

00:48:30Who would want to marry you?

00:48:31But secretly,

00:48:32my heart would flutter.

00:48:33I thought we were best friends,

00:48:35the closest partners.

00:48:36I even secretly hoped for more.

00:48:38I hoped that one day,

00:48:40he would look at me seriously

00:48:41and say,

00:48:42Eleanor Vance,

00:48:43will you be my girlfriend?

00:48:44But it turned out,

00:48:45in his eyes,

00:48:46I was just a toy

00:48:47he could humiliate

00:48:48whenever he wanted.

00:48:50Just a backup plan

00:48:51who would never leave.

00:48:52To get Savannah's attention,

00:48:54he didn't hesitate

00:48:55to tie me to a goal post.

00:48:56To make me the laughing stock

00:48:58of the whole school.

00:48:59To trample all over my dignity.

00:49:05When I woke up,

00:49:06I was a prop in their prank,

00:49:07zip tied to the goal post

00:49:08on the school's football field.

00:49:10Students walking by

00:49:11laughed at me,

00:49:12filmed TikToks,

00:49:13and someone even

00:49:14threw a milkshake at me.

00:49:15I was tied up

00:49:16in front of everyone

00:49:17for two whole hours.

00:49:18When my best friend,

00:49:19Leo,

00:49:20finally showed up.

00:49:21Savannah said she wanted

00:49:22to see a real life

00:49:23horror movie prank,

00:49:24so we just played

00:49:25a little joke.

00:49:27Ellie,

00:49:28you're not actually mad,

00:49:29are you?

00:49:30We grew up together.

00:49:31You know me better

00:49:32than anyone.

00:49:33I just stared at him silently.

00:49:35I guess my dignity

00:49:36was just something

00:49:37to be sacrificed

00:49:38for someone else's

00:49:39entertainment.

00:49:40I transferred schools

00:49:41the next day,

00:49:42and Leo lost

00:49:43his fucking mind.

00:49:44Please, Ellie,

00:49:45it was just a prank.

00:49:47Don't be like this.

00:49:48After gym class,

00:49:49I was just walking out

00:49:50of the equipment room

00:49:51when the football players

00:49:53surrounded me.

00:49:54Leo Carter,

00:49:55the boy next door

00:49:56I'd known my whole life

00:49:57was leading them.

00:50:00Leo knocked me unconscious

00:50:01and tied me to the goalpost

00:50:03of the football field

00:50:04for two whole hours,

00:50:05leaving me to be watched

00:50:06and mocked by everyone.

00:50:08Finally,

00:50:09Leo arrived.

00:50:10He still had that same

00:50:11cocky smirk he always wore.

00:50:13Hands shoved in his

00:50:13jean pockets.

00:50:14He strolled over

00:50:15like he was just there

00:50:16to watch the show.

00:50:17The rest of the football team,

00:50:18his accomplices,

00:50:19followed behind him.

00:50:20And so did Savannah Miller.

00:50:22She was wearing

00:50:22a pink sundress,

00:50:23her long hair

00:50:24flowing over her shoulders,

00:50:25like every strand

00:50:26of her hair was glowing.

00:50:27Oh my god,

00:50:28you guys actually did it!

00:50:29That's insane!

00:50:30The excitement

00:50:30she couldn't hide in.

00:50:31Her voice made

00:50:32my blood run cold.

00:50:33So my pain

00:50:34was just her entertainment?

00:50:35Of course.

00:50:36Savannah asks,

00:50:37Savannah gets.

00:50:38It was a gentle tone.

00:50:38I had never heard

00:50:39from him before me.

00:50:40He walked up to the goalpost

00:50:41and looked up at me.

00:50:42The setting sun

00:50:43cast a golden glow

00:50:44on his face.

00:50:44The features were so familiar,

00:50:45but right now,

00:50:46he was a complete stranger.

