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📝Synopsis: When her childhood best friend Leo ties her to the school goalpost as a prank to impress another girl, Eleanor Vance transfers to a California high school to start over. As she heals, excels academically, and finds new love, Leo spirals into regret—but some betrayals can never be undone.

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00:06when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
00:10football
00:10field students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me
00:16i was tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up
00:22savannah said she wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie
00:29you're not actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just
00:34stared at him silently i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's
00:40entertainment i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was
00:46just a prank don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when
00:53the football players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading
00:59them leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
01:06leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky
01:12smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there
01:17to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did savannah
01:23she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every strand of
01:27her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement she couldn't
01:32hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment of course
01:37savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me he walked up
01:41to
01:42the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on his face the features
01:46were so
01:46familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought would protect me forever
01:50now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still joking as if i wasn't
01:57a
01:57person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down he said it so casually like
02:05he
02:05was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes no one cared
02:10if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out of me and
02:15i felt like
02:15my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled into a ball like a dying insect leo
02:22crouched
02:22down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp
02:28when he
02:29saw my red swolled eyes he paused for a second for a moment i thought i saw a flicker of
02:34regret
02:34i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was just a prank we used to prank each
02:40other
02:40all the time he said it so lightly as if this was just like any other joke but he forgot
02:44our old
02:45pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved humiliating someone
02:49in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying nothing i couldn't
02:55get a single word out it wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say
02:59how do you question 16 years of friendship how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made
03:06him uncomfortable don't look at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt
03:11savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool halloween prank video so we thought
03:15it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make a sound i just gave leo one last
03:21look
03:21in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories and in that moment it was over
03:28i heard his voice behind me i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like
03:36walking on knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob
03:43uncontrollably right in front of him and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything
03:51when i got home i went straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises
03:56and welts
03:57covering my body they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over
04:02and over trying to wash off the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace
04:09of leo but i couldn't the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin
04:16and leo's careless words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water
04:22stung
04:23my wounds making me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't
04:29a
04:30nightmare this was real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah ellie you've been in there
04:37a
04:37while don't run up the water bill honey coming out now my voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like
04:47my
04:47mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything was wrong that was for the
04:54best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the person i trusted most in the
05:00world
05:00had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on the school's goal post no i couldn't
05:07bring myself
05:07to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was pale my lips colorless the marks
05:13on my wrists
05:14were deep and a sickening shade of purple red like they were carved into my bones i took out the
05:20antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing pain but it was nothing compared to
05:27the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years our families lived on the same street
05:33our
05:34parents were old friends our moms went shopping together our dads had barbecues on weekends we were
05:43his eyes out on the first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate after
05:48that he
05:49followed me around like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this back then leo's eyes
05:56were so bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good girl who always
06:02listened when he got into trouble i covered for him when the teacher asked who broke the classroom
06:07window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying so i tutored him
06:15before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up all night making
06:22a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the best i'm gonna make you my bride someday
06:27i'd blush
06:28and say who would want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought we were best friends
06:34the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he would look at me
06:40seriously and say eleanor vance will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes i was
06:46just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave to get
06:52savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughing stock of the
06:58whole school to trample all over my dignity
07:09when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
07:13football field
07:15students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was
07:20tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah
07:26said she wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie
07:31you're not actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone
07:37i just stared at him silently i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone
07:43else's entertainment i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his fucking mind
07:48please ellie it was just a prank don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of
07:55the
07:55equipment room when the football players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole
08:01life was leading them leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field
08:08for two whole hours leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had
08:15that same cocky smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was
08:20just there to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him
08:24and so did savannah miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders
08:29like every strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane
