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 of

knew I saw someone that looked like lan, but I thought

and he thought

whole Paris thing, and Ally, and everything got all

such a

was gentle and warm.Warm

"That's alright,"I smiled.

wasn’t a super great fiancée either.I should’ve been honest with you about the Paris thing since day one.I didn’t know

and grinned a lot, but this smile was different from all of

hearty, genuine smile that I didn’t see on his face

was caught in

move and I didn’t

was lamely stare

brings you to the city anyway?"he said after a while of silence, breaking the

had a job interview earlier...and then I was just talking a walk

"A job interview?"

the New

"Wow, that’s great,"

contact me within a

you're in,"he said

know?"I narrowed my eyes at

you didn't get in, they'll just tell you they'll let you know, but

week because they already knew their

made a

me

was really hoping I'd get that

more certain for me."I suppose, congratulations are in order?"

"Thank you,"

had to bit my lip to stop myself from smiling too

were fixed on me and his gaze was penetrating

again,

been?"he said with his head cocked to

just got hired for a job

as casual as possible,

too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said, "I’m elated.This is probably

art exhibition at a school

works with my muse in the

caught

his

you think inspired all of

hands motioned to all the art pieces

over the paintings and the installations,

that I was the inspiration

it was

so I just kept walking around the room, taking a closer look at each and

I don’t

big

hundreds of glass bottles hanging from the

piece was

all the bottles it took for me to finally hear your name

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough

"It was?"

myself, but I had said it

it

a pang in

thought he'd moved

was

know about all

"What's this one?"

around quickly, pointing at

were starting to blur and I didn’t

one’s inspired by one of those boards you see in the airport.I went

the airport?" I looked up at him instinctively, forgetting about the

"Yeah,"he said simply.

I thought you

for you.Or to force you to turn

find me sooner? I've waited for days..."I

days.I had severe dehydration, it was too much

motioned to the glass bottles

trickling down my face and

stand in front of him and cry,

mean?" I pointed to another painting,

stifled a laugh, "I have a confession to make...I've been stalking you a little

"What?"

pictures that people took of you, and one day I saw...some French guy posted a picture of a homemade meal and he tagged you and

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made

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