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.

remembered that day out on the quad when Tristan and I were pretending to date in front

that looked like lan, but

was really him and

and Ally,

was such a shit fiancée,"he said, and

and warm.Warm enough

"That's alright,"I smiled.

thing since day one.I didn’t know why

smirked and grinned a lot, but this smile

that I didn’t see on his face

caught

and I didn’t say

I could do was lamely stare

to the city anyway?"he said after a while

earlier...and then I was just talking a walk

"A job interview?"

New

"Wow, that’s great,"

contact me within

you're

How do you know?"I narrowed my

just tell you they'll let you know,

they'll contact you within a week

made a

made me smile real

really hoping

the more certain for me."I suppose, congratulations are in order?" he said when he caught me

"Thank you,"

had to bit my lip to stop myself from

his gaze was penetrating so

again, looking at anything other

How have you been?"he said with

got hired for a job in the New Yorker," I said as I walked around the room, examining

was trying to be as casual as possible, if you

about you? You don’t seem to be doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said, "I’m elated.This is probably the

art exhibition at a school

all my works with my

caught my

stopped moving and looked up at his face, asking him, "What are you

around.Who do you think inspired all of

motioned to all the art pieces all

glanced over the paintings and the installations, everything that he

was saying that I was the

it was

didn’t wanna be in over my head, and I wanted to appear casual, so I just kept walking around the room, taking

one? I don’t get

big installation in the

were hundreds of glass bottles hanging from the ceiling and some of them

piece was titled

to

"What...?"I gaped.

rough

"It was?"

to say that to myself, but I had said it

like it was no

I felt a pang in my

I thought he'd moved on

thought he was happy being

didn’t know about

"What's this one?"

around quickly,

and I didn’t want

airport.I went looking

to the airport?" I looked up at him instinctively, forgetting about the tears that were pooling

"Yeah,"he said simply.

say anything? I

were already gone and I didn’t wanna ruin Paris for you.Or to force you to turn around and come back for

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

was unconscious for days.I had severe dehydration, it

motioned to the glass bottles

trickling down my face and

front of him and cry, so

this one mean?" I pointed to another painting, desperate to

he stifled a laugh, "I have a confession to make...I've been stalking you a little bit.Virtually, not

"What?"

you, and one day I saw...some French guy posted a picture of a homemade meal and he tagged you and he said something along the line of ‘my girlfriend made

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made me

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