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

were in the living room, Sophie was eating

on

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

incoherently and staggered

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

from his laptop screen and

you? Is it

to crack a joke, but I wasn't

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

and Tristan exchanged a

"Wait, let me guess, he bailed

to go to a Van

a room at the Plaza because I

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

happened? He has

Tristan asked.

got this

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

I don’t even like

gag, causing me

told them

the thorn on my

convinced that she was out to

idea, but Tristan brought

and Ian’s just trying to be a good friend for her? She did help him start the gallery,

and mature

decided I should listen to

petty wasn't gonna get

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

your game plan?" Sophie

and be the supportive girlfriend that I am,"

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

taking care of her, I'll be

you, Emmie.That's a very mature

lan and I were eight years

if he thought I

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

are you guys’

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

to meet my parents," Sophie said and she did

"That's a big step,"

are

I said

got some work to do for the

glued

Christmas?

to be

a girlfriend.Your life

Sophie commented.

not that bad," He

at me and said, "Plus, I

a

rolled my eyes at him and

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

you can do

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

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

could agree with

if I say I never thought about being

me wrong, I love being in a relationship

did think that being single

Tiff for example, she could travel the world without having to worry about a boyfriend

Tristan here could focus on school and his future career

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

with your boyfriend? No, but thanks

rather stay here than be a third-wheel with me

the one that insisted to go with lan to the

I wanted more time with him, I had to be

was just

was third-wheeling on Ian

was so

and

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

days of that,

by himself and I stayed in his apartment, watching Home Alone, being ironically

Eve and our suite reservation

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

witnessed the past three days, the romance bone in

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

the night watching TV and eating Cheetos

heard that

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