Shayari Bazar

I close my mouth and shut my eyes. I can feel the tears building the tears building up again. I beg myself not to cry, not here, not in assembly with Sally right next to me so desperate for me to crumble. I feel a finger tap on my left shoulder. Sally, to my right doesn’t notice. I look back. It’s Renee.‘Welcome back,’ she mouths. Apparently not bothered that a teacher might see.I smile for the first time in nine days.