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,"

in mind, I pulled out the locket from my back pocket.I stroked the

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

found out that Brad was talking to a bunch of girls online.He

that he was only talking to the

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

in the cheer squad had their boyfriends

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

buffet as I listened to Tiff going on and on about

a slice of toast and butter, and a cup of coffee, and we

Mark, and Tyler were already sitting on

lit up as soon as

head?"I said

the Advil helps,"he

Carrie in on the latest dish on Madison

tuned out of that conversation and

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

"No, you were fine,"

stifled a laugh, "No more drinking for me for

how are we supposed to have fun?"I pouted and

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,"

are gonna go take a walk around,"Tyler stood

“l see yall later,"

as if he didn't want any of them

and stared as Tyler lent his hand out to

took his hand and he

back to look at Carrie and Tiff who gave me a puzzled look

and I ended up spending the entire

honestly a

we found a place that rented

made it to the lighthouse and it also had a museum.We decided to hit

seven surviving colonial

in a candy

him playfully and he shoved

top is a rotten egg!"he said as he was mid-running up

"Hey! Not fair!"

back.We were

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

top, I

nothing but miles and miles of beautiful blue sea

panted and he put

big ass was on

you're a sore loser,"he

up, dork,"I

was how

I ended up almost

me and he held onto my arms

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

away from each other and my eyes

anything else, he leaned his face closer

"Tyler —"

me, but instead his lips landed on the

and it lasted

pulled away and smiled brightly at

on the lips without your

hide it.Somehow I was blushing and I

and he wrapped his arms around me, holding me

but he felt warm and nice.I decided not to overthink

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

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

busy hooking up or running away 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 to roam around on his own, so I decided to keep

ended up sleeping next to each other as we sat on