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 even holding my

phone with him was this difficult, I could only wonder what our

him again for the next

wanted to, but I thought I should take

writing him

New Roman font size 12.  After writing that letter, I rewrote it again to make it

ended up with a full

thing was even longer than my

wanted to say to him

last day ever as a high school

finished my last class of the day and

my friends and

by everyone, nodding to Tiff and Carrie, and smiling

corner and I found myself standing in front of the art

quieter on this

towards the door and peeked

was alone in the room, he was

the sight of him and I got

at the door and his head whipped

"Hey,"I said.

but he quickly gathered his composure, "I was starting

course not,"I smiled

a step inside and played with

if I should just skip the small talk and get right to it, open the letter and read everything out loud to

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

and beautiful

me when I didn't even

was so grateful for him, which

about

not gonna talk

"We're not?"

you come

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

his offer

had a lot to say and the school ground was probably not the

"Okay,"I said finally.

said as he pulled his briefcase off

gave me one last smile before walking out of the

looked down to the scrunched up paper in my hand, the

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

studio, I

were so many great

being biased, but this class was

darted to the desk and there was a

always my

was a Friday night and our graduation

graduation, so the seniors were

could to lan’s place before the

goodbye, I would be surrounded by all

at his place just before

door for a few seconds in silence before I could bring

door moments later and his eyes lit up when

you? You don’t have your key?"he

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

key back

don't have to give this back.I have a lot of spares,"he

a use for it

it sounded bitterer than

closed

"So..."I followed.

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