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

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

working on

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

incoherently and staggered

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

his laptop screen

up with you? Is it that time

a joke, but

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

and Tristan exchanged a

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

were supposed to go to a

got us a room at the Plaza because I

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

what happened? He has to work

Tristan asked.

got this

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

don’t even like her name,

pretended to gag, causing

told them about Ally

the thorn

convinced that she was out to ruin

idea, but Tristan brought

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

more logical and mature out of all of

I should listen to

petty wasn't gonna get

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

your game plan?" Sophie

there and be the supportive girlfriend that I am,"

important for lan, then

gonna have to spend Christmas taking care

Emmie.That's a very

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

if he thought I was a

act mature, even though on the inside I was

me.What are you guys’

to change the subject.The more I thought about it,

bringing Micah to New Jersey to meet my parents," Sophie

"That's a big step,"

dad are dying to meet

you?" I said to

I got some work to do for the

glued

through Christmas? Really?"

happen to

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

Sophie commented.

life’s not that bad,"

and said, "Plus, I

me, a real

rolled my eyes at him

girls for now.Too much drama.I'd rather focus on school, actually make something

you can

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

what they say, more honey more problems.I like my life

could agree

lying if I say I never thought about being

get me wrong, I love being in

think that being

having to

focus on school and his future career

Tristan, "And hey, if you get bored, you can always take

with your boyfriend? No, but

what was I thinking? Tristan would definitely rather

the one that

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

was just so

felt like I was third-wheeling on Ian and

was so

bring her lunch every day and

I didn’t know about, and they would laugh about things

of

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

before New Year's Eve and

the most romantic thing ever, ringing in the New Year together in such a beautiful place...doing...beautiful things with

the past three days, the romance bone

legs or picking out a

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

you heard that

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