Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

Chapter 100: Artistic Mystery 

EMMA’s POV : 

"Well, I wasn’t expecting to see you here.But, what a great surprise,"he chuckled lightly, pausing for a beat before saying, "How did you know I was here?"

"I don’t.I just happen to walk by,"I replied.

"Wow, fate must have a great sense of humor,"he smirked.

I hadn’t seen him in two years and I forgot how much his smile or his eyes had an effect on me.

Quickly, I averted my gaze.

I didn’t want him to know how much of an impact his presence had on me.

"What is all this anyway?"

I blurted, trying to sound as nonchalant as I could.

"It's an art exhibition, of course.My art exhibition,"

he said matter-of-factly.

"Yours? Wait, but how? I mean, what?" I was stammering like an idiot.

He stifled a laugh and said, "It seems like you have a lot of questions.You're lucky I'm on my break, I'll be glad to answer all of them,"

He took a step closer to me and I stepped back involuntarily.

My eyes darted around the room and I noticed that the exhibition visiting hours had ended.

The door was closed shut and it was just the two of us in that room.

Suddenly I felt a shiver up and down my spine.

"I don't understand,"I said to him.

"Why are you exhibiting your work here? You're not working in that gallery with Ally anymore?"

"No.As it turns out, we don't have the same vision for the gallery,"he shrugged as if it wasn’t a big deal.

That gallery meant the world to him, he poured out his time, heart, and soul into that gallery.

But here he was, making it look as if it was nothing.

"Why? I thought you two are..."

"Are what?"

"Together,"I said bitterly.

"No, we're not,"he shook his head.

"But, that night? You two were — "

"That night was a mistake,"he said firmly.

"I was ridiculously intoxicated and I was totally blacking out, I would've made out with a dude if he was in front of me,"he laughed.

"So, you weren't in love with her?"I had to repeat that again to make it clear.

"Fuck no,"he scoffed.

"We've been through this already.She was only a friend to me,"

He was shrugging and grinning, but I wasn’t amused.

That night was the night that scarred me for life.

I didn't understand, I thought he was being difficult with me because he wanted an out from our relationship to be with Ally.But if that wasn’t it...

"So, why did you break up with me then?"I asked.

"Because I thought you were cheating on me with someone else.But man, was I wrong about that too,"he rolled his eyes.

"Huh?"

"I saw you and your friend Tristan around your campus.I came because I wanted to apologize for the whole Paris program thing.But then I saw you two and you looked like you were kissing each other, so..."

' "Oh, that was..."

"Fake, I know," he cut me off, nodding his head and he said, "Your friend told me about it when I came looking for you,"

"So you knew I never cheated, why didn’t you try to get me back?"

"I was too late.You were already gone.And I've messed up so much already.I kissed another girl, drunk or not, that was an ass move.You clearly don't deserve that,"

It was starting to make sense now, all of it.

on the quad when Tristan and I were pretending to date in

saw someone that looked like lan,

really him and

Ally, and everything got all blown

know it’s way overdue, but I'm sorry.I was such a shit fiancée,"he said, and I knew he

gaze was gentle and warm.Warm enough

"That's alright,"I smiled.

been honest with you about the Paris thing since day one.I didn’t know why I

and grinned a lot, but this

hearty, genuine smile that I

was caught in a

move and I

do was

after a while of

then I was just talking a

"A job interview?"

the New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

said they'll contact me

means you're in,"he

know?"I

you they'll let you know, but they wouldn't say

contact you within a week because they already knew their plans for

a

made me smile

really hoping

all the more certain for me."I suppose, congratulations

"Thank you,"

to stop

fixed on me and his gaze was penetrating

away again, looking at anything other

you been?"he said with his head cocked

bad.I’m graduating in a couple of weeks and I might have just got hired for a job in the

be as casual as

for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and

exhibition at a

art exhibition featuring all my works

caught my

looked up at his face, asking

look around.Who do you think inspired all of

the art pieces

paintings and the installations,

was saying that I was the inspiration behind all of

it was

wanna be in over my head, and I wanted to appear casual, so I just

I don’t

to the big installation in the

hanging from the ceiling and

was titled

took for me to finally hear your

"What...?"I gaped.

was a rough year for

"It was?"

say that to myself, but I

like it

a pang in

this time, I thought he'd moved

he was happy being with

didn’t know about all

"What's this one?"

quickly,

blur and I didn’t

by one of those boards you see in the airport.I went looking for you the

him instinctively, forgetting about the tears that were pooling in

"Yeah,"he said simply.

you say anything? I thought you just

you.Or to force you

come to find me sooner? I've waited for days..."I choked, holding back the tears

the hospital.I was unconscious for days.I had severe dehydration, it was too much

to the glass

trickling down my face and

front of him and cry, so wiped them away quickly and

mean?" I pointed to another painting, desperate to

stifled a laugh, "I have a confession to

"What?"

saw the pictures you took or the pictures that people took of you, and one day I saw...some French guy posted

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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