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

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

loud last night and Tristan was sleeping in the

my god...don’t tell

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

I am so sorry you had to endure

my hand went to cover my mouth, "I

night long.What was it,

god!"I slapped myself on

you're still apologetic.Sophie would just gloat," Tristan laughed again as he made his way

lunch, will you erase last night from your

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

"Fine!" I breathed.

of this ever again, especially not in

grinned innocently and kept

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 some type

my birthday fiasco and Ian and I made up, everything

he always made sure to make

was

declare a major by the end

Sophie and Tristan pushed me to attend some of the student clubs

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

all these clubs would give Aa SA im het me

club, and I

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

and Sophie loved

my passion so I stopped attending the club after

I joined some cultural clubs and it gave me a lot

of Japanese and got into K- Pop for

and wine, so fancy! I also

I was on the swim team and I did

think I was good enough for the varsity teams at

team for me was mostly

I visited the school newspaper a few times because Tristan insisted

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

a good eye for visual arts, so

at first, but I came to

a good ad should not only be visually appealing, but

plus my afternoon classes, a little bit of social life, and a decent amount of sleeping hours,

would make time during the weekend to go see

but we'd meet once every

at least

would alternate on who

week it was my turn to go

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

quantity of the time, but about the

only for a day, we would

was Saturday morning and I was getting ready

the 11 AM train to the city and grab lunch with Ian by

the

white sweater and my black leggings and I completed

was just about to leave the apartment, when suddenly

She was just

voice was loud and year "You don’t

Tristan clapped back.

kill anyone who takes advantage of you.You're too

"I am not!"

"You are too!"

so it wasn’t hard for me to take

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

in the air was

of your

so your business

going on here?" I said cautiously with

"Nothing," Tristan muttered quickly.

"Emmie, good, you're here,"

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

is it?"

me to come in

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

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