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.

quad when Tristan and I were pretending to date in

I saw someone that looked like lan, but I

was really him and he thought I

the whole Paris thing, and Ally,

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

and warm.Warm enough

"That's alright,"I smiled.

with you about the Paris thing since day one.I didn’t know why I

lot, but this smile was

genuine smile that I didn’t see on

caught in a

and I didn’t say anything

do was lamely

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

I was

"A job interview?"

the New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

they'll contact

you're in,"he said

you know?"I narrowed

you they'll let you know,

within a week because they

a lot of

me smile

really hoping

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

"Thank you,"

to bit my lip to stop

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

turned my eyes away again, looking at anything other than

you been?"he said with his head cocked to the

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

was trying to be as casual as possible, if you

you? You don’t seem to be doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said, "I’m elated.This is probably the highlight

art exhibition at a

exhibition featuring all my works with

word caught

and looked up at his face,

you

motioned to all the art pieces all

and the installations,

he was saying that I was the

it was very

just kept walking around the room, taking a closer look at each and

one? I

pointed to the big installation in the

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

piece was titled ‘277

me to finally hear your name out

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough

"It was?"

meant to say that to myself, but I had said it out

it was no

I felt a pang in my

I thought he'd moved on

he was happy being

know about all

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing at

eyes were starting to blur and I didn’t want him to

airport.I went looking

looked up at him instinctively, forgetting about

"Yeah,"he said simply.

didn't you say anything? I thought you

I didn’t wanna ruin Paris for you.Or

waited for

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

motioned to the

my face and I

didn’t wanna stand in front of him and

one mean?" I pointed to another

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

"What?"

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 ‘my girlfriend made me

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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