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

phone with him was this difficult, I could only wonder what

text him again

I should take

up writing

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

with a full

even longer

I wanted to say to him prepared, it was already

ever as a high

the day and I couldn't help but feel

saw all my friends and classmates cheering and yelling at the

past by everyone, nodding to Tiff and Carrie,

myself standing in

was quieter on this

towards the

room, he was putting some papers

sight of him and I

gently at the door and his

"Hey,"I said.

aback, but he quickly gathered his composure, "I was starting to wonder if

course not,"I

a step inside and played with the letter in my

wondered if I should just skip the small talk and get right to it, open the letter and read

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

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

don’t even know how that

smart girl, period,"he said

beautiful and he was doing it

in me when I didn't even see it

grateful for him, which made saying goodbye even

about that talk..."I

talk here,

"We're not?"

don’t you come by my

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

about his

to say and the school

"Okay,"I said finally.

he pulled his briefcase off the

last smile before walking out of the

looked down to the scrunched up paper in my hand,

put the letter in my

I left the art studio, I took one

many great memories

class was always

eyes then darted to the desk and there was a plague with

was always my favorite teacher

night and our graduation

before graduation, so the seniors were having

could to lan’s

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

at his place just before

in silence before I could bring myself to knock on the

later and his eyes lit up

don’t

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

him the key back and

to give this back.I have a lot of

a use for it

it sounded bitterer

as he closed the door behind

"So..."I followed.

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