Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

Chapter 56: Senior Week 

EMMA’s POV : 

My days went by in a flash.

I found out that pushing my feelings away and pretending like they don’t exist worked best for me at the moment.

Fake it ‘til you make it, they said.

So for the past month, I walked through life pretending like I didn’t have a crack in my heart the size of a mountain.

I laughed at every joke I heard.

I smiled at everyone.

I threw away any thoughts of lan and I spent all my time with my friends and family.

Some nights, I learned to cook with mom or I would watch the games on TV with dad.

If there was a blessing in disguise from our breakup, it was that I could get closer to the people that truly love me.

I appreciated my quirky, awesome two best friends more than I ever could.

They had been with me through the ups and downs and they always got my back.

I appreciated Tyler a lot more too, because although we weren't that close before, he was always genuinely nice to me.

We still sneaked out every free fifth period we got to get chicken sandwiches at Chick-fill-A.

Before I knew it, the month of May came around and it was Senior Week.

It was always the tradition for seniors every year to go on a senior trip to the beach.

After all our hard work with the SATs and college apps, the seniors got a chance to spend a couple of days away from school in Tybee Island, Georgia.

The school rented a couple of buses and a hotel for us, and as the weather was getting warmer, we were all excited to hit the ocean and have bonfires at night.

I was absolutely ecstatic about this trip.

This meant that I didn't have to be in school for the next 3 days.

It was 3 days free of lan Hayes.

Not having to see his face would really help me in my efforts to move on from him.

I was also excited to spend some time at the beach with my friends.

Tiff, Carrie, and I went to the mall the other day and got cute matching bikinis.

Mark was plotting up ways to sneak alcohol into the trip, and if he succeeds, this trip was gonna be epic.

On top of all that, Tyler told me about the lighthouse on North Beach, apparently it was Georgia's tallest and oldest lighthouse.

We were both kinda geeky about historical stuff like that, and we promised each other we would go there.

Things were looking up for me.

I had a spring in my step as I piled onto the bus with my friends.

All the senior kids were either high or just plain happy.

The excitement level on the air was through the roof.

Carrie immediately got a seat with Mark, so I thought I would sit next to Tiff.

Nick didn't go to our school, so he wasn't a part of this trip.

But before Tiff and I could grab our seats, someone pulled her from behind.

"Hey! I need one of you to sit with me!"

Madison, captain of the cheer team, squeaked.

She was the only senior that didn’t look happy on this bus.

Behind her sat Brad, the school’s star quarterback who was also her boyfriend.

didn’t have a happy face on him

you're not sitting with Brad?"I

girls on Tik Tok? Ugh!

rolled her eyes dramatically and made sure

a one

called out, but Maddie

me a look and her eyes darted to Tyler, who was standing next

meant by that and I nodded

you poor thing.Come on, you can sit with

"This trip's gonna suck,"

announced as she followed Tiff to an empty

I shared a look and I shrugged at him, "Wanna be by bus

I share this with?"he grinned as he pulled out

at his obsession with gummy

and found an

let me in first and I got the

were still waiting for everyone

took out his ear pods and stuck one of them

then offered me the second one and said,

gladly took the ear pod

a couple of hours drive away and it would be dreadful if we didn’t have any

and the

this The Weeknd?"I

said and nodded his head to

we were both singing and jamming our heads

start this trip right.Tyler was purposefully singing off-key and it was hilarious to hear.I couldn't stop myself from laughing out loud.Tyler smiled and he gave me this look that I

looking at me like that?"I said when my

a moment before saying, "It’s just that I haven’t seen you smile like

are you

were still around us and you laughed at our jokes, but I felt like you were hiding your sadness behind all that.But this

was shocked that Tyler

thought I was doing a great

and Carrie didn't even call me

for me after the accident...I lost a part of

a while

it because of the guy? Because

summary, yeah.He was a part of myself that I

souls are made of, yours and mine are

that little heart locket that lan

engraved

I fully believed that.

matter what I did, I could

painful reminder every time I saw

bring myself to get rid

I kept it with me in

me everywhere I go, and when the time was right, one

really like

studying my face

gave him a sad

eyes again and

had been crying over lan for months now, and I refused to let

supposed to

supposed to be the start of

together and said, "But hey, it’s over and I’m ready to move on.Starting with this trip.It's

"Hear, hear,"

a gummy worm at me

you ever need to talk about it or something, I'm

seriously the sweetest guy

I’m not,"he stifled a

girl's gonna be

blue eyes and

our fingers together.I was caught off guard by this sweet action.I just

way before.I never told you how I feel about you and I kissed you at the dance without even

started to speak, but there were no words

I'm gonna be honest with you now, okay?"he paused for a moment

I always have.

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