Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

Chapter 79: Friendly Fire 

EMMA’s POV : 

"What's that?"

Tristan asked as he saw me putting up a painting on my bedroom wall.

"A birthday slash housewarming gift from Ian,"I replied.

Ian spent the night last night, but he had to return to the city early this morning.

I was sore and tired from our late night sessions, I ended up sleeping until late.

That afternoon, I woke up to a USPS delivery guy ringing my doorbell and giving me this big framed thing wrapped in brown paper.

On the wrapping was also a card and it said: Dearest Emma, Since I can’t bring you to the gallery just yet, I’m bringing a small piece of the gallery to you.

Happy sweet nineteen, my love.

So grateful you came into the world because you make my world better every day.

All my heart and soul, Ian.

Ian sent me a painting of his original work, titled Paint The Town Red.

On the painting were a skyline of New York City and a silhouette of a girl standing in the middle of it all.

Everything was in black and white except for the girl and the umbrella she was carrying and it was bright red.

After hanging the painting on my bedroom wall, I stood in front of it for a couple of minutes just staring at it and wondering what it meant.

"I'm assuming this painting’s about you?"

Tristan stood next to me and tilted his head to the side, studying the painting.

"I guess so?"

"What do you think it means?"

"I'm not too sure.I've been staring at it for the past fifteen minutes.The title is Paint The Town Red, but the town is in black and white..."

I had texted Ian thank you for the gift and he asked me if I liked it or not.

I told him of course I loved it, and then he asked me if I knew what the painting meant.

I wanted to say yes, but I had been staring at it for a while now and I had no clue.

"I think I know what it means,"

Tristan said suddenly.

"What?"I turned to him quickly.

"The only thing that’s red is the girl with the umbrella.That’s the town, not the actual building,"

 "What?"

"The town...the place...or maybe his home is her, not the city itself,"

"Wow..."

I paused for a moment as the realization hit me.

What Tristan said was true.

I was calling me his world, this is what the painting meant.

"Damn, Tristan, that’s some observation skills you got there,"I went to grab my phone and texted Ian right away.

I wrote to him: "Am I red? Am I your world?"

Seconds later, he texted back: "Bingo.I knew you'd get it, you're such a smarty-pants,"I was smiling to myself as I read his text.

Even though I wasn’t the one who figured it out, I shamelessly took the compliment.

"So, your boyfriend painted this? He’s a great artist,"Tristan said again, he was still admiring the painting.

"Yeah, he is,"I nodded.

"I'm assuming last night went pretty well?"Tristan said with a sly smirk.

can say

damn thin,"he said as he knocked on the

being so loud last night and Tristan was sleeping in the room next

god...don’t tell

to my sister my entire life.It's the same thing,"he laughed

so sorry

cover

was it,

god!"I slapped myself on the face out of sheer

would just gloat," Tristan laughed again as he made his way to

I buy you lunch, will you erase

dinner and you got yourself a deal,"he was

"Fine!" I breathed.

of this ever again, especially

grinned innocently and

have crazy bunny sex with Ian around the apartment without a care in the world.I need

I made up, everything was right

work to do, but he always made

school started however, I was starting

to declare a

Tristan pushed me to attend some of

active member of the Korean Society on campus and Tristan was working in

wasn't a bad idea.Joining all these clubs would give Aa SA im het me an idea of what I would like

the cooking club, and I got

got to learn cooking various cuisines, but I was

Sophie

cooking wasn’t my passion so I stopped attending the club

it gave me a lot of insight on diversity and the different

of Japanese and got into K- Pop

wine, so

high school, I was on the swim team

varsity teams at UPenn, and I didn't wanna commit to

the sports team for me

I visited the school newspaper a few times because Tristan insisted that I go check it

journalist like him, but

for visual arts, so he put me in charge of the advertisement section in the

admit it at first, but I came

not only be visually appealing, but also catchy

plus my afternoon classes, a little bit of social life, and a decent amount of

time during the weekend to go

but we'd meet once every two

least once a

would alternate on who

was my turn to go visit

at making time for each other.We've learned a lot from

about the quantity of the time, but about

if it was only for a day, we would

was Saturday morning and I was getting

train to the city and grab lunch with Ian by

was late October, so the air outside was a little

on this cute white sweater and my black leggings and I completed

leave the apartment, when suddenly I

you! She

year "You don’t know

Tristan clapped back.

You're my brother and I'll kill anyone who takes advantage

"I am not!"

"You are too!"

bedroom door was open, so it wasn’t

standing in front of him with her hands

air was thick and

none of your business, Soph!" Tristan

brother so your

on here?" I said cautiously with my

"Nothing," Tristan muttered quickly.

"Emmie, good, you're here,"

she turned to me, "You can settle this for

is it?"

come in and I followed

front of Tristan, and he just rolled his head back

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