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 to

as soon as I climbed onto the bed, lan pulled me in

was to his chest and his arms circled

long, soft kiss on the top of my head, and I could only close

was facing his bare chest and I noted the Latin phrase that was tattooed

but I never got

this mean? Cogito Ergo

therefore I am.It's a

I mean, it must mean

it’s already late.I don’t

at least, six more hours,"I said and he let out a

"Okay..."

"I never told anyone this before, but there was a time in my life where I felt so hopeless 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

to me about his past, he always said it wasn’t his proudest

year old lan, alone in this room, contemplating

and turned his

my hand I reached for his

still around today

curved up his face as he heard my

and he rubbed his thumb gently

"Llove you, Emma,"

mind went blank for

I never knew how four little words could hold so much

warm and big and butterflies were flying

stop myself from smiling even when

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 and he kissed me with such tenderness

before

our souls were finally freed after being in

for the longest time, just savoring each other through

my fingers on

kissing the sweet spot on my neck and fondling my

had hours left for each other and we wanted to make

made love

words ‘ made love’ because now

because we both knew it came from a place of love and trust between the

asleep to the sight of the sun

keep my eyes open for

time, we lay facing each other but

were tired but we didn’t want to blink and

sweetest thing that I had

next, the sun was already high

signs of lan’s body next to mine, but

and looked around the room—I

hear the sound of my phone

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

had dozens of missed calls and messages all from Tiff and

if we were still going to drive back today

quickly called them up and told them everything was fine and that we were still going to go

they were on their way to

my phone away and went to

of lan’s shirt, but I didn’t

my jeans and kept his t-shirt

it wouldn't be too

voice called out from

instinctively and found him

wearing a plain white shirt

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

as I scrambled to get

your shirt, by

  "Keep

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

I was

okay.I understand

you around a little longer.My mom really wants to

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