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.
was no distance between us and there was nothing else
was that
me,
I couldn't see it and I couldn't
all I wanted now
him to realize that what he was
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 and
was how I spent my
I opened the apartment door, I was expecting to find
on and I
and saw Tristan sitting
"Tristan?"I gaped.
shocked
shocked to see each other
I thought you and
are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to
about it,"I sighed dramatically
head back and groaned in exhaustion.It
apartment's empty and
said, gesturing to the laptop on the coffee
of writing
"Oh,"
mouthed and I got
not gonna bother
he pulled on my hand, motioning for me
going on? You wanna talk about it?"Tristan
I burst out crying into his shoulder, snorting like a sad
showed up..."I
for him...he didn’t even call...and it's
me gently as he said, "That really sucks.I'm so
back seat all summer long, but that’s okay, because he’s working towards his dreams and I didn’t wanna get
City if he didn’t even have the time to spend with me.Why bother making a reservation for something
box of tissues on the table and handed
doesn’t love me anymore.I think he got bored with me or something.His priority is the
after blowing my nose
"Who's Ally?"he asked.
thing together back in high school,"I replied, and I rolled my
You think he’s cheating
Ian and Ally filled my head and I shook my head violently, hoping
what happened? He never showed up for the dinner and he didn’t call you, so you got upset and you
and nodded my head
barely have any time together, and even we're together,
to him all summer
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
sad
sucks.Sorry you had a shitty birthday and a shitty summer.You
to be the best boyfriend ever.Last year for my birthday, he drove for hours and took me on a road trip.I don’t know what happened to us now and
special thing for us.My sixteenth birthday was the first time I met
trip to Princeton and he inspired me to apply to Ivy
and for my eighteenth birthday, he drove us to Philly and helped me move in to
I was, on my nineteenth birthday, I had a lot of expectations and they were all crushed
sorry, Emma, I don’t know what else to say,"Tristan
barging in here and you had to hear all my sob story.I shouldn't be disturbing
disturbing me at all.I've been looking at that word document for the past
"Are you sure?"
"Yes,"
to see the clock, and the time showed that it was 11:45
still technically your birthday,
"How?"
I stifled a laugh.
smirk crept up his face as he got
with a six pack of beer.He lifted them up in the air
"You got beer?"I questioned.
helped me
had all night were those stupid mocktails and
use some booze, especially to help me
vigorously at him and
up drinking throughout
we used our matching onesie pajamas because they were
the morning and I had fallen asleep on the couch and Tristan fell asleep next to
the pounding on the door got louder and
"Who is that?"I croaked.
"I don't know,"Tristan replied.
my relief, he got up from the couch and
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