Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)
Chapter 58: Strictly Speaking
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,"
out the locket from my back pocket.I stroked the heart locket for
and headed downstairs for breakfast.Tiff was
days before the trip, Madison found out that Brad was talking to a bunch of girls online.He had
he never cheated on her and that he was only talking to the girls, Maddie
because she knew if she was on her own in
all the other girls in the cheer squad had their boyfriends with
boy-less, so she could focus her energy on
the breakfast buffet as I listened to Tiff going on and on about Brad
grabbed a slice of toast and butter, and a cup of coffee, and we
that Carrie, Mark, and Tyler were already
eyes lit up as soon as he
head?"I
the Advil helps,"he
then went to fill Carrie in on the latest dish on Madison and
out of that conversation and he
to you last night, did I? It’s kind of a blur.Hope I didn’t say too many self incriminating things,"he
"No, you were fine,"
more drinking for me for the rest of
at all? Then how are we supposed
there’s 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 this slice of toast I had on
maybe later we can hit the
"Yeah, totally,"
take a walk around,"Tyler stood up to his feet instantly and
“l see yall later,"
it in a way as if he didn't want
sat and stared as Tyler lent his hand out to
hand and he led me away from the
turned back to look at Carrie and Tiff who gave me
and I ended up spending the entire
a lot of
King, we found a place that rented bicycles and we rented
down 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
seven surviving colonial era lighthouse towers,
kid in a candy store,
shoved him playfully and
last one to the top is a rotten
"Hey! Not fair!"
way with his back.We were laughing as we pushed past each other and
up to the top of the lighthouse, but it didn’t feel
we finally reached the top, I was
and there was nothing but miles
panted and he put his hands in the
cheated, your big ass was on my way,"I
a sore loser,"he
dork,"I shoved him
realize was how weak my
him, I ended
me and he held
to see him, and at the same time he was looking down to
faces were a mere inch away from each other and my eyes shot open in
could do anything else,
"Tyler —"
going to kiss me, but instead his lips
and it lasted for a good few
then pulled away and smiled brightly at
kiss you on the lips without your permission ever
up my face and I couldn't hide it.Somehow I was blushing and I felt embarrassed,
a soft laugh and he wrapped his arms around me, holding me
but he felt warm and nice.I decided not to overthink things and
the lighthouse, Tyler and I walked around the pier and we talked about the future as we sipped on
it was sunset, and we decided to hit the beach.We didn’t have a sip
but Tyler and
Tyler was nice enough to give me his jacket.We thought about going back to
together.In the end, we ended up sleeping next to each other as we sat on one of the lounge chairs out at
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