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,"

button and let out a

I was

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

him again for the next few

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

writing him

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

up with a full A4

longer than my

I had everything I wanted to say to him prepared,

day ever as a high school

class of the day and I couldn't help but feel

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

past by everyone, nodding to Tiff and Carrie,

turned the corner and I found myself standing in front of the art

was quieter on this side of the

the door

was alone in the room, he

him and I

I knocked gently at the door and his

"Hey,"I said.

his composure, "I was starting to wonder if

course not,"I

a step inside and played with the letter in my

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

on being salutatorian,"he said suddenly, cutting my

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

even know how that

smart girl,

me smart and beautiful and he

me when I

was so grateful for him, which

um, about

gonna talk

"We're not?"

don’t you come

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

his offer for

lot to say and the school ground was probably not

"Okay,"I said finally.

as he pulled his briefcase

last smile before walking out of the

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

out a sigh, I put the letter in my

I left the art studio, I took one

many great memories

biased, but this class was always my

then darted to the desk and there was a plague with

was always

night and our

seniors were

could to lan’s place

I tell him my final goodbye, I would be surrounded

arrived at his place just before 7

seconds in silence before I could bring

door moments later and his eyes lit up when he

You don’t have your

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

key back and he took

back.I

have a use for

sounded bitterer

as he closed the

"So..."I followed.

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