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,"

button and let

know I was even holding my

I could only wonder what our conversation face to face

text him again for the next

to, but I thought I should

writing him

pages long, single-spaced Times New Roman font size 12.  After writing that letter, I rewrote it again to make

ended up with a full A4 page of

longer than my salutatorian

finally knew that I was ready and I had everything I wanted to say to him

my last day ever as a high school

finished my last class of the day

down the halls, I saw all my friends and classmates cheering and yelling at the top

everyone, nodding to Tiff and

found myself standing in front of the

this side

I stepped towards the

he was putting some papers into his

breath hitched at the sight of him and I

deep breath, I knocked gently at the

"Hey,"I said.

taken aback, but he quickly gathered his composure, "I was starting

course not,"I

and played

get right to it,

suddenly, cutting my

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

don’t even know how

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

called me smart and beautiful

when I didn't

him, which made saying

um, about that

not gonna talk here,

"We're not?"

you come by my place

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

thought about his

and the school ground

"Okay,"I said finally.

said as he pulled his briefcase

one last smile before

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

in my

before I left the art studio, I

were so many great

this class was always my favorite

then darted to the desk and there was a

always my favorite

a Friday night and

the night before graduation, so the seniors were having

I could to lan’s place before the

tell him my final goodbye, I would be surrounded by all my friends for some comfort

at his place

his door for a few seconds in silence before I could bring myself to knock on

later and his

don’t have

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

handed him the key back and

have to give this back.I

a use

and it sounded bitterer

closed the door

"So..."I followed.

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