Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

Chapter 24: Humble Beginnings

EMMA's POV 

We arrived at lan's family home, but we had to sneak ourselves in so we wouldn't wake up his mom.  I didn’t know much about lan and his family, he didn’t talk about them often.

All I knew was that his dad had passed away in a car accident and her mom never got remarried.

He also had a younger sister who was still in college.

 The house was a lovely two story white brick building.

The living room was filled with all sorts of pictures and memories of lan’s childhood, and I couldn't get enough of it.

lan was so, so adorable.

He played little league when he was 10, and there were pictures of him and his family when he was young scattered everywhere.

Weirdly enough, there weren't any pictures of him as a teenager though.

"Come here,"lan whispered, motioning for me to follow him up the stairs.

We made it to the second floor and he went into the first room up the stairs.I couldn't believe my eyes as I stepped inside the room.It was lan’s childhood bedroom.

There were posters of bands on the wall, his old comic books scattered on the desk, and a lot of art sketches everywhere.

I felt like I was meeting sixteen-year-old lan.

"I would have cleaned the room if I knew you were coming,"he joked as he watched my expression.

"This is fine.It’s great,"I said as I took note of all the books on his shelves.

"I can sleep on the couch if you want,"he motioned for the bed.

It was a queen-sized bed, big enough for two.So I quickly shook my head.

"You can sleep here too, if you want,"He didn't say anything but he nodded his head a little.

"I'll find you something to change,"he said as he turned for the dresser.

He pulled out a black t-shirt with The Ramones logo on it and handed it to me.

"Will this do?"he asked.

"Sure, thanks,"I said as I took the shirt.

He then raided the bottom drawer for some boxer shorts and handed one to me.

"Sorry, it’s all I got,"

"No worries,"

I paused for a beat before asking, "Uh, bathroom?"

He pointed to the en-suite door and I made my way inside.

It was funny.

lan had seen me naked before, but I was feeling embarrassed to change in front of him.  Why am I so nervous? After putting his t-shirt on me, I couldn't help but smile at my reflection.

I love seeing his oversized shirt draped on my body and I love that I could smell his scent with every breath I took.

When I finished changing and I cleaned up a bit, I opened the door and found lan already on the bed.

He was shirtless, he wore nothing but some joggers that hung low on his hips.

His toned and muscular body was leaning against the headboard and my eyes scanned the tattoos covering his arm and chest.

"You alright there?"he said suddenly, causing me to blush and look away.

"You're not gonna wear a shirt?"I asked

"My shirt looks better on you,"he smirked in reply.

Oh gosh, I’m a goner, aren't I? 

patted the empty space next

climbed onto

to his chest and

the top of my head, and

turned my head to the side and opened my eyes, I was facing his

it but I never got a

Cogito Ergo Sum?"I

therefore I am.It's a Latin quote

must mean something,

already late.I don’t know if you

at least, six

"Okay..."

and that life was so pointless.I was around 18 or 19.I thought about ending it all.But then, the fact that I was thinking at all about my existence tells me that I exist.And as long as I keep having questions and thinking about my existence, I can have a reason to keep living.So I got this tattoo as a reminder to keep thinking and keep going,"  I didn’t know what to

to me about his past, he always

of eighteen year old

and turned his face

I think that’s really deep,"I said quickly, using my hand I reached for his face and turned

still around today

face as he heard my

chin and he

"Llove you, Emma,"

mind went blank

never knew how four little

chest felt warm and big and butterflies were

stop myself from smiling even when I bit my

look up at him and say, "I love you too, lan Hayes,"  The next thing

I kissed so many times before already, but this

souls were finally freed after

out for the longest time, just savoring

my fingers on his

sweet spot on my

only had hours left for each other and we wanted to

made love

the words ‘ made love’ because now I

we both knew it came from a place

of the sun rising behind

couldn't keep my eyes open

we lay facing each

were tired but we didn’t want to

was...the sweetest thing that I had ever experienced in

the sun was already high up

for signs of lan’s body next

looked around the room—I was completely alone in

the sound of my phone buzzing from my

staggered up the bed and grabbed the vibrating device, and I almost

dozens of missed calls and messages all from Tiff and

wanted to know if we were still going to drive back

everything was fine

shared my location with them and they were

my phone away and went to the en-suite

about changing out of lan’s shirt, but I didn’t wanna

jeans and kept his t-shirt

shirt together so it wouldn't be too baggy over

out from

walked out instinctively and found him

wearing a plain white shirt

how come I didn’t hear it? "lan, why didn’t you wake me? I have to leave in...twenty

I scrambled to get my things

I'm stealing your

"Keep

miss the time and stay for another day.Shameless of me.I

be told, I was

understand the

a little longer.My mom really wants to meet

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