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.

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

smiled and

said AJ’s name, it

grateful for the food and for my mom and for all you guys, but

and said, "Thank you for being

I said as I took

grateful for Kristen and the delicious food.Grateful to be a part of this wonderful night with these wonderful people.And of

on lan and I

get a room

were staring

forgotten that there were other

before things could

Dinner was amazing.

faces with turkey and stuffing, Kristen brought out pies

11 PM, Kristen decided to head to bed, while the four of us were still chilling in the living

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

a beer bottle in

to get me one earlier and

I feel like such

noticed it too,

was kind of

age or college came up,

a knowing look

movie.The movie was a

tricycle around the hotel and he came across two very creepy twin girls in Victorian dresses

and yelped, I buried my

quickly corrected herself though, not wanting lan to notice she was being

help Hailey and

lan that I was basically half sitting on his

attention to

okay there?" he

is not even the worst

watching this on thanksgiving, it’s

knew you were such

"Whatever,"

and turn my

while there, I

his chest and his arm was

the movie when suddenly lan jerked my body with

"Aaahh!"

a baby and it

"What the hell?"

and I snapped at lan who was

the laughter as they high

"You suck!"

shoved him away and sat

to get me to lay my head

again and I kept my gaze on the

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 and I

me tight in his arms and placed a sweet kiss on

just too cute,"

and flushed my head deeper into

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

slightly pushed away, so their hands were

wouldn't be good if lan

my feet and I decided to do the only thing I 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

girl, you're missing the best part,"

playfully

part," Damn, I was

a smile

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

lip down with his thumb.Then he

My eyes were closed but I could

we will," lan let

looked up

whenever," he said simply and quickly

me and I