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

know I was

could

him

to, but I thought I should take some time to

up writing him a

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

ended up with a full A4 page

was even longer than

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

ever as a

class of the day and I couldn't help but

I saw all my friends and classmates cheering and yelling at the top of their

past by everyone, nodding to Tiff and Carrie,

the corner and I found myself

on this

stepped towards the door and

room, he was putting some papers into

at the sight of him and I got nervous all

I knocked gently at the door and his head

"Hey,"I said.

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

course not,"I smiled

played with the letter in my

skip the small talk and get right to it, open the letter

being salutatorian,"he said suddenly, cutting my

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

don’t even know how

a smart girl,

and beautiful and

things in me when I didn't even

grateful for him, which

um, about that

not gonna talk

"We're not?"

you come

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

about his

the school ground was

"Okay,"I said finally.

see you tonight,"he said as he pulled his briefcase off

last smile before walking out of the

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

out a sigh, I put the letter in my back pocket and turned

studio, I took one

so many great memories

this class was always my

then darted to the desk and there was a plague with

always my favorite teacher

night and our graduation

night before graduation, so the seniors were having one

I could to lan’s

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

his place just before

seconds in silence before I

later and his eyes lit up when he

you? You don’t have your

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

the key

give this back.I have a lot

I should.I don’t have a use for it anymore

it sounded bitterer

closed the

"So..."I followed.

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