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

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

working on the

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

groaned incoherently and staggered

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

up from his laptop

you? Is it that

a joke, but I

just talked to lan on the phone," I said with

and Tristan exchanged

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

to go to a

even got us a room at the Plaza because I said I wanted to be

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

happened? He has to

Tristan asked.

he’s got

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

don’t even like her

pretended to gag, causing

them

always the thorn on my

I was convinced that she

had the same idea, but Tristan brought

trying to be a good friend for her? She did help him start

logical and mature out of all

I should listen to

wasn't

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

game

just gonna go out there and be the supportive

then she’s important

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

you, Emmie.That's a

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

wondered if he thought

and act mature, even though on

are you guys’ plans

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

Jersey to meet my parents," Sophie said

"That's a big step,"

and dad are dying to

I said

got some

eyes were glued

through Christmas?

happen to be enjoying

life is so sad, I'm depressed just hearing

Sophie commented.

my life’s not that bad," He

looked up at me and said, "Plus, I already

me, a

my eyes at him and he

focus on school, actually make something of myself,

you can do

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

know what they say, more honey more problems.I like

agree

if I say I never thought about being

me wrong, I love being in a relationship

that being single has its selling

example, she could travel the world without having

school and his

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

disturb your precious time with your boyfriend? No, but thanks

definitely rather stay here than be a third-wheel with me

a third-wheel.I was the one that insisted to go with lan to the

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

was

third-wheeling on Ian and Ally’s

so doting

would bring her lunch every day and feed her when

these inside jokes that I didn’t know about, and they would laugh

after three days of

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

Year's Eve and our suite

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

past three days, the romance bone

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

and eating Cheetos and

you heard that right.A

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