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? 

the empty space

way over and as soon as I climbed onto the bed, lan

his chest and his arms circled me

head, and I

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

but I never got a chance

this mean? Cogito Ergo

am.It's a Latin quote by

it must mean

it’s already late.I

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

"Okay..."

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 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

about his past, he always said

old lan, alone in this room,

said and

quickly, using my hand I reached for his

you're still around today to

he

reached for my chin and he

"Llove you, Emma,"

 My mind went blank

knew how four little words

and big and butterflies were flying

from smiling

love you too, lan Hayes,"

I kissed so many times before

was like our souls were finally freed after being in cages for

out for the longest time, just savoring

loved running my fingers on

stop kissing the sweet spot on my neck and fondling

and we wanted to make sure that we're

made love that

could finally use the words ‘ made love’ because

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

finally fell asleep to the sight of the sun rising

my eyes open for

time, we lay facing each other but none

but we didn’t want to blink and

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

the

lan’s body next to mine, but there was nothing

jerked up and looked around the room—I was completely alone

of my phone buzzing

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

missed calls and messages all from Tiff

know if we were still going to drive back today at 10

quickly called them up and told them everything was fine

shared my location with them and they were on their way to

our little regroup, I put my phone away and went to the en-suite to find

lan’s shirt, but

wore my jeans and kept his t-shirt

bottom part of the shirt together so it wouldn't be too baggy

called out

instinctively and found

dressed, wearing a plain

hear it? "lan, why didn’t you wake

scrambled to get my things

stealing your shirt, by the

  "Keep

tired.And I was hoping you’d miss the time and stay for another day.Shameless of me.I know,"I smiled

told, I was

understand

I can keep you around a little longer.My mom really wants to meet

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