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 of

didn’t know I was even holding my

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

call or text him again for the next

but I thought I should take

up writing him

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

with a full

was even longer than my

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

ever

of the day and I couldn't help

down the halls, I saw all my friends and classmates cheering and yelling at the

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

the corner and I found myself

on this side

towards the door and peeked

in the room, he was putting

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

knocked gently at the

"Hey,"I said.

but he quickly gathered his composure, "I

course not,"I smiled

took a step inside and played with the letter in my

should just skip the small talk and get right to

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

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

don’t even know how that

smart girl, period,"he

beautiful and he

when I didn't even see it in

him, which made

um, about that talk..."I

talk here,

"We're not?"

you come by

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

thought about his

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

"Okay,"I said finally.

as he pulled

gave me one last smile before walking

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

sigh, I put the letter in my back pocket and

left the art studio, I took one

so many great memories

this class was

the desk and there was a plague with lan’s

always my

was a Friday night and our graduation was

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

to lan’s

my final goodbye, I would be surrounded by all my

arrived at his place just before

for a few seconds in silence before I could bring myself to knock

moments later and his eyes lit up when he

you? You don’t

if I should use it,"I said, revealing the key

handed him the key back and he

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

have a use for it anymore

replied, and it sounded bitterer than

closed

"So..."I followed.

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