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

pretty damn thin,"he said as he knocked on the wall a

eyes shot up instantly.I was being so loud last

my god...don’t tell

it.I lived next to my sister my entire life.It's the same

sorry you had to endure

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

was it,

on the face out

Tristan laughed again as

you lunch, will you erase last

you got yourself a deal,"he was totally

"Fine!" I breathed.

not a word of this ever again, especially not in front

captain,"he grinned innocently and

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

and Ian and I made up, everything was right again in

still busy had a lot of work to do, but he always made sure to make some

however, I was starting

declare a major by the end

pushed me to

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

give Aa SA im het me an idea of what I would like

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

only that I got to learn cooking various cuisines, but I was also able

Sophie loved

cooking wasn’t my passion so I stopped

gave me a lot of insight

K- Pop for a

wine, so

school, I was on

for the varsity teams

sports team for me was mostly for exercising

a few times because Tristan insisted that I go check

wasn't much of a writer or a journalist like him, but I did enjoy print media because I loved to

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

but I came to enjoy working for the advertising

that a good ad should not only be visually appealing, but

plus my afternoon classes, a little bit of social

during the weekend to go

couldn't meet every week, but we'd meet once every two

least once a

on

turn to

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

about the quantity of

we see each other, even if it was only for a day, we would drop everything and our focus would be on

I was

the 11 AM train to the city and grab lunch with

late October, so the air outside was a

this cute white sweater and my black leggings and I completed

leave the apartment, when suddenly I heard yelling from

told you! She was just

"You

Tristan clapped back.

brother and I'll kill anyone who takes

"I am not!"

"You are too!"

was open, so it wasn’t hard for me to

Sophie was standing

in the air

of your business, Soph!" Tristan

so your

here?" I said cautiously with my head peeking

"Nothing," Tristan muttered quickly.

"Emmie, good, you're here,"

to me, "You can settle this for us once

it?" I

motioned for me to come in and

standing next to her in front of Tristan, and he just

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