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 to date in front

knew I saw someone that looked like lan, but

him and he thought I

the whole Paris thing, and Ally, and

but I'm sorry.I was such a shit fiancée,"he said, and I knew he meant

and warm.Warm enough to melt my hardened

"That's alright,"I smiled.

since day one.I didn’t know why

and grinned a lot, but this

genuine smile that I didn’t

caught in

move and I

I could do was lamely stare

after

job interview earlier...and then I was just

"A job interview?"

the New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

they'll contact me

means you're in,"he said

do you know?"I narrowed my eyes at

just tell you they'll

a week because they

a lot

also made me

really hoping I'd

congratulations are in order?" he said when he caught

"Thank you,"

lip to stop

were fixed on me and his gaze was penetrating

again, looking at anything other than

you? How have you been?"he said with

too bad.I’m 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

casual as possible, if you didn't know

seem to be doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and

a school featuring

featuring all my works with my muse

caught my

stopped moving and looked up at his face, asking him, "What

look around.Who do you think inspired all of

hands motioned to all the art pieces all over the

eyes glanced over the paintings and

was the inspiration behind all of

it was

so I just kept walking around the room, taking a closer

this one? I don’t get

the big installation

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

was titled ‘277

the bottles it took for me to

"What...?"I gaped.

rough

"It was?"

to myself, but

it

a pang in my

time, I thought he'd

he was happy being with

didn’t know about all of

"What's this one?"

turned around quickly, pointing at another

blur and I

in the airport.I

him instinctively, forgetting

"Yeah,"he said simply.

you say anything? I

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

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

unconscious for days.I had severe dehydration, it was too

the glass bottles

down my face and

him and cry,

mean?" I pointed to another painting, desperate to

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

"What?"

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

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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