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.

that day out on the quad when Tristan and I were pretending to

looked like lan, but

it was really him and he thought I was

and Ally, and everything got all blown up to

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

gentle and warm.Warm enough to melt my

"That's alright,"I smiled.

a super great fiancée either.I should’ve been honest with you about the Paris thing since day one.I didn’t know why I was

lot, but this smile was different

hearty, genuine smile that I didn’t see

was caught

I

could do was lamely

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

I was just

"A job interview?"

the New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

they'll contact me within

you're

How do you know?"I narrowed my eyes

didn't get in, they'll just tell you they'll let you know, but

week because they already knew their

made a lot of

also made me

was really hoping I'd get that

the more certain for me."I suppose, congratulations are in order?"

"Thank you,"

had to bit my lip to stop myself

gaze was penetrating so deep into my soul, I was feeling

eyes away again, looking at anything

you? How have you been?"he said with

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

casual as possible, if you didn't

about you? You don’t seem to be doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out

art exhibition at a

all my works with my

caught

his face, asking him,

do you think inspired all

the art pieces all over

eyes glanced over the paintings and the installations, everything that he

was saying that I was the inspiration behind

it was very

wanna be in over my head, and I wanted to appear casual, so I just kept walking around the room, taking

one? I don’t get

big installation in

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

piece was titled

for me to finally hear your name out loud

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough year

"It was?"

to say that to myself,

like it was no

a pang in

I thought

he was happy

know about

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing at another

were starting to blur and I

the airport.I went looking for you the day you left.I was too late though,

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

"Yeah,"he said simply.

say anything? I

Paris for you.Or

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

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

the glass bottles

were trickling down my face and I

of him and cry, so wiped them away quickly

mean?" I pointed to

have a confession to

"What?"

your social media.I saw the pictures you 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 me

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made

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