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,"
tapped the end call button and let out
know I was even holding
talking on the phone with him was this difficult, I could only wonder what our conversation face
text him again for the next few
to, but I thought I should take
ended up writing him a
size 12. After writing that letter, I rewrote it again to
up with a
longer than my salutatorian
had everything I wanted to
last day ever as a high
last class of the day and
the halls, I saw all my friends and classmates cheering and yelling at
nodding to Tiff and
myself standing in
this side of the
the door and peeked
he was putting some papers into his
hitched at the sight of him and I got nervous
a deep breath, I knocked gently at the door and his head
"Hey,"I said.
his composure, "I was starting
course not,"I
played with the letter
wondered if I should just skip the small talk and get right to it, open the letter and read everything
suddenly, cutting my train
"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.
don’t even know how
smart girl, period,"he
beautiful and he was doing it again
saw things in me when I didn't even
so grateful for him, which made
um, about that talk..."I
not gonna talk
"We're not?"
come
"Um...what time?"
"Six? Seven?"
thought about his offer
say and the school ground was
"Okay,"I said finally.
said as he pulled his briefcase off the
you,"He gave me one last smile
in my hand, the letter containing everything I wanted to say
in
art studio, I took one
many great memories
but this class was always my favorite class
desk and there was a plague with lan’s
always my favorite
Friday night and our graduation was
graduation, so the seniors were having one last
figured I could to lan’s place
him my final goodbye, I would be surrounded by all my friends
arrived at his place just before
seconds in silence before I could bring myself to knock
his eyes lit up when he saw
You don’t have
if I should use it,"I said, revealing the key he gave me from my
him the key
to give this back.I have a lot of spares,"he
don’t have a use
sounded bitterer
trailed as he closed the door
"So..."I followed.
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