Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

EMMA’s POV : 

lan hadn't texted or called for days.It had been days.

Almost a week since that email and phone call debacle.I knew I asked for space, but I didn’t know it was gonna be like this.I tried texting him once, but it wasn’t even delivered.I tried calling, but it never went through.

It was like he turned his phone off purposefully.Or maybe he blocked me? That couldn't be true.We were in a fight, sure, but he wouldn't do that to me.Something was definitely not right.

Today was lan’s gallery's soft launch and even though I wasn’t coming to it, I thought at least he’d call and tell me about it.

This was the longest Ian and I had gone without communication.

And though I was the one who asked for it, I hated every second of it.

I did, however, end up applying for the Paris program and I would hear the result within a week.

There was a small interview that I did for it yesterday, and my interviewer was positive that I would be a good fit for the program.That was a good sign.

I was happy, but I wasn’t too happy due to the circumstances.

I wanted to tell lan about it, but I couldn't.

This whole taking time apart thing was a stupid idea.

With every day that passed, I felt my heart sink lower and lower.

I wanted to talk to him, even just to hear him yell at me, I would take it.

But now I couldn't even reach him.

What was he doing? Was he still mad at me? Or was this his way of teaching me a lesson? Enough was enough.

After a week of this torture, I couldn't take it anymore.

It was a Saturday night and although I should be studying for my finals, I ended up pulling my coat and boots out of my closet, ready to go.

"Hey, you going somewhere?"

Tristan asked when he saw me running across the living room haphazardly.

"Yeah.New York City,"

I said simply and I didn’t stop moving.

I was putting my boots on and my coat on at the same.

"Right now?"

"Enough is enough, I can’t study and I can't concentrate.I can’t live like this, I have to talk to him," I stated.

Tristan was about to say something, but I didn’t wait.

I grabbed my purse from the kitchen counter and headed straight out the door.

I was running as fast as I could.

As soon as I stepped out of the apartment, I saw a taxicab and waved at it energetically.

Taking the cab to the station, I told the driver to step on it.

I wanted to make the next train out, which was in fifteen minutes.

The sooner I could see him, the sooner we could make up and put this stupid thing behind us.I felt so dumb for what I did.I should have been more open and communicative.I shouldn't have kept him in the dark.

 "No matter what happens, we'll work it out,"

I remembered he promised me once.

"No matter what happens, we'll work it out,"

I said to myself as if it was a mantra.

The taxi driver probably thought I was crazy, but I didn't care.

I wanted to make sure I remember those words.

That would be the first thing I tell him when I see him tonight.

After getting off the Grand Central station, I took another cab towards lan’s gallery.

It was 9.30 PM and his soft launch started an hour ago.

He was probably still there.

When the cab pulled up in front of the gallery, my heart was racing so fast, I felt like it was gonna burst right out of my chest.

I paid the driver and stepped outside quickly.

rain was drizzling outside,

above my head as if it could cover me from the rain, I walked closer to

The place looked amazing.

everything inside, all the people and

hawk, scanning the

I saw him...or rather,

a

were flushed against

They were kissing.

was kissing him hungrily and passionately, and he seemed perfectly okay with

and I wanted to look away, but I

a car wreck

was seeing everything in slow motion,

hand was on

up slowly

"No...!" I breathed.

of my voice seemed

turned his head

gaze met and his eyes jolted open in

was flooded

can't be

Not again.

Not him.

Not lan...

frozen in his spot, looking at

Ally stared at me and a small smirk played on

was too

every bit of strength I had left in me, I turned to my heels and ran

"Emma!"

calling out after me, but I

"Emma!!!"

yelled even

stopped my tracks and turned

was pouring harder and lan was staggering towards

as if he could barely stand on his

front of me, I looked up at him, waiting

blended with the rain falling on my face, it was hard to tell which was

when he

think,"he looked lost, he couldn't

I think? So I didn’t see you

"What the hell, lan?"

you haven't

does that even mean?"I narrowed my

for an explanation, maybe even an

here he was, yelling at me? "Don’t play dumb, Emma.I

he snickered.

"What?"

pure, innocent angel,"he slurred, pausing for a moment before saying, "But turns out, you're just like

was frozen in shock.He called me

got nothing

and the kid living in your apartment.Well, I, for one, am not gonna stand here and be

eyes were clouded

me, but the next thing I knew, my

I had slapped him across the

second, rubbing his chin a little, and then he looked

heavily into mine like

at me

few steps back, but he moved in on me and boxed me

trapped between his body and the tall

were in a smaller street, almost like

and there was no

with pleading eyes, hoping

was pinned hard against the cold

shut in anticipation, knowing I would feel

landed on me, it stood still

my eyes to see

down a little and I let out a sigh of

fiick

through gritted

gonna hit

that, but

didn’t know why he was mad, he didn't have a reason to

My anger was justified.

saw him kissing another girl, he admitted to kissing another

do to deserve

"Who are you?"

choking back

"This is not you,"

me!"