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

didn’t know I was even holding

difficult, I could only wonder what our conversation face to face would be

didn’t call or text him again for the

I should

writing him a

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

ended up with a full A4

was even longer than my

and I had everything I wanted to say to him

day ever

class of the day and I couldn't help

my friends and classmates cheering and

by everyone, nodding to

corner and I found myself standing in front

was quieter on this side of

stepped towards the door

the room, he was

the sight of him and I got nervous all over

a deep breath, I knocked gently at the door and his head

"Hey,"I said.

his composure,

course not,"I smiled

inside and played

right to it, open the letter

on being salutatorian,"he said suddenly, cutting my train

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

even know how that

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

me smart and beautiful

me when I

for him, which

about that talk..."I

gonna talk

"We're not?"

come by my place

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

about his

the school

"Okay,"I said finally.

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

you,"He gave me one last smile before walking

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

I put the letter in my

before I left the art studio, I took one last look

so many great

class was always

then darted to the desk and there was a plague

always my

night and our

so the seniors were having one last

figured I could to lan’s

goodbye, I would

place just before

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

his eyes lit up when he

You don’t have your key?"he

don’t know if I should use it,"I said, revealing the key he gave me from my back

the key back

this back.I have a lot of

have a use for it anymore

replied, and it sounded bitterer than I had

he closed

"So..."I followed.

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