"The moon is beautiful, isn't it?" BL

-4-

After lunch the day we pretty much over. I only had Spanish and English class left. Which they flew by.
After school was over I didn't get to leave. I had forgotten to call my dad but luckily my mom did. Once school ended I walked towards to office.
"Hey Lennox" Julian called out
"Hey" I said in a confused voice.
"So I was wondering do you mind me flirting with you? Not like real flirting obviously but like fake flirting. I feel like you wouldn't mind but you know it wouldn't hurt to ask." He asked
"Oh umm I don't mind I guess" I replied
As we walked down the hallway minutes passed by.
"I got to go this way. See ya later sweetheart" he said smirking
"Yea yea" I replied smiling and turned to the office.
I walked in the office to find my sister and brothers sitting in the chairs. Even my littlest brother Luke was sitting in the room. He wasn't even old enough to go to school.
"Are they here?" I asked
Hartley nodded and pointed to the private principals office.
Great. Here we go.
I knocked on the door and opened it.
"Here you are Mr. Calmera now we can begin." I didn't have time to sit my stuff down before he started talking. I dropped in by the door and took a seat in the only empty chair in the room.
"So I'm not sure if you noticed but your son has a lot of missing days and tardys. And his grade have been slowly dropping. It also seems as if he's not been getting enough sleep because he's been sleeping through most of his classes."
My mom looked at me worried and then translated it for my dad. I didn't want to be the one to tell him since it was about me.
"Estás castigado" my dad said.
"Papa!" I groaned "Lo siento"
"Sin excusas" he replied harshly
"I don't even live with you how can you ground me" I said
I said it in English so he couldn't understand me.
"Lennox Calmera!!" My mom yelled
"What it's true" I replied and stood up. "If we're done here I'm leaving"
"No I would also like to discuss one more thing. So please sit back down." The principal said "so we've already talked about his grades but I think he's a little depressed."
The room was silent.
"Mama did you not tell him?" I asked
"I'm sorry tell me what?" He asked
"Well you see, Lennox here is diagnosed with depression. So yes he is depressed."

I looked the opposite direction. I hate talking about this stuff.
But it seemed everything made sense to the principle now.
"So now are we done?" I asked
"Yes you may leave" the principal replied.
I stood up and grabbed my stuff and walked out. I didn't want to be here any longer than I had to.
I walked out of the private office and into the main office area to see the rest of my family sitting in the chairs. I walked up to them and said "come on let's go home"
"Lennox, necesito hablar contigo" my father said
I nodded and followed him outside. Mom took the rest of the kids home. Papa waited till they were across the street before he said anything.
"¿Cómo es que has estado holgazaneando?" He asked
"Lo siento, papá, estoy tratando de hacerlo bien, pero es difícil" I replied
He looked more mad than before.
"Sin excusas" he said before he slapped be across the face.
I stood there shocked from what just happened.
"What the hells your problem?" I said forgetting he couldn't understand me.
"Lennox, he intentado ser amable, pero estoy cansado de ser un buen tipo. Sé mejor o de lo contrario" he said
"Lo siento, papá" I said and turned around to see Julian staring at me.
"¿Estás espiando?" My dad asked
"My dad wants to know if you're spying" I said looking at my shoes. I didn't want to face him right now.
"I know I speak Spanish." Julian replied

Shit. He can understand him. How long has he been there. How much does he know.
"No, señor, no lo estoy, solo estoy de paso." Julian said
"Piérdete" my dad said
"Adiós, papá" I said and ran off before my dad could say anything to keep me there.
I ran over to Julian and grabbed his wrist pulling him around a corner.

"How much did you hear?" I asked
"All of it" he replied
"So you were spying" I said acting like I knew what he was doing.
"I'm sorry" he said

Shit. I can't deal with this. I need everything to stop. There's to much to do. There's to much tot think. I don't want to.......
My brain stopped working. I couldn't think. I could barely breathe. It felt as if I was going to die.
"Lennox?" Julian questioned
Breath. Breathe. Breathe.
It isn't working. Maybe counting?
5. 4. 3. 2. 1.
It's not working.
"Hey come here" he said pulling me into a hug.
A guy I just met pulled me into a hug and I allowed it.
My mind began to slow down. I could think again. There was still a thousand things in my head. I could breathe.
1 breath.
2 breath
3 breath
4 breath
5 breath.
I'm alive.

Is this good? I hope so 😋😋

I don't really know where I'm going with the story but I do know how I want it to end so.......
Hope you like it 🙂🙂
   Also sorry for the non Spanish speakers. (I used translation) 🥲

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