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 he knocked on the wall

last night and Tristan

god...don’t tell

sister my entire life.It's the

am so sorry you had to

cover my

night long.What was it, like,

my god!"I slapped myself on the face out

Tristan laughed again as he made his way to

lunch, will you erase last night from your

and dinner and you got yourself a

"Fine!" I breathed.

word of this ever again, especially not in

captain,"he grinned innocently

now.I can’t just have crazy bunny sex with Ian around the apartment without a care in the

and I made

but he always made sure to make

however, I was starting to get busy

declare a major by the

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

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

im het me an idea of what I would like to

the cooking club, and I got

various cuisines, but I was also able to bring home

and Sophie

my passion so I stopped attending the club

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

learned a little bit of Japanese and got into K- Pop for a bit.I also enjoyed

so fancy!

school, I was on the swim team and I did

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

for me was mostly for exercising and

times

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

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

I came to enjoy

should not only be visually appealing, but also catchy and has

bit of social life, and a decent amount of sleeping hours, my schedule was

time during the weekend to go see each

every week, but we'd meet

at least once a

would alternate on who goes

it was my turn to go visit him

were great at making time for each other.We've learned a

of

was only for a day, we would drop everything and our focus would

and I was getting

the city and grab lunch with

late October, so the air outside was

this cute white sweater and my black leggings and I

apartment, when suddenly I heard yelling from

told you! She was

"You don’t know the

Tristan clapped back.

I'll kill anyone who takes advantage

"I am not!"

"You are too!"

was open, so it wasn’t hard

was sitting on his bed while Sophie was standing

in the air was thick

your

my brother so your business is my

on here?" I said cautiously with my

"Nothing," Tristan muttered quickly.

"Emmie, good, you're here,"

turned to me, "You can settle this for us

it?" I

to come in and I followed

to her in front of Tristan, and he just rolled his head back

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