Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

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.

us and there was nothing else

that I didn’t

loves me, sure he

at the moment, I couldn't see it and I

I wanted now was to get

being petty, but I wanted him to realize that what he was doing to me

me, just as much as I was missing him.I got back to Philly late that night.I took a cab to my new apartment and hauled my

I spent

apartment door, I was expecting to find the room dark and

I heard the

walked inside and saw

"Tristan?"I gaped.

shocked to

both shocked to

doing here? I thought you

here? Aren't you supposed to be in the city

talk about it,"I sighed dramatically and joined him

and groaned in exhaustion.It had been a

because the apartment's empty and I

said, gesturing to the

lot of writing because

"Oh,"

I got up to

not gonna

on my

on? You wanna talk about it?"Tristan knew

burst out crying into his

never showed

for him...he didn’t even call...and it's supposed to

linked his arms around me and cooed me gently as

back seat all summer long, but that’s okay, because he’s working towards his dreams and

York City if he didn’t even have the time to spend with me.Why bother making a reservation for something he won't even

a snorting and crying mess.Tristan grabbed the box of tissues on the table and handed

think he got bored with me or something.His priority is the gallery and this girl called

my nose so

"Who's Ally?"he asked.

together

are you saying? You think he’s cheating on

so...God, I hope not!" images of Ian and Ally

that's what happened? He never showed up for the dinner and he didn’t call you, so

and nodded my

day and night before that too.We barely have any time together, and even we're together, he’d always be on the

to him all summer

in the way ..but...I can’t do it anymore.I thought by now things

sad

had a shitty birthday and a

drove for hours and took me on a road trip.I don’t know what happened to us now and why we're so distant from each other,"I

for us.My sixteenth birthday was the first

my seventeenth birthday, we took a road trip to Princeton and he inspired me to apply to Ivy League

engaged on my graduation day and for my eighteenth birthday, he drove us to

here I was, on my nineteenth birthday, I had a lot of expectations and they were all crushed in

Emma, I don’t know what

hear all

at all.I've been looking at that word document for the past hour, not doing anything.I need a break," he

"Are you sure?"

"Yes,"

to see the clock, and the time showed that it

it’s still technically

"How?"

I stifled a laugh.

his face as he got up and headed

later, he came back with a six pack of beer.He lifted them up

"You got beer?"I questioned.

helped me write better,"he

some?"All I had all night were those stupid mocktails and sparkling

especially to help me forget all about this

vigorously at him and

up drinking throughout the

on TV and we used our matching onesie pajamas because they were so comfortable and

and I had fallen asleep on the couch and Tristan fell asleep next to me, when a sudden loud

on the

"Who is that?"I croaked.

"I don't know,"Tristan replied.

got up from the