Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

EMMA’s POV : 

Hailey was basically hyperventilating.

I put my hands on her arms and kept shushing her, hoping she would calm down.

AJ, lan, and his mom were still in the kitchen.

"lan and I are just waiting for the right time to tell everyone.So, please, can you not say anything, especially to Kristen?"

I whispered to her with pleading eyes.  "Wow...like...wow,"

"Hailey, please, promise me.This stays between us," Hailey was quiet for a while.

Her eyes darted to the direction of the kitchen, and when she saw that no one was coming out, she finally nodded her head and said, "I promise I won't tell anyone. Only if you'll do one thing for me,"

"What is it?"

"Don't say anything to lan about what you saw earlier,"  

"What do you mean?"

"I know you saw us.AJ and I," she stated simply.

She was referring to that moment when I entered the dining room and saw him kissing her hand.

"So you and AJ are..."

"AJ and I started hanging out at the end of summer break and we're just trying to see how things go," she paused and let out a sigh

"We haven't told lan or anyone else yet.lan can be a bit overprotective at times, I don’t know how he'll handle his little sister dating his friend.So, we're just waiting for the right time.Kinda like what you guys are doing,"

"Wow..." was all that I could say in response.

"Yeah, so please don't tell lan anything, and I promise I'm not gonna tell a soul about you two being...you know,"

"Right...yeah..."

I was about to say something else, but then we heard footsteps.

"Turkey's ready!"

AJ announced as he brought over the big tray of turkey and placed it in the middle of the long table.  

"What are you girls chatting here about?" lan followed with plates of side dishes.

"Oh, I was just telling Emma all your dirty little secret.Did you know he used to be in the school’s Christmas production back in the sixth grade?" Hailey was quick to answer.

"lan was in a school play?" I gaped at him and he just shrugged.

"Don't listen to anything she says," he warned me and Hailey stuck her tongue out at him.

"Grab a seat everyone. I know you all must be starving,"

Kristen came in with the bow of mash and gravy.

We all took a seat around the table and AJ started pouring drinks for everyone. People had wine in their glasses, but not me.

"She's not drinking," lan said simply and that was that.

"Before we start, why don’t we go around the room and say what we're grateful for this Thanksgiving?"

Kristen said to everyone, "I'll start. I'm grateful that we're all healthy and happy, and all my children are here.Plus Emma and AJ.You two are always welcome,"

"Hear, hear," Hailey raised her wine glass and cheered.

"I'm grateful for the Giants, they're doing really well in the playoffs," AJ followed as he sat next to Kristen.

"That's right," lan nodded at him.

"Also grateful that business was good this year. And that I can spend Thanksgiving with all you guys," AJ continued.

AJ was smiling to everyone on the table as he spoke, but his smile for Hailey lasted a second longer than everyone else.

"Ok, my turn," Hailey chirped.

grateful for all this delicious food, shout out to my _ beautiful momma

and

it was as

the food and for my mom and for all you guys, but I’m

me and said, "Thank you for being with

said as I took his

delicious food.Grateful to be a part of this wonderful night with these wonderful people.And of course, I’m absolutely head over heels grateful

on lan and I gripped

room you two," AJ

and I were staring deeply

that there

before

Dinner was amazing.

faces with turkey and stuffing, Kristen brought out pies for dessert and they

head to bed, while the four of us

decided to watch a horror movie, The Shining by Stanley Kubrick, because why not? The four of us sat on the long couch, Hailey and

in their hands,

to get me one earlier

I feel like

noticed it too,

was kind

or college came

would exchange a knowing look and smiled

movie was

riding his tricycle around the hotel and he came across two very creepy twin

and I jumped in our seats and yelped, I buried my face into lan’s chest

to notice she was being

decided to help Hailey and

to lan that I was basically

to be focused

you okay there?"

even the worst

are we watching this on thanksgiving,

you

"Whatever,"

and turn my face

a while there, I was

head was lying on his chest and his arm was

movie when suddenly lan jerked my body with his two hands and

"Aaahh!"

baby and it caused

"What the hell?"

I snapped at lan

joined in on the laughter as they high

"You suck!"

him away and sat straighten

me to lay my head on his

I shoved him again and I kept my gaze on the TV in front of

movie.But suddenly I felt his hand snaked around my waist and it pulled me

in his arms and

were just too cute," he whispered

and flushed my head deeper into his

corner of my eye, I noticed AJ was holding

was slightly pushed away,

good

face up to his, I found his lips with mine and I kissed him slow and

the best part," he murmured

I smirked playfully

the best part,"

a

delicious.I couldn't say those

reached up and he pulled my bottom lip down with his

get a room," My eyes were closed but I could

let

about the movie?" I looked up

Netflix. Watch it whenever," he

lent his hand out to me and I took it almost