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

know I was even holding

difficult, I could only wonder what our conversation face to face would

text him again for the

I should take some time to get my

ended up writing

  After

a full A4

thing was even longer than my salutatorian

I finally knew that I was ready and I had everything I wanted

last day ever as a high school

had finished my last class of the day and

I saw all my friends and classmates cheering

nodding to Tiff and Carrie, and smiling at

the corner and I found myself standing in

was quieter on this

the door and

in the room, he was

sight of him and I got nervous

breath, I knocked gently at the door and his head

"Hey,"I said.

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

not,"I

played with the

if I should just skip the small talk and get right to it, open

being salutatorian,"he said suddenly, cutting

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

don’t even know

smart girl, period,"he said

beautiful and

in me when I didn't even

grateful for him, which made saying

about

gonna talk

"We're not?"

you come by my

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

about his offer

say and the school ground was probably not

"Okay,"I said finally.

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

last smile

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

the letter in my

studio, I took one

many great

being biased, but this class was

desk and there was

always my favorite

was a Friday night and our

seniors were having one last huzzah

I could to

him my final goodbye, I would be surrounded by

his place just before

a few seconds in silence before I could

door moments later and his eyes

you? You don’t have your key?"he

but I don’t know if I should use it,"I said, revealing the

the key back and he took

back.I have a lot

I should.I don’t have a

replied, and it sounded bitterer

as he closed the door

"So..."I followed.

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