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,"

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

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

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

her and that he was only talking to the girls,

the company because she knew if she was on her own in

all the other girls in the cheer squad

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

buffet as I listened to Tiff going on and

I just grabbed a slice of toast and butter, and a cup of coffee, and we went to

Tyler were already

and Tyler's eyes lit up as soon as he

your head?"I said

but the Advil helps,"he

on the latest

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

a blur.Hope I didn’t say too many self incriminating things,"he whispered so that I was

"No, you were fine,"

thank god,"he stifled a laugh, "No more drinking for

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

maybe later we can hit the

"Yeah, totally,"

a walk around,"Tyler stood up to his feet instantly

“l see yall later,"

in a way as if he

sat and stared as Tyler

his hand and he led me away from

who gave me a puzzled

ended up

a lot of

a place that rented bicycles and we rented

had a museum.We decided to hit the museum first and Tyler was so cute, he was being a geek admiring the colonial

surviving colonial era lighthouse towers, that’s so

in a candy

him playfully and he shoved me

one to the top is a rotten egg!"he said as he

"Hey! Not fair!"

him but he covered my way with his back.We

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

reached the top, I was all

was nothing but miles and

and he put his hands

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

a sore loser,"he shoved me

up, dork,"I

was how weak

when I shoved him, I ended up

he held onto my arms so I didn't

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

faces were a mere inch away from each other and

I could do anything else, he leaned his face closer

"Tyler —"

thought he was going to kiss me, but instead his lips landed

a sweet forehead kiss and it lasted for a good

and

you on

smile curved up my face and I couldn't hide it.Somehow I was blushing

soft laugh and he

decided not to overthink things and

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

to hit

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

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

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