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 laughed

winked and nudged me to the direction of a teacher that was walking towards

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

Mr.Hayes,"Tiff and Carrie said

a second before giving me a

how short my skirt was.He

"Hi,"I said.

day,"he meant to say it to everyone, but

having a hard time suppressing their

I muttered

had one hand shoving Tiff and Carrie to keep

making this situation awkward as hell, but lan was unfazed

out a small chuckle and leaned closer

your art portfolio, by the

hitched as soon as I caught his delicious masculine

of

his smell

into a naughty smirk as he knew

one last time

couldn't stop watching him as he walked away, all cool and

was gonna be

AP Art class so I

of me to think that things wouldn't

of course, he wasn't gonna

boy, do

a free period today after lunch, so I decided to meet Mrs.Ash,

small red- haired

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

Guarantee Failure is to Never Try" or "Discipline: When a man

I had ample time to read through the motivational posters and letters from her

and thanked her for helping them

to be a

up if you

would make sure

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

okay.I hope

her eyes and grabbed a

had my name on it and she started flipping through the pages

to several schools out of state.And one school in the state.The

back-up plan.My parents think we might not have enough money for out-of-state

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

scholarships available.I can help you look into some of

would be great,"I nodded

a look at your grades,"Her eyes busily scanned the papers in

few times, so I took it

well on your SATs.You've got marvelous grades.And your teachers all have nothing but nice things to

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

didn't answer

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

why these schools in particular?"she paused for a

of Georgia is also a good school.But you don’t seem to care as

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

in the east coast next

it’s not an Ivy

I must tell you, they're not easy," she said

be priority number one.And then you need to prepare yourself for an interview, either with a staff from

everything looked so daunting.That tone of voice hers wasn’t

you can handle all that?"she

question and my

about the future—about how