Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

EMMA’s POV :

"What do you think?"he said.

"I don’t know.Are you?"

He looked at me as if I should know the answer already, but I just stared at him with a puzzled look on my face.

"Every day I woke up and I wished that I'd just die,"he paused for a beat before continuing, "To live a life without you is like not living a life at all.But if that’s what happiness is, then yeah, I guess I’m fucking elated,"

Not even this level of sarcasm could hide the pain and bitterness in his words.I didn’t realize he was feeling all these things.He never seemed to show it.Guess the joke was on me.

For the past month, I pretend like I was happy and fine.If anything, I should have known never to judge a book by its cover.

"Why didn't you say anything?"I croaked.

"We're over and that's it.It doesn’t matter what I feel,"

"But it does matter,"I found the words escaped my lips before I could stop it.

Maybe it was the alcohol in me that was being brave, but I took a step closer to him.

I wanted so much to pull him into my arms and bury my face into his chest.

"Emma,"he warned, but he didn't move away.

"It doesn’t have to be over, does it?"I looked up at him when I was an arm’s length away.  

"Emma —"

"Does it?"I pressed on.

We were standing so close to each other.

I leaned my face upwards and he leaned his head down.I could feel his warm breaths on my face and it was like oxygen to my dry lungs.For the first time in months, my heart was beating so fast and strong, like it was beating again after an absence of life.

When I saw that his lips were only a mere inch away from mine, I closed my eyes and waited in anticipation...

"Hayes?! Is that you?"suddenly a loud voice called out and we pulled away instantly.

"John?"lan squinted his eyes at the two figures standing at the distance behind us.

I looked at the two figures and noticed it was Coach Pullman and Ms.Diaz.I heard rumors that the two were going steady, and by the way they were holding hands with each other, it seemed like the rumors were true.

"Who's that?" Ms.Diaz put her hand over her eyes to see clearer.

Shoot! It’s not good that they saw us together! "Ah, I was just telling Ms.Sinclair that she has to go back to her room.She's breaking curfew,"

lan was quick to react.

"Oh, it’s senior week.Take it easy, Hayes,"Coach Pullman sounded a little drunk.

The two of them then walked away and I let out a sigh I didn't know I was holding.

lan looked relieved too.Thankfully it was dark out here and they didn't seem to notice anything off about us.

"You should go," he said finally.

"But..."I started to speak, but he cut me off quickly.

"And to answer your question, yes, it does,"he paused for a moment before continuing, 

"Just because two people love each other, doesn't mean they have to be together,"

lan’s tone was cold and flat.

He didn’t wait for me to say anything else and he turned away.I wanted to call out after him, but I knew it was useless.

Even though it was clear as day that he still cared about me, he had made his choice.He chose not to be with me and I had to accept that.

"Just because two people love each other, doesn’t mean they have to be together,"

may sound, at least it meant that he still loved me...And with that thought in mind, I pulled out the locket from my back pocket.I stroked the heart locket for a few times before

ready and headed downstairs for breakfast.Tiff was filling me in

to a bunch of girls online.He had been doing it behind

never cheated on her and that he was only talking to the girls, Maddie didn't believe

for the company because she knew if she was on her own in this trip, Brad could easily sweep her off her feet

all the other girls in the cheer squad had their boyfriends with

was around and she was boy-less, so she could focus her energy on being Maddie's shield against

the breakfast buffet as I listened to Tiff going

of toast

found that Carrie, Mark, and Tyler were already

lit up as soon as he

head?"I said

but the Advil helps,"he

to fill Carrie in on the latest dish

I tuned out of that conversation and he

anything too weird to you last night, did I? It’s kind of a blur.Hope I didn’t say too many self incriminating things,"he whispered so

"No, you were fine,"

a laugh, "No more drinking

are we supposed to have

no chick-fill-A, but it's a start?"I found his obsession with chick-fill-A very amusing.And it sounded way better than this slice of toast I had

we can

"Yeah, totally,"

take a walk around,"Tyler stood up to his feet instantly and

“l see yall later,"

in a way as if he didn't want

as Tyler lent his hand

his hand and he led

who gave me a puzzled look and

I ended up spending

honestly a lot of

at Burger King, we found a place that rented

made it to the lighthouse and it also had a museum.We decided to hit the museum first and Tyler was so cute, he was being a geek admiring the colonial

seven surviving colonial era lighthouse towers, that’s

kid in a candy

dork,"I shoved him playfully and he shoved

one to the top is a rotten egg!"he said as he was

"Hey! Not fair!"

with his back.We were

but it didn’t feel like it because I was too busy being

the top, I was all

felt absolutely refreshing and there was nothing but miles and miles of beautiful blue sea in front of

and he put

ass was

sore loser,"he shoved me

dork,"I shoved

was how weak

him, I ended up almost falling on top

catch me and he held onto my arms so I

see him, and at the same time he was

a mere inch away from each other

I could do anything else, he leaned

"Tyler —"

instead his lips landed on the top of

such a sweet forehead kiss and it lasted for a

pulled away and smiled

not gonna kiss you on the lips

my face and I couldn't hide it.Somehow I was blushing and I felt embarrassed, so I just shoved my face

out a soft laugh and he wrapped his

not to overthink things and I put my arms around

Tyler and I walked around the pier

we decided to hit the beach.We didn’t have a sip of

from their hook ups, but Tyler and I just enjoyed each other’s company as we watched the

give me his jacket.We thought about going back to the hotel, but unfortunately for Tyler, Mark and Carrie had hijacked his room.I didn't feel good about leaving Tyler

next to each other as we sat on one of the lounge chairs out at