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.

threw my phone angrily on the

living room, Sophie was eating cereal and watching

on the school

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

incoherently and staggered towards

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

his laptop screen

Is it that time of

a joke, but I wasn't

just talked to lan on the phone,"

Tristan

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

supposed to go to a Van Gogh

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

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

what happened? He has

Tristan asked.

he’s got this

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

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

pretended to gag, causing

told them

always the thorn on my

convinced that she was out to ruin my relationship with

the same idea, but Tristan brought up an

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

and mature

decided I should

being petty wasn't gonna

gonna let this ruin my Christmas," I said, full of

game plan?" Sophie

go out there and be the supportive

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

Christmas taking care of her, I'll be right

for you, Emmie.That's a

confession time: lan and I were eight years apart,

wondered if he thought I was

act mature, even though on the inside I

me.What are you

on the couch next to them, eager to change the subject.The

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

"That's a big step,"

and dad are dying

about you?" I said to

got some work to do

eyes were glued

through Christmas?

happen to

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

Sophie