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

sitting with Brad?"I asked

Tik Tok? Ugh! We are so

dramatically and made sure

a one

called out, but Maddie

eyes darted to

meant by that and

poor thing.Come on, you can

"This trip's gonna suck,"

she followed Tiff to an empty

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

this with?"he grinned as he pulled

at his obsession with

found an empty seat in

in first and I got

for everyone else to pile on

took out his ear pods and stuck one of them

then offered me the second one and

the ear pod from

of hours drive away and it would be dreadful

played a song and

The

said and nodded

we were both singing and jamming

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

like that?"I said when my

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

are you talking

at our jokes, but I felt like

was shocked that Tyler had said these

I was doing a

and Carrie didn't even call me out on it, but

things were kinda hard for me after the accident...I lost a

a

the guy? Because you guys

of myself that I

made of,

in that little

engraved

I fully believed that.

no matter what I did, I could never fill

stopped wearing the necklace because it was a painful reminder every time I saw

couldn't bring myself

kept it with

went with me everywhere I go, and when the time

must really like

after studying my face for

him a sad

were pooling in my eyes again and I felt

over lan for months now, and

was supposed to be

to be the start of

quickly, I pulled myself together and said, "But hey, it’s over and I’m ready to move on.Starting

"Hear, hear,"

me and we cheered

ever need to talk about it

seriously the sweetest

I’m not,"he stifled a

are, honestly.Some day, a girl's gonna be so damn

looking at me with his warm blue eyes and I felt how genuinely he truly cared for

laced our fingers together.I was caught off guard by this sweet action.I just stared at him as

never told you how I feel about you and I kissed you at the dance without even thinking about it,"Tyler said, and he kept his gaze deep into my

speak, but there were no

be honest with you now, okay?"he paused for a moment and took a

I always have.

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