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.

you can say

are pretty damn thin,"he said as

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

so sorry

to cover my mouth, "I didn’t think you'd

night long.What was it, like,

myself on the face out

just gloat," Tristan laughed again as he

I buy you lunch, will you erase last

and you got yourself a

"Fine!" I breathed.

ever again, especially

innocently

remember I have roommates now.I can’t just have crazy bunny sex with Ian around the

and Ian and I made up, everything was

always made sure to make some time for me despite his busy

started however, I was starting to get

I would have to declare a major by the end of this

help me pick my major, Sophie and Tristan pushed me to attend some of the student

member of the Korean Society on campus

SA im

started with the cooking club, and I got two words for

but I was also able to bring home

Sophie loved

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

me a lot of insight on

learned a little bit of Japanese and got into K- Pop

gave out cheese and wine, so fancy! I also joined a

was pretty active back in high school, I was

varsity teams

the sports team for me was mostly for exercising

the school newspaper a few times because Tristan

much of a writer or a journalist like him, but I did enjoy print media because I loved to

I had a good eye for visual arts, so he put me in charge of the advertisement

at first, but I came to enjoy working for

that a good ad should not only be visually appealing,

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

make time during the weekend to go see each

couldn't meet every week, but we'd

least

on who

week it was my turn to go

each other.We've learned a lot from our previous

the quantity of

each other, even if it was only for a day, we would drop everything

morning and I was getting ready

city

was late October, so the air outside

this cute white sweater and my black leggings and I

apartment, when suddenly I heard yelling from

She was just using

voice was loud and year "You don’t know the whole

Tristan clapped back.

anyone who takes advantage of you.You're too

"I am not!"

"You are too!"

was open, so it wasn’t hard for me

while Sophie was standing in front of

the air was

your business, Soph!"

brother so your business is

here?" I said cautiously with my head

"Nothing," Tristan muttered quickly.

"Emmie, good, you're here,"

said as she turned to me, "You can settle this

it?"

to come in and I

of Tristan, and he just rolled his head back

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