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,"

call button and let

didn’t know I was even holding

phone with him was this difficult, I could only wonder

or text him again

but I thought I should take some

writing him

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

ended up with a full A4 page

even longer than my

everything I wanted to say to him prepared,

day ever as

the day and

saw all my friends and classmates cheering and yelling at the top of

by everyone, nodding to Tiff and Carrie,

the corner and I found myself

was quieter on this side

I stepped towards the door

in the room, he was putting some papers into

of him and I

breath, I knocked gently at the door and his head whipped

"Hey,"I said.

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

course not,"I

and played with

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

being salutatorian,"he said suddenly, cutting my train of

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

even know how that

do.You're a smart girl,

and beautiful and

things in me when I didn't even

him, which made saying goodbye even

um, about that talk..."I

talk here,

"We're not?"

don’t you come by my place

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

thought about his

to say and the school ground was probably not the best

"Okay,"I said finally.

he pulled his briefcase

gave me one last smile before walking out of

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

sigh, I put the letter in my back pocket

the art studio, I took one last look

so many great memories

but this class was always my

the desk and there was a

always

a Friday night and our graduation

before graduation, so the seniors were having one

could to lan’s place

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

place just

few seconds in silence before I could

opened the door moments later and his eyes

you? You don’t have your key?"he

use it,"I

handed him the key back and he took

have to give this back.I have

a use

sounded bitterer

trailed as he closed

"So..."I followed.

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