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

working on the school

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

groaned incoherently and staggered

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

laptop screen

up with you? Is it that

crack a joke,

just talked to lan on the

and Tristan exchanged

to me and asked, "Wait, let

to go to a Van

room at the Plaza because I said I wanted

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

what happened? He has

Tristan asked.

he’s got

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

hate her! I don’t even like her

causing me

them

was always the thorn on my

time, I was convinced that she was out

the same idea, but Tristan

really is 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 feel

was the more logical and mature out of all of

should listen

being petty wasn't gonna get

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

game plan?"

there and be the supportive

important for lan, then she’s

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

you, Emmie.That's a very mature

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

he thought I was a

I tended to overcompensate and act mature, even

you guys’ plans for

to change the subject.The more I thought

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

"That's a big step,"

are

about you?" I said

staying here. I got some work to

eyes were glued to

Christmas?

happen to be

life

Sophie commented.

not that

and said, "Plus, I already have a

me, a

rolled my eyes at him and

rather focus on school, actually make something of myself, you

you can do both?"Sophie

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

more honey more problems.I like my

could agree with

if I say

love being

sometimes I did think that being single has its

Tiff for example, she could travel the world without having

school and his future career without any soap

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

your boyfriend? No, but thanks for the offer though," he

rather

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

if I wanted more time with him, I had to be there with

was just

I was third-wheeling

was so

bring her lunch every day and feed her when

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

three days of that, I

hospital by himself and I stayed in his

day before New Year's Eve and

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

past three days, the romance bone in me

shaving my legs or picking out a sexy outfit for tomorrow,

and eating Cheetos and a tub of

you heard that right.A

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