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

ask.I've heard everything.These walls are pretty damn thin,"he said as he knocked on

so loud last night and Tristan was sleeping in the

my god...don’t tell

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

sorry you had to endure

cover my mouth, "I didn’t

was it, like, five sessions?"he

on the face out

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

you erase last night from

and dinner and you got yourself a deal,"he was

"Fine!" I breathed.

ever again, especially not in

captain,"he grinned innocently

to remember I have roommates now.I can’t just have crazy bunny sex with Ian around the apartment without a care in the world.I need to maintain

and I made

a lot of work to do, but he always made sure to make some time for me despite his busy

started however, I was starting

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

Sophie and Tristan pushed me to attend some of the student

of the Korean Society on campus and Tristan was working in

SA im het me

started with the cooking club, and I

but I was also

and Sophie loved

my passion so I stopped attending the club after

lot of insight on diversity and

little bit of Japanese and got into K- Pop for a bit.I also enjoyed old movie nights at the

so fancy! I also joined

back in high school, I was on the swim team and I did

for the varsity teams at

joining the sports team for me was mostly for exercising

times because

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

for visual arts, so he put

admit it at first, but I

not only be visually

social life, and

Ian and I would make time during the weekend

but we'd

least once a

on who goes

turn to go visit him in the

each other.We've learned a lot from

wasn’t about the quantity of

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

I was getting ready

city and grab lunch with Ian by

October, so the air outside

black leggings and I completed the look with

leave the apartment, when suddenly I heard

you! She was

was loud and year "You

Tristan clapped back.

my brother and I'll kill anyone who takes advantage

"I am not!"

"You are too!"

it wasn’t hard for me to take a

sitting on his bed while Sophie was standing in front of him with her

tension in the air

your business, Soph!"

brother so your business

here?" I said cautiously with my head peeking

"Nothing," Tristan muttered quickly.

"Emmie, good, you're here,"

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

it?" I

for me to come in

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

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