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

nudged me to the direction of a teacher that was walking

to us. Mark still had no clue and I intended to keep it that

Mr.Hayes,"Tiff and Carrie said in

a second before giving me a look and said,

as he noticed how short my skirt was.He narrowed his eyes at

"Hi,"I said.

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

Carrie were having a hard time

I muttered

had one hand shoving Tiff and Carrie to keep them

this situation awkward as hell, but lan was unfazed

a small chuckle and

art portfolio, by the way,"he

as I caught his delicious

of

smell is

smirk as he knew the effect he had

one last time

he

year was gonna be

finished my AP Art class so I had no other classes with

things wouldn't be awkward with us in

course, he wasn't gonna let

do I like

so I decided to meet Mrs.Ash, our guidance counselor for some wisdom in regards

was a small red- haired

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

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

ample time to read through the motivational posters and letters

and thanked her

to

you straight up

sure you

finished her call , Sorry about the interruption.My husband forgot where he put

hope he

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

had my name on it and she started flipping

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

think we might

summer.I'm working on the weekends too.I've been saving up.I think I

there are financial aid and scholarships available.I

be great,"I

your grades,"Her eyes busily scanned

few times, so

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

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

didn't answer

took a deep breath and watched me intently."That's possible,"she said finally, "With the right college essay, Ms.Sinclair, I think you can go far," I let out a relieved sigh and said, "That’s good to

why these schools in particular?"she

is also a good school.But you

school, but..." But that’s

gonna be in the east coast

an Ivy League

you're dead set on the Ivy League, then I must tell you, they're

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

so daunting.That tone of

handle all

hard at her question and my mind started

the future—about