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,"

the end call button and let out a sigh

was even

could only wonder what our conversation face

didn’t call or text him again for the next few

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

ended up writing him a

  After

a

even longer than

everything I wanted to say to him

day ever

my last class of the day

saw all my friends and classmates cheering and yelling at the top of

walked past by everyone, nodding to Tiff and Carrie, and smiling

myself standing in front of

was quieter on this side of

towards the

he

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

a deep breath, I knocked gently at the door and his head whipped up to see

"Hey,"I said.

looked taken aback, but he quickly gathered his composure, "I was

not,"I smiled

took a step inside and played with

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

salutatorian,"he said suddenly, cutting

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

know how that

smart girl, period,"he said

always called me smart and beautiful and he was

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

was so grateful for him, which made saying goodbye

about

talk here,

"We're not?"

you come by my

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

thought about his

the school ground

"Okay,"I said finally.

you tonight,"he said as he

you,"He gave me one last smile before

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

I put the letter in my back pocket and

the art studio, I took one last look

were so many great

biased, but this class was always my favorite

eyes then darted to the desk and there was

always my favorite teacher

night and our graduation was Saturday

was the night before graduation, so the seniors

to lan’s

because after I tell him my final goodbye, I would be surrounded

at his place just before

in silence before I could bring myself to knock

moments later and his eyes

you? You don’t

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

the key back

back.I have a

a

replied, and it sounded bitterer than

closed the door

"So..."I followed.

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