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.

shout out to my _ beautiful momma _ for preparing everything.And also...I'm grateful for AJ and

and nodded

AJ’s name, it was as if there was some

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

and said, "Thank

said

a part of this wonderful night with these wonderful people.And of course, I’m absolutely

kept my gaze on lan and I gripped his hand

a room you

staring deeply into each

might have forgotten that there were other people in

exclaimed before

Dinner was amazing.

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

head to bed, while the four of

us sat on the long couch, Hailey and I were in the middle and

a beer bottle in

get me one earlier and

like such a

noticed it too,

was kind of

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

I would exchange a knowing

couch watching this movie.The movie was a

one scene where the kid was riding his tricycle around the hotel and he came across two very creepy twin girls in Victorian

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

herself though, not wanting lan to notice she

Hailey and

snuggled closer to lan that I was

lan’s attention to be focused on

you okay there?" he chuckled

is not even the worst

this on thanksgiving, it’s

knew you were such a

"Whatever,"

his chest and turn my face towards the TV

a while there,

chest and his

when suddenly lan jerked my body with his two hands

"Aaahh!"

a baby and it

"What the hell?"

at lan

joined in on the laughter as they high fived

"You suck!"

and

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

him again and I kept my

suddenly I felt his hand snaked around my waist

and placed a sweet kiss on

too cute," he whispered to

my head deeper into his

of my eye, I noticed AJ was holding onto

slightly pushed away, so their hands

wouldn't be good

thing I knew how to do.Lifting my face up to his, I found his lips with mine and I kissed him slow

best part," he

smirked playfully and

best part," Damn,

a smile escaped his

sister.But also, you look delicious.I couldn't say those

lip down with his thumb.Then he leaned in and he kissed me, deep and

eyes were closed but I

lan let out an

the movie?" I looked

whenever," he said simply

out to me and I took it almost