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.
distance between us and there was nothing else
truth was that I didn’t matter
me, sure
I couldn't see it and I couldn't
all I wanted now was to
to realize that what he was
that night.I took a cab to my new apartment and hauled my big fat
how I spent my birthday
I opened the apartment door, I was expecting to
were on and I heard
inside and saw Tristan
"Tristan?"I gaped.
looked shocked to
were both shocked to see each other
you and Sophie are
you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in the
talk about it,"I sighed dramatically and joined
my head back and groaned in exhaustion.It had been
the apartment's empty and I like the silence.Helps me get my
said, gesturing to the laptop on the
doing a lot of writing because
"Oh,"
and I got up
me, I’m not gonna bother
said and he pulled on my hand, motioning for me
going on? You wanna talk about it?"Tristan knew
knew, I burst out crying into his shoulder,
showed up..."I
him...he didn’t even call...and it's supposed
his arms around me and cooed me gently as he said, "That really sucks.I'm so
but that’s okay, because he’s working towards his dreams and I
to catch my breath in between sobs, "But why would he even bring me out to New York City if he didn’t even have
box
got
rant after blowing my nose so gracefully into the
"Who's Ally?"he asked.
to have a thing together back in high school,"I replied, and I rolled
are you saying? You think he’s cheating on
not!" images of Ian and Ally filled my head and
and he didn’t call
lip and nodded my head
any time together, and
you never said anything to him all
kept quiet because I didn’t wanna get in the way ..but...I can’t do it anymore.I thought by now things will get better, but it never does.Even though I was with him every day, I still
sad smile and
a shitty birthday and a shitty
on a
special thing for us.My sixteenth birthday was the first time I met him at that bar in
to Princeton and he inspired me to apply to Ivy
birthday, he drove us to Philly and helped me move
birthday, I had a lot of expectations and they were all crushed in just one
don’t know what else to say,"Tristan
sorry I came barging in here and you had to hear all
not disturbing me at all.I've been looking at that word document
"Are you sure?"
"Yes,"
clock, and the
still technically
"How?"
I stifled a laugh.
up his face as he
later, he came back with a six pack of beer.He lifted them up
"You got beer?"I questioned.
me write better,"he
had all night were those stupid mocktails and sparkling
booze, especially to help
I nodded my head vigorously at him and said,
ended up drinking throughout
we
AM in the morning and I had fallen asleep on the couch and Tristan fell asleep
groggily as the pounding on the door got louder
"Who is that?"I croaked.
"I don't know,"Tristan replied.
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