08:34the excitement she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her
08:39entertainment of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him
08:44before me he walked up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden
08:48glow on his
08:48face the features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought
08:52would protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still
08:59joking as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down
09:06he said it so casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily
09:11untied the ropes no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked
09:17the
09:17wind out of me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled
09:23into a ball like a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of
09:29the
09:29tape tearing at my skin made me gasp when he saw my red swolled eyes he paused for a second
09:35for a moment
09:36i thought i saw a flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was
09:42just a
09:42prank we used to prank each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this was just
09:46like any other
09:47joke but he forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved
09:52humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying
09:57nothing i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know
10:02what
10:02to say how do you question 16 years of friendship how do you put this betrayal into words my stare
10:09made
10:09him uncomfortable don't look at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt
10:15savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool halloween prank video so we thought
10:19it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make a sound i just gave leo one last
10:24look
10:25in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories and in that moment it was over
10:32i heard his voice behind me i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like
10:40walking on knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob
10:46uncontrollably
10:47right in front of him and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything
10:54when i got home i went straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises
10:59and welts
11:00covering my body they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over
11:06and over trying to wash off the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace
11:13of leo but i couldn't the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin
11:19and leo's careless words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water
11:26stung
11:26my wounds making me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't
11:33a
11:33nightmare this was real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah ellie you've been in there
11:40a
11:40while don't run up the water bill honey coming out now my voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like
11:50my
11:51mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything was wrong that was for the
11:57best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the person i trusted most in the
12:03world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on the school's goal post no i
12:10couldn't bring
12:10myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was pale my lips colorless the
12:16marks on
12:17my wrists were deep and a sickening shade of purple red like they were carved into my bones
12:22i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing pain but it was
12:30nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years our families lived on
12:36the
12:36same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together our dads had barbecues on
12:42weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on the first day
12:47and i was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate after that he followed me around like a
12:53little
12:53shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so
13:01pure
13:02he was the troublemaker and i was the good girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered
13:08for him when the teacher asked who broke the classroom window i said it was me it was him
13:14practicing his baseball swing he hated studying so i tutored him before final exams i'd give him
13:21all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up all night making a new set for myself he used to
13:27say ellie you're the best i'm gonna make you my bride someday i'd blush and say who would want to
13:33marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought we were best friends the closest partners
13:39i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he would look at me seriously and say
13:44eleanor vance will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes i was just a toy he
13:50could
13:51humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave to get savannah's attention
13:56he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughing stock of the whole school
14:02to trample all over my dignity
14:07when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
14:12football field
14:13students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was
14:18tied up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah
14:24said she wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're
14:31not
14:31actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him silently
14:37i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
14:43i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank
14:49don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football
14:55players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
15:03leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
15:08leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky
15:14smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there to
15:19watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did savannah
15:24miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every strand
15:29of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement she couldn't
15:34hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment of course savannah asks
15:40savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me he walked up to the
15:43goal
15:44post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on his face the features were so
15:48familiar
15:48but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought would protect me forever
15:52now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still joking as if i wasn't
15:59a
15:59person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down he said it so casually like
16:07he
16:07was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes no one cared
16:12if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out of me and
16:17i felt like
16:17my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled into a ball like a dying insect leo
16:24crouched
16:24down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp
16:30when he
16:31saw my red swolled eyes he paused for a second for a moment i thought i saw a flicker of
16:36regret i thought
16:37he would apologize what are you crying for it was just a prank we used to prank each other all
16:42the time
16:42he said it so lightly as if this was just like any other joke but he forgot our old pranks
16:47never
16:48involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds
16:52of people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying nothing i couldn't get a single word out
16:57it wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16
17:03years of
17:03friendship how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me
17:09like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film
17:15a cool halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make
