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.

phone angrily on

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

working on the

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

groaned incoherently and staggered towards the

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

laptop screen

up with you? Is it that time of the month

crack a joke, but I

on the phone," I

and Tristan exchanged

asked, "Wait, let me guess, he

were supposed to go to a Van

room at the Plaza because I said

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

what happened? He has to work

Tristan asked.

got

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

I don’t even

gag, causing me to

told them about Ally

the

I was convinced that she was

same idea, but Tristan brought

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

logical and mature out of all

I should

being petty wasn't gonna get me

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

game plan?"

gonna go out there and be the supportive girlfriend

important for lan, then she’s important to

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

Emmie.That's a very

lan and I were eight years apart, I was secretly always insecure about

I wondered if he thought I was

and act mature, even

me.What are you guys’

down on the couch next to them, eager to change

to New Jersey to meet my parents," Sophie said

"That's a big step,"

are dying

you?" I said

I got some work

were glued

through Christmas? Really?"

happen to be

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

Sophie commented.

my life’s not

and said, "Plus,

me, a real

eyes at him and he

on school, actually make something of myself, you know what

can do both?"Sophie

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

they say, more honey

could agree with

be lying if I say

wrong, I love being

I did think that being single has

travel the world without having to

on school and his future career without any

said to Tristan, "And hey, if you get bored, you

time with your boyfriend? No, but thanks

what was I thinking? Tristan would definitely rather stay here than be a third-wheel with me

the one that insisted to go with lan to

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

it was just

third-wheeling on Ian and Ally’s

was so doting on

her lunch every day and feed her when she didn't

these inside jokes that I didn’t know about, and they would laugh about things as I sat there, scratching

days of

to the hospital by himself and I stayed in his apartment, watching Home

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

ringing in the New Year together in such

what I’ve witnessed the past three

a sexy outfit for tomorrow, but I couldn't care

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

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