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.

delicious food, shout out to my _ beautiful momma _ for preparing everything.And

smiled and

AJ’s name, it was as if there

food and for my mom and for all you guys,

and said, "Thank you for being

course," I said as I

and the delicious food.Grateful to be a part of this wonderful night with these wonderful people.And of course, I’m

gaze on lan and I gripped

a room you

were staring deeply into

there were other people in

exclaimed before

Dinner was amazing.

with turkey and stuffing, Kristen brought out pies for dessert

to head to bed, while the four of us were

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

had a beer bottle in their hands,

offered to get me one earlier

I feel like such

it too, but

was kind of helpful,

age or college came up, she would distract AJ with another topic

and I would exchange a

watching this movie.The movie was a

around the hotel and he came across two very

I buried my face into lan’s chest and she

to notice she was

to help Hailey and return

I was

lan’s attention to

okay there?" he chuckled

not even the

on thanksgiving,

never knew you

"Whatever,"

into his chest and turn my face

a while there, I

lying on his chest and his arm was

mindlessly watching the movie when suddenly lan jerked my body with his two

"Aaahh!"

and it caused Hailey to scream as

"What the hell?"

snapped at lan who was laughing

the laughter as they high fived

"You suck!"

and sat

on," he cooed and tried to get me to lay my head on

again and I kept

focused my attention back on the movie.But suddenly I felt his hand snaked around my waist and it

arms and placed a sweet kiss on

were just too cute," he

my head

the corner of my eye, I noticed AJ was holding

slightly pushed away, so their hands

good if lan sees

knew how to do.Lifting my face up to his, I found his lips with mine and I kissed him slow and gentle.He tasted like cherry pie and alcohol, and somehow

girl, you're missing the best part," he murmured lowly, referring to

playfully and said,

the best part," Damn,

you?" a smile

your sister.But also, you look delicious.I couldn't say those words out loud, obviously.So I stayed quiet

hand reached up and he pulled my bottom lip down with his thumb.Then he leaned

My eyes were closed but I could hear AJ's

we will," lan let

I looked up at his

on Netflix. Watch it whenever," he said

me