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,"

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

breakfast.Tiff was filling me

that Brad was talking to a bunch

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

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

in the cheer squad had their

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

breakfast buffet as I listened to

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

and Tyler

Tyler's eyes lit up as soon as he saw

your head?"I said

the

then went to fill Carrie in on the

conversation and he slid his chair closer

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,"

stifled a laugh, "No more drinking for me for

are we supposed to have

a Burger King nearby.It’s no chick-fill-A, but it's a start?"I found his obsession with chick-fill-A very amusing.And it sounded way better than

and maybe later we can hit the

"Yeah, totally,"

I are gonna go take a walk around,"Tyler

“l see yall later,"

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

sat and stared as Tyler lent his hand

hand and he led

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

I ended up spending the entire

was honestly a lot

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

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

of seven surviving colonial era lighthouse

was like a kid in a

him

rotten egg!"he said

"Hey! Not fair!"

way with his back.We were laughing as we

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

the top, I was all out of

was nothing but miles and miles of beautiful blue

win!"Tyler panted and he put his hands in the

big ass was on my way,"I

sore

up, dork,"I

was

him, I ended up almost falling on top of

and he held onto my arms so I

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

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

anything else, he leaned

"Tyler —"

kiss me, but instead

sweet forehead kiss and it lasted for a

away and smiled brightly

not gonna kiss you on the

it.Somehow I was blushing and I felt embarrassed, so I just shoved my face to his

out a soft laugh and he wrapped his arms around me,

happening here, but he felt warm and nice.I decided not to overthink things

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

was sunset, and we decided to hit the beach.We didn’t have a sip of beer the entire day, but

ups, but

outside.It was getting cold and Tyler was nice enough to give me

listened to more music together.In the end, we ended up sleeping next to each other as we sat on one of the