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.

the quad when Tristan and I

saw someone that looked like

was really him and

Paris thing, and Ally, and everything got all blown

such a shit fiancée,"he said, and

gentle and warm.Warm enough to melt

"That's alright,"I smiled.

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

and grinned a lot, but this

smile that I

caught

couldn't move and I didn’t say

I could do was lamely

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

interview earlier...and then I was just talking

"A job interview?"

the New

"Wow, that’s great,"

contact me within a

means you're

How do you know?"I narrowed my eyes at

you they'll let you know, but they wouldn't say

you within a week because

a lot of

also made me smile real

hoping I'd

for me."I suppose, congratulations are in order?" he said when he

"Thank you,"

lip to stop myself from

gaze was penetrating so deep into

away again, looking at anything other than

how are you? How have you been?"he said with

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

as casual as

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

An art exhibition at a

art exhibition featuring all my works with

word caught my

his face, asking him,

look around.Who do you think inspired

the art

over the paintings and the installations,

that I was the inspiration

was

appear casual, so I just kept walking around the room,

this one? I

the big installation in

hundreds of glass bottles hanging from the ceiling and some

piece was

to finally

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough year

"It was?"

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

shrugged like it was

I felt a pang

time, I thought he'd moved on so

was

about all

"What's this one?"

turned around quickly,

were starting to blur and I didn’t want him

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

up at him instinctively,

"Yeah,"he said simply.

say anything? I thought you

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

come to find me sooner? I've waited for days..."I choked, holding back

the hospital.I was unconscious for days.I

to the

face and I hated

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

one mean?" I pointed to another painting,

little embarrassing," he stifled a laugh, "I have a confession to make...I've been stalking you a little bit.Virtually, not

"What?"

took or the pictures that people took of you, and one 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

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made me

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