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.

my phone angrily on the

in the living room, Sophie was eating cereal and watching TV,

on

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

and staggered

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

up from his laptop screen and

with you? Is it that time

a

on the phone,"

and Tristan

then turned to me and asked, "Wait, let me guess, he bailed on you

were supposed to go to

the Plaza because I said I wanted to

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

He has to

Tristan asked.

he’s got this

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

her! I don’t even like

gag, causing

them

the

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

idea, but Tristan

she 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

and mature

should listen to

being petty wasn't gonna get me

let this ruin my Christmas," I said, full of resolution as I sipped a gulp

your game plan?"

just gonna go out there and be the

for lan, then

care of her, I'll be right there

you, Emmie.That's a very mature

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

he thought I was

to overcompensate and act mature, even though on the

are you guys’ plans

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

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

"That's a big step,"

dad are dying to

I

some work to do for the

glued

through Christmas? Really?"

happen to

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

Sophie commented.

my life’s not that bad," He shushed

then looked up at me and said, "Plus,

me, a

eyes at

rather focus on school, actually make something of myself, you know what I mean?"he

you can do

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

they say, more honey more problems.I

agree with

would be lying if I say I never

I love being in a relationship

did think that being single has

travel the world without having to worry about a boyfriend at

on school and

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

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

thinking? Tristan would definitely rather stay

the one that insisted

so if I wanted more

it was just

I was third-wheeling on

was so

every day and

always had these inside jokes that I didn’t know about, and they would laugh about things as I sat there, scratching my

three days of that,

let Ian go to the hospital by himself and I stayed in his

Eve and our

ringing in the New

witnessed the past three days, the romance bone in me

be shaving my legs or picking out a sexy outfit for

watching TV and eating Cheetos and a tub of

you heard that

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