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

onto the bed, lan pulled me in his

chest and his arms circled

of my head, and I

side and opened my eyes, I was facing his bare chest and I noted the Latin phrase that was tattooed

wondered about it but I never got a chance

Cogito Ergo

therefore I am.It's a Latin quote by

mean, it must

and it’s already late.I don’t

have all the time in the world...or at least, six more hours,"I said

"Okay..."

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

never talked to me about his past, he always said it wasn’t

eighteen year old lan, alone in

whatever,"he said and turned his face

really deep,"I said quickly, using my hand I reached for his face and turned it back to

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

as he

my chin and he rubbed his thumb

"Llove you, Emma,"

went blank for a

at all and I never knew how four little

and butterflies

from smiling even when I bit my

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

I kissed so many times before already, but

freed after being in cages for so

out for the longest time, just savoring each other

on his chest

wouldn't stop kissing the sweet spot on

for each other and we wanted to

love

love’ because now I finally

it came from

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

keep my eyes

lay facing each other but none of us wanted to

tired but we didn’t want to

thing that I

the sun was already high

lan’s body next to

around the room—I was completely

the sound of my phone

up the bed and grabbed the vibrating device, and I almost choked on air as I saw the time, it was

dozens of missed calls and messages all

still

was fine and that we were still going to go according

them and they

put my phone away and went

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

I wore my jeans and kept his

of the shirt together so it wouldn't be too

out from

instinctively and found

a plain white shirt and

and how come I didn’t hear it? "lan,

said as I scrambled

your shirt, by

"Keep it,"he

I was hoping you’d miss the

I was hoping

okay.I understand the

keep you around a little longer.My mom really

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