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,"

I pulled out the locket from my back pocket.I stroked the heart locket for a few times before I put it over

downstairs for breakfast.Tiff was filling me in on all the drama between Madison

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

that he never cheated on her and that he

on her own in this trip, Brad could easily sweep her off her

other girls in the cheer squad had their boyfriends

she was boy-less, so she

the breakfast buffet as I listened to

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

that Carrie, Mark, and Tyler were already sitting

lit up as soon as he

your head?"I said to

the Advil helps,"he

to fill Carrie in on

out of that conversation and he slid his

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 that could hear

"No, you were fine,"

more drinking for me

are we supposed to

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 on my plate."Sounds good to me,"I

we can hit the

"Yeah, totally,"

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

“l see yall later,"

he didn't want any of

friends just sat and stared as Tyler lent his hand out

took his hand and he led

look at Carrie and Tiff who gave me a puzzled look

and I ended up spending the

honestly a

found a place that rented bicycles and we rented these

island and rode our bikes 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 a geek admiring the colonial

one of seven surviving colonial era lighthouse towers,

a

him playfully and he shoved

a rotten egg!"he

"Hey! Not fair!"

way with his back.We were laughing as we pushed past each other and climbed

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

top, I was all out of

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

put his hands in

was on my way,"I was also

a sore loser,"he

up, dork,"I shoved

realize was how

I shoved him, I ended up almost falling

and he held onto my arms so I didn't

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

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

do anything else, he leaned his face closer to

"Tyler —"

but instead his lips

a sweet forehead kiss and it lasted for a good

pulled away and smiled brightly

not gonna kiss you on the lips without your permission ever

was blushing and

soft laugh and he wrapped his arms around me,

not to overthink things and I put

Tyler and I walked around the pier and we talked about the future

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

was busy hooking up or running away from their hook ups, but Tyler and I just enjoyed each other’s company as

Tyler was nice 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

talked all night and listened to more music together.In the end, we ended up sleeping next to each other as we sat on one of the lounge chairs out at