blah rah rah blah blah

“No– we were butting head’s constantly. The past is good place to keep things like that, I understand the ex thing. Brookfield is a good place too be. Arabella is sixteen, the hard age. I sort of wish we weren’t nine years apart, but at the same time I never loved someone as much as her, even if she’s a pain.”

“Ah, most people understand the ex thing, it’s normal for it all to happen, of course,” he shrugged. “Ah, sixteen! That’s very sweet, though - that you care for her so much. Siblings have to stick together. My brother and I are only three years apart, but he’s older - twenty-seven this year.”

“Honestly, happy puppies are the only reason I would need to do anything. Ever. “

“I really don’t blame you! It was truly difficult to go away for so long without her.”

“That’s… wow… I’m impressed that you seem to have dealt with that so well.” Tallulah said. “I could never imagine… but yes, in a while everything will be just fine for the whole town I suppose. That’s a very good reminder when things get rough.”

“I’m pretty good with change, it happens when you do it so much,” he shrugged. “It just takes time for it all to settle in. It’s normal.”

“I’ve had one person when I was a teacher’s aid that wasn’t a decent teacher but my grade depended on working with her. That sounds horrendous, I’m sorry you had to be with someone you didn’t get on with. I have no idea if the age gap would be good or bad for Arabella and I, she’s mostly testing my buttons at this point on how far she can take her teenage rebellion too.”

“I imagine that all went well, though. Ah, it’s really no bother. That’s all in the past now, and I’m happy with how everything has ended up - especially everything in Brookfield. How old is she exactly? My brother is only a few years older than I am, so I’m glad about that. It makes us closer.”

“I’ve known a few that I’ve worked with, they are very hard to get a long with. Lied too whom? The students and my sister, Arabella lives with me though so it’s hard not to find her much like my child sometimes, especially when I tell her to pick up her stuff. The trials of having a teenager under the same roof as you.”

“I’ve been lucky to work with people I mostly get along with, and I hope it continues to be that way. Oh, lied to my ex-fiancee. She wasn’t a very good teacher, and I do hope she quit when we broke up, for the sake of her students. My brother lived with me for a while, but he’s off traveling the world again now. The only teenage sibling I’ve had to deal with was him when we were younger.”

“I’d sure hope so, though I’ve met some off teacher’s in my time. That’s good, they need it all, I’d always put myself last before them– I don’t know if I’d ever have any kids but right now my students are my kids.”

“There are always crappy teachers, I’ve known one myself - she was a double whammy - bad teacher and bad person. Though I may have lied and said she was good. Ah, you and me both. The students and my puppy, of course.”

“I can only hope to make it easy for them, I really want the kids to feel like they have someone they can talk too.”

“As does every teacher, I think it’s just general for us to want to help in any way we can. And I can assure you that we will during this time for the students.”

“Hopefully not, I’m being a bit doubtful to some extent, a lot of kids aren’t happy with the move and I’m sure that will make the transition harder.”

“Everybody has to be doubtful at some point, of course. It’s only natural. It’s going to be hard on everybody, so everyone has to be there for each other, student or not.”

Get over it.

“Any day.”

I said, lucky you. There isn’t anything you should be confused about there.

“Minus your bitterness.”

“I’d have to agree. As much as I’d love to travel, I’d want a nice place to come back to and feel comfortable. “

“It’s definitely nice. Plus, my puppy is happy I’m home too. Probably more happy than I am.”

Yeah, lucky you.

“What?”

Teachers don’t make that kind of money, so you must have lived in a shit place or something to save up that much.

“I’ve been saving up money for quite a few years, and only put a bit of it into buying a house. Plus, my family are happy to contribute to anything for their children, and, as I said, it’s my brothers job.”

“That is very true. Sometimes it is, you’re very right about that. I’ve just never been a lover of change. It’s gotten better as I’ve aged but I’d still prefer everything to fall into a comfortable rhythm.” Tallulah shrugged her shoulders.

“I like change sometimes, my whole life has been uprooted and changed in the past few years and I’ve really come to accept it all. Everything is settling back down now, though, so everything should be fine in a while.”

How did you have the money for all that shit?

“I’m a teacher, and have been for a few years so I’ve saved up, plus, he works as a journalist - traveling around the world is his job.”

“Talk to me about it! Where all did you go?” Aurora stepped back smiling happily toward the person she had considered a friend for some time now.

“We stayed in Australia and then the United Kingdom for a while, then Egypt and Greece so I could explore all the historical parts of the two places. It was really amazing. I’ve never traveled as much as I did and it’s so exciting to say I’ve been to some of those places.”