Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : Here's a tad bit of context: One of my friends moved down south in 7th grade. 2 years later, we are all now in 9th grade. The enemy I'm referring to is in my gym class every day. I personally am a very timid person when it comes to confrontation; I can be talkative at times, but if I need to assert myself, I often get very nervous. Also, I'm going to refer to each of the people by a certain letter so things don't get too confusing.

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I've been lurking on this subreddit for a while and only now have decided to post, since the guilt from doing this has been eating at me for a while. Since second semester started in my high school, among my classes is now gym. I was lucky enough to have one of my friends (M) in my gym class, but was unlucky enough to, at the same time, have another person who I distinctly recognized as a bully (B) from my middle school years also be in it. What's worse is that M and B actually are friends with each other, which makes this all the more difficult. Normally I would disregard middle school years, since I tend to be a forgiving person, but something is making it hard.

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The friend that moved to Florida (J) still interacts with us through our group chat we have together. J regularly goes on rants on multiple topics, one of which being the horrific abuse and bullying they went through at our middle school, of which B was the primary source. I don't actually know any details of what J experienced (and I don't want to ask, since they claim to have anxiety from the memories, so I feel apprehensive in pushing it) but what I do know is that B made life absolute hell for them, and they continue to suffer from it to this day.

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In class, I usually try not to talk to B, but am forced into conversation with him and M anyway. I try to act friendly towards B, since I just can't find it in me to confront him. He also pushes M around and often is rude to him, but M seems to be fine with it, like it's just boys roughhousing, though it makes me uncomfortable. B also can be hilarious at times, and I've even found myself enjoying his presence, which I can't help but be ashamed of myself for.

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Even though I go along with B and his antics, I can't help but think of what he did to J, because, based on J's texts, he screwed him up severely. J talks about flashbacks and anxiety attacks, and I'm just wondering to myself: How on earth do I find it okay to hang around the person who did this to my friend? But then of course, if I did even find the guts in me to say something to B, I'd still have to see him every day in gym, and I'm afraid I'd become a target or something.

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So, AITA for continuing to be with this person?