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,"

the end call button and let out a

I was even holding my

I could only wonder what our conversation face to face

call or text him again for the next few

I thought I should take some time to get my thoughts

writing him a

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

up with a full

thing was even longer than my salutatorian graduation

everything I wanted to say to him prepared, it

day ever

the

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

past by everyone, nodding to Tiff and

turned the corner and I found myself

on this

towards the door and peeked

the room, he

him

the door and his head whipped up

"Hey,"I said.

quickly gathered his composure, "I was starting to wonder if you'd forgotten

course not,"I

step inside and played with the

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

suddenly, cutting my

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

even know how

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

always called me smart and beautiful and he was doing it again

when I didn't even see

which made saying goodbye even

um, about that talk..."I

gonna talk here, are

"We're not?"

come by my place

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

his offer for

to say and the school

"Okay,"I said finally.

tonight,"he said as he pulled

gave me one last smile before walking out of

hand, the letter containing everything I

the letter in

left the art studio, I

were so many great memories

being biased, but this class

and there

he was always my favorite

a Friday night and our

seniors were having one last

could to lan’s place before the

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

place just

silence before I

moments later and his

You don’t

don’t know if I should use it,"I

him the key back and

to give this back.I have a

should.I don’t have a use

it sounded bitterer

as he closed the door behind

"So..."I followed.

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