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 out

didn’t know I was even holding

difficult, I could only wonder what our conversation face

or text him again for the next

wanted to, but I thought I should

up writing him a

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

with a full

even longer than my

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

ever

finished my last class of the day and I couldn't help but feel

saw all my friends and classmates cheering

walked past by everyone, nodding to Tiff and

and I found myself

quieter on this side

I stepped towards the door

in the room, he was putting some

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

at the door and his head whipped up

"Hey,"I said.

he quickly gathered his composure, "I was

not,"I smiled

took a step inside and played with the

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

being salutatorian,"he said suddenly, cutting my train

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

even know how

do.You're a smart girl, period,"he said

beautiful

things in me when I didn't even see

was so grateful for him, which made saying goodbye

about that

not gonna talk here, are

"We're not?"

don’t you come

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

about his offer

the school ground was probably not

"Okay,"I said finally.

you tonight,"he said as he pulled his briefcase

you,"He gave me one last smile before walking out

scrunched up paper in my hand,

in my back pocket and turned

studio, I took one last

were so many

biased, but this class was

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

was always my

Friday night and

night before graduation, so the seniors were having one last huzzah at Madison's

I could to lan’s

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

at his place

a few seconds in silence before I could bring

and his eyes lit up

You don’t have

if I should use it,"I said, revealing the key he gave me

the key

back.I have a lot

should.I don’t have a use for it

and it sounded bitterer

trailed as he closed the

"So..."I followed.

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