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.

threw my phone angrily on the bed and walked

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

on the

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

incoherently and staggered

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

looked up from his laptop screen and

Is it

crack a joke,

talked to lan on the phone," I said with another dramatic

Tristan

me and asked, "Wait, let me

were supposed to go to a Van

because I said I wanted to be like Kevin

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

He has

Tristan asked.

he’s got this

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

her! I don’t even like

causing me

them about

always the

I was convinced that she was out to

same idea, but Tristan brought

really is sick and Ian’s just trying to be a good friend for her? She did help him start the gallery, which is Ian’s dream.He might feel indebted to

the more logical and mature out of all

I should

wasn't gonna get

Christmas," I said, full of resolution as I sipped a

your game

out there and be the supportive girlfriend that I

important for lan, then she’s

care of

you, Emmie.That's a

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

wondered if he

and act mature, even though

me.What are you guys’

couch next to them, eager to change the subject.The more I

New Jersey to meet my parents," Sophie said and she did

"That's a big step,"

are dying to

I said

got some work to do for

were glued to that

through Christmas? Really?" I

happen to

you need to get yourself a girlfriend.Your life is so sad,

Sophie commented.

my life’s not

at me and said,

a real

my eyes at him and he

on school, actually

you can

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

honey more problems.I like my life right now.It’s

could agree with

lying if I say

get me wrong, I love being in a relationship with

think that being single has its selling

without having to

focus on school and his future career without any soap opera

we're happy for you too, "I said to Tristan, "And hey, if you get bored, you can

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

was I thinking? Tristan would definitely rather stay here than be

one that insisted to go with lan to

was there every day, so if I wanted more time with him, I

it was just

I was third-wheeling on Ian and

so doting on

would bring her lunch every day and

I didn’t know about, and they would

of that, I

Ian go to the hospital by himself and I stayed in his apartment, watching Home Alone, being ironically

Eve and our suite reservation

in the New Year together in such a beautiful place...doing...beautiful things with each

I’ve witnessed the past three days, the romance bone in me

a sexy outfit

the night watching TV and eating Cheetos and a tub of ice cream with a

you heard that right.A

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