Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

EMMA’s POV : 

----- ONE MONTH LATER - - -- - 

Today marked the day that my first year of college was officially over.

I had finished all my exams and completed all my work.

Sophie, Tristan, and I were moving out of the dorm to a three-bedroom apartment near campus.

It felt so surreal, but it was all happening.

Overall, I would say that my first year of college turned out really great.

I enjoyed my classes and I couldn't ask for better friends.

All these things were great, but the best part about finishing my first year of college was that I get to spend an entire summer with my lovely fiancée.

Ian just finished his contract at the school and he was moving to New York City.

He got an apartment already and everything was set.

He was so excited.

Every time I talked to him about the gallery, his eyes lit up and he couldn't stop smiling.

It was honestly, high-key very cute.

After everything in Philly was sorted out, I got on a train and headed for New York City.

I had my big luggage with me, filled with every cute outfit I got for the summer.

I even got some new bikinis that I was excited to wear for when we go to the beach.

I made a whole itinerary, a bucket list of all the things I wanted to do with Ian this summer.

I wanted to have a picnic and watched a movie at Bryant Park because they do movie nights on a projected screen on Mondays.

Then I wanted to have some Korean barbeque in Korea-town because Sophie told me they had the best Korean food there.

I also wanted to see the Brooklyn Bridge and visit Williamsburg, Tristan told me it was an area filled with hipster stuff and that sounded pretty cool.

I also wanted to go see the statue of liberty and get to the top of the empire state building.

Some of these things sounded touristy, sure, but hey, I was a tourist.

I deserved this touristy itinerary.

Actually, all those things didn't matter as much as the fact that I get to spend every waking moment with Ian.

We were pretty much living together for the next two months.

It was like a practice run for what our future would be like when I become Mrs.Emma Hayes.

Call me cheesy or whatever, but yes, I've been writing my name as Emma Hayes on my notebook sometimes.Stupid, I know.

But I couldn't help myself.

There was nothing in this world I wanted more than to be his future wife.

I was giggling and smiling to myself like a schoolgirl as I made my way out of the train station.

I had a spring in my step as I went to the meeting point, scanning the room for a familiar face.

Ian was picking me up at the station and I couldn't be more excited.

Weirdly enough, I couldn't see him anywhere.

too much of it, and I pulled my

straight to voicemail and I realized something wasn't

my messages, I noticed a

about twenty minutes ago

with a potential investor.I'm not gonna make it in time to pick you up at the station, but I'm sending a driver

note ended and I felt my heart

gonna pick me

myself, I scanned the room again and I saw this old man in a suit and he was holding on

eyes with each other

over to him, I said, "That's me.Are you

to New York, Miss Sinclair,"

you," I said

wasn’t him, I was

wanted to see Ian and

wanted to be called Mrs.Hayes, but I was just Emma Sinclair for

long way to

was nice and

on what places to visit and where to

hour before we reached this

gave the spare keys to Earl to give to me

got a two-bedroom apartment in

other room as a studio where he could do

I could smell him and I could see a lot of the stuff he used to have at his apartment

with a wave of

record player and

books, the same ones I used to borrow and read back in

his studio, I noted at all the paintings he hung up and the one in the middle

painting of a girl with her hair flying everywhere and

a girl

me wonder if Ian had drawn all these

so full and I

sitting in his studio,

of privacy, but he left it out in

artworks was like getting

told me he loves me plenty of time, but seeing it like this, so visual and so vivid, it made me feel things I couldn't

loved like this by someone, someone

didn't realize that I had been there

was

strong arms pulling me up and

open and saw a familiar face staring down

piercing eyes were warm

into a smile when he noticed that

you wait

voice was soft

and a tie and oh, he looked

"Hey, you’re here?"

my arms around his neck and murmured against

the bedroom and lay

head and he stayed like that for a while, letting out

was crazy, but we got some

okay, I'm just glad I’m here with you

smiled and leaned his lips down to

short kiss, but it was absolutely divine and it left me wanting for

bed," I said as

out a sigh and a sad smile as he said, "Baby, I'm sorry, but I have to

"What?" I gaped.

came to check up on you and I brought you

client in town and he’s only gonna be here for a day, he moved our meeting to

"Really?" I pouted.

just