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

in the living room, Sophie was eating

on the

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

and

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

laptop screen and watched me

Is it that time

to crack a joke, but I wasn't

to lan on the phone," I said

Tristan exchanged a

and asked, "Wait,

to go to

a room at the Plaza because I said I wanted to be

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

what happened? He has to

Tristan asked.

he’s got

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

I don’t even like her name,

causing me to

them about Ally

the thorn on

time, I was convinced that she was out to ruin my

same idea, but Tristan brought up an interesting

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

was the more logical and mature out of

should

wasn't gonna

enough.I’m not gonna let this ruin my Christmas," I said, full of resolution as I sipped a

game

gonna go out there and be the supportive

then she’s

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

you, Emmie.That's a very

time: lan and

if he thought I was a

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

about me.What are you guys’ plans for

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

bringing Micah to New Jersey to meet my

"That's a big step,"

are dying

you?" I

I got some

glued to that

through Christmas? Really?"

to

get yourself a girlfriend.Your life is so

Sophie commented.

life’s not that

at me and said, "Plus, I already

a

at him and he

on school, actually

can

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

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

agree

say

get me wrong, I love being in a relationship

I did think that being single has

without having to worry about

focus on school and his future career without any soap

for you too, "I said to Tristan, "And hey, if you

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

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

a third-wheel.I was the one that insisted

I wanted more time with him, I had to

was just

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

was so doting on

and feed her when she didn't

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

of that,

himself and I stayed in his apartment,

New Year's Eve

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

witnessed the past three days, the romance

out a sexy outfit

night watching TV and eating Cheetos and a

you heard that

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