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.

on the

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

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.

looked up from his laptop screen and watched me

Is it that time of the

crack a

lan on the phone," I said with another dramatic

and Tristan

asked, "Wait, let

go to a

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

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

He has

Tristan asked.

got

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

I don’t even

to gag, causing me

them about Ally

the thorn

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

had the same idea, but Tristan brought

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

the more logical and mature out of all

I should listen to

wasn't gonna get me

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

game plan?" Sophie

gonna go out there and be the supportive girlfriend that I

then she’s important

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

for you, Emmie.That's a very

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

I wondered if he thought

even though on the inside

are you guys’ plans for

eager to change the subject.The

New Jersey to meet my parents," Sophie

"That's a big step,"

dad are dying to meet

you?" I said

staying here. I got some work to do for the

eyes were glued to that

Christmas?

happen to be enjoying

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

Sophie commented.

life’s not that

looked up at me and said, "Plus,

me, a

at him and

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

can do

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

honey

agree with

lying if I say

me wrong, I love being

think that being single has its selling

having to worry about a boyfriend at home or

could focus on school and his future career

"And hey, if you get

No, but

rather stay here than be

one that insisted to go with lan

I wanted more time with him, I had

it was

felt like I was third-wheeling on

so doting

and feed her

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

three days of

go to the hospital by himself and I stayed in his apartment, watching Home Alone, being ironically home

was the day before New Year's Eve and our suite reservation

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 in

or picking out a sexy outfit for tomorrow,

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

you heard that

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