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

damn thin,"he said as he knocked on the

so loud last night and Tristan was sleeping in the

god...don’t

to my sister my entire life.It's the same

sorry

cover my

was it, like, five

my god!"I slapped myself on the face out

Tristan laughed again as he made his

I buy you lunch, will you erase last night from

you got yourself a deal,"he

"Fine!" I breathed.

this ever

captain,"he grinned innocently and kept

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 some

made up, everything was

do, but he always made sure to make some time for me despite

I was starting to get busy

declare a major by the end of

pushed me to attend

an active member of the Korean Society on campus and Tristan was working

im het me an idea

the cooking club, and I got two words

learn cooking various cuisines, but I was also able to bring home free

and Sophie loved

passion so I stopped attending

it gave me a lot

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

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

I was on the swim team and I did

good enough for the varsity teams at

joining the sports team for me was mostly for exercising

times because Tristan insisted that I go check

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

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

but I came

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

of social life, and

Ian and I would make time during the weekend

week, but we'd meet once every two

least once

alternate on who goes

was my turn to

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

the quantity of the time, but about the

see each other, even if it was only for a day, we

and I was getting ready to

to the city and grab lunch with Ian by the Grand Central

was late October, so the air outside was a little

sweater and my black leggings

to leave the apartment, when suddenly I

She

and year "You don’t

Tristan clapped back.

my brother and I'll kill anyone who takes

"I am not!"

"You are too!"

so it wasn’t hard for me to take a peek

was standing in

the air was

of your business, Soph!" Tristan

your business is

on here?" I said cautiously with my

"Nothing," Tristan muttered quickly.

"Emmie, good, you're here,"

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

is it?" I

for me to come in

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

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