17:21a sound i just gave leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy
17:27memories and in that moment it was over i heard his voice behind me i didn't turn back my steps
17:36were
17:36shaky but firm every step felt like walking on knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid
17:43i would
17:43break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front of him and if that happened i would have truly lost
17:49lost everything when i got home i went straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw
17:57the
17:57bruises and welts covering my body they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing
18:03my skin over and over trying to wash off the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away
18:10every trace of leo but i couldn't the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still
18:17crawled on my skin and leo's careless words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a
18:23curse
18:23the hot water stung my wounds making me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded
18:30me
18:31that this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah
18:37ellie you've been in there a while
18:41don't run up the water bill honey coming out now
18:47my voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like my own mom must have gone to her book club because
18:53she
18:53didn't notice anything was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain
18:59tell her that the person i trusted most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up
19:05like a clown
19:06on the school's goal post no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a
19:11mess
19:11my face was pale my lips colorless the marks on my wrists were deep and a sickening shade of purple
19:18red
19:18like they were carved into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them
19:24bit by bit it hurt a piercing pain but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart
19:3016 years i'd known leo for 16 years our families lived on the same street our parents were old
19:37friends our moms went shopping together our dads had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class
19:43since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on the first day and i was the one who gave him a
19:48piece
19:48of chocolate after that he followed me around like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have
19:56this back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the
20:03good
20:03girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered for him when the teacher asked who broke
20:09the classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying so
20:16i tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up all
20:23night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the best i'm gonna make you my
20:29bride
20:29someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought
20:35we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he would
20:41look at me seriously and say eleanor vance will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes
20:47i was
20:48just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave to get
20:54savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughing stock of the
20:59whole school to trample all over my dignity
21:06when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
21:10football field
21:12students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was tied up
21:17in
21:18front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah said she
21:23wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're not actually
21:30mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him silently i
21:37guess my
21:37dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment i transferred schools
21:42the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank
21:48don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football
21:53players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
22:01leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field
22:05for two whole hours leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still
22:11had that same cocky smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like
22:16he was just there to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind
22:21him and so did savannah miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her
22:26shoulders like every strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane
22:31the excitement she couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her
22:35entertainment of course savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him
22:41before me he walked up to the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden
22:45glow on his
22:45face the features were so familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought
22:49would protect me forever now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still
22:56joking as if i wasn't a person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down
23:03he said it so casually like he was commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily
23:08untied the ropes no one cared if i would get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked
23:14the
23:14wind out of me and i felt like my lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled
23:20into a ball
23:20like a dying insect leo crouched down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing
23:27at my skin made me gasp when he saw my red swolled eyes he paused for a second for a
23:33moment i thought
23:34i saw a flicker of regret i thought he would apologize what are you crying for it was just a
23:39prank we used to prank each other all the time he said it so lightly as if this was just
23:43like any
23:43other joke but he forgot our old pranks never involved destroying someone's dignity they never
23:48involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at
23:53him saying nothing i couldn't get a single word out it wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just
23:59didn't know what to say how do you question 16 years of friendship how do you put this betrayal into
24:04words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away
24:10his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool halloween prank video so we thought
24:16it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make a sound i just gave leo one last
24:21look
24:22in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories and in that moment it was over
24:29i heard his voice behind me i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like
24:37walking on knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob
24:43uncontrollably
24:44right in front of him and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything
24:51when i got home i went straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises
24:56and welts
24:57covering my body they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over and over
25:03trying to wash off the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace of
25:10leo but i couldn't the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin
25:16and leo's careless words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water
25:23stung
25:23my wounds making me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't
25:30a
25:30nightmare this was real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah ellie you've been in there
25:37a
25:37while don't run up the water bill honey coming out now my voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like
25:47my
25:48own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything was wrong that was for the
25:54best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the person i trusted most in the
26:00world
26:00had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on the school's goal post no i couldn't
