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.

distance between us and

simple truth was that I

me, sure

at the moment, I couldn't see it

wanted now

him to realize that what he was doing to me was

late that night.I took a cab to my new apartment and

I spent

opened the apartment door, I was expecting

and I heard the sound

inside and saw

"Tristan?"I gaped.

looked shocked

both shocked to see

doing here? I thought you and Sophie are coming back next week?"I

here? Aren't you supposed to be in

wanna talk about it,"I sighed dramatically and joined

trashed my head back and groaned in

the apartment's empty and I like the silence.Helps me get my work

to the laptop on the coffee

writing because he worked

"Oh,"

I got up to my

about me, I’m not gonna

my hand, motioning for me to

going on? You wanna talk about it?"Tristan knew something was

anymore.The next thing I knew, I burst out

never showed

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

his arms around me and cooed me gently as he said, "That really sucks.I'm

summer long, but that’s okay, because he’s working towards his dreams and I didn’t wanna get in

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

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

got bored with me or something.His priority is the

rant after blowing my nose so

"Who's Ally?"he asked.

thing together back in

think

and Ally filled my head and I shook my

happened? He never showed up for the dinner and he didn’t call you, so you got upset and you

my lip and nodded my

day and night before that too.We barely have any time together,

said anything to him all

things will get better, but it never does.Even though I

let out a sad smile and

shitty birthday and a

my birthday, he drove for hours and took me on a road trip.I don’t know what happened to us now and why we're so

a special thing for us.My sixteenth birthday was the first time

my seventeenth birthday, we took a road trip to Princeton and

my graduation day and for my eighteenth birthday, he drove us

on my nineteenth birthday, I had a lot

know what else to say,"Tristan

and you had to hear all my sob story.I shouldn't

that word document for the past hour, not doing anything.I need a break," he said

"Are you sure?"

"Yes,"

his head to see the clock, and the time showed that

still technically your

"How?"

I stifled a laugh.

as he got up and headed to

of beer.He lifted them up in the air

"You got beer?"I questioned.

me write better,"he

had all night were those stupid mocktails

some booze, especially to help me forget all about this

nodded my head vigorously at him and

ended up

Law and Order on TV and we used

in the morning and I had fallen asleep on the couch and Tristan fell asleep next to

the pounding on the door got

"Who is that?"I croaked.

"I don't know,"Tristan replied.

my relief, he got up from the couch and staggered