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.
between us and there was nothing else to
was that I
loves me, sure
at the moment, I couldn't see it and I couldn't feel
now was
him to realize that what he was doing to
wanted him to miss 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
I spent my birthday
opened the apartment door, I was
the lights were on and I heard
inside and saw
"Tristan?"I gaped.
shocked to
shocked to
you doing here? I thought you and
Aren't you supposed to be
a long story, I don't wanna talk about
and groaned in exhaustion.It
early because the apartment's empty and I
to the laptop on the coffee
was doing a lot of writing because he worked
"Oh,"
and I got up
not gonna
on my hand,
on? You wanna talk about it?"Tristan
couldn't hold it anymore.The next thing I knew, I burst out
showed
didn’t even call...and
and cooed me gently as he said, "That really
that’s okay, because he’s
he even bring me out to New York City if he didn’t even have the time to spend with me.Why bother making a reservation for something he won't
was a snorting and crying mess.Tristan grabbed the box of tissues on the table and handed it to
think he doesn’t love me anymore.I think he got bored
blowing my nose so
"Who's Ally?"he asked.
to have a thing together back in high school,"I replied, and
are you saying? You think he’s cheating on you with
think so...God, I hope not!" images of Ian and Ally filled my head
showed up for the dinner and he didn’t call you, so you got upset and
lip and nodded my head
not just about the dinner.It’s about every day and night before that too.We barely have any time together, and even we're
you never said anything to
things will get better, but it never does.Even though I was
out a sad
a shitty birthday and a
year for my birthday, he drove for hours and took me on a road trip.I don’t
always a special thing for us.My sixteenth birthday was the first time I met him at that
took a road trip to Princeton and he inspired me to apply
birthday, he drove
here I was, on my nineteenth birthday, I had a lot of expectations and they were all crushed in just one
Emma, I don’t know what else to
your fault.I’m sorry I came barging in here and you had to hear all my sob story.I shouldn't be disturbing you, you’re working," I said as I straightened
at that word document for
"Are you sure?"
"Yes,"
and the
it’s still technically
"How?"
I stifled a laugh.
he got up and
a six pack of beer.He lifted them up in
"You got beer?"I questioned.
me write
I had all night were
booze, especially to help me forget
nodded my head vigorously at him and said,
up drinking
and we used our matching onesie pajamas because they were so
the morning and I had fallen asleep on the couch and Tristan fell asleep next
on the door got
"Who is that?"I croaked.
"I don't know,"Tristan replied.
got up from the couch
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