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,"

call button and let out a sigh

didn’t know I was even holding

talking on the phone with him was this difficult, I could

text him again for the next few

to, but I thought I should take some time to get

up writing him a

size 12.  After

a

was even longer than my

knew that I was ready and I had everything I wanted to say to him prepared, it

day ever as

of the day and I couldn't help but feel

all my friends and classmates cheering and yelling at the top

nodding to Tiff

myself standing in front of the

on this side of the

stepped towards the door and

the room, he was putting

breath hitched at the sight of him and I got nervous all over

gently at the door and his head whipped up to see

"Hey,"I said.

composure, "I was starting to wonder

not,"I

inside and played with the letter in

talk and get right to it, open the letter and

salutatorian,"he said suddenly,

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

even know how that

a smart

and beautiful

saw things in me when I didn't

for him, which made saying goodbye

um, about

gonna talk

"We're not?"

don’t you come by my place

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

thought about his offer for a

had a lot to say and the school ground was probably

"Okay,"I said finally.

tonight,"he said as he pulled his briefcase off

me one last smile before walking

looked down to the scrunched up paper in my hand, the letter containing everything I wanted to say to

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

left the art studio, I took

many great

class was always

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

he was always my

was a Friday night and our

night before graduation, so the seniors were having

figured I could to lan’s place

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

place just

a few seconds in silence before I

later and his eyes lit up

don’t have your key?"he

don’t know if I should use it,"I said, revealing

handed him the key back and he

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

don’t have a use for

and it sounded bitterer than I

trailed as he closed the door behind

"So..."I followed.

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