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 sigh of
I was even
on the phone with him was this difficult, I could only wonder what
or text him
I thought I should take some time to get
up writing him a
three pages long, single-spaced Times New Roman font size 12. After
up with a full A4 page
longer
was ready and I had everything I wanted to say to him prepared, it was
last day ever
my last class of the day and I couldn't help but
way down the halls, I saw all my friends and classmates cheering and yelling at
everyone, nodding to Tiff
corner and I found myself standing in front of
was quieter on this
I stepped towards the
in the room, he was putting some papers into his
of him and I
I knocked gently at the door and
"Hey,"I said.
looked taken aback, but he quickly gathered his composure, "I was starting to wonder if you'd
course not,"I
took a step inside and played with the letter in
talk and get right to it, open the letter and read everything
being salutatorian,"he said suddenly,
"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.
know how
smart
beautiful
when I didn't
so grateful for him, which made saying goodbye even
um, about
not gonna talk here, are
"We're not?"
don’t you come by
"Um...what time?"
"Six? Seven?"
about his offer for a
had a lot to say and the school ground was probably
"Okay,"I said finally.
see you tonight,"he said as he pulled his briefcase
you,"He gave me one last smile before walking out of the
down to the scrunched up paper in my hand, the
out a sigh, I put the letter in my back pocket and turned to my
left the art studio,
were so many
being biased, but this class
and there was a plague with lan’s name
always my favorite teacher
was a Friday night and our
graduation, so the seniors were having one last huzzah at
could to
him my final goodbye, I would be surrounded by all
place just before 7
at his door for a few seconds in silence
opened the door moments later and his eyes lit
You don’t have your
I should use it,"I said, revealing the key he gave me from
handed him the key back and he took
give this back.I
should.I don’t have a
and it sounded
as he closed the door behind
"So..."I followed.
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