Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

Chapter 62: Almost Always 

EMMA’s POV : 

I thought about calling, but the thought of hearing his voice scared the hell out of me.

I turned off the call before it even rang.

Calling someone out of the blue could be so nerve wracking.

So I decided to text him instead.

It was more casual.

I wrote about ten different texts before settling with "Can we talk - Emma’.

Yeah, just those four words.

No hi or hello or how are you.

It was simple and straightforward.

As soon as I hit the send I threw my phone down at the passenger seat.

I was so nervous, I couldn't even look at it.

I waited for a few seconds before I picked up the phone again.

The message was delivered.

I was wondering if he'd read it yet, and as if to answer my question, my phone suddenly buzzed with an incoming call.

lan was calling me! I was not prepared for that! I almost dropped my phone to the ground out of sheer shock.

I was starting at the screen for a while before I took a deep breath and tapped the answer button.

"Hello?"my voice came out shakily 

"Emma, it’s good to hear from you,"he said.

He sounded cool and casual.

"It is?I asked.

‘Yeah, I also have something I wanna talk to you about,"

"You do?"

"Let’s meet.Just tell me when and where,"

"Okay, I will,"

I said, pausing for a moment before continuing, "Hey, you know, you could just text me back,"

"And you could just call,"he replied.

"Right..."

"Yeah..."

There was an awkward silence there and I could hear his breathing.

This was exactly why I didn’t wanna call him in the first place.

I didn’t want any awkward silences.

"So, I'll let you know the time and place,"I said finally.

"Okay,"

"I'll, uh text or call or something,"

"Okay,"

"Alright, see you then,"

"See you,"

and let out a sigh

was even

with him was this difficult, I could only wonder what our conversation face

text him again for the next

wanted to, but I thought I should take some time to get my thoughts

ended up writing him

long, single-spaced Times New Roman font size 12.  After

a full A4

longer than my salutatorian

had everything I wanted to say to him

my last day ever as a

finished my last class of the

friends

to Tiff and Carrie, and smiling

turned the corner and I found myself

on this side of the

the door and peeked

he was putting some

the sight of him and I

I knocked gently at the

"Hey,"I said.

taken aback, but he quickly gathered his composure, "I was starting to wonder

course not,"I smiled

step inside and played with the letter

small talk and get right to it,

being salutatorian,"he said suddenly,

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

even know how

smart girl, period,"he said

called me smart and beautiful and he was doing

saw things in me when I didn't even see it in

was so grateful for him, which made saying goodbye even harder

about that talk..."I

talk

"We're not?"

don’t you come by my place

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

his offer

lot to say and the school ground was probably not

"Okay,"I said finally.

as he pulled

you,"He gave me one last smile before

scrunched up paper in my hand, the letter containing everything I wanted

the letter in my back pocket and turned to

before I left the art studio, I took one last look

so many

but this class was always my favorite

to the desk and there was a plague with lan’s

always

Friday night and our graduation was

seniors were having one last

to lan’s place before the

I would be surrounded by all my

at his place

for a few seconds in silence before I

moments later and his eyes

don’t have your key?"he

should use it,"I said, revealing the key he gave me

handed him the key back and he took

don't have to give this back.I have

don’t have a use for it anymore

replied, and it sounded bitterer

as he closed

"So..."I followed.

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