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

was even

I could only wonder what our conversation face to face would

him again for the

should

up writing

long, single-spaced Times New Roman font size 12.  After writing

a full A4 page

was even longer than my salutatorian

I had everything I wanted to say to

ever

class of the day and I

friends and classmates cheering and yelling at the top

to Tiff and

corner and I found myself standing in front

quieter on this side of

towards the door and peeked

room, he was putting some papers into his

the sight of him and I got nervous all

gently at the door and his

"Hey,"I said.

quickly gathered his composure, "I was starting to wonder if you'd forgotten about

course not,"I

a step inside and played with the letter in my

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

on being salutatorian,"he said suddenly,

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

don’t even know how

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

called me smart and beautiful and he was doing it

saw things in me when I didn't even see

him, which made saying goodbye even

um, about

not gonna talk

"We're not?"

come

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

thought about his offer for a

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

"Okay,"I said finally.

as he pulled his briefcase

me one last smile

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

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

left the art studio, I took

many

biased, but this class was always my favorite class

darted to the desk and there was a plague with

was always

a Friday night and our

the night before graduation, so the seniors were having one last

to lan’s place

final goodbye, I would be surrounded by all my friends

his place just

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

opened the door moments later and his eyes

you? You don’t have your

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

the key

give this back.I have a lot of spares,"he

should.I don’t have a use

it sounded bitterer

as he closed the

"So..."I followed.

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