00:50:47The eyes I once thought

00:50:48would protect me forever

00:50:49now only held mockery.

00:50:52So how's the view

00:50:52from up there, Ellie?

00:50:54He was still joking,

00:50:55as if I wasn't a person,

00:50:57but a toy.

00:50:59All right, all right.

00:51:00Joke's over.

00:51:01Let's get her down.

00:51:02He said it so casually,

00:51:04like he was commenting

00:51:05on the weather.

00:51:05A couple of his teammates

00:51:07clumsily untied the ropes.

00:51:08No one cared

00:51:09if I would get hurt.

00:51:10I crashed hard

00:51:11onto the grass.

00:51:12The impact

00:51:12knocked the wind out of me,

00:51:14and I felt like

00:51:15my lungs had collapsed.

00:51:16Every bone in my body

00:51:17ached.

00:51:18I curled into a ball,

00:51:19like a dying insect.

00:51:21Leo crouched down

00:51:22and ripped the bandage

00:51:23off my face.

00:51:24The pain of the tape

00:51:25tearing at my skin

00:51:26made me gasp.

00:51:27When he saw my red,

00:51:29swolled eyes,

00:51:29he paused for a second.

00:51:31For a moment,

00:51:32I thought I saw

00:51:33a flicker of regret.

00:51:34I thought he would apologize.

00:51:36What are you crying for?

00:51:37It was just a prank.

00:51:38We used to prank

00:51:39each other all the time.

00:51:40He said it so lightly,

00:51:41as if this was just

00:51:42like any other joke.

00:51:43But he forgot.

00:51:44Our old pranks

00:51:44never involved

00:51:45destroying someone's dignity.

00:51:47They never involved

00:51:47humiliating someone.

00:51:48In front of hundreds of people,

00:51:50they were never

00:51:50this cruel.

00:51:51I stared at him,

00:51:52saying nothing.

00:51:53I couldn't get

00:51:54a single word out.

00:51:55It wasn't that

00:51:56I didn't want to speak.

00:51:57I just didn't know

00:51:58what to say.

00:51:59How do you question

00:52:0016 years of friendship?

00:52:01How do you put

00:52:02this betrayal into words?

00:52:04My stare made him

00:52:05uncomfortable.

00:52:06Don't look at me like that.

00:52:07It's creepy.

00:52:07His darting eyes

00:52:08gave away his guilt.

00:52:10Savannah said yesterday

00:52:12she wanted to film

00:52:12a cool Halloween prank video,

00:52:14so we thought,

00:52:15it's not a big deal.

00:52:16You're fine, right?

00:52:17But I didn't make a sound.

00:52:19I just gave Leo

00:52:20one last look.

00:52:21In that look

00:52:21was 16 years of friendship,

00:52:23countless happy memories.

00:52:25And in that moment,

00:52:26it was over.

00:52:27Hey, Eleanor Vance,

00:52:28where you going?

00:52:28I heard his voice

00:52:29behind me.

00:52:30Stop being mad, okay?

00:52:31I didn't turn back.

00:52:32My steps were shaky,

00:52:33but firm.

00:52:34Every step felt like

00:52:36walking on knives,

00:52:37but I couldn't stop.

00:52:38If I stopped,

00:52:39I was afraid

00:52:40I would break down.

00:52:41I would sob uncontrollably

00:52:42right in front of him.

00:52:43And if that happened,

00:52:45I would have truly lost.

00:52:47Lost everything.

00:52:50When I got home,

00:52:51I went straight to the bathroom.

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

00:52:54I saw the bruises

00:52:55and welts covering my body.

00:52:57They were horrifying.

00:52:58I stood under the scalding water,

00:53:00scrubbing my skin

00:53:01over and over,

00:53:02trying to wash off

00:53:03the milkshake

00:53:04to wash off

00:53:05the humiliation,

00:53:06trying to wash away

00:53:08every trace of Leo.

00:53:09But I couldn't.

