Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)
Chapter 77: Daring Distance
EMMA’s POV :
By 9 PM, I gave up.
I never felt so humiliated in my life.
I asked for the check and paid for the four glasses of mocktail I had and left a nice tip for my waiter.
The hostess smiled a sad smile as she saw me walking out of the restaurant alone.
I just wanted to crawl into a hole and die.
I went back to the apartment because I didn't know where else to go.
I saw my reflection in the mirror when I walked in and I looked so pathetic.
I did my hair and make up, I put on a dress and everything, only to be stood up by him at my birthday.
I was angry, embarrassed, and frustrated.
But mostly I was sad.
I thought tonight would be special, but no.
It was just any other day for Ian.
He had other things that were more important and I just had to take the back seat.
Feeling stupid, I took off the dress and put on an oversized sweater instead.
Tears were running down my face and it totally ruined my make up, but who cares? It wasn’t like it was important anyway.
I scrubbed my make up off angrily and pulled my hair into a messy ponytail.
I looked around the empty apartment and I debated on what to do.
I could stay here and wait until he gets home and hear about how sorry he was that he missed my birthday dinner, and tomorrow he'll go to work and ignore me again completely.
Or… I could pack my bags and leave.
There was a train running between Philly and New York City every day and if I leave now, I could make it before the last train leaves.
I didn’t think too much about it, I knew what I had to do.
I couldn't believe what I'm saying, but I needed some space away from him.
It would be better for us both.
My heart was hurting too much and I couldn't take it anymore.
So, I quickly packed my bags and I wrote him a note.
Dear Ian, You don’t have to apologize.
I know you're busy and I'm not a priority at the moment, and that’s okay, I understand.
But I think it’s best I leave so you can focus on your work.
No hard feelings.
Emma.
It sounded petty, but whatever.
I was too upset to be nice.
My uber was now waiting for me downstairs and I took a moment for one last glimpse of the apartment.
Leaving the spare key on the kitchen counter, I turned off the lights and closed the door shut.
I turned off my phone for the rest of the night.
I didn’t wanna hear any more ‘I'm sorry’ or ‘I'll make it up to you’.
I had enough of his empty promises.
I was tired of all that.
I put up with it all summer long and I needed an out.
At least when we were far away and he was busy with work, I didn’t have to feel this hurt because I could blame the distance.
no distance between us and there
that I didn’t
me,
the moment, I couldn't see it and I couldn't
now was
realize that what he was
got back to Philly late that night.I took a cab to my new apartment and hauled my big fat suitcase up three flights of
I
I was expecting to find
I heard the sound of
inside and saw Tristan sitting on
"Tristan?"I gaped.
looked shocked
shocked to
thought you and
are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in the city
talk about it,"I sighed dramatically and
groaned
the apartment's empty and I like the
the laptop on the coffee
lot of writing because he
"Oh,"
got up to
about me, I’m not gonna bother you.I’m just
he pulled on my hand, motioning for me to sit back
You wanna talk
knew, I burst out crying into his shoulder, snorting like a
showed
didn’t even call...and it's supposed
gently as he said, "That really sucks.I'm
but that’s okay, because he’s working towards his dreams and I didn’t wanna get in the way
to catch my breath in between sobs, "But why would he even bring me out to New York City if he didn’t
was a snorting and crying mess.Tristan grabbed the box of tissues on the table and
he got bored with me or something.His priority is the gallery and this girl called
rant after blowing my nose so gracefully into the tissue
"Who's Ally?"he asked.
but they used to have a thing together back
are you saying? You think he’s cheating on you with
Ally filled
that's what happened? He never showed up for the dinner and
bit my lip and
any time together, and
said anything to him all summer long?"he
by now things will get better, but
sad smile
shitty birthday and a
ever.Last year for my birthday, he drove for hours and took me on a road trip.I don’t know what happened to us
a special thing for us.My sixteenth birthday was the first time I met him at that bar
seventeenth birthday, we took a road trip to Princeton and he inspired me to apply to Ivy
and for my eighteenth birthday, he drove us to
a lot of expectations and
don’t know what
and you had to hear all my sob story.I
at all.I've been looking at that word document for
"Are you sure?"
"Yes,"
his head to see the clock, and the time showed
since it’s still technically
"How?"
I stifled a laugh.
crept up his face as he got up and
six pack of beer.He lifted them up in the
"You got beer?"I questioned.
me write better,"he
had all night were those
especially to help me
nodded my head vigorously
I ended up drinking throughout the
re-run of Law and Order on TV and we used our matching onesie pajamas because they were so comfortable
the morning and I had fallen asleep on the couch and Tristan fell asleep next to me, when a sudden loud knocking woke us
pounding on the door got louder
"Who is that?"I croaked.
"I don't know,"Tristan replied.
he got up from the couch and
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