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 sigh

I was

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

didn’t call or text him again for

wanted to, but I thought I should take some time to get my thoughts

writing him a

size 12.  After writing that letter, I rewrote it again to

ended up with a full A4

even longer

I wanted to say to him prepared, it was

day ever

of the day and

all my friends

by everyone, nodding to Tiff and

corner and I found myself standing

on this side of the

stepped towards the

room, he was

breath hitched at the sight of him and I got nervous

a deep breath, I knocked gently at the

"Hey,"I said.

his composure, "I was

course not,"I smiled

inside and played with the letter

just skip the small talk and get right to it, open the letter

on being salutatorian,"he said suddenly,

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

know

a smart

me smart and beautiful and he was doing it

when I didn't even see

for him, which

um, about that

gonna talk here, are

"We're not?"

come by my

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

thought about his offer

a lot to say and the school ground

"Okay,"I said finally.

you tonight,"he said as he pulled

last smile before

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

sigh, I put the letter in my

art studio, I took one last

many great memories

this class was always my

then darted to the desk and there was a plague with lan’s

was always

was a Friday night and our graduation was Saturday

the night before graduation, so the seniors were having one last huzzah at Madison's

figured I could to lan’s place before

my final goodbye, I would be surrounded

arrived at his place just before 7

seconds in silence before I could

the door moments later and his

You don’t

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

handed him the key back

this back.I have a

should.I don’t have a use for

it sounded bitterer than

as he closed the door behind

"So..."I followed.

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