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

living room, Sophie was eating cereal and watching TV, while Tristan

working on the

"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

Is it that time of the month

to crack a joke, but I wasn't

to lan on the

Tristan exchanged

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

supposed to go to

Plaza because I said I wanted to be like Kevin

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

what happened? He

Tristan asked.

he’s got this

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

her! I don’t even like her name, Ally.Alley.Ew,

causing me

told them

always the thorn

I was convinced that she was out to ruin my

had the same idea, but Tristan brought up an

for her? She did help him start

logical and mature

decided I should listen

petty wasn't

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

your game

be the

for lan, then she’s important to me

spend Christmas taking care of her, I'll be

Emmie.That's a very mature

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

I wondered if he thought I was

mature, even though on the inside I

are you guys’ plans for

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

Micah to New Jersey to meet my

"That's a big step,"

are dying to

you?" I said to

here. I got some work to

glued to that laptop

through Christmas?

happen to be

yourself a girlfriend.Your life is so

Sophie commented.

up, my life’s not that bad," He shushed

up at me and said, "Plus, I already

a

at him and he

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

you can do

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

honey more problems.I like my life right

could agree with

say

love being in a relationship with

that being single has

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

could focus on school and

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

time with your boyfriend? No, but thanks for the offer

rather

one that insisted to go

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

it was just

I was third-wheeling on Ian

so doting on

would bring her lunch every day and

know about, and they would laugh about things as I

of that, I

and I stayed in his apartment, watching Home Alone, being ironically home

day before New Year's Eve

ringing in the New Year together in such a beautiful place...doing...beautiful things with

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

should be shaving my legs or picking out a sexy outfit for

spent the night watching TV and eating Cheetos and a tub of ice cream with

you heard that

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