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,"

as 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 put it

for breakfast.Tiff was filling me in on all the

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

he never cheated on her and that he was only talking

she was on her own in this trip, Brad

all the other girls in the cheer squad

so she

I listened to Tiff going on and on

toast and butter, and a cup of coffee, and

Tyler were already sitting on a

joined them and Tyler's eyes lit up as

head?"I

the Advil helps,"he

went to fill Carrie in on the latest dish on Madison and

conversation and he slid his chair

last night, did I? It’s kind of a blur.Hope I didn’t say too many self incriminating things,"he whispered so that I was the only person that

"No, you were fine,"

a laugh, "No more drinking for me

are we

heard that 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

we can hit the

"Yeah, totally,"

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

“l see yall later,"

a way as if he didn't want any of them to come with

stared as Tyler lent

and he led me away from

turned back to look at Carrie and Tiff who gave me a

I ended up spending the entire day

was honestly a lot

we found a place that rented bicycles and we rented these

it also had a museum.We decided

one of seven surviving colonial era

in a candy store, I

such a dork,"I shoved him playfully and he shoved

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

"Hey! Not fair!"

tried to push past him but he covered my way with his back.We were laughing as we pushed past each

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

top, I was all out

but miles and miles of beautiful blue

win!"Tyler panted and he put his

big ass was on my

sore loser,"he

up, dork,"I shoved him

didn’t realize was how weak my

I ended up

and he held

and at the same time he was looking down to

mere inch away from each other and my eyes

I could do anything else, he

"Tyler —"

was going to kiss me, but instead his lips landed

forehead kiss and it lasted

and smiled brightly

kiss you on the

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

out a soft laugh and he

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

around the pier and we talked about the future as we

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

busy hooking up or running away from their hook ups, but Tyler

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

sleeping next to each other as we sat on one of the lounge