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 was nothing else to
truth was that I didn’t
me, sure he
couldn't see it and I
now was
being petty, but I wanted him to realize that what he was doing to me
that night.I took a cab to my new apartment and
I spent my
I was expecting to find the room
were on and I heard the sound
inside and saw Tristan
"Tristan?"I gaped.
looked shocked to
shocked to see each other
thought you and
here? Aren't you supposed to be in
long story, I don't wanna talk about it,"I
and groaned in exhaustion.It had been a
because the apartment's empty and I
said, gesturing to the
lot of writing because he worked
"Oh,"
and I got up to
gonna
on my hand, motioning for me to sit
on? You wanna talk about it?"Tristan knew something was
burst out crying into his shoulder, snorting like a sad ugly
showed
didn’t even call...and it's supposed
and cooed me gently
long, Tristan.I've been in the back seat all summer long, but that’s okay, because he’s working
City if he didn’t even have the time to spend with me.Why bother making a reservation for something he won't even show up
was a snorting and crying mess.Tristan grabbed the box of tissues on the
anymore.I think he got bored with me or
after blowing my nose
"Who's Ally?"he asked.
have a thing together back in high school,"I replied, and I rolled my eyes
you saying? You think he’s cheating
know...I don't think so...God, I hope not!" images of Ian and Ally filled my head and I shook my head violently, hoping it would
happened? He never showed up for the dinner and he
and nodded
night before that too.We barely have any time together, and even we're
anything to him
..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
a sad
really sucks.Sorry you had a shitty birthday and a shitty summer.You deserve
took me on a road trip.I
thing for us.My sixteenth birthday was the first time I met him at that bar in
seventeenth birthday, we took a road trip to Princeton and he inspired
birthday, he drove us to Philly and helped me move in
was, on my nineteenth birthday, I had a lot
know what else to say,"Tristan sighed
you had to hear all my sob story.I shouldn't be disturbing you, you’re working," I said as I straightened myself
disturbing me at all.I've been looking at that word document for the past
"Are you sure?"
"Yes,"
the clock, and the
technically
"How?"
I stifled a laugh.
up his face as he
pack of beer.He lifted them up in the air
"You got beer?"I questioned.
helped me
were those
some booze, especially to help me forget all about this
I nodded my head vigorously at him and said,
ended up drinking throughout
a re-run of Law and Order on TV and we used our matching
asleep on the couch and Tristan fell asleep next
groggily as the pounding on the door got
"Who is that?"I croaked.
"I don't know,"Tristan replied.
got up from the
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