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 pocket.I stroked the heart locket for a few times before I put it over my neck and

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

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

her and that

she was on her own

the other girls in the cheer squad had their boyfriends

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

buffet as I listened to Tiff going on and on about Brad and

too much, so I just grabbed a slice of toast and butter, and

Mark, and Tyler

quickly joined them and Tyler's eyes lit up as

how’s your head?"I said

the Advil helps,"he

to fill Carrie in on the latest dish

out of that conversation and he slid his

didn’t say 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 for me for the rest

all? Then how are we

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 nodded at

later we can hit

"Yeah, totally,"

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

“l see yall later,"

said it in a way as if he didn't want any of

sat and stared as Tyler lent his hand out

his hand and he led

look at Carrie and Tiff who gave me a puzzled look and I just shrugged

ended up

a lot of

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

bikes down the pier.We made it to the lighthouse and it also had a museum.We

of seven surviving colonial era lighthouse towers, that’s so

a kid in a candy store, I

shoved him

is a rotten egg!"he said as he

"Hey! Not fair!"

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

top of the lighthouse, but it didn’t feel like it because I was

finally reached the top, I was all out

and there was nothing but miles and miles of beautiful blue

put

ass was on my way,"I

sore loser,"he shoved

dork,"I

was

when I shoved him, I ended up

to catch me and he

at the same time

faces were a mere inch away from each other

could do anything else, he leaned his face closer

"Tyler —"

instead his lips

sweet forehead kiss and it lasted for a

pulled away and smiled

you on

couldn't hide it.Somehow I was blushing and I felt embarrassed,

he wrapped his arms around me, holding me

warm and nice.I decided not to

around the pier and

sunset, and 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 we watched

nice enough to give me his jacket.We thought about going back to the hotel, but unfortunately for Tyler, Mark

next to each other as we