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.

family.I'm grateful for all this delicious food, shout out to my _ beautiful momma _

smiled and nodded

I noticed the way Hailey said AJ’s name, it was as if there was some weight in

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

to me and said, "Thank you

of course," I said as I took

to be a part of this wonderful night with

on lan and I gripped his

room you

were staring deeply into each

there were other people in that

Hailey exclaimed before

Dinner was amazing.

our faces with turkey and stuffing, Kristen brought

to head to bed, while the four of us

four of us sat on the long couch, Hailey and I were in the middle and next to me was lan and

beer bottle in their hands,

offered to get me one earlier

feel like

it too, but she

kind of

came up,

a knowing look and

the couch watching this movie.The movie was a lot terrifying than

the hotel and he came across two very

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

herself though, not wanting lan to notice

to help Hailey and return

closer to lan that I was basically half sitting on

lan’s attention to be focused

there?"

is not even the

on thanksgiving, it’s

you were such a

"Whatever,"

and turn my

there, I

on his chest and

mindlessly watching the movie when suddenly lan jerked my body with his two hands and yelled,

"Aaahh!"

and it

"What the hell?"

snapped at lan who was laughing

on the laughter as they

"You suck!"

and sat

he cooed and tried to get me to

kept my gaze on

my attention back on the movie.But suddenly I felt his hand snaked around my waist and it pulled me back to him.I sighed

me tight in his arms and placed a sweet

just too

my head deeper

eye, I noticed AJ was holding onto Hailey’s hand

was slightly pushed away, so their hands

be good if lan sees

do.Lifting my face up to his, I found his lips with mine and I

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

smirked playfully and

part," Damn, I

gotten into you?" a

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

up and he pulled my bottom lip down with his thumb.Then he leaned in and he kissed

My eyes were closed but I

we will," lan let out an

about the movie?" I looked up at his darkening

Watch it whenever," he

hand out to me and I