00:53:10The laughter still echoed

00:53:12in my ears.

00:53:13The malicious stares

00:53:14still crawled on my skin.

00:53:15And Leo's careless words,

00:53:17It was just a prank.

00:53:18They replayed in my mind

00:53:20like a curse.

00:53:21The hot water stung my wounds,

00:53:23making me shiver.

00:53:24But the pain was good.

00:53:25It kept me lucid.

00:53:27It reminded me

00:53:28that this wasn't a nightmare.

00:53:29This was real.

00:53:31Leo really did use me

00:53:32as a toy

00:53:33to impress Savannah.

00:53:35Ellie, you've been in there

00:53:36a while.

00:53:38Don't run up the water bill,

00:53:40honey.

00:53:42Coming out now.

00:53:44My voice was so hoarse

00:53:45it didn't sound like my own.

00:53:47Mom must have gone

00:53:48to her book club

00:53:49because she didn't notice

00:53:51anything was wrong.

00:53:52That was for the best.

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

00:53:55How could I explain?

00:53:57Tell her that the person

00:53:58I trusted most in the world

00:53:59had betrayed me?

00:54:01Tell her I was tied up

00:54:02like a clown

00:54:03on the school's goalpost?

00:54:05No, I couldn't bring myself

00:54:06to say it.

00:54:07The girl in the mirror

00:54:08was a mess.

00:54:09My face was pale,

00:54:10my lips colorless.

00:54:12The marks on my wrists

00:54:13were deep

00:54:14and a sickening shade

00:54:15of purple-red

00:54:16like they were carved

00:54:17into my bones.

00:54:18I took out the antiseptic

00:54:20and started cleaning them.

00:54:21Bit by bit,

00:54:22it hurt.

00:54:23A piercing pain.

00:54:25But it was nothing

00:54:26compared to the pain

00:54:26in my heart.

00:54:27Sixteen years.

00:54:28I'd known Leo

00:54:29for sixteen years.

00:54:31Our families lived

00:54:32on the same street.

00:54:33Our parents were old friends.

00:54:35Our moms went shopping together.

00:54:37Our dads had barbecues

00:54:38on weekends.

00:54:39We were in the same class

00:54:40since kindergarten.

00:54:41He cried his eyes out

00:54:42on the first day

00:54:43and I was the one

00:54:45who gave him

00:54:45a piece of chocolate.

00:54:47After that,

00:54:47he followed me around

00:54:48like a little shadow.

00:54:50Ellie, wait for me!

00:54:52Ellie, you can have this!

00:54:54Back then,

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

00:54:56his smile so pure.

00:54:58He was the troublemaker.

00:54:59And I was the good girl

00:55:00who always listened.

00:55:02When he got into trouble,

00:55:03I covered for him.

00:55:04When the teacher asked

00:55:05who broke the classroom window,

00:55:07I said it was me.

00:55:09It was him,

00:55:10practicing his baseball swing.

00:55:11He hated studying,

00:55:13so I tutored him.

00:55:14Before final exams,

00:55:16I'd give him all my

00:55:17meticulously organized notes.

00:55:19Then I'd stay up all night

00:55:20making a new set for myself.

00:55:22He used to say,

00:55:23Ellie, you're the best.

00:55:25I'm gonna make you

00:55:26my bride someday.

00:55:26I'd blush and say,

00:55:28Who would want to marry you?

00:55:30But secretly,

00:55:30my heart would flutter.

00:55:32I thought we were best friends,

00:55:34the closest partners.

00:55:35I even secretly hoped for more.

00:55:37I hoped that one day,

00:55:38he would look at me seriously

00:55:39and say,

00:55:40Eleanor Vance,

00:55:41will you be my girlfriend?

00:55:43But it turned out,

00:55:44in his eyes,

00:55:45I was just a toy

00:55:46he could humiliate

00:55:47whenever he wanted.

