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 walked

Tristan were in the living room, Sophie was eating cereal and watching TV, while Tristan was typing on

on the

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

and staggered towards the

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

looked up from his laptop screen and watched

you? Is it

crack a joke, but I wasn't

the phone," I said with another dramatic

and Tristan exchanged

and asked, "Wait, let me guess, he bailed

to go

Plaza because I said I

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

He

Tristan asked.

got

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

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

to gag, causing me to laugh a

told them about

was always the thorn

that she was out to ruin my relationship

had the same idea, but Tristan brought up an

is sick and Ian’s just trying to be a good friend for her? She did help him start

the more logical and mature out of

should listen

wasn't gonna

not gonna let this ruin my Christmas," I said, full of resolution as

your game plan?"

gonna go out there and be the supportive girlfriend that

for lan, then she’s important

Christmas taking care of her, I'll be right

you, Emmie.That's a very mature

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

wondered if he thought I was

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

me.What are you guys’ plans for

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

Jersey to meet my

"That's a big step,"

dad are dying to

about you?" I

just staying here. I got some

eyes were glued

through Christmas? Really?"

to be

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

Sophie commented.

up, my life’s not that bad,"

and said, "Plus,

me, a

my eyes at him

on school, actually make something of myself, you know

can do

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

say, more honey more problems.I like my life right now.It’s

agree with

lying if I say I never thought

me wrong, I love being in a relationship with

did think that being

could travel the world without having

here could focus on school and his future career without

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

No, but thanks for the offer though,"

what was I thinking? Tristan would definitely rather

that insisted to go with lan to the

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

it was just so

was third-wheeling on Ian and Ally’s

so doting

day and feed her when she didn't feel like

didn’t know about, and they would laugh

of

and I stayed in his apartment, watching Home

New Year's Eve and our suite reservation was

ringing in the New Year together in such

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

picking out a sexy outfit for tomorrow, but I couldn't

TV and eating Cheetos

heard that right.A

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