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.

Tristan and I were pretending to

I saw someone that looked like lan, but I thought

really him and he

the whole Paris thing, and Ally,

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

and warm.Warm enough to melt my hardened

"That's alright,"I smiled.

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

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

this hearty, genuine smile that I

caught in a

move and I didn’t say anything else

could do was lamely stare

anyway?"he said after a while of

earlier...and then I was just talking a walk

"A job interview?"

New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

said they'll contact

means you're in,"he said

do you know?"I narrowed

tell you they'll let

said they'll contact you within a week

a lot

made me

really hoping I'd

suppose, congratulations

"Thank you,"

to bit my lip to stop myself

was penetrating so deep into my

again, looking at anything

how are you? How have you been?"he said with his head cocked to

for a job in the New Yorker," I said as I walked around the room, examining all the other art

to be as casual as possible,

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

at a school featuring all

works

word caught my

moving and looked up at his face, asking

do you think inspired all of

all the art pieces all over the

eyes glanced over the paintings and the installations, everything that

saying that I was the inspiration behind

it was very

I just kept walking around

this one? I

big installation

hanging from the ceiling and some of

piece was

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

"What...?"I gaped.

rough year

"It was?"

to say that to myself, but I had said it

like it

a pang in

this time, I thought he'd moved on so

thought he was happy being with

about all

"What's this one?"

around quickly, pointing at

blur and

airport.I went looking for you

him instinctively, forgetting about the tears that were pooling in my

"Yeah,"he said simply.

say anything? I thought you

I didn’t wanna ruin Paris for you.Or to force

you come to find me sooner? I've waited for

for days.I

to the

my face and I hated

wanna stand in front of him and cry,

to another painting, desperate to

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

"What?"

the pictures you took or the pictures that people took of you, and one day I saw...some French guy posted a picture

Anyway, I got jealous.

made me

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