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

I was even

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

call or text him again for

to, but I thought I should take some time to

ended up writing him

12. 

a full A4

longer

had everything I wanted to say to him prepared, it was already

ever as a

last class of the day

I saw all my friends and classmates

past by everyone, nodding to Tiff and Carrie, and smiling

the corner and I found myself standing in

quieter on this side

stepped towards the door and peeked

was alone in the room, he was putting some papers into

him and I got

breath, I knocked gently at the

"Hey,"I said.

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

not,"I

and played with the letter

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

suddenly,

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

even know how

a smart girl, period,"he

smart and beautiful and he was doing

when I didn't

was so grateful for him, which made

um, about

gonna talk here,

"We're not?"

you come by

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

thought about his

say and the

"Okay,"I said finally.

said as he

one last smile before walking out

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

a sigh, I put the letter in my

the art studio,

were so many great memories

this class was always my

and there was

was always

Friday night and our

night before graduation, so the seniors were having one last

figured I could to lan’s place

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

his place just before

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

his eyes

don’t have

it,"I said,

him the key back

this back.I have

don’t have a use for it anymore

it sounded bitterer than I

closed

"So..."I followed.

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