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

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

last night and Tristan was sleeping in the room next

my god...don’t

alright.I’m used to it.I lived next to my sister

so sorry you had to

as my hand went to cover my mouth, "I didn’t

was it, like, five sessions?"he

on the face out

just gloat," Tristan laughed again as he made his

you lunch, will you erase last night from your

got

"Fine!" I breathed.

word of this ever again,

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

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

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

however, I was starting to get busy

would have to declare a major

Tristan pushed me to attend some

Korean Society on campus and Tristan was

im het me an idea of what

started with the cooking club, and I got two words for you: free

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

Sophie loved

passion so I stopped attending

cultural clubs and it gave me a lot of insight on diversity

of Japanese and got into K- Pop for

gave out cheese and wine, so

was pretty active back in high school, I was

good enough for the varsity teams at

team for me was

the school newspaper a few times because Tristan insisted that I go check

wasn't much of a writer or a journalist like him, but I did

so he

at first, but I came to enjoy

should not only be visually appealing,

social life, and

Ian and I would make time during the weekend to go see

but we'd meet once every

at least once

would alternate on

it was my turn to go visit

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

about the quantity of the

only for a day, we would drop everything and

and I was

the 11 AM train to the city and grab lunch with

October, so the air

my black leggings and I

was just about to leave the apartment, when suddenly I heard

told you! She was just

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

Tristan clapped back.

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

"I am not!"

"You are too!"

bedroom door was open, so it wasn’t

while Sophie was standing in front of him

air

none of your business, Soph!"

brother so your

here?" I said cautiously with

"Nothing," Tristan muttered quickly.

"Emmie, good, you're here,"

can settle this for

it?" I

for me to come in

front of Tristan, and he just rolled his

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