00:55:48Just a backup plan

00:55:49who would never leave.

00:55:50To get Savannah's attention,

00:55:52he didn't hesitate

00:55:53to tie me to a goal post.

00:55:55To make me the laughing stock

00:55:56of the whole school.

00:55:58To trample all over my dignity.

00:56:03When I woke up,

00:56:04I was a prop in their prank,

00:56:06zip-tied to the goal post

00:56:07on the school's football field.

00:56:09Students walking by

00:56:10laughed at me,

00:56:11filmed TikToks,

00:56:12and someone even

00:56:13threw a milkshake at me.

00:56:14I was tied up

00:56:15in front of everyone

00:56:15for two whole hours,

00:56:17when my best friend,

00:56:18Leo,

00:56:18finally showed up.

00:56:20Savannah said she wanted to see

00:56:21a real-life horror movie prank,

00:56:23so we just played

00:56:24a little joke.

00:56:25Ellie,

00:56:26you're not actually mad,

00:56:28are you?

00:56:28We grew up together.

00:56:30You know me better

00:56:30than anyone.

00:56:31I just stared at him silently.

00:56:33I guess my dignity

00:56:35was just something

00:56:35to be sacrificed

00:56:36for someone else's entertainment.

00:56:38I transferred schools

00:56:40the next day,

00:56:40and Leo lost his fucking mind.

00:56:42Please, Ellie,

00:56:43it was just a prank.

00:56:45Don't be like this.

00:56:47After gym class,

00:56:48I was just walking out

00:56:49of the equipment room

00:56:50when the football players

00:56:51surrounded me.

00:56:53Leo Carter,

00:56:54the boy next door

00:56:54I'd known my whole life

00:56:56was leading them.

00:56:58Leo knocked me unconscious

00:56:59and tied me to the goalpost

00:57:01of the football field

00:57:02for two whole hours,

00:57:04leaving me to be watched

00:57:05and mocked by everyone.

00:57:07Finally,

00:57:07Leo arrived.

00:57:08He still had that same

00:57:09cocky smirk

00:57:10he always wore.

00:57:11Hands shoved in his jean pockets.

00:57:13He strolled over

00:57:13like he was just there

00:57:14to watch the show.

00:57:15The rest of the football team,

00:57:17his accomplices,

00:57:18followed behind him.

00:57:19And so did Savannah Miller.

00:57:20She was wearing a pink sundress,

00:57:22her long hair flowing

00:57:23over her shoulders.

00:57:24Like every strand

00:57:25of her hair was glowing.

00:57:26Oh my god,

00:57:26you guys actually did it!

00:57:27That's insane!

00:57:28The excitement she couldn't hide in.

00:57:30Her voice made my blood run cold.

00:57:31So my pain was just

00:57:32her entertainment?

00:57:34Of course.

00:57:34Savannah asks,

00:57:35Savannah gets.

00:57:36It was a gentle tone.

00:57:37I had never heard

00:57:38from him before me.

00:57:38He walked up to the goalpost

00:57:40and looked up at me.

00:57:40The setting sun

00:57:41cast a golden glow

00:57:42on his face.

00:57:43The features were so familiar,

00:57:44but right now,

00:57:45he was a complete stranger.

00:57:46The eyes I once thought

00:57:47would protect me forever

00:57:48now only held mockery.

00:57:50So how's the view

00:57:51from up there, Ellie?

00:57:52He was still joking,

00:57:54as if I wasn't a person,

00:57:55but a toy.

00:57:57Alright, alright.

00:57:58Joke's over.

00:57:59Let's get her down.

00:58:00He said it so casually,

00:58:02like he was commenting

00:58:03on the weather.

00:58:04A couple of his teammates

00:58:05clumsily untied the ropes.

00:58:06No one cared

00:58:07if I would get hurt.

00:58:08I crashed hard

00:58:09onto the grass.

