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 may sound, at least 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

next morning, Tiff and I got ready and headed downstairs for breakfast.Tiff was filling me in on all the drama between

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

admitted that he never cheated on her and that he was only

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

other girls in the cheer squad had their boyfriends

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

I listened to Tiff going on and on

a slice of toast and

that Carrie, Mark, and Tyler were already

joined them and Tyler's eyes lit up as soon as

how’s your head?"I said to

the

went to fill Carrie in on

out of that conversation and

didn’t say anything too weird to you last night, did I? It’s kind of a blur.Hope I

"No, you were fine,"

drinking

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

with chick-fill-A very amusing.And it sounded way better than this slice of toast I

maybe later we can

"Yeah, totally,"

a walk around,"Tyler

“l see yall later,"

in a way as if he didn't want

as Tyler lent his

took his hand and he led

and Tiff who gave me a puzzled look and I

up spending the entire

a lot

place that rented bicycles

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, that’s

was like a kid in a candy

dork,"I shoved him playfully and he shoved

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

"Hey! Not fair!"

covered my way with his back.We were laughing as we pushed

to the top of the lighthouse, but it didn’t

we finally reached the top, I was all out

there was nothing but

he put his

was on

a sore loser,"he

dork,"I

was how weak

ended up almost falling

he held onto my arms

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

from each other and my eyes shot open in

do anything else, he leaned his face closer to

"Tyler —"

was going to kiss me, but instead his lips landed on

and it lasted for a

then pulled away and smiled

I'm not gonna kiss you on the lips

was blushing and

out a soft laugh and he wrapped his arms

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

the pier and we

we decided to hit the beach.We didn’t

or running away from their hook ups, but Tyler and I just enjoyed each other’s company as we watched the

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

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