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.

angrily on the bed and walked

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

working on

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

groaned incoherently and staggered towards

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

up from his laptop screen and watched me

you? Is it that

crack a joke, but

just talked to lan on the

Tristan exchanged a

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

go to a Van Gogh

got us a room at the Plaza because I said I wanted to be like Kevin from Home

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

He has to work

Tristan asked.

got

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

I don’t even like her name, Ally.Alley.Ew,

to gag, causing me to laugh a

them

the

that she

same idea, but Tristan brought up

her? She

more logical and mature out of all

should listen to

being petty wasn't gonna get

enough.I’m not gonna let this ruin my Christmas," I said, full of resolution as I sipped a gulp of strong

game plan?" Sophie

out there and be the supportive girlfriend

Ally’s important for lan, then she’s important to me

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

for you, Emmie.That's a very

sarcastically.She knew I was trying too hard.Okay, confession time: lan and I were eight

if he

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

you guys’ plans

next to them, eager to change

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

"That's a big step,"

dad are

about you?" I said

staying here. I got some

eyes were glued

Christmas? Really?"

happen to be

a girlfriend.Your life

Sophie commented.

my life’s not

up at me and said,

me, a

eyes at

focus on school, actually make something of myself, you know what I mean?"he

can do

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

they say, more honey more

could agree with

I say

I love being in a relationship

I did think that being

without having to worry about a boyfriend at home or long

school and his future

too, "I said to Tristan, "And hey, if you get bored, you can always

boyfriend? No, but thanks

I thinking? Tristan would definitely rather stay

felt like a third-wheel.I was the one that

day, so if I wanted more time with him, I had to

was just so

like I was third-wheeling on Ian and Ally’s

was so doting on

day and feed

always had these inside jokes that I didn’t know about, and they would laugh about

after three days of that, I gave

I stayed in his

New Year's Eve and

was supposed to be the most romantic thing ever, ringing in the New Year together in such

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

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

night watching TV and eating Cheetos and a tub of

heard that

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