00:58:10The impact

00:58:11knocked the wind out of me,

00:58:12and I felt like

00:58:13my lungs had collapsed.

00:58:14Every bone in my body ached.

00:58:16I curled into a ball,

00:58:17like a dying insect.

00:58:19Leo crouched down

00:58:20and ripped the bandage

00:58:21off my face.

00:58:22The pain of the tape

00:58:24tearing at my skin

00:58:24made me gasp.

00:58:26When he saw my red,

00:58:27swolled eyes,

00:58:28he paused for a second.

00:58:29For a moment,

00:58:30I thought I saw

00:58:31a flicker of regret.

00:58:32I thought he would apologize.

00:58:35What are you crying for?

00:58:36It was just a prank.

00:58:37We used to prank

00:58:37each other all the time.

00:58:38He said it so lightly,

00:58:39as if this was just

00:58:40like any other joke.

00:58:41But he forgot.

00:58:42Our old pranks

00:58:43never involved

00:58:44destroying someone's dignity.

00:58:45They never involved

00:58:46humiliating someone.

00:58:47in front of hundreds

00:58:47of people.

00:58:48They were never

00:58:49this cruel.

00:58:50I stared at him,

00:58:51saying nothing.

00:58:51I couldn't get

00:58:52a single word out.

00:58:53It wasn't that

00:58:54I didn't want to speak.

00:58:55I just didn't know

00:58:56what to say.

00:58:57How do you question

00:58:5816 years of friendship?

00:59:00How do you put

00:59:01this betrayal into words?

00:59:02My stare made him

00:59:03uncomfortable.

00:59:04Don't look at me like that.

00:59:05It's creepy.

00:59:06His darting eyes

00:59:07gave away his guilt.

00:59:09Savannah said yesterday

00:59:10she wanted to film

00:59:11a cool Halloween prank video,

00:59:12so we thought,

00:59:13it's not a big deal.

00:59:14You're fine, right?

00:59:16But I didn't make a sound.

00:59:17I just gave Leo

00:59:18one last look.

00:59:19In that look was

00:59:2016 years of friendship.

00:59:22Countless happy memories.

00:59:23And in that moment,

00:59:24it was over.

00:59:25Hey, Eleanor Vance,

00:59:26where are you going?

00:59:26I heard his voice

00:59:27behind me.

00:59:28Stop being mad, okay?

00:59:29I didn't turn back.

00:59:30My steps were shaky,

00:59:32but firm.

00:59:33Every step felt like

00:59:34walking on knives.

00:59:35But I couldn't stop.

00:59:37If I stopped,

00:59:38I was afraid

00:59:38I would break down.

00:59:39I would sob uncontrollably

00:59:41right in front of him.

00:59:42And if that happened,

00:59:43I would have truly lost.

00:59:45Lost everything.

00:59:48When I got home,

00:59:50I went straight

00:59:50to the bathroom.

00:59:51As I took off my clothes,

00:59:52I saw the bruises

00:59:53and welts

00:59:54covering my body.

00:59:55They were horrifying.

00:59:56I stood under

00:59:57the scalding water,

00:59:59scrubbing my skin

01:00:00over and over.

01:00:01Trying to wash off

01:00:02the milkshake

01:00:03to wash off

01:00:04the humiliation.

01:00:05Trying to wash away

01:00:06every trace of Leo.

01:00:07But I couldn't.

01:00:09The laughter still echoed

01:00:10in my ears.

01:00:11The malicious stares

01:00:12still crawled on my skin.

01:00:14And Leo's careless words,

01:00:15It was just a prank.

01:00:17They replayed in my mind

01:00:18like a curse.

01:00:19The hot water

01:00:20stung my wounds,

01:00:21making me shiver.

01:00:22But the pain was good.

01:00:24It kept me lucid.

01:00:25It reminded me

01:00:26that this wasn't

01:00:27a nightmare.

01:00:28This was real.

