TAL & ADI FISHMAN, MY BULLIES

20.

'Tal' I say, running out the door leaving Adi behind speechless, not expecting his big brother there.

'Melissa, I love you with all my heart. I am not mad at you, I could never be, so don't be sad my love' He says putting his hand under my chin lifting my head up to look into his eyes. That was the first time he gave me one of those nicknames, and honestly I loved that. It made me feel so special, so loved...

He unlocks his eyes from mine and looks for Adi, who was now standing outside at the door. I feel how Tal takes away his hand from under my chin and starts to walk...this won't end well.

I jump in between them. 'Tal, relax, he explained everything to me, it is ok' I say but he doesn't even hear me. He pushes me away violently and goes closer to his brother. I fall on the floor, not being able to move because of the pain in my ankle. When I look up I see Adi on the floor with Tal on top of him, punching him. There is blood all over Tal's hands and T-shirt.

'STOP!!' I shout and do my best to get up. After a while I finally manage to stand up and I go towards Tal. There I pull his T-shirt as hard as I can, leaving my ankle worse but I don't care.

'TAL FISHMAN, I SAID STOP!' And finally he hears me. 'Go inside babe' and before he turns his head I say 'You just pushed me on the floor and I think I broke my ankle, don't call me bae Tal. Not now' and finally he snaps out of his anger to look at me. 'What?' He says, with a sad and worried tone. 'I broke my ankle I think'. Finally he gets it. He caused this pain, and he didn't even notice. He gets up from Adi and lifts me up bridal style, puts me in his car and closes the door for me. He helps Adi to stand up and to get back inside and sit on the couch. He takes a minute or 5 giving Adi water and I don't know what else and finally comes back to me.

'Sorry, sorry, sorry' He says almost whispering over a thousand times. I put my hand on his lap, and say 'it's fine'.

I am tired, very tired. All these problems... I rest my head against the car window, and fall asleep thinking about all that happened.