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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