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,"

thought in mind, I pulled out the locket from my back pocket.I stroked the heart locket for a

morning, Tiff and I got ready and headed downstairs for breakfast.Tiff was

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

that he was only talking to

she knew if she was on her own in this

all the other girls in the cheer squad

boy-less, so she could

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

like eating too much, so I just grabbed a slice of toast

Mark, and Tyler were already sitting

them and Tyler's eyes lit up as soon as he saw

how’s your head?"I said

but the Advil helps,"he

fill Carrie in on

I tuned out of that conversation and he slid his chair closer

blur.Hope I didn’t say too

"No, you were fine,"

god,"he stifled a laugh, "No more drinking for me for the rest of the

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

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

and maybe later we can hit

"Yeah, totally,"

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

“l see yall later,"

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

just sat and stared as Tyler lent his hand out to

hand and he led me away from the

Carrie and Tiff who gave

and I ended up spending the

a

King, we found a place

lighthouse and it also had a museum.We decided to hit the museum first and Tyler was so

seven surviving colonial era lighthouse towers, that’s so

in a candy

shoved him playfully and he shoved me

to the top is a rotten egg!"he

"Hey! Not fair!"

he covered my way with his back.We were laughing as we pushed past each other and climbed up the stairs

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

the top, I was

air felt absolutely refreshing and there was nothing but miles and miles of beautiful

he put his hands in the

cheated, your big ass was on my way,"I was also

a sore

up, dork,"I shoved him

didn’t realize was how weak my

I shoved him, I ended up almost

was quick to catch me and he

up to see him, and at the same time

mere inch away from each other and

else, he leaned his

"Tyler —"

but instead his lips landed on

and it lasted for a good few

and smiled brightly at

not gonna kiss you on the lips

hide it.Somehow I was blushing and I felt embarrassed, so I just shoved my

soft laugh and he wrapped his

nice.I decided not to overthink things and I put my arms around him, holding

pier and we

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

was busy hooking up or running away from their hook ups, but Tyler and I just enjoyed

to our knees.We stayed out on the beach until it was completely dark outside.It was getting cold and 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 about leaving Tyler to roam around

the end, we ended up sleeping next to each other as we sat