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

like lan,

it was really him and he

thing, and Ally, and everything got

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

gaze was gentle and warm.Warm enough to melt my hardened

"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 why I was so afraid," lan smiled, and I mean really

but this smile was different from all

hearty, genuine smile that I didn’t see on

caught

I didn’t say

could do was lamely stare at

after

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

"A job interview?"

the New

"Wow, that’s great,"

said they'll contact me within a

you're

do you know?"I narrowed my

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

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

made a lot of

me

was really hoping I'd

me."I suppose, congratulations are in

"Thank you,"

lip to stop myself from smiling too

me and his gaze was penetrating

turned my eyes away again, looking at

How have you been?"he said with

couple of weeks and I might have just got hired for a job in the New Yorker," I said as I walked around the room,

to be as casual as possible, if you didn't

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

exhibition at a school featuring

my works with my muse in the

caught my

his

do you think

motioned to all the art

and

was the inspiration behind all

it was

in over my head, and I wanted to appear casual, so I just kept walking around the room, taking a closer look at each and every one of

this one? I don’t

pointed to the big installation in the

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

piece was titled ‘277

me to finally

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough year

"It was?"

that to myself, but I had said it out

like it

I felt a pang

time, I thought

was

about

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing

starting to blur and I didn’t want him to see

you see in the airport.I went looking for you

looked up at him instinctively, forgetting

"Yeah,"he said simply.

anything? I thought you just gave

you.Or to force you to turn

come to find me sooner? I've waited

in the hospital.I was unconscious for days.I had severe

the

my face and

stand in front of him and cry, so wiped them away

to another painting, desperate to change the

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

"What?"

took of you, and one day I saw...some French guy posted

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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