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

me to

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

Mr.Hayes,"Tiff and Carrie

Tiffany,"he greeted everyone, pausing for a second before giving me

lip as he noticed how short my skirt was.He narrowed his eyes at me, but

"Hi,"I said.

it to

a hard time suppressing their

too," I muttered

shoving Tiff and Carrie

awkward as hell, but lan was unfazed

small

portfolio, by the

breath hitched as soon as I caught his

out of five,"

smell is

into a naughty smirk as he knew the

goodbye to my friends one

watching him as he walked away, all cool and sexy

thought senior year was gonna be

so I had no other classes

of me to think that things wouldn't be awkward

of course, he wasn't gonna let

do I like

after lunch, so I decided to meet Mrs.Ash, our guidance counselor for some

a small red- haired

office was this small square room with a desk in the

to Guarantee Failure is to Never Try" or "Discipline:

while, so I had ample time to read through the motivational posters and letters from her previous students

really loved and thanked her for

was known to be

straight up if

saw something good in you, she would make sure

finished her call , Sorry about the

okay.I hope he finds

pocket.Always is,"she rolled her eyes and

it and she started flipping through the pages

I see you're applying to several schools out of state.And one school in the state.The University of Georgia,"she

we might not have enough money for out-of-state

working all summer.I'm working

available.I can help you

would be great,"I nodded

take a look at your

times, so I took it

have nothing but nice things to say about you.And your extracurricular

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

answer

right college essay, Ms.Sinclair, I think you can go far,"

schools in particular?"she paused for a moment before saying,

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

is a great school, but..." But

be in the east coast

an Ivy League school,"I said

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

be priority number one.And then you need to prepare yourself for an interview, either with a staff from the school or a_ selected alumni

looked so daunting.That tone of

can handle all

at her question

the future—about how it could