Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

EMMA’s POV : 

"Can you believe it? We're officially high school seniors,"

Carrie exclaimed as we walked down the long hallway and rows of lockers.

"l suddenly feel so old,"

Mark said as he put his arm around Carrie.

"I think I'm having senioritis already,"Tiff added, rolling her eyes.

 "Look alive, Tiff.College applications are coming up,"Carrie said.

"I’m not gonna go to college.I'm taking a gap year to backpack across Europe,"Tiff announced proudly.

"Are you really?" I narrowed my eyes at her.

"My parents think it's a good idea.This way I can figure out what I really want in life.I also have an aunt that lives in Barcelona.She’s gonna let me stay with her,"

"Wow, your parents are the best,"I admitted.

Tiff really had the coolest parents out of all of us.

They were these vegan, hippie, and earth loving type of folks.

They were always happy, positive, and Zen.

They encouraged their kids to explore and live life boundlessly.

I would say they did a great job because Tiff turned out to be an amazing girl.

"God, I wish I could do that.My parents would never let me,"Carrie sighed.

"Me too.They‘re dead set on sending me to college ever since I was two.When I told them UC Berkeley is my first choice, they actually laughed at me.They said UC Berkeley's a safety school.They don’t want anything less than Ivy Leagues or MIT and Stanford,"

Mark rambled about his home life.As student body president, his whole life was dedicated to college.This was his moment.

"My parents met in Berkeley,"Tiff cut in, 

"What, your parents don't think UC Berkeley is good enough for you?"

"Clearly, you've never met my parents,"he replied.

"Yeah, and trust me, it’s better that way,"Carrie scoffed ,

 "They actually think that I was the one that poisoned Mark into wanting to go to UC Berkeley,"

"But it’s kinda true though? Mark’s only applying to Berkeley because you wanna go to Berkeley," I pointed out the obvious and Carrie glared at me.

"Yeah, but that’s not the point now is it?"

Carrie slapped my arm playfully and I laughed.

"How about you, little miss perfect attendance? You thought about where you're applying to?"

"A bunch of schools in the east coast.And like, one school in the state,"

I sighed when I remembered I had to apply to one, "Safety net,"

"The east coast? Like what?"Mark asked.

"Some schools in New York like the CUNYs, Fordham, Barnard, and Columbia.Also Princeton and University of Pennsylvania, but I wouldn't count on those,"

"Why not? You're definitely Ivy League material,"Carrie stated.

"Yeah.You scored a 1500 on your SATs, your grades are amazing, and you did a bunch of extracurricular activities,"Tiff added.

"And teachers love you.I bet they'll write you a kickass recommendation letter,"

Mark chimed in.

bet,"Carrie laughed

winked and nudged me to the direction of a teacher

them quickly as Mr.Hayes walked over and nodded to us.

and Carrie

second before giving me a look and said,

bit his lip as he noticed how short my skirt was.He narrowed his eyes at me, but I just gave him

"Hi,"I said.

first day,"he meant to say it to everyone, but his eyes

were having a

too," I

Tiff

making this situation awkward as hell, but lan was

out a small chuckle and leaned closer to

on your art portfolio, by

as soon as I caught his delicious masculine

out of five,"

his smell

lips twitched into a naughty smirk as he knew the effect he had on

to my friends one last time

watching him as he walked

year was gonna be

class so I

of me to think that things wouldn't be awkward with us in the

he wasn't gonna let

do I

free period today after lunch, so I decided to meet Mrs.Ash, our guidance counselor for some wisdom in regards

red-

she was retiring, but she never did.Her office was this small square

all these motivational posters on the wall with cliché quotes such as, ‘The Only Way to Guarantee

on the phone for a while, so I had ample time to read through the motivational posters and

letters, these students really loved and thanked her for helping them

known to be a

tell you straight up if you weren't

you, she would make sure you know about it

Sorry about the interruption.My husband forgot where he

hope

pocket.Always is,"she rolled her eyes

it and she started flipping through the pages

out of state.And one school in the state.The University of Georgia,"she

think we might not have enough

all summer.I'm working on the weekends too.I've been

are financial aid and scholarships available.I can

would be great,"I

a look at your

a few times, so I took it as a good

well on your SATs.You've got marvelous grades.And your teachers all have nothing but nice things to say about you.And your extracurricular activities are superb,"she said as she

are you saying that I have a good chance at Princeton, Columbia, or U Penn?" I

didn't answer

watched me intently."That's possible,"she said finally, "With the right college essay, Ms.Sinclair, I think you can go far," I let

these schools in particular?"she paused for a moment

University of Georgia is also a good school.But

Georgia is a great school, but..." But

be in the east coast

not an Ivy League

must tell you,

need to prepare yourself for an interview, either with a staff from

so daunting.That tone of voice hers wasn’t helping

can handle all

question and my

about the future—about how it could