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,"

end call button and let

didn’t know I was even holding

talking on the phone with him was this difficult, I could only wonder what our conversation face to face

didn’t call or text him again

wanted to, but I thought I should take some

writing him a

12.  After writing that letter, I rewrote it again

with a

even longer than my

was ready and I had everything I wanted to say

my last day ever as a

the day and I couldn't

the halls, I saw all my friends and classmates cheering and yelling at the top of their

nodding to

the corner and I found myself standing

was quieter on this side of

the

alone in the room, he

breath hitched at the sight of him and I got nervous

the door and

"Hey,"I said.

but he quickly gathered his composure, "I was starting to wonder if you'd forgotten

course not,"I smiled

took a step inside and played with the letter in my

small talk and get right to it, open the letter and read everything out loud

on being salutatorian,"he said suddenly, cutting my train of

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

know how that

a smart girl, period,"he

always called me smart and beautiful and

saw things in me when I didn't even see

which made saying goodbye even harder

um, about that

gonna talk here,

"We're not?"

don’t you come by my

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

about his

a lot to say and the school ground was probably not the best

"Okay,"I said finally.

you tonight,"he said as he pulled his briefcase off

one last smile before

to the scrunched up paper in my hand, the

a sigh, I put the letter in my back pocket and turned to my

before I left the art studio, I

were so many great

biased, but this class

to the desk and there

was always

was a Friday night and our graduation was Saturday

was the night before graduation, so the seniors were having one last

I could to

I tell him my final goodbye, I would be surrounded by all my friends for some

his place just before

for a few seconds in silence before I

door moments later and his eyes lit up when he

don’t have

do, but I don’t know if I should use it,"I said, revealing the key he gave me

him the key

to give this back.I have a lot of spares,"he

don’t have a use for it anymore

sounded bitterer

closed the

"So..."I followed.

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