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 the bed and

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

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

a joke, but I

the phone," I said with

Tristan exchanged a

me and asked, "Wait,

supposed to go

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

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

what happened? He

Tristan asked.

got

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

I don’t even like

pretended to gag, causing me to laugh

told them about

always the thorn

convinced that she was out to

idea, but Tristan brought up

if she really is sick and Ian’s just trying to be a good friend for her? She did

more logical and

should

wasn't gonna

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

game plan?" Sophie

just gonna go out there and be the supportive girlfriend that I

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

gonna have to spend Christmas taking care of her,

for you, Emmie.That's a very

I was trying too hard.Okay, confession time: lan and

he thought

I tended to overcompensate and act mature, even though on the

you

eager to change the subject.The more

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

"That's a big step,"

and dad are

I said to

some work to do for

glued to that laptop

through Christmas? Really?" I

happen to be

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

Sophie commented.

not that bad,"

looked up at me and said, "Plus,

a real

at him and

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

you can do

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

you know what they say, more honey

could agree with

if I say I never thought about being

get me wrong, I love being in

did think that being single has its selling

world without having to worry about a boyfriend at home or long

school and his future career without

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

with your boyfriend? No, but

thinking? Tristan would definitely rather

was the one that insisted to go

I wanted more time with him, I had to be there

was

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

was so doting

day and feed

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

of that,

by himself and I stayed in his apartment, watching

before New Year's Eve and our suite reservation was

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

witnessed the past three days,

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

Cheetos and

heard

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