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,"
end call button and let
didn’t know I was even holding my
the phone with him was this difficult, I could only wonder what our conversation face to face would be
call or text him
thought I should take
up writing him
font size 12. After writing that letter, I rewrote it again to make it
up with a
longer than
finally knew that I was ready and I had everything I wanted to say to him prepared, it was already
day ever as a high school
class of the day and I couldn't help but feel
saw all my friends
everyone, nodding to
the corner and I found myself standing
was quieter on this side of the
stepped towards the
alone in the room, he
of him and I got nervous all
I knocked gently at the door and
"Hey,"I said.
gathered his composure, "I was starting to wonder if
not,"I smiled
took a step inside and played with the letter in
wondered if I should just skip the small talk and get right to it, open the letter
being salutatorian,"he said suddenly, cutting my train
"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.
know how that
a smart girl,
called me smart and beautiful and he was doing
things in me when I didn't
for him, which
about that talk..."I
gonna talk here, are
"We're not?"
don’t you come by
"Um...what time?"
"Six? Seven?"
about his
and the school ground was probably not
"Okay,"I said finally.
you tonight,"he said as he pulled his briefcase off
smile
hand, the letter
I put the letter in my back pocket and turned to
before I left the art studio, I took one last look
were so many great
but this class
the desk and there was a plague with
was always my
night and
so the seniors
to lan’s
I would
arrived at his place just before 7
stood at his door for a few seconds in silence before I could
opened the door moments later and his eyes lit up when he
You don’t
do, but I don’t know if I should use it,"I said, revealing the key
him the key back and he took
give this back.I
a
it sounded
as he closed the door
"So..."I followed.
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