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.

happy

you're not sitting

Tik Tok?

dramatically and made sure

a

but Maddie ignored

a look and her eyes darted to Tyler, who

by that and I

on, you can sit with me,"Tiff offered

"This trip's gonna suck,"

she followed Tiff to an empty

shared a look and I

as he pulled out a bag of gummy worms from

at his

found an empty seat in the

in first and I got the

waiting for everyone else to pile on

took out his ear pods and stuck one

the second one and

please,"I gladly took the ear

couple of hours drive away and it would be dreadful

a song and the

this The

yup,"he said and nodded

were both singing and jamming our heads to the

off-key and it was hilarious to hear.I couldn't stop myself from laughing out

me like that?"I said when

I

you talking

but I felt like you were hiding your sadness behind all that.But this

was shocked that Tyler had said these

was doing a great job at faking

me out on it,

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

a while of

the guy? Because you guys

myself that I lost and I can never get

our souls are made of, yours

words were engraved in that little heart locket that lan

was engraved in

I fully believed that.

my heart felt hollow and no matter what I

because it was a painful reminder every time I saw it hanging

myself to get

I kept it with me in

and when the time was right, one day I

really like

studying my face for

gave him a

in my eyes again

for months now, and I refused to let that

was supposed

be the start

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

"Hear, hear,"

raised a gummy worm at me and we cheered with

if you ever need to talk about it

the sweetest

I’m not,"he stifled

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

with his warm blue eyes and I felt how genuinely he truly

fingers together.I was caught off guard by this

I did things the wrong way before.I never told you how I feel about you and I kissed you at the dance without even thinking about it,"Tyler

to speak, but there

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

I always have.

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