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,"

it meant that he still loved me...And with that thought in mind, I pulled out the locket from my back

and I got ready and headed downstairs for breakfast.Tiff was filling me

Brad was talking to a bunch of

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

her own in this trip, Brad could easily sweep her

the cheer squad had their boyfriends with

Tiff was around and she was boy-less, so she could focus

scoured the breakfast buffet as I listened to Tiff going on and

so I just grabbed a slice of toast and butter, and a cup of coffee, and we went to find our

and Tyler were already sitting on a

eyes lit up as soon as

head?"I said

the Advil

Carrie in on the latest

that conversation

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 that I

"No, you were fine,"

thank god,"he stifled a laugh, "No more drinking for me for the rest of

are we supposed to

but it's a start?"I found his obsession with chick-fill-A very amusing.And it sounded

maybe later we can hit

"Yeah, totally,"

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

“l see yall later,"

if he didn't want any of them to come

just sat and stared as Tyler lent his hand out

he led me

who gave me a puzzled look and I

ended up spending

honestly a

King, we found a place that rented bicycles and

down the pier.We 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

one of seven surviving colonial era lighthouse

kid in a candy store, I couldn't help

him playfully and he

rotten egg!"he said as he

"Hey! Not fair!"

back.We were laughing as we pushed past each other and

a long way up to the top of the lighthouse, but it didn’t feel

top, I

and there was nothing but

and he put

cheated, your big ass was on my way,"I was also

a sore loser,"he

up, dork,"I

was how weak my

ended up

and he held onto my arms so I

to see him, and at the same time he

a mere inch away from each other and my eyes shot open in

do anything else, he

"Tyler —"

but instead his lips

sweet forehead kiss and it lasted for a good few

and smiled brightly at

worry, I'm not gonna kiss you on the lips without your permission ever

hide it.Somehow I was blushing

let out a soft laugh and he wrapped

know what was happening here, but he felt warm and nice.I decided not to overthink things and I put my

I walked around the pier and we

rode our bikes all day until it was sunset, and we decided to hit the beach.We didn’t have a sip of beer the entire day, but

or running away from their hook ups, but Tyler and I just enjoyed each other’s company

enough to 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 to roam around on his own, so I decided to keep him

ended up sleeping next to