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

was eating cereal and watching TV, while Tristan was typing on his

on

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

groaned incoherently and staggered

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

his laptop screen and watched me

you? Is it that time of the

a joke, but I wasn't

lan on the phone," I said

and Tristan

turned to me and asked, "Wait, let

go to a Van Gogh

room at the Plaza because I

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

happened? He has to work

Tristan asked.

he’s got

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

her! I don’t even like

to gag, causing

told them

always the thorn on my

I was convinced that she was out to ruin my relationship

the same idea, but Tristan brought

Ian’s just trying to be a good friend for her? She did

the more logical and mature out

I should listen to

petty wasn't gonna get me

Christmas," I said,

game plan?"

be the

lan, then she’s important to

taking care of her, I'll be right there with

you, Emmie.That's a very mature

rolled her eyes sarcastically.She knew I was trying too hard.Okay, confession time: lan and I were eight years apart, I was secretly

if he

act mature, even though on the inside

you

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

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

"That's a big step,"

are dying to

I

just staying here. I got some work to do for the

glued to that laptop

Christmas? Really?" I

to be

girlfriend.Your life is so

Sophie commented.

life’s not that bad,"

then looked up at me and said, "Plus,

me, a

eyes at

focus on school, actually make

you can do both?"Sophie

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

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

agree

I say I never

me wrong, I love being in a relationship

did think that being single has

travel the world without having

on school and his

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

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

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

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

more time with him, I had to be

it was just

like I was third-wheeling on Ian and

was so

and feed her

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

after three days of that,

himself and I stayed in

Eve and our suite reservation was

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

witnessed the past three

or picking out a sexy outfit for tomorrow, but

TV and eating Cheetos and a tub of ice cream with

heard that

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