Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

Chapter 83: Home Alone 

EMMA’s POV : 

----- One Month Later - --- - 

I woke up this morning to an alarming text from lan.

lan: Emergency.

Ally’s in the hospital.

Call me ASAP.

I jolted from the bed and quickly called his phone.It rang for a few times before he finally picked up.

"Hey? What’s going on?"I said to the phone.

"It's bad,"he sighed.

"I found her lying unconscious in her apartment last night.I had to bring her to the hospital to get her stomach pumped.She was mixing alcohol and prescription drugs,"

"Oh, no..."I breathed.

"How’s she doing now?"

"She's okay now that they've pumped her insides.But she’s not doing well at all.I'm worried about her,"

"Have you called her parents...or Richard?"

"She explicitly told me not to,"

"So, what can you do?"

"Nothing...I just have to stay with her and make sure she doesn't do anything else stupid,"he scoffed.

"Oh..."

"Yeah..."

Okay, I don’t wanna be a petty bitch, but come on! I know Ally’s going through some hard time, but does she really have to keep doing this to my fiancée? When is this gonna end? It keeps going on and on! Whoa, now.

Slow down there, Emma.

A girl was fighting for her life in the hospital and all I could think about was my relationship.

Those were some very selfish thoughts.

I ended up scolded myself internally for being such an immature brat.

"So, I guess...there’s gonna be a slight change of plans for Christmas?"

I said to him cautiously.

"Yeah, that's also what I wanna talk to you about..."his tone was cautious too.

lan and I had a special rendezvous all planned out for this Christmas.

There was this amazing Van Gogh exhibition at the Met, which was lan’s favorite artist of all time, so I got us tickets for it as his Christmas present.

This year for Christmas, we wanted to give each other the gift of ‘ experiences’ instead of material things.

The Van Gogh exhibition would have been an amazing one full day experience where we could be transported to Paris in the 1880s.

What could be more romantic than that? lan, on the other hand, had booked us the suite room at the Plaza Hotel.

He knew that I grew up watching Home Alone 2 for Christmas, so he wanted to give me the ' Kevin’ package.

We were gonna ride around in a limousine and eat pizza before spending a romantic night together at the hotel suite.

But with just one phone call, all those plans were swirling down the toilet.

"Well, I can always auction off the tickets,"

I sighed as I grabbed the tickets in my hand.

Such a sad reminder of how epic our Christmas would have been.

"Would you mind? I know I’ve done this so many times already..."

"If that’s what you wanna do, it's fine.I understand,"

I tried to sound as casual as possible, hiding away my bitter disappointment.

"But you should still come to New York.We can spend some time together? A night at the Plaza?"

"You think so?"

"Yeah, absolutely.I mean, you still wanna come see me, right?"

"Of course I do,"

"Great.I'll see you this weekend, then?"

"Yeah,"

"I love you, baby girl.Thank you for being so understanding,"

"Sure..."

As soon as I ended the call, I let out the biggest dramatic sigh ever.

my phone angrily on the bed and

Tristan were in the living room, Sophie was eating cereal and watching TV, while Tristan

working on the

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

groaned incoherently and

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

up from his laptop screen and

with you? Is it that time

to crack a joke, but I wasn't

the phone," I

and Tristan exchanged

me and asked, "Wait, let me guess, he bailed on

go to a Van Gogh

I said I wanted to

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

what happened? He has to work

Tristan asked.

he’s got this

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

even like

pretended to gag, causing me

them

always the

time, I was convinced that she was out to ruin

the same idea, but Tristan brought up an interesting

a good friend for her? She did help him

and

I should

wasn't gonna get me

not gonna let this ruin my Christmas," I said, full of resolution as I sipped a

your game

go out there and be the supportive

Ally’s important for lan, then she’s

gonna have to spend Christmas taking care of her, I'll be right there

for you, Emmie.That's a very mature

hard.Okay, confession time: lan and I were eight years apart, I

he thought I was

and act mature, even though on the inside I was petty and

me.What are you guys’ plans for

down on the couch next to them, eager to change the subject.The more I thought about it, the more frustrated

Micah to New Jersey to meet my parents," Sophie said and

"That's a big step,"

and dad are dying to meet

about you?" I

here. I got some work to do for

were glued to that

through Christmas? Really?"

happen to be

yourself a girlfriend.Your life is so sad, I'm depressed just hearing

Sophie commented.

life’s not

up at me and said, "Plus,

me, a

at him and

for now.Too much drama.I'd rather focus on school, actually make something of myself, you know what

you can

"Nah, I'm good,"he shrugged.

what they say, more honey more problems.I

could agree with

be lying if I say I never thought about

love being in

think that being single

travel the world without having to worry about a

could focus on school and

Tristan, "And hey, if you get bored, you can always take the train to the

precious time with your boyfriend? No, but thanks for the offer though,"

would definitely rather stay here than be a third-wheel

that insisted to go

I wanted more time with him, I had

it was

I was third-wheeling on Ian

was so doting on

and feed her when

inside jokes that I didn’t know about, and they would laugh about things

after three days of that,

himself and I

day before New Year's Eve and our suite reservation was

thing ever, ringing in the New Year together in such a beautiful place...doing...beautiful things with

after what I’ve witnessed the past three days,

my legs or picking out a sexy outfit for tomorrow, but I

TV and eating Cheetos and a

you heard that right.A

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