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 sigh of

didn’t know I was even holding my

this difficult, I could only wonder what our conversation face to face would be

didn’t call or text him again for the next

thought I should take

ended up writing

  After writing that letter, I rewrote it again

with a full A4

longer than my salutatorian graduation

I was ready and I had everything I wanted to say to him

ever

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

all my friends and classmates cheering and yelling

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

and I found myself standing in front

quieter on this side of the

I stepped towards the

was alone in the room, he was putting some papers into

hitched at the sight of him and

a deep breath, I knocked gently at the

"Hey,"I said.

he quickly gathered his composure,

not,"I

step inside and played

if I should just skip the small talk and get right to

being salutatorian,"he said suddenly,

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

don’t even know how that

smart girl, period,"he

beautiful and he was doing it

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

was so grateful for him, which made saying

um, about

gonna talk here, are

"We're not?"

come by my

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

his offer for

the school ground was probably not

"Okay,"I said finally.

see you tonight,"he said as he pulled his

gave me one last smile before walking

scrunched up paper in my hand, the

the letter in my back pocket and turned

before I left the art studio, I took

so many great memories

class was always my favorite

then darted to the desk and there was a

was always my favorite

and our

graduation, so the seniors were having one last

could to lan’s place before

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

his place just

silence before I could bring myself to knock on the

the door moments later and his eyes lit

don’t

I should use it,"I said, revealing the key he gave

him the key back

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

should.I don’t have a use for

replied, and it sounded bitterer than I

trailed as he closed the door

"So..."I followed.

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