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,"

end call button and let out

know I was even

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

didn’t call or text him again for the next

thought I should take some time to get my thoughts

ended up writing him

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

with a full

was even longer than my salutatorian graduation

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

last day ever

had finished my last class of the day and I couldn't

halls, I saw all my friends and classmates

past by everyone, nodding to Tiff and Carrie, and smiling

the corner and I found myself standing in front of the art

this

I stepped towards the door and

alone in the room, he was putting

him and I got

deep breath, I knocked gently at the door and his head whipped up

"Hey,"I said.

but he quickly gathered his composure, "I was starting

not,"I smiled

a step inside and played with the

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

on being salutatorian,"he said suddenly,

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

know how that

a smart girl,

always called me smart and beautiful and

in me when I didn't

so grateful for him, which made saying

um, about that talk..."I

gonna talk here, are

"We're not?"

don’t you come by my

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

about his offer for

a lot to say and the school ground

"Okay,"I said finally.

tonight,"he said as he pulled his briefcase off

you,"He gave me one last smile before walking out of the

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

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

the art studio, I took one last

were so many great memories

class was always my favorite

and there was a plague

was always my favorite

a Friday night and our

graduation, so the seniors were having

to lan’s place before the

worked out perfectly because after I tell him my final goodbye, I would be surrounded by all

arrived at his place just before

few seconds in silence before I could bring

moments later and his eyes lit up

You don’t have your key?"he

use it,"I said,

him the key

back.I

I should.I don’t have a use

it sounded bitterer

as he closed the door behind

"So..."I followed.

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