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

I could only wonder

text him again for

to, but I thought I should take some time

writing him

font size 12.  After writing that letter, I rewrote it

ended up with a full A4 page of

thing was even longer than my salutatorian graduation

wanted

day ever as a high school

finished my last class of the day and I couldn't help

saw all my friends and classmates cheering and yelling

by everyone, nodding to Tiff and

myself

on this

stepped towards the door and peeked

in the room, he was putting some papers

the sight of him and I got nervous all

deep breath, I knocked gently at the door and

"Hey,"I said.

but he quickly gathered his composure, "I was starting to wonder if you'd

course not,"I

a step inside and played with the letter

talk and get right to it, open the

salutatorian,"he said suddenly, cutting my

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

don’t even know

smart girl, period,"he

beautiful and he was

I didn't

was so grateful for him, which made

um, about

talk

"We're not?"

you come by my place

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

about his offer for

a lot to say and the school ground was probably not

"Okay,"I said finally.

as he pulled his briefcase

one last smile before walking

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

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

I left the art studio, I took

were so many

but this class

desk and there was a plague with lan’s name

was always my favorite teacher

and our graduation

the seniors

could to lan’s place before the

goodbye, I would be surrounded by all my friends

at his place just before

in silence before I

door moments later and his eyes lit up when

you? You don’t have your key?"he

it,"I said, revealing the key he

key back

have to give this back.I have a lot

I should.I don’t have a use for

it sounded bitterer than I

closed the door

"So..."I followed.

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