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

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 tell

used to it.I lived next to my sister

sorry you had to endure

to cover my

long.What was it, like, five sessions?"he

myself on

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

buy you lunch, will you erase last

got

"Fine!" I breathed.

not a word of this ever again,

grinned innocently and

roommates now.I can’t just have crazy bunny sex with Ian around the apartment without a

and Ian and I made

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

was starting to get busy

sophomore, I would have to declare a major by

me pick my major, Sophie and Tristan pushed me to attend some of the student

member of the Korean Society on campus and

idea.Joining all these clubs would give Aa SA im het me an idea of

the cooking club, and I got two

but I was also able to bring home free food every

and Sophie

passion so I stopped attending the club after a

a lot of insight on diversity and

a little bit of Japanese and got into K- Pop

cheese and wine, so fancy!

active back in high school, I was on the

the varsity teams at UPenn, and I didn't wanna commit to it

team for me was mostly for exercising and good

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

much of a writer or a journalist like him,

arts, so he put me in charge of the

but I came to

ad should not only be

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

time during the weekend

week, but we'd

least

would alternate on who

week it was my turn to

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

wasn’t about the quantity of the time, but about the

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

was Saturday morning and I

AM train to the city and grab

late October, so the air outside was a little

and my black leggings and I completed the look with my

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

She was just using

"You

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

on his bed while Sophie was standing in front of him

in the air was thick

none of your business,

my brother so your

what’s 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

is it?"

motioned for me to come in

front of Tristan, and

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