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

not sitting with Brad?"I asked

girls on Tik Tok? Ugh!

rolled her eyes dramatically and

a one

but Maddie

her eyes darted to Tyler, who was standing

meant by

on, you can

"This trip's gonna suck,"

she followed Tiff

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

share this with?"he grinned as he pulled out a bag of gummy

help but smile at his obsession with gummy

found an empty seat in

first and I got the seat

were still waiting for everyone else to pile on the

pods and stuck one of

then offered me the second

took the ear

and it

a song and the intro sounded

this The

said and nodded his head

were both singing and

needed to 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

you looking at me like that?"I said when my laughter died

moment before saying, "It’s just that I

you talking

and you laughed at our jokes, but I felt like you were hiding your sadness behind

that Tyler had

doing a great job at

me out on it,

accident...I lost a part of myself

a while of

the guy? Because you guys broke

yeah.He was a part of myself that I lost and I can never

of, yours and mine are the

words were engraved in that little heart locket that lan gave

engraved in my

I fully believed that.

and no matter

it was a painful reminder

myself to get rid of

I kept it with me in my

went with me everywhere I go, and when the time was right, one day I would

really like

studying my face for some

gave him

eyes again and

months now,

supposed to

be the start of something

over and I’m ready to move on.Starting with this trip.It's gonna be

"Hear, hear,"

gummy worm at me and

hey, if you ever need to talk about it or something, I'm always here for you, Emma,"he said

Tyler.You're seriously the sweetest

not,"he stifled a

girl's gonna be so damn lucky

with his warm blue eyes

my hand in his.Gently, he laced our fingers together.I was caught off guard

did things the wrong way before.I never told you how I feel about you and I kissed you

but there were no words that

okay?"he paused for a moment and took a deep breath, saying, "I like you,

I always have.

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