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.

day out on the quad when Tristan and I were pretending

looked like lan, but I

and he thought I was cheating on

Ally, and everything got

but I'm sorry.I was such a

gentle and warm.Warm enough to melt

"That's alright,"I smiled.

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

lot, but this

genuine smile that I didn’t

caught in a

couldn't move and I didn’t say anything else

I could do was lamely stare

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

had a job interview earlier...and then I was

"A job interview?"

the New

"Wow, that’s great,"

said they'll contact me within

means you're in,"he said

do you know?"I narrowed my eyes

get in, they'll just tell you they'll let you

a week because they

made a lot of

me

really hoping I'd

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

"Thank you,"

my lip to

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

again, looking at anything

been?"he said with his

graduating in a couple of weeks and I might have just got hired for a job

trying to be as casual as possible,

don’t seem to be doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms

An art exhibition at a school featuring

all my works with my muse in the

caught my

stopped moving and looked up at his face,

do you think

motioned to all the art pieces all over

and the installations, everything

was saying that I was the

was very

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

this one? I don’t get

the big installation

of glass bottles hanging from the ceiling and some of

was titled ‘277

to finally

"What...?"I gaped.

was a rough

"It was?"

to myself,

it

felt a pang in my

this time, I thought he'd moved

thought he was

know about

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing

starting to blur and I didn’t want him to

you see in the airport.I went looking for you

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

"Yeah,"he said simply.

didn't you say anything? I thought you just gave up...so

Paris for you.Or to force you to turn around and come back for

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

hospital.I was unconscious for days.I had

motioned to the glass

face and I

front of him and

I pointed to another painting, desperate

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

"What?"

one day I saw...some French guy

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made me

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