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 let out a

didn’t know I was even

him was this difficult, I could only wonder

didn’t call or text him again for the next

should take some

up writing him

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

a

thing was even longer than my salutatorian graduation

I wanted to say to him prepared, it was already the last day

last day ever

finished my last class of the

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

by everyone, nodding to Tiff and Carrie, and smiling

the corner and I found myself standing in front of the art

this side of

stepped towards the door and

the room, he was putting

the sight of him and I got

the door and his head whipped

"Hey,"I said.

his composure, "I

not,"I smiled

step inside and played

the small talk and get right to it,

said suddenly,

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

don’t even know how that

a smart girl, period,"he

smart and beautiful and he was doing it again

things in me when I didn't even

which made saying goodbye even

um, about that

gonna talk

"We're not?"

don’t you come

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

about his offer for

the school ground was probably not the best

"Okay,"I said finally.

he pulled his

one last smile before

my hand, the letter containing everything I wanted to say to

the letter in my back pocket and turned to

studio,

so many

class

to the desk and there was a

was always my

a Friday night and

seniors were having one last huzzah at Madison's

I could to lan’s place before

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

arrived at his place just

his door for a few seconds in silence before I could bring

opened the door moments later and his eyes

you? You don’t have your

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

key

to give this back.I have a

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

it sounded bitterer than I had

trailed as he closed the

"So..."I followed.

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