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,"

that thought in mind, I pulled out the locket from my back pocket.I stroked the heart locket for a few times

next morning, Tiff and I got ready and headed downstairs for breakfast.Tiff was

trip, Madison found out that Brad was talking to a bunch of girls online.He had been doing it behind her

admitted that he never cheated on her and that he was only talking to the girls, Maddie

desperate for the company because she knew if she was on her own in this trip,

girls in the cheer squad had their boyfriends with them on

so she could focus her energy

listened to Tiff going on and on about Brad

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

Carrie, Mark, and Tyler

Tyler's eyes lit up as soon as he

how’s your head?"I

the Advil

in on the latest dish on Madison

of that conversation and he

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 that I was the only person

"No, you were fine,"

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

are we supposed

a start?"I found his obsession with chick-fill-A very amusing.And it sounded way better than this slice of

maybe later we can

"Yeah, totally,"

gonna go take a walk around,"Tyler stood up to

“l see yall later,"

a way as if he didn't want any of them to come with

just sat and stared as Tyler lent his hand out to

he led me away from the

gave me a puzzled look and I just shrugged

up spending the

honestly a lot of

breakfast at Burger King, we found a place that rented bicycles and we rented these

to the lighthouse and it also had a museum.We decided to hit the museum first and Tyler was

of seven surviving colonial era lighthouse

was like a kid in a

shoved him playfully

a rotten egg!"he said as he was

"Hey! Not fair!"

back.We were laughing as we pushed past

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

reached the top, I was all

nothing but miles and miles of beautiful blue sea in

panted and he put his hands in

was on my

a sore

up, dork,"I shoved him

realize was

him, I ended

catch me and he held onto

looked up to see him, and at the same time he was looking down

faces were a mere inch away from each other and my eyes shot

could do anything else,

"Tyler —"

was going to kiss me, but instead his lips landed

forehead kiss and it lasted for a good few

pulled away and

worry, I'm not gonna kiss you on

smile curved up 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

not to overthink things and I put my arms around him, holding him

visiting the lighthouse, Tyler and I walked around the pier and we talked about the future as

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

up or running away from their hook ups, but Tyler and

outside.It was getting cold and Tyler was nice enough to give me his jacket.We thought

we ended up sleeping next to