Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

EMMA’s POV : 

We didn't stay the night at the cabin.

lan and I had to drive back to Georgia early in the morning, so we drove back to his mom’s house that night.Hailey and AJ were riding in the car with us.They were both asleep, sitting in the backseat.lan and I didn’t talk much during the car ride.

We just listened to music and he held my hand.We got back pretty late, around 11 PM.We only had a couple of hours to sleep before we had to leave early in the morning.

So I jumped in the shower and dried my hair.When I was done, I was ready for sleep, so I climbed on the bed.lan was still reading something on his phone.I gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and said, "Good night,"

I turned to my side and closed my eyes, waiting for the darkness to let me sleep, but then I felt lan moved.

He scooted closer to me, wrapping me in his arms from behind.

"Hey, you're being especially quiet tonight.Is everything ok?" he said as his fingers ran soothingly down my arm.

I opened my eyes and turned to the side.

He cocked his head and narrowed his eyes at me, waiting for an explanation.

I guess I was being quiet on purpose.

This morning started off great, but things kinda went sour in the afternoon.

As soon as Ally came into the cabin, she wouldn't stop grilling me about my relationship with lan.

How we met, how long we've been together, what our future plans look like, and so and so forth.

Thankfully, Hailey would chime in once in a while with a different topic to discuss.

The worst part though, was when Ally spilled stories after stories about lan and his friends in the good old days.They all knew each other since they were kids.They had inside jokes and everything.

I felt sort of left out and I didn’t know if Ally was doing this on purpose.

By dinnertime, I felt completely forgotten.

Sure, lan was always around me, he would hold my hand or kiss my cheek, but his attention was somewhere else.

Ally was the center of everyone’s attention.

And I swear, sometimes she and lan would share this secretive lookas if they were the only two people in that room.

"Baby girl, what’s on your mind?" lan said again.

"You've told your friends all about me. But I never knew anything about them," I spoke up finally.

"That's because you're an interesting topic to me. I wanna talk about you to anyone that'll listen,"

"But then I don’t know anything your friends, or the good old days when you used to live here,"

"You wanna know about my friends?" he laughed ,

 "Sure, I'll tell you everything.What do you wanna know?"

"I don't know..." I trailed, 

"What were they like, I guess?"

"Well, you've met them all.Tommy and AJ are my best friends in the entire world.We used to get into a lot of trouble when we were kids.Sometimes I still can’t believe that Tommy's married with three kids"

"How about Ally? She seems to know you well," I shot point blankly.

That was what I wanted to ask all night long.

"Are you two super close?"

"Yeah, kinda," he shrugged.

"Like, how close?"

"Emma," he said my name as if he was scolding me

"Are you being jealous right now?"

"No," I scoffed and flushed my face against the pillow.

"Hey," he laughed softly and tilted my face back to him,

 "We're just old friends.We used to fool around a little bit when we were young, but that was years ago,"

"So, you and her...you guys dated?" the word made a lump in my throat.

"No, we never dated," he was quick to answer, 

"We hooked up like once at the prom, but I was really drunk,"

and

I still couldn't help

my head back and scooted away from

"Emma," he cooed, 

not attracted to her like that.We really

was just a one time thing?" I breathed as his nose

in high school.It didn't mean anything,"he

back was pressed tightly against his

I don't

"That's different,"he hissed, 

"We're different,"

dawned on me, lan was my first, and I was definitely not

had many other firsts before

been with?"I said and he looked

question suddenly coming

just...wanna know.I know I’m not

for a

number.How many girls have you

trying to ease the tension,

"I'm serious. Tell me,"

as if I would regret hearing the

"Yeah," I nodded firmly.

sighed and raked

know

"What? Like ten?"

"Maybe more,"

"Twenty? Thirty?"

be a little

"Forty?" I gaped.

maybe, or maybe more,"

maybe?" I fully turned my face around

okay?" he gripped the side of my face with

lips quivered as I said, "I’m not

he said

the game for me, Emma.You're the only

leaned closer

me hard and hungrily, as

away as soon as he kissed me.I kissed him back

jealous.You're the only girl that ever matters to me,"he murmured

"Okay?"

be wrapped inside his arMs.My body was

feel his heart beating against my skin and his

girls before, but he

"Okay,"

into a peaceful sleep under

how was thanksgiving in

jumped on the bed next to

"Spill the tea, sis,"

to my room and

break was over and we were

Carrie hadn't seen me in a while, so

brought doughnuts from Krispy Kreme and Carrie brought Korean face

sister, they were so sweet.And then I met his

trailed, and I stopped when I remembered a particular friend of his I wasn’t so fond

something wrong with my

too.I sense a but

friend… her name’s

rolled her eyes as Carrie and I

I found out that they hooked

snap!" my two friends

mean anything.Anyway she’s engaged now, she’s gonna marry this brain doctor.They're only

said as

sweet things like

say things like that to

together for years, I would

when it comes to sweet talk or

with words.Sometimes they just

Tiff," Carrie shot

like you have tea to spill,"

hand and

did.I finally lost my

in freshman

that virginity.The

virginities?" I

about anal," Carrie