25. Hallway

I was still quite  distressed after witnessing all of that drama. The fact that maybe Tom  thinks I might be the reason their relationship fell apart is kind of  painful. I don't want to take the blame for something I had nothing to  do with. I was just a nerd in school trying to exist. Is my existence  really that bad?

I  was pulled from my own mind when somebody grabbed me by the wrist,  yanking me into an empty classroom. It's always the empty classrooms. I  had no time to process what was happening nor did I have time to look at  who was doing that to me until I arrived at the classroom. I was hoping  it'd be Billy, but I was wrong. It was Tom himself. 'He's gonna beat me  up,' I thought to myself. I really thought the bullying was over, but  no.

"Why? Tell me,  why did you have to ruin what I had with Billy?", there was this rage in  his voice that made my knees weak. Even though he was quieter than  usual since he didn't want to get the attention of any teachers, the  hatred he had towards me was obvious. He got closer to me, and going a  few steps back, my butt touched one of the desks, and instinctively I  sat on it. Weird, I know, but at least now I was on the same height as  Tom.

"I-I didn't ruin anything, it wasn't my fault~"

"SHUT  UP! You shut your goddamn mouth, you brat! Everything is your fault!  What does he see in you that I don't have?!", it was more sadness than  anger now. I know that it wasn't my fault, but I just wanted to comfort  him. I knew that would probably end in a disaster, but what do I have to  lose? Apart from an unbroken nose, that is.

"T-Tom...",  I said cautiously and slowly, "I-I'm sorry that happened to you, but I  didn't do anything," at a snail's pace, I moved my hand to put it on his  shoulder, "I...I can try and talk to him for you if you want me to...  but know that I didn't do anything wrong..."

Tom  looked at me for a long second. There was confusion and curiosity on  his face. "Why are you like this?", he asked, "Why are you so... nice?"

Huh?

Well,  that was unexpected. I was hoping he'd ask me how did I manage to get  Billy to befriend me so fast, which, by the way, he made sure if I told  anybody about that, he'd kill me, and I take his word for it, but  instead he asked me why I was so nice.

"I...  I don't know... I just... I have no reason to be mean to people, I  guess...", even I didn't know the answer to that question. Why was I so  nice? Why was I nice to Bully that night? Why am I trying to be nice and  understanding to Tom now too?

I  was yanked out of the train of my thoughts by the same person again  when he grabbed me by my cheeks and pushed his lips to mine, kissing me  firmly like there was no tomorrow. I had no idea what to do at that  moment, so I just closed my eyes and kissed him back. It was pure  reflex, I swear. This probably had to be the strangest thing to ever  happen to me. Even weirder than my situation with Billy.

Talking  about the wolf, after a second of kissing with Tom, which is so strange  to think about it, yet say it out loud, I opened my eyes, and there was  Billy at the door of the classroom, with new rage and hatred in his  eyes I hadn't seen before. What was happening at this point?