26:07bring myself
26:07to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was pale my lips colorless the marks
26:14on my wrists
26:14were deep and a sickening shade of purple red like they were carved into my bones i took out the
26:20antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing pain but it was nothing compared
26:27to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years our families lived on the same
26:33street
26:34our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together our dads had barbecues on weekends we were
26:40in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on the first day and i was the one
26:46who gave
26:46him a piece of chocolate after that he followed me around like a little shadow ellie wait for me
26:54ellie you can have this back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker
27:00and i was the good girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered for him when the
27:06teacher
27:06asked who broke the classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing
27:12he hated studying so i tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized
27:19notes then i'd stay up all night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the
27:26best i'm
27:26gonna make you my bride someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my heart
27:32would flutter i thought we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped
27:39that one day he would look at me seriously and say eleanor vance will you be my girlfriend but it
27:44turned out in his eyes i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan
27:50who
27:51would never leave to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make
27:57me the laughing stock of the whole school to trample all over my dignity
28:04when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
28:09football field
28:10students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was tied
28:16up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah said she
28:22wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're not actually
28:28mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him silently
28:34i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
28:39i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his fucking mind please ellie it was just a prank
28:46don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football
28:52players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
28:59leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
29:05leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky
29:11smirk he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there
29:15to watch the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did
29:21savannah miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every
29:25strand of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement she
29:30couldn't hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment of course
29:35savannah asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me he walked up
29:40to
29:40the goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on his face the features
29:44were so
29:45familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought would protect me forever now
29:49only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still joking as if i wasn't a
29:56person
29:56but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down he said it so casually like he
30:04was
30:04commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes no one cared if i would
30:09get hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out of me and i felt like
30:14my lungs
30:14had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled into a ball like a dying insect leo crouched down
30:21and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp when
30:27he saw
30:28my red swolled eyes he paused for a second for a moment i thought i saw a flicker of regret
30:33i thought
30:34he would apologize what are you crying for it was just a prank we used to prank each other all
30:39the time
30:39he said it so lightly as if this was just like any other joke but he forgot our old pranks
30:44never
30:45involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved humiliating someone in front of hundreds
30:49of people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying nothing i couldn't get a single word out
30:54it wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do you question 16
31:00years of
31:00friendship how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him uncomfortable don't look at me like
31:06that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt savannah said yesterday she wanted to film
31:12a cool halloween prank video so we thought it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make
31:18a
31:18sound i just gave leo one last look in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories
31:24and in that moment it was over hey eleanor vance i heard his voice behind me stop being mad okay
31:31i didn't
31:31turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like walking on knives but i couldn't stop
31:37if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob uncontrollably right in front of him
31:43and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything
31:50when i got home i went straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes i saw the bruises
31:55and welts
31:55covering my body they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water scrubbing my skin over
32:01and over trying to wash off the milkshake to wash off the humiliation trying to wash away every trace
32:08of leo but i couldn't the laughter still echoed in my ears the malicious stares still crawled on my skin
32:15and leo's careless words it was just a prank they replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water
32:21stung my
32:22wounds making me shiver but the pain was good it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a
32:28nightmare this was real leo really did use me as a toy to impress savannah ellie you've been in there
32:35a
32:36while don't run up the water bill honey coming out now my voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like
32:46my
32:46own mom must have gone to her book club because she didn't notice anything was wrong that was for
32:52the best i didn't want to explain how could i explain tell her that the person i trusted most
32:58in the world had betrayed me tell her i was tied up like a clown on the school's goal post
33:04no i couldn't
33:05bring myself to say it the girl in the mirror was a mess my face was pale my lips colorless
33:11the marks on
33:12my wrists were deep and a sickening shade of purple red like they were carved into my bones
33:18i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit it hurt a piercing pain but it was
33:25nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known leo for 16 years our families lived on
33:31the
33:32same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping together our dads had barbecues on
33:38weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes out on the first day and i
33:44was
33:44the one who gave him a piece of chocolate after that he followed me around like a little shadow ellie
33:50wait for me ellie you can have this back then leo's eyes were so bright his smile so pure he
33:58was the
33:58troublemaker and i was the good girl who always listened when he got into trouble i covered for him
34:04when the teacher asked who broke the classroom window i said it was me it was him practicing his
34:10baseball swing he hated studying so i tutored him before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously
34:17organized notes then i'd stay up all night making a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're
