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

onto the bed, lan pulled me in his arms

his chest and his

planted a long, soft kiss on the top of my head, and I could only close my eyes as

I turned my head to the side and opened my eyes, I was facing his

it but I never got a chance

this mean? Cogito

think therefore I am.It's

meaning for you? I mean, it must mean something, you had it tattooed across your

it’s already late.I don’t know

world...or at least, six more hours,"I

"Okay..."

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

me about his past, he always

old

and turned his face

my hand I reached for his face and turned it back to me,

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

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

reached for my chin and he rubbed his

"Llove you, Emma,"

mind went blank for a

and I never knew how four little words could hold

and butterflies were flying

stop myself from smiling even

and say, "I love you too, lan Hayes,"  The next thing I knew, his lips found mine and he

times before already, but this kiss right

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

for the longest time, just savoring each other

my fingers on his chest

kissing the sweet spot on my neck and fondling my

other and we wanted to

made love that

made love’ because now I finally

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

fell asleep to the sight of the sun rising behind

my eyes open

lay facing each other

but we didn’t want

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

the sun was already high up

next to mine, but there was nothing but

the room—I was completely alone in

of my phone buzzing from my

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

dozens of missed calls and messages all from Tiff and

to know if we were still going to drive

called them up and told them everything was fine and

location with them and they were

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

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

jeans and kept his t-shirt on

tied the bottom part of the shirt together so it wouldn't be too baggy over my body."Emma?

out

walked out instinctively and found him

wearing a plain white

a shower and how come I didn’t hear it? "lan, why didn’t you wake

scrambled to get my

stealing your shirt, by

  "Keep it,"he

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

was

understand

you around a little longer.My mom really wants to

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