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

I saw someone that looked like

was really him and

that to the whole Paris thing, and Ally, and everything got all

sorry.I was such a shit fiancée,"he said, and I knew he meant

warm.Warm enough to melt my hardened

"That's alright,"I smiled.

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

lot, but this smile was different from

genuine smile that I

caught

I didn’t say anything else

do was lamely stare

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

then I was just talking a walk around the

"A job interview?"

the New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

they'll contact

means you're

do you know?"I narrowed my

you

you within a week because

made a lot

me smile real

hoping I'd get

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

"Thank you,"

bit my lip to stop myself from smiling

and his gaze was penetrating

again,

how are you? How have you been?"he

have just got hired for a job

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

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

a school featuring all your

featuring all my works with my muse in the

caught my

moving and looked up at his

look around.Who do you think inspired all of

the art pieces

paintings and the installations, everything that he had

was saying that I was the inspiration

was

just kept walking around

I

pointed to the big installation

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

was titled ‘277

it took for me to finally hear your name out loud without

"What...?"I gaped.

was a rough year for

"It was?"

to say that to myself,

like it was no big

a

I thought he'd moved

thought he was happy being with

didn’t know about all of

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing

and I didn’t want him to see

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

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

"Yeah,"he said simply.

anything? I thought you just gave up...so

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

come to find me sooner? I've waited for

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

the glass bottles

were trickling down my face and I

didn’t wanna stand in front of him and cry, so wiped them away quickly and turned

to another painting, desperate

laugh, "I have a confession

"What?"

saw...some French guy posted a picture of a homemade meal and he tagged you and he said something along

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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