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

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

loud last night and Tristan was sleeping

god...don’t

sister my entire

I am so sorry

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

All night long.What was it, like, five

god!"I slapped myself on the face out

Tristan laughed again

lunch, will you erase

lunch and dinner and you got yourself a deal,"he

"Fine!" I breathed.

of this ever again, especially

captain,"he grinned innocently and

have crazy bunny sex with Ian around the apartment without a care in the world.I need

fiasco and Ian and I made up, everything was

he always made sure to make some

I was starting to

declare a major by the end

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

Korean Society on campus and Tristan was working

SA im het me an idea of what I would like

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

but I was also able to bring home free food

and Sophie loved

my passion so I stopped attending

gave me a lot of insight on diversity and the

bit of Japanese and got into K- Pop for a bit.I

so fancy! I also joined a

school, I was on the swim team and I

teams at UPenn, and I didn't wanna commit

for me was mostly for exercising

a few times

a journalist like him, but I did enjoy

visual arts, so he put me in charge of the advertisement section in the

I came to

should not only be visually appealing, but also catchy

afternoon classes, a little bit of social

during the

but

least once a

would alternate on

my turn to go visit him in the

were great at making time for each other.We've learned a lot from our previous

quantity of the time, but about

if it was only for a day, we would

I was getting

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

October, so the air outside was a

put on this cute white sweater and my black leggings and I

apartment, when suddenly I heard yelling

told you! She

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

Tristan clapped back.

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

"I am not!"

"You are too!"

open, so it wasn’t hard

standing in front

the air was thick

your

so your business is my

said cautiously with my

"Nothing," Tristan muttered quickly.

"Emmie, good, you're here,"

can settle this for us once and for

it?"

motioned for me to come in and I

to her in front of Tristan,

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