TAL & ADI FISHMAN, MY BULLIES

3.

'What was going on yesterday?' Shani asks me when she sees me walking towards the entrance of our school.

'Nothing...don't wanna talk about it here' I just say... too many people...too many ears.

She grabs my arm and runs towards a classroom that I don't recognise. I started crying while runnig because she made me think of what happened again. She opens the classroom not knwoing that there was someone there.

We close the door behind us and then we see him...Tal. 

'Great' Shani says. 'Could you leave please?' She says.

He ignores the question/commandment and he looks at me. 

'Are you OK?' He asks walking towards me. He puts his hands on my cheeks

'Funny of you to ask' My bff says. She always knows what I think and she knew I wouldn't be able to answer...so I am very thankful that she said that.

'Shani, leave please' He tells her. She looks at me, and I nod my head. She leaves and closes the door, leaving us two there, alone...

I start shaking. I was cold, scared, sad...

He sees and puts his jacket around me. 

'W-why are you being s-so nice?' I ask.

'Are you OK?' He asks again, ignoring my question. 'Why are you crying? Is it because of your parents?' Oh I forgot to mention...they live infront of my house...just 2 steps away...great right??? I mean it's good 'coz that way Shani and I are always together but yeah...Tal and Adi are the consequences.

'Yes' I put his jacket tighter, giving me more heat. 'They are getting a divorce' Directly I start crying again. Then he does something I had never expected...he grabs me and pulls me into a hug. He is way taller than me so he rests his head on my head, making me feel safe, a feeling I have never had with someone...especially not with Tal!

'Shh, it's ok. Sometimes things happen you can't do anything about. The man I am living with isn't my father either, he left us when we were 3.' He pauses and I til my head up to look at him to see if he was serious.

'I-I didn't k-know'' I say, going back into the hug.

'Just remember,  When you wake up, your whole world is flipped and Its just different, and you gotta go with it... You don't have to pretend that it's easy all the time...you just let it go and grow with it, and you can't hold on to the old his or the old that...it's not changing in a bad way, it's just changing because that's what happens in life. You grow up, everyone moves on...changing isn't a bad thing, it never was. But at the end of the day you are the same person and where your heart is, that doesn't change'

'Sounds like Shawn Mendes' Is all I manage to say.

'That's because it is' He says. He probably heard me sing to his songs...I am a hugeee fan of Shawn Mendes.

We just stand there in silence hugging, accepting each other...

Why am I this comfortable? Am I falling for Tal, my bully??