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,"

tapped the end call button and let out a

didn’t know I was

could

call or text him again

wanted to, but I thought I should take

ended up writing him

12.  After writing that letter, I rewrote

up with a full A4 page

longer than my salutatorian graduation

I had everything I wanted to say to him prepared, it was

last day ever as a high school

had finished my last class of the day and

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

by everyone, nodding to

the corner and I found myself

this side

stepped towards the door and peeked

in the room, he was putting some papers into his

the sight of him and

the door and his head whipped

"Hey,"I said.

looked taken aback, but he quickly gathered his composure, "I was starting to wonder if you'd forgotten

course not,"I

played with the letter in my

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

said suddenly, cutting

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

know how that

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

me smart and beautiful and he was doing it

saw things in me when I

which made saying goodbye even

about that

talk

"We're not?"

don’t you come by my

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

about his offer for a

and the school ground was probably not the

"Okay,"I said finally.

tonight,"he said as he

you,"He gave me one last smile

in my hand, the letter containing everything I

I put the letter in my back pocket and

left the art studio, I took one last

were so many

but this class was always my

and there was a plague

he was always my favorite teacher

and

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

could to lan’s place before the

goodbye, I would be surrounded by

place

a few seconds in silence before I could bring myself

opened the door moments later and his eyes lit up when he saw

You don’t

know if I should use it,"I said, revealing

him the key back and he

give this back.I have

don’t have a

it sounded bitterer than I

trailed as he closed

"So..."I followed.

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