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,"

call button and

was even holding my

was this difficult, I could only wonder what our conversation face to

or text him again for the next

I thought I should take some time to get my

ended up writing

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

up with a full A4 page

longer

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

my last day ever

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

friends and classmates cheering and yelling at the top of their

by everyone, nodding to Tiff and Carrie, and smiling

turned the corner and I found myself standing

on this side of the

I stepped towards the door and

was alone in the room, he was

at the sight of him and I got nervous

gently at the door and his head whipped up

"Hey,"I said.

but he quickly gathered his composure, "I was starting

course not,"I smiled

and played with the letter in

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

salutatorian,"he said suddenly, cutting my train

"Thank you,"I laughed nervously.

even know

smart girl, period,"he

me smart and beautiful and he was

me when I didn't even see it in

so grateful for him, which made

um, about that

gonna talk here, are

"We're not?"

you come

"Um...what time?"

"Six? Seven?"

thought about his offer for

and the school ground was probably not the

"Okay,"I said finally.

tonight,"he said as he pulled his briefcase off

me one last smile before walking

paper in my hand,

letter in my back pocket

left the art studio, I

were so many

biased, but this class

darted to the desk and

he was always my favorite

Friday night and

night before graduation, so the seniors were having one last huzzah at Madison's

I could to lan’s place before

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

place just before 7

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

opened the door moments later and his eyes

you? You don’t have your

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

the key back and he took

back.I have a lot

don’t have a use

it sounded bitterer than I

trailed as he closed the

"So..."I followed.

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