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

everything.These walls are pretty damn thin,"he said as he knocked on the wall

loud last night and Tristan was sleeping

my god...don’t tell

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

sorry

hand went to cover my mouth,

All night long.What was it, like, five

on the face out of sheer

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

you lunch, will you

dinner and you got yourself

"Fine!" I breathed.

not a word of this ever again,

innocently and

sex with Ian around the apartment without a care in the world.I need to

and Ian and I made up, everything was right

of work to do, but he always made sure to make

started however, I was starting

to declare a major

my major, Sophie and Tristan pushed me to attend some

Korean Society on campus and Tristan was

bad idea.Joining all these clubs would give Aa SA im het me an idea of what I would like to

cooking club, and

that I got to learn cooking various cuisines, but I

Sophie loved

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

joined some cultural clubs and it gave me a lot of insight

got into K- Pop for a bit.I also

cheese and wine, so fancy! I

I was

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

team for me was mostly for exercising and good

a few times because Tristan insisted that I go check it

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

so he put me in charge

first, but I came to enjoy working for the

good ad should not only be visually appealing, but also catchy and

these clubs plus my afternoon classes, a little bit of social

would make time during the weekend to go see

week, but we'd meet once every two

at least

would alternate on who

to go visit him

time for each other.We've learned a lot

quantity of the

a day, we would drop everything and our focus

was Saturday morning and I was getting ready

train to the city and grab lunch with

late October, so the air outside

black leggings and I completed the look with

about to leave the apartment, when suddenly I heard yelling from

told you! She was

voice was loud and year "You don’t know the whole story.Just butt

Tristan clapped back.

I'll kill anyone who takes advantage of you.You're

"I am not!"

"You are too!"

it wasn’t hard for

his bed while Sophie was standing

air was thick

none of your

my brother so your business is my

what’s going on here?" I said cautiously with my head

"Nothing," Tristan muttered quickly.

"Emmie, good, you're here,"

to me, "You can settle this for us once and for

it?" I

motioned for me to come

her in front of Tristan, and he just rolled his

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