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,"

tapped the end call button and

know I was even

was this difficult, I could only wonder

didn’t call or text him again

I should take some

ended up writing him a

  After

up with a full A4 page

even longer than my

everything I wanted to

my last day ever as a

of the day and I couldn't

saw all my friends and classmates

everyone, nodding to Tiff and

turned the corner and I found myself

this side of the

the door and

he was putting some papers into his

breath hitched at the sight of him and I

breath, I knocked gently at the door

"Hey,"I said.

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

course not,"I smiled

inside and played

the small talk and get right to it, open the letter and

suddenly, cutting my train of

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

know how

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

me smart and beautiful and

things in me when I didn't even see it

him, which made saying goodbye even

about

gonna talk

"We're not?"

you come

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

thought about his offer

say and the school

"Okay,"I said finally.

you tonight,"he said as he pulled his briefcase off the

one last smile before walking out

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

the letter in my back pocket and

studio, I

were so many great

being biased, but this class was always my favorite

then darted to the desk and there was a plague with lan’s

always my

Friday night and our graduation

night before graduation, so the seniors were having one

I could to lan’s place before

final goodbye, I would be surrounded by all my

his place

seconds in silence before I could bring myself to

later and his eyes lit up when

you? You don’t have your

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

key back and he took

have to give this back.I have a

don’t have a use for it anymore

it sounded bitterer

as he closed the door

"So..."I followed.

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