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

Sophie was eating cereal

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

you? Is it that time

tried to crack a joke,

the phone," I said

Tristan

turned to me and asked, "Wait, let me guess,

to go

at the Plaza because I said I wanted to be like Kevin from Home

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

what happened? He

Tristan asked.

got

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

her! I don’t even like her name,

gag, causing me to laugh

them about

was always the thorn on my

that she was

same idea, but Tristan brought

to be a good friend for her? She did help him start the gallery, which is

logical and mature

I should

wasn't gonna get

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

game plan?" Sophie

gonna go out there and be the supportive girlfriend that I am,"

Ally’s important for lan, then she’s important to

Christmas taking care of

Emmie.That's a very

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

wondered if he

and act mature, even though

about me.What are you guys’ plans for

the couch next to them, eager to change the

to meet my parents," Sophie said and

"That's a big step,"

are dying to meet

I said

here. I got some work to do for

eyes were glued to that

through Christmas?

happen to

need to get yourself a girlfriend.Your life is

Sophie commented.

life’s not

up at me and said, "Plus, I

me, a real

at him

much drama.I'd rather focus on school, actually make something of myself, you know

you can do

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

honey more problems.I

agree

say I never thought about

wrong, I love being

I did think that being single has its selling

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

could focus on school and his future career without any soap opera

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

with your boyfriend? No, but thanks for the

course, what was I thinking? Tristan would definitely rather stay here than be a third-wheel with

one that insisted to go with lan

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

was just so

third-wheeling on

so

and feed her when she didn't feel like

know about, and they would laugh about

of that,

hospital by himself and I stayed in

before New Year's Eve and our suite

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

what I’ve witnessed the past three days, the romance bone in me

out a sexy outfit for tomorrow, but

night watching TV and eating Cheetos and

you heard that

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