34:24the
34:24best i'm gonna make you my bride someday i'd blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly
34:30my heart would flutter i thought we were best friends the closest partners i even secretly
34:35hoped for more i hoped that one day he would look at me seriously and say eleanor vance will you
34:41be my
34:42girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes i was just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted
34:48just a backup plan who would never leave to get savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a
34:54goal post to make me the laughing stock of the whole school to trample all over my dignity
35:03when i woke up i was a prop in their prank zip tied to the goal post on the school's
35:07football field
35:08students walking by laughed at me filmed tiktoks and someone even threw a milkshake at me i was tied
35:14up in front of everyone for two whole hours when my best friend leo finally showed up savannah said she
35:20wanted to see a real life horror movie prank so we just played a little joke ellie you're not
35:26actually mad are you we grew up together you know me better than anyone i just stared at him silently
35:33i guess my dignity was just something to be sacrificed for someone else's entertainment
35:38i transferred schools the next day and leo lost his mind please ellie it was just a prank
35:45don't be like this after gym class i was just walking out of the equipment room when the football
35:50players surrounded me leo carter the boy next door i'd known my whole life was leading them
35:58leo knocked me unconscious and tied me to the goal post of the football field for two whole hours
36:03leaving me to be watched and mocked by everyone finally leo arrived he still had that same cocky smirk
36:10he always wore hands shoved in his jean pockets he strolled over like he was just there to watch
36:14the show the rest of the football team his accomplices followed behind him and so did savannah
36:19miller she was wearing a pink sundress her long hair flowing over her shoulders like every strand
36:24of her hair was glowing oh my god you guys actually did it that's insane the excitement she couldn't
36:29hide in her voice made my blood run cold so my pain was just her entertainment of course savannah
36:34asks savannah gets it was a gentle tone i had never heard from him before me he walked up to
36:39the
36:39goal post and looked up at me the setting sun cast a golden glow on his face the features were
36:43so
36:43familiar but right now he was a complete stranger the eyes i once thought would protect me forever
36:47now only held mockery so how's the view from up there ellie he was still joking as if i wasn't
36:54a
36:54person but a toy all right all right joke's over let's get her down he said it so casually like
37:02he was
37:02commenting on the weather a couple of his teammates clumsily untied the ropes no one cared if i would get
37:07hurt i crashed hard onto the grass the impact knocked the wind out of me and i felt like my
37:13lungs had collapsed every bone in my body ached i curled into a ball like a dying insect leo crouched
37:19down and ripped the bandage off my face the pain of the tape tearing at my skin made me gasp
37:25when he
37:26saw my red swolled eyes he paused for a second for a moment i thought i saw a flicker of
37:31regret i thought
37:33he would apologize what are you crying for it was just a prank we used to prank each other all
37:37the
37:37time he said it so lightly as if this was just like any other joke but he forgot our old
37:42pranks
37:43never involved destroying someone's dignity they never involved humiliating someone in front of
37:47hundreds of people they were never this cruel i stared at him saying nothing i couldn't get a
37:52single word out it wasn't that i didn't want to speak i just didn't know what to say how do
37:57you
37:57question 16 years of friendship how do you put this betrayal into words my stare made him
38:03uncomfortable don't look at me like that it's creepy his darting eyes gave away his guilt
38:08savannah said yesterday she wanted to film a cool halloween prank video so we thought
38:12it's not a big deal you're fine right but i didn't make a sound i just gave leo one last
38:18look
38:18in that look was 16 years of friendship countless happy memories and in that moment it was over
38:25i heard his voice behind me i didn't turn back my steps were shaky but firm every step felt like
38:34walking on knives but i couldn't stop if i stopped i was afraid i would break down i would sob
38:40uncontrollably
38:41right in front of him and if that happened i would have truly lost lost everything
38:48when i got home i went straight to the bathroom as i took off my clothes
38:52i saw the bruises and welts covering my body they were horrifying i stood under the scalding water
38:58scrubbing my skin over and over trying to wash off the milkshake to wash off the humiliation
39:05trying to wash away every trace of leo but i couldn't the laughter still echoed in my ears
39:10the malicious stares still crawled on my skin and leo's careless words it was just a prank they
39:17replayed in my mind like a curse the hot water stung my wounds making me shiver but the pain was
39:23good
39:24it kept me lucid it reminded me that this wasn't a nightmare this was real leo really did use me
39:30as
39:30a toy to impress savannah ellie you've been in there a while don't run up the water bill honey
39:40coming out now my voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like my own mom must have gone to her
39:47book club
39:47because she didn't notice anything was wrong that was for the best i didn't want to explain how could
39:54i explain tell her that the person i trusted most in the world had betrayed me tell her i was
40:00tied up
40:00like a clown on the school's goal post no i couldn't bring myself to say it the girl in the
40:06mirror was a
40:06mess my face was pale my lips colorless the marks on my wrists were deep and a sickening shade of
40:13purple
40:13red like they were carved into my bones i took out the antiseptic and started cleaning them bit by bit
40:20it hurt a piercing pain but it was nothing compared to the pain in my heart 16 years i'd known
40:27leo for
40:2816 years our families lived on the same street our parents were old friends our moms went shopping
40:34together our dads had barbecues on weekends we were in the same class since kindergarten he cried his eyes
40:40out on the first day and i was the one who gave him a piece of chocolate after that he
40:46followed me
40:46around like a little shadow ellie wait for me ellie you can have this back then leo's eyes were so
40:54bright his smile so pure he was the troublemaker and i was the good girl who always listened when
41:00he got into trouble i covered for him when the teacher asked who broke the classroom window
41:05i said it was me it was him practicing his baseball swing he hated studying so i tutored him
41:12before final exams i'd give him all my meticulously organized notes then i'd stay up all night making
41:19a new set for myself he used to say ellie you're the best i'm gonna make you my bride someday
41:25i'd
41:25blush and say who would want to marry you but secretly my heart would flutter i thought we were
41:31best friends the closest partners i even secretly hoped for more i hoped that one day he would look at
41:37me
41:37seriously and say eleanor vance will you be my girlfriend but it turned out in his eyes i was
41:43just a toy he could humiliate whenever he wanted just a backup plan who would never leave to get
41:49savannah's attention he didn't hesitate to tie me to a goal post to make me the laughing stock of the
41:55whole school to trample all over my dignity
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