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

not sitting with

Tik Tok? Ugh! We are so

eyes dramatically and made sure Brad

a one time

out, but Maddie ignored

eyes darted to Tyler, who was standing next

knew what she meant by that and

on, you can sit with me,"Tiff offered

"This trip's gonna suck,"

announced as she followed

a look and I shrugged at

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

couldn't help but smile at his

kept walking and found an empty

I got the seat

everyone else to pile on the

took out his ear pods and stuck one of them

second

the ear

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

a song and the intro sounded

The Weeknd?"I

and nodded his head

and

the type of music that we 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 smiled and he gave me this

at me like that?"I said

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

you

jokes, but I felt like you were hiding your sadness behind all that.But this laugh just now, this

was shocked that Tyler had said these

was doing a great job at

me

were kinda hard for me after the accident...I lost a part of myself and I couldn't get

said after a while of

of the guy? Because

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

made of, yours and mine are the

words were engraved in that little heart locket

was engraved in

I fully believed that.

felt hollow and no matter what I

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

myself to get

with

everywhere I go, and when the time

really like

face for some time."Yeah.I really

him

eyes

now,

supposed to be

was supposed to be

over and I’m ready

"Hear, hear,"

at me

talk about it

the sweetest

I’m not,"he stifled

day, a girl's gonna be so damn lucky

eyes and I felt how

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

I kissed you at the dance without even thinking about it,"Tyler said, and he kept

to speak, but there

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

I always have.

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