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.

have a happy

sitting with Brad?"I

messaging girls on Tik Tok?

and made sure Brad

a one time

called out, but Maddie

and her eyes darted to Tyler, who was standing next to

knew what she meant by that and I

thing.Come on, you

"This trip's gonna suck,"

she followed Tiff to

and I shared a look and I shrugged at him,

can I share this with?"he grinned as he pulled out a bag of gummy worms from

help but smile at

and found an empty seat in the

I got the

for everyone else

ear pods and stuck

the second one and

the ear

a couple of hours drive away and it would be dreadful if

song and

The Weeknd?"I

said and nodded his head to the

we were both singing and jamming our heads

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

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

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

are you

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

Tyler had said

I was doing a

didn't even call me out on it,

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

a while

it because of the guy? Because you guys

yeah.He was a part of myself that I lost and I

are made of, yours and mine

were engraved in that little heart locket that lan

engraved

I fully believed that.

heart felt hollow and no matter

stopped wearing the necklace because it was a painful reminder every

myself

with me

and when the time was right, one day I would let

must really like him,

studying my face for some time."Yeah.I

him a sad

pooling in my eyes again and I felt

crying over lan for months now, and I refused to let that happen again

was supposed

was supposed to be the start

eyes quickly, I pulled myself 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 and

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

Tyler.You're seriously the sweetest guy

not,"he

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

me with his warm blue eyes and

my hand in his.Gently, he laced our fingers together.I was caught off guard by this sweet action.I just stared at him as our hands

I kissed you at the dance without even thinking

speak, but there were no words that

a moment and took a deep breath, saying, "I

I always have.

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