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 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 over my neck and clasped

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

a bunch of

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

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

all the other girls in the cheer squad had their boyfriends with them on

and she was boy-less, so she could focus her energy on being Maddie's shield against

scoured the breakfast buffet as I listened to Tiff

slice of toast

found that Carrie, Mark, and Tyler were already sitting on

them and Tyler's eyes lit up

your head?"I said to

the

went to fill Carrie in on the latest dish on

and I tuned out of that conversation

I didn’t say too many self incriminating things,"he whispered so that I was the only person that

"No, you were fine,"

drinking for me for the rest of

how are we

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 my plate."Sounds good to me,"I nodded at

later we can

"Yeah, totally,"

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

“l see yall later,"

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

sat and stared as Tyler lent his hand out to

took his hand and he led

gave me a puzzled look

ended up spending the entire

honestly a lot

we found a place that rented bicycles and we

also had a museum.We decided to

of seven surviving colonial era lighthouse towers, that’s so

in a candy store, I couldn't help but

him playfully

to the top is a rotten egg!"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 other and climbed up the stairs

was a long way up to the top of the lighthouse, but it

reached the top, I was all out of

and there was nothing but miles and miles of beautiful blue sea in front

put his hands in

ass was on my way,"I was

sore loser,"he shoved

dork,"I shoved him

was

ended

me and he held onto my arms so I didn't

up to see him, and at the

faces were a mere inch away from each

before I could do anything else, he leaned his

"Tyler —"

to kiss me, but instead

was such a sweet forehead kiss and it

away and smiled

gonna kiss you on the lips without

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

out a soft laugh and he wrapped his arms around me,

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

the pier and we talked

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

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

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