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? 

here,"he patted the empty

soon as I climbed onto the

chest and his arms

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

eyes, I was facing his bare

had always wondered about it but I never got a chance

does this mean? Cogito Ergo Sum?"I

think therefore I am.It's a Latin

it must mean something, you had it tattooed

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

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

"Okay..."

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

about his past, he always said it

was breaking at the thought of eighteen year old

and turned his face

I reached for his face and turned

so glad you're still around

curved up his face as he heard my response.And his smile made me

reached for my chin and he rubbed his thumb gently on my

"Llove you, Emma,"

 My mind went blank for a

knew how four little

big and butterflies were

from smiling

this point was to look up at him and say, "I love you too, lan Hayes," 

times before already, but this

freed after being in cages for

out for the longest time, just savoring each other

loved running my fingers on

wouldn't stop kissing the sweet spot on my neck and fondling my

hours left for each other and we wanted to make sure that

love

finally use the words ‘ made love’

both knew it came from a place

asleep to the sight of the

keep my eyes open for another

a long time, we lay facing each other but

were tired but we didn’t want to blink and

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

the sun was already high

body next to mine, but there was nothing but

up and looked around the room—I was

I could hear the sound of my phone buzzing from

staggered up the bed and grabbed the vibrating device, and I almost choked on air as I saw

dozens of missed calls and messages all from Tiff

wanted to know if we were still going to

was fine and that we were still going to go according

and they were on their way to pick me

I put my phone away and went to

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

I wore my jeans and kept his

it wouldn't be too baggy over my body."Emma? You in

out from

walked out instinctively and found him

was already dressed, wearing a plain white shirt

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

I scrambled to get my things

your

  "Keep it,"he

wanna wake you, you look so tired.And I was hoping you’d miss the time and stay for another

I was

understand

a

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255