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.

out on the quad when Tristan and I were

knew I saw someone that looked like lan, but I

him and he

that to the whole Paris thing, and Ally,

overdue, but I'm sorry.I was such a shit

and warm.Warm enough

"That's alright,"I smiled.

thing since day one.I didn’t know why I was so afraid,"

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

this hearty, genuine smile that I

caught

and I didn’t

do was

what brings you to the city anyway?"he said after a while

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

"A job interview?"

the New

"Wow, that’s great,"

contact me

you're in,"he

you know?"I narrowed my

get in, they'll just tell you

said they'll contact you within a week because they already

a

made me

really hoping I'd get

congratulations are in order?" he said when he

"Thank you,"

bit my lip to stop myself from

on me and his gaze was penetrating

my eyes away again, looking

are you? How have you been?"he said with his head

just got hired for a job in the New Yorker,"

trying to be as casual as

for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said,

An art exhibition at a school featuring all your

exhibition featuring all my works with my muse

word caught

his face,

a look around.Who do you think inspired

to all the art pieces

eyes glanced over the paintings and

was the inspiration behind

it was very

to appear casual, so I just kept walking around the room, taking a

I don’t

the big installation in the

from the ceiling and

was titled

to

"What...?"I gaped.

was a rough

"It was?"

say that to myself, but I had

shrugged like it was no

a pang in

time, I thought

he was

know about

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing at

starting to blur and I

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

instinctively, forgetting about the tears

"Yeah,"he said simply.

anything? I thought you just

for you.Or to

sooner? I've waited for days..."I choked, holding back the

hospital.I was unconscious for days.I had

the glass

my face and I

stand in front of him and cry,

I pointed to another painting, desperate to change the

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

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made

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