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.

that day out on the quad when Tristan and I

that looked like lan, but

it was really him and he thought I was cheating on

thing, and Ally, and everything

was such a shit

was gentle and warm.Warm enough

"That's alright,"I smiled.

with you about the Paris thing since day one.I

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

smile that I didn’t

was caught in

and I didn’t say

do was lamely stare

to the city anyway?"he said after a while of silence, breaking the thick air of

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

"A job interview?"

the New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

they'll contact

means you're in,"he

you know?"I narrowed

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

you within a week because they

a lot of

made me

was really hoping I'd get

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

"Thank you,"

to stop myself from smiling too

were fixed on me and his gaze was penetrating so deep into

eyes away again, looking

have you been?"he said with his

for a job in the New

be as casual as possible, if you didn't know that

yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and

a school featuring all

art exhibition featuring all my works with my

caught my

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

do you think

motioned to all the art

glanced over the paintings and the installations, everything that he

was saying that I was the

it was

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

this one? I don’t

pointed to the big installation in

the ceiling and some of

piece was titled ‘277

the bottles it took for me to finally hear your name out loud

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough year for

"It was?"

to myself, but I had said

shrugged like it was no

I felt a pang in my

thought he'd moved

was happy

about all of

"What's this one?"

around quickly, pointing

eyes were starting to blur and I didn’t want

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

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

"Yeah,"he said simply.

anything? I thought you

for you.Or to force you to

didn’t you come to find me sooner? I've waited

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

the

down my face and I hated myself

front of him and cry,

mean?" I pointed to another painting, desperate to change

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

"What?"

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

Anyway, I got jealous.

made me

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