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

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

eyes shot up instantly.I was being so loud last night and Tristan was

my god...don’t

my sister my entire life.It's the same thing,"he laughed

so sorry

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

was it,

god!"I slapped myself on the face out of

gloat," Tristan laughed again as he made

lunch, will you erase last night from your

and you got yourself a deal,"he

"Fine!" I breathed.

of this ever

captain,"he grinned innocently

can’t just have crazy bunny sex with Ian around the apartment without

fiasco and Ian and I made up, everything was

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

I was starting to

I would have to declare a major by the end of

help me pick my major, Sophie and Tristan pushed me to

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

Aa SA im

cooking club, and

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

Sophie loved

so I stopped attending the club after a

I joined some cultural clubs and it gave me a lot of insight

a little bit of Japanese and got into K- Pop for

out cheese and wine, so fancy!

high school, I was on the swim team

enough for the varsity teams at

for me was

few times because Tristan insisted that I

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

for visual arts, so he put me

it at first, but I came to enjoy working for the

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

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

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

meet every week, but we'd

at least once a

alternate on

it was my turn to go visit

for each other.We've learned a

quantity of the time,

it was only for a day, we would drop everything

and I was getting

to the city and grab lunch

was late October, so the air outside was

and my black leggings

about to leave the apartment, when suddenly I heard yelling from

you! She was just

"You don’t know the whole story.Just

Tristan clapped back.

my brother and I'll kill anyone who takes advantage of

"I am not!"

"You are too!"

so it wasn’t

standing in

in the air

of your

so your business is my

said cautiously with my head

"Nothing," Tristan muttered quickly.

"Emmie, good, you're here,"

she turned to me, "You can settle this

it?"

motioned for me to come

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

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