01:00:29Leo really did use me

01:00:31as a toy

01:00:31to impress Savannah.

01:00:33Ellie,

01:00:34you've been in there

01:00:34a while.

01:00:37Don't run up

01:00:38the water bill,

01:00:38honey.

01:00:40Coming out now.

01:00:42My voice was so hoarse

01:00:44it didn't sound

01:00:44like my own.

01:00:46Mom must have gone

01:00:47to her book club

01:00:48because she didn't notice

01:00:49anything was wrong.

01:00:50That was for the best.

01:00:52I didn't want to explain.

01:00:53How could I explain?

01:00:55Tell her that the person

01:00:56I trusted most

01:00:57in the world

01:00:58had betrayed me?

01:00:59Tell her I was tied up

01:01:01like a clown

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

01:01:03No,

01:01:04I couldn't bring myself

01:01:04to say it.

01:01:05The girl in the mirror

01:01:06was a mess.

01:01:07My face was pale,

01:01:09my lips colorless.

01:01:10The marks on my wrists

01:01:11were deep

01:01:12and a sickening shade

01:01:13of purple-red

01:01:14like they were carved

01:01:15into my bones.

01:01:17I took out the antiseptic

01:01:18and started cleaning them.

01:01:20Bit by bit,

01:01:21it hurt.

01:01:22A piercing pain,

01:01:23but it was nothing

01:01:24compared to the pain

01:01:25in my heart.

01:01:26Sixteen years.

01:01:27I'd known Leo

01:01:28for sixteen years.

01:01:29Our families lived

01:01:30on the same street.

01:01:31Our parents

01:01:32were old friends.

01:01:33Our moms went shopping together.

01:01:35Our dads had barbecues

01:01:36on weekends.

01:01:37We were in the same class

01:01:38since kindergarten.

01:01:40He cried his eyes out

01:01:41on the first day

01:01:42and I was the one

01:01:43who gave him

01:01:44a piece of chocolate.

01:01:45After that,

01:01:46he followed me around

01:01:47like a little shadow.

01:01:49Ellie, wait for me!

01:01:51Ellie, you can have this!

01:01:52Back then,

01:01:53Leo's eyes were so bright,

01:01:55his smile so pure.

01:01:56He was the troublemaker

01:01:57and I was the good girl

01:01:59who always listened.

01:02:00When he got into trouble,

01:02:01I covered for him.

01:02:03When the teacher asked

01:02:04who broke the classroom window,

01:02:05I said it was me.

01:02:07It was him,

01:02:08practicing his baseball swing.

01:02:10He hated studying,

01:02:11so I tutored him.

01:02:12Before final exams,

01:02:14I'd give him

01:02:15all my meticulously

01:02:16organized notes.

01:02:17Then I'd stay up

01:02:18all night

01:02:19making a new set

01:02:20for myself.

01:02:21He used to say,

01:02:22Ellie, you're the best.

01:02:23I'm gonna make you

01:02:24my bride someday.

01:02:25I'd blush and say,

01:02:27Who would want

01:02:27to marry you?

01:02:28But secretly,

01:02:29my heart would flutter.

01:02:30I thought we were

01:02:31best friends,

01:02:32the closest partners.

01:02:33I even secretly

01:02:34hoped for more.

01:02:35I hoped that one day,

01:02:37he would look at me

01:02:37seriously and say,

01:02:39Eleanor Vance,

01:02:40will you be my girlfriend?

01:02:41But it turned out,

01:02:42in his eyes,

01:02:43I was just a toy

01:02:44he could humiliate

01:02:45whenever he wanted.

01:02:46Just a backup plan

01:02:48who would never leave.

01:02:49To get Savannah's attention,

01:02:51he didn't hesitate

01:02:52to tie me to a goal post.

01:02:53To make me the laughing stock

01:02:55of the whole school.

01:02:56To trample all over

01:02:57my dignity.

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