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.

finally she let us

outside where Tiff and Carrie

friends gave lan a little wave and he nodded

collar and gave him a kiss on the cheek.  "Thanks for letting me

he said as

sister are amazing by the

the same of

"How'd you know?"

told me. When I was telling

tell them

over heels for you.But...life got in the way and we couldn't be

did they say

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

a stupid

never doing that again,"he said with

smile and I was sad that I

as I linked my arms

you too.I'll be back in Georgia after the

a moment to count

I guess I'll

He nodded and said,

"See you at school,"

down and pulled me in for a

long, gentle, tender

kissed him back as my

responded by pulling me even closer and

each other for a while, so

had to ruin the

and cheering like

had to put my middle finger up in the middle of the kiss to

but he refused to break

we pulled away and stared deeply into each other's

let out a sigh as I stood on my tippy toes and kissed his cheek one last time,

sat

but my friends

Hayes!"

just shut

rolled my eyes dramatically at them and

and sister wouldn't think too much

"So..."

soon as the car turned

"So?"

pretended to play

"Tell us everything!"

she demanded.

"Every little detail!"

Carrie followed.

"Okay, well, basically...

and I

I exclaimed.

 "Oh my

I knew you'd pull

have done it without

to both my friends who were in

it happen? What did he say?"Carrie

drive.We

make it back to Georgia by 11

didn’t suspect a thing and I was just glad that they weren't one of those weird parents that would check the mileage in

case, I

in touch

talk until we fell asleep with our

to return, but a week could feel

of my days in the

my parents, had my friends over for a sleepover, and I talked to lan

home every night doing

had a blast

New Year's Eve and everyone was out an about celebrating,

room, watch TV, and hear another one of

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

wearing her long black dress and dad

to dad’s New Year's

Years with dad’s colleagues,

your mom, I

aren't

feel like going,

shared

even a

me like that.I’m totally fine.I just

stay here and chill.If you need

be back a little after midnight,"dad

you go,