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? 

empty space next to

made my way over and as soon as I climbed onto the bed, lan pulled me in his arms and held

his chest and his arms

top of my head, and I could only close my eyes as

was facing his bare chest and

wondered about it but I never got a chance

this mean? Cogito

I am.It's a Latin

the meaning for you? I mean, it must mean

and it’s already late.I don’t know if you

all the time in the world...or at least, six more hours,"I said and he let out a

"Okay..."

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

his past, he always said it wasn’t

heart was breaking at the thought of eighteen year old lan, alone

said and

deep,"I said quickly, using my hand I reached for

I’m so glad you're still around today to tell me

he heard

reached for my chin and he rubbed his thumb gently on

"Llove you, Emma,"

 My mind went blank for

expecting that at all and I never knew how four little words could hold so much

chest felt warm and big and butterflies

myself from smiling even when I bit my

only thing I could do at this point was to look up at him and say, "I love you too, lan Hayes,"  The next thing I knew, his lips found mine

I kissed so many times before already,

were finally freed after being in

for the longest time, just savoring each other through touches

fingers on his chest and rock

spot on my neck and fondling

for each other and we

made love

use the words ‘ made love’ because now I finally knew

knew it came from a place of love and trust between

fell asleep to the sight of the sun rising behind lan’s gorgeous

keep my eyes open

lay facing each other

didn’t

that I had

opened my eyes next, the sun was already

for signs of lan’s body next to mine, but

up and looked around the room—I was

of my phone buzzing

vibrating device, and I almost choked on air

calls and messages

know if we were still going to drive back

called them up and told them everything was fine and that we were still

and they were on their way to pick

put my phone away and went

out of lan’s shirt,

I wore my jeans and kept his t-shirt on

part of the shirt together so it wouldn't be

called out

out instinctively and found him standing

wearing a plain white

I didn’t hear it? "lan, why didn’t you wake me? I have

as I scrambled to get my

your

  "Keep

so tired.And I was hoping you’d miss the time and stay

be told, I was

okay.I understand the

wish I can keep you around a little longer.My mom really

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