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

to the direction of

them quickly as Mr.Hayes walked over and nodded to us. Mark still had no clue and I intended to keep

Mr.Hayes,"Tiff and Carrie said

everyone, pausing for a second before giving me

from head to toe.He bit his lip as he noticed how short my skirt was.He narrowed his

"Hi,"I said.

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

Carrie were having a hard time suppressing

I

one hand shoving Tiff and Carrie

as hell, but

a small chuckle

on your art portfolio, by the way,"he

soon as

of

his smell is

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

nodded goodbye to my friends one

as he walked away, all cool and sexy

year was gonna be a

my AP Art class so I had no other

that things wouldn't be

he wasn't gonna let me

boy, do I

to meet Mrs.Ash, our guidance

small red-

she was retiring, but she never did.Her office was this small square room with a desk in the

wall with cliché quotes such as, ‘The Only Way to Guarantee Failure is to Never Try" or "Discipline: When a man is sufficiently motivated,

a while, so I had ample time to read

these students really loved and thanked her for

to

tell you straight up if you

something good in you, she would make sure

said when she finally finished her call , Sorry about the interruption.My husband forgot where

hope he

jeans’ pocket.Always is,"she rolled her eyes and grabbed a

name on it and she started flipping through the pages

applying to several schools out of state.And one school

think we might not

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

financial aid and scholarships available.I can

be

look at your grades,"Her eyes busily

few times, so I

on your SATs.You've got marvelous grades.And your teachers all have nothing but nice things to say about you.And your extracurricular

good chance at Princeton, Columbia, or U Penn?" I

answer

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

me, why these schools in particular?"she paused for a

a good school.But you don’t seem to care as much for

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

the

an Ivy League

set on the Ivy League, then I must tell you, they're not easy,"

essay should be priority number one.And then you need to prepare yourself for

daunting.That tone of voice hers

can handle all that?"she

swallowed hard at her question

about the future—about how it could