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.

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

and

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

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

pausing to turn to me and said, "Thank you for being

said as I took his

of this wonderful

kept my gaze on lan and I gripped

room you two," AJ

I were staring deeply into each other's

might have forgotten that there were other people in

before things could

Dinner was amazing.

Kristen brought out

to bed, while the four of us

Stanley Kubrick, because why not? The four of us sat on the long

a beer bottle in their hands,

to get me one earlier and lan

feel like

noticed it too, but she remained

was kind

of my age or college came up, she would distract

exchange a knowing look

watching this movie.The movie was

the hotel and he came across two very creepy twin

and yelped, I buried my face into

corrected herself though, not wanting lan to notice she

decided to help Hailey and

closer to lan that I

caused lan’s attention to be focused on

okay there?" he

is not even the worst

are we watching this on

knew you were such

"Whatever,"

chest and turn my

while there, I was enjoying

chest and

jerked my body with

"Aaahh!"

baby and it caused Hailey to

"What the hell?"

and I snapped at lan who was laughing

on the laughter as they high fived

"You suck!"

shoved him away and

on," he cooed and tried to get me to lay my head on his chest again, but

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

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

and placed a sweet

sorry, you were just too

flushed my head

my eye, I noticed AJ was

away, so their

wouldn't be good

I decided to do the only thing I knew how to do.Lifting my face up to his,

best part," he murmured lowly, referring to

I smirked playfully and said,

the best part,"

gotten into you?" a smile escaped

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

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

were closed but

we will," lan let out an

movie?" I looked up at his

on Netflix. Watch it whenever," he said simply

out to me