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

the living room, Sophie was eating

working on the

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

groaned incoherently and staggered towards the

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

his laptop

up with you? Is it that time

tried to crack a joke, but I

on the phone," I said with another dramatic

and Tristan exchanged

asked, "Wait, let

supposed to go to

got us a room at the Plaza because I

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

happened? He has to work

Tristan asked.

got

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

even like her name, Ally.Alley.Ew,

gag, causing me

told them about Ally

always the thorn on my

a time, I was convinced that she was out

had the same idea, but Tristan brought up an

her? She did help him start the gallery, which is Ian’s dream.He might feel indebted to

logical and mature out

should listen

wasn't gonna get me

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

your game plan?" Sophie

there and be the supportive girlfriend that I

important for lan, then she’s important to me

care of her, I'll

Emmie.That's a very mature

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

if he thought I was

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

me.What are you guys’ plans

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

my parents," Sophie

"That's a big step,"

are

I said

got some work to

were glued to that

Christmas? Really?" I

happen to be enjoying

life is so sad, I'm depressed just

Sophie commented.

up, my life’s not that bad," He

and said, "Plus, I

me, a real

eyes at him and he

school, actually make something of

can do both?"Sophie

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

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

agree with

if I say I never

wrong, I love

think that being single has

example, she could travel the world without having to worry about a

school and his future career without any soap

said to Tristan, "And hey, if you get

your boyfriend? No, but thanks for the offer

was I thinking? Tristan would definitely rather stay here than be a

was the one that insisted to go with lan

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

it was just so

felt like I was third-wheeling on Ian and

so doting

every day and feed her when she

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

three days of that, I

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

Year's Eve and our suite reservation was

most romantic thing ever, ringing in the New Year together

the past three days,

be shaving my legs or picking out a sexy

eating Cheetos and a tub of ice cream with a

heard

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