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.

I bet,"Carrie

and nudged me to the direction of

as Mr.Hayes walked over and nodded to us. Mark still had no clue and

Mr.Hayes,"Tiff and Carrie

second before giving me a look and

how short my skirt was.He

"Hi,"I said.

a great first day,"he meant to say it to everyone, but his eyes were fixed intently

Carrie were having a hard

I

one hand shoving Tiff and Carrie

as

small chuckle and leaned closer to

your art portfolio, by

breath hitched as soon as I

out of

his smell is

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

one last time before

him as he walked away, all cool and

senior year was

my AP Art class so I had no

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

wasn't gonna

boy, do I

lunch, so I decided to meet

small red- haired woman in

never did.Her office was

cliché quotes such as, ‘The Only Way to Guarantee Failure is to Never Try" or

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

loved and thanked her for helping

known to be a

would tell you straight up if you

something good in you, she would make sure you know about it

call , Sorry about the

hope he

eyes and grabbed a brown file from

it and

see you're applying to several schools out of state.And one school

that’s a back-up plan.My parents think we might

continuing, "But I've been working all summer.I'm working on the weekends too.I've been saving up.I think I

scholarships available.I can help you look into some of

be great,"I

components aside, let's take a look at your

nodded appreciatively a few times, so

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

you saying that I have a good chance at Princeton, Columbia, or

answer right

she took a deep breath and watched me intently."That's possible,"she said finally, "With the right college essay, Ms.Sinclair, I think

particular?"she paused for a moment before saying,

school.But you don’t seem to

a great school, but..." But that’s not where lan and

be in the east coast

not an Ivy

must tell you, they're not

you need to prepare yourself for an interview,

tone of voice

can handle all

swallowed hard at her question and

about the future—about how it