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0:04[sighs]
0:07>> Finally.
0:09The hallways empty.
0:11The teachers have gone home. The lights
0:14are off upstairs.
0:17And you're here with me.
0:23Uh-huh, she's waking up.
0:26Hey.
0:27Easy now.
0:29Good evening, sweetheart.
0:32Heroic.
0:34I was starting to worry.
0:37You went completely limp when I carried
0:41you down here from the old storage wing.
0:44For a second I thought I'd been too
0:47rough when I covered your mouth.
0:49But you're okay now. See?
0:52You're breathing.
0:54You're safe
0:56with me.
1:01Don't pull like that.
1:04Please stop.
1:06The rope will scrape your wrist if you
1:08keep fighting it.
1:11I tied it carefully, you know.
1:14I made sure it wasn't too tight.
1:17I would never want to hurt you.
1:22Look at me, okay?
1:25It's me, the boy from your class.
1:28The one who sits near the window.
1:31The one you always pass in the corridor
1:33without noticing.
1:36Well,
1:37you notice me now.
1:40Hey.
1:42Stop.
1:44I said stop struggling.
1:49Good girl. There we go.
1:52You're shaking so much. Your eyes are
1:55all
1:57You must be terrified.
2:00But
2:01you don't have to be.
2:02I'm not some stranger who dragged you
2:05into a dark place.
2:07I known you for years.
2:10I know what song you hum to when you
2:12think nobody is around.
2:14I know you hate the cafeteria's noodles.
2:17I know you stay back at the library
2:19every Wednesday because it's quieter
2:22than going straight home.
2:23And I know that whenever it rains, you
2:27stand under the shelter walkway for
2:29extra few minutes even when your ride is
2:32already waiting.
2:35You always look so pretty in the rain. I
2:40used to watch from across the courtyard.
2:43You look up the sky like you were
2:45waiting for something magical to happen.
2:48I wanted to walk over. I wanted to hold
2:51an umbrella above you.
2:53I wanted to tell you that I've been
2:56waiting for you.
2:58But I couldn't.
3:01Not while all those people were around
3:03you.
3:09Don't cry. Please don't cry.
3:12I hate seeing tears in your face.
3:15Come here.
3:18No. No, don't lean away from me. I'm I'm
3:22only going to wipe them off.
3:26There.
3:29You're more beautiful up close.
3:32I knew it.
3:35But let me go.
3:38Sweetheart, why would I do that?
3:41You've spent so long leaving me behind
3:44every day.
3:45Leaving school with your friends.
3:47Laughing with them. Texting them.
3:50Letting them touch your hand like they
3:52belong near you.
3:55I was always watching.
3:57Always waiting.
4:00And then that guy started following you
4:03around.
4:05The one from the basketball team.
4:09He always sat besides you.
4:12He kept making you laugh.
4:14He put his stupid jacket over your
4:16shoulders when you were cold.
4:19Like he had the right.
4:21Like you were his.
4:27I tried to be patient. I really did.
4:32I told myself you would eventually see
4:34him for what he was.
4:36I told myself that if I waited long
4:39enough you'd look my way.
4:42But then I heard what he said to you
4:44after class today.
4:47I heard him ask you out.
4:50I heard him say he wanted to take you
4:52somewhere this weekend.
4:57And you didn't say no fast enough.
5:00So I made a decision.
5:03I couldn't let him take you away from
5:04me.
5:06Not after everything I've done for you.
5:11Shh.
5:12Stop.
5:13Stop.
5:15You're okay.
5:17I know this is sudden. I know you're
5:20confused.
5:22But
5:23once you calm down you'll understand.
5:27The school basement is old but I fixed
5:30this room up for you.
5:32I brought blankets, water,
5:35snacks you like,
5:37even that strawberry candy you always
5:39buy from the vending machine.
5:42I remembered. Of course I remembered.
5:45I remember everything about you.
5:50You don't need to worry about tomorrow's
5:52classes. You don't need to worry about
5:55your friends. You don't need to worry
5:57about parents or anybody trying to pull
6:01you away.
6:03For once, you can just rest
6:07with me.
6:10There, there.
6:12You're doing so well.
6:15I know you're scared of me right now,
6:18but you won't be forever.
6:21You'll get used to my voice. You'll get
6:23used to me taking care of you.
6:26You'll realize I'm the only person who
6:28has truly ever paid attention.
6:32Nobody loves you the way I do.
6:35Nobody could.
6:37I would do anything for you.
6:41Anything.
6:45You want to know what happened to him?
6:50Don't worry about that.
6:52He won't be
6:54bothering you anymore.
6:59No,
7:00oh no, don't look at the door like that.
7:02Nobody is coming. It's after school.
7:05This part of the building is locked up
7:08for renovations. Even the security
7:10doesn't come down here.
7:12I made sure.
7:15You see, I planned all of this because I
7:18care.
7:20Because I love you.
7:25Oh, sweetheart.
7:27Don't make that face.
7:29You're breaking my heart.
7:31Come here.
7:35You're so warm.
7:38I imagined this for a long The
7:41Holding you close like this.
7:44Feeling you breathe. Knowing you can't
7:46disappear into the crowd the second I
7:48look away.
7:52Please stop trembling.
7:54I'm right here.
7:56I'll keep you safe.
7:58I'll take care of all your needs,
8:00darling.
8:02All of them.
8:04And someday, maybe you'll say my name
8:07the way I've always wanted you to.
8:10Not because I'm the quiet boy from
8:12class.
8:14But because I'm yours.
8:16And you're mine.
8:19Forever.