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,"

tapped the end call button and let out a

didn’t know I was even holding

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

didn’t call or text him again for the next few

but I thought I should

writing him

three pages long, single-spaced Times New Roman font size 12.  After writing that letter, I rewrote it again to make

a

even longer than my salutatorian graduation

wanted to

ever as

finished my last class of the day and

the halls, I saw all my friends and classmates cheering

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

myself

on this

towards the door and peeked

alone in the room, he was putting

breath hitched at the sight of him and I got nervous all

gently at the door and his head whipped

"Hey,"I said.

gathered his composure, "I

course not,"I

and played with

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

being salutatorian,"he said suddenly, cutting my

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

know

smart girl, period,"he said

me smart and beautiful and he was doing it

saw things in me when I didn't even see it in

which made

um, about that

gonna talk

"We're not?"

you come

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

his offer

and the school ground was probably not

"Okay,"I said finally.

he pulled his briefcase off the

smile before walking out of

my hand, the letter containing everything I wanted to

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

the art studio, I took

many

but this class was always

darted to the desk and

was always

and our graduation

was the night before graduation, so the seniors were

I could to lan’s place

him my final goodbye, I would be surrounded by all my friends for

place just

for a few seconds in silence before I could bring myself

and his eyes

don’t have your key?"he

I should use it,"I

key

don't have to give this back.I

should.I don’t have a use for it anymore

it sounded

trailed as he closed the

"So..."I followed.

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