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 bed and

eating cereal and

working on

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

incoherently and

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

looked up from his laptop

Is it that time

a joke, but

lan on the phone,"

and Tristan exchanged

and asked, "Wait,

supposed to go to a Van

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

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

He

Tristan asked.

got

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

I don’t even like her name,

to gag, causing me to laugh a

told them about Ally

always the

time, I was convinced that she

but Tristan brought up an interesting

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

was the more logical and

I should

petty wasn't

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

your game plan?"

be the supportive girlfriend that I am," I

then

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

for you, Emmie.That's a very mature

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

wondered if he thought I was

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

you guys’ plans for

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

bringing Micah to New Jersey to meet my

"That's a big step,"

and dad are dying

about you?" I said

some work to do for the

glued to that

Christmas? Really?" I

to be enjoying

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

Sophie commented.

up, my life’s not that

then looked up at me and said,

me, a real

my eyes at him and

school, actually make something of myself, you know

you can do

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

more honey more problems.I like my life

could agree

if I say I

wrong, I love being

did think that being

the world without having to worry about a boyfriend at home or long

could focus on school and his future career without

for you too, "I said to Tristan, "And hey, if you get bored, you can always take the

your boyfriend? No, but thanks

I thinking? Tristan would definitely rather stay here than be a third-wheel

third-wheel.I was the one that insisted

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

it was

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

so doting

lunch every day and

didn’t know about, and they would laugh

days of that, I

himself and I stayed in his apartment, watching Home

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

the most romantic thing ever, ringing in the New Year together in such

the past three days, the romance bone in

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

and eating Cheetos and a tub of ice cream with

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