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

know I was even

could only

him

thought I should take some time to get my

writing him a

12.  After writing that letter, I rewrote

ended up with a full A4 page of

was even longer than my salutatorian graduation

I had everything I wanted to say to him prepared, it was already the last day

last day ever as a

last 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

by everyone, nodding to

and I found myself standing in front of

this side of the

the door

alone in the room, he

at the sight of him

knocked gently at the door and his head whipped up

"Hey,"I said.

composure, "I was starting to wonder

not,"I

inside and played

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

on being salutatorian,"he said suddenly,

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

even know how that

do.You're a smart girl, period,"he

smart and beautiful and he was doing

I didn't even see

grateful for him, which made saying

about that talk..."I

talk

"We're not?"

don’t you come

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

thought about his offer for a

say and the school

"Okay,"I said finally.

said as he pulled

me one last smile before walking out of the

up paper in my hand, the letter

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

I left the art studio, I took one last

many

but this class was always my favorite

then darted to the desk and there was

he was always my favorite teacher

a Friday night and our graduation was Saturday

was the night before graduation, so the seniors were having one last huzzah at Madison's

figured I could to lan’s place

because after I tell him my final goodbye, I would be surrounded

place just

few seconds in silence before I could bring myself to knock on the

opened the door moments later and his

don’t have

do, but I don’t know if I should use it,"I said, revealing the key he gave me from my

key back

to give this back.I have a lot

I should.I don’t have a use

and it sounded bitterer

closed

"So..."I followed.

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