Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

EMMA's POV 

I ended up chatting and staying longer than I should.

Hailey and Kirsten were such a joy to be around with.

I learned so much about lan and his childhood within ten minutes of talking to them, more than I ever did our entire relationship.

I learned lan was always gifted in the arts, at three years old he would color the entire living room wall with crayons, and at thirteen he would color the neighborhood's wall in spray paint.

Apparently, he used to get into a lot of trouble, like all boys would, according to Kirsten.

lan was mostly silent as us girls continued talking about him.

Kirsten mentioned that he was a talented kid all around, not just in the arts.

He also played soccer and baseball and oh he rocked the cutest Justin Bieber hairstyle growing up.  I made up my mind to steal some of his childhood photos.

They're a national treasure!  I also heard some things about lan’s dad.

From what I gathered, he was a very stand up guy, an all American dad.

He used to play baseball with lan as a kid, but when he died, lan stopped playing sports altogether.

His dad died at such a young age due to a car accident when lan was just sixteen.

lan looked extremely uncomfortable around the topic of his dad, so I didn’t press too much into it.

I changed the topic to Hailey instead, asking her about college.

"So, I heard you're in college?"

"Yup, sophomore year.I go to Wellesley.Where do you go?"

 "I-uh," my breath was stuck in my throat.

I couldn't possibly say I go to West Lake high school where his brother teaches! I shot a look over at lan for some help.

"She goes to"

"Oh, that’s right!" Hailey cut in,

"You two met in Emory.I forgot. How silly of me," 

"Right..." I nodded my head,

"We met in Emory..." Which was true.

We did meet there. I just didn’t go there.

The rest of our conversation went by without a hitch.

I found out that Hailey was four years younger than lan, which meant she was four years older than me.

She didn’t know that, though.

Somehow I managed to make her believe that we were somewhere around the same age.

After a while of talking, we heard the loud honking outside the house, a signal that my friends were here to pick me up.

I tried to hold off as long as I could because I wanted to keep talking to Kirsten and Hailey, but I knew my time was up when my phone wouldn't stop buzzing.

"Okay, I guess I really have to go now," I sighed and grabbed my things.

"I'll walk you out," lan followed after me.

"Breakfast was amazing, thank you again. And it was very nice to meet you two,"

I smiled at Hailey and Kirsten.

"Same here. I'll give you a call if I'm ever in Georgia,"

Hailey smiled back and I nodded.

"Are you sure we can’t talk you into staying another night?" Kirsten pleaded.

"Oh, I wish I could,"

"Emma has to go, mom,"

lan came to my rescue as we heard the car started honking again.

"Well okay, but next time please stay longer," she said again right before I left the kitchen.

"I will," I replied.

"That means there will be a next time,"

Kirsten said it to me, but her eyes were staring straight at lan, and she winked.

"Of course," he shrugged.

smiled victoriously and finally she let

Tiff and Carrie were waiting in

little wave and he

the air of awkwardness, so I quickly pulled him by his collar and gave him a kiss on the cheek.  "Thanks for letting me stay the

as

sister are amazing by

the

"How'd you know?"

me. When I was telling them

you tell them

and I'm head over heels for you.But...life got in the way and

they

let life get in the way and do everything I can to make this work between us.Of course, they don't actually know the

stupid reason,"I muttered

I'm never doing that again,"he said

smile and I was sad that I had to

as I linked my arms

you too.I'll be back in Georgia after

paused for a moment to count

I'll see you at

He nodded and said,

"See you at school,"

and pulled me

gentle,

back as my fingers ran through his

by pulling me even closer and deepened

we weren't gonna see each other for a while, so we

had to ruin the

and cheering

in the middle

laughed, but he refused to break

we pulled away and stared deeply

stood on my tippy toes and kissed his cheek one last time, before turning to

I sat in

back at him, but my friends joined in on the

Hayes!"

just shut

them and the car

I hope his mom and sister wouldn't

"So..."

soon as

"So?"

to play

"Tell us everything!"

she demanded.

"Every little detail!"

Carrie followed.

"Okay, well, basically...

and I are

I exclaimed.

 "Oh my

it! I knew you'd

done it

to both my friends who were in the front

it happen? What did he

drive.We

managed to make it back to Georgia

weren't one of those

that case, I would

stayed in touch over the

FaceTime and we'd talk until we fell asleep with our

only had to wait a week for him to return, but a week could

spent most of my

out with my parents, had my friends over for a sleepover, and

fun of the guy or girl who stays home every night

a blast chatting with

New Year's Eve and everyone was out an

in my room, watch TV, and

sure you don’t wanna come with us?"mom knocked on my door for the tenth

long black dress and dad was

to dad’s New Year's Eve

want to spend the New Years with dad’s colleagues, no

your mom, I wouldn't

Carrie aren't coming over?"mom asked

don't feel like going, I’m just gonna stay here and watch

dad shared a

a little

look at me like that.I’m totally fine.I just wanna kick

chill.If you need anything, call us,"mom said

back a little after midnight,"dad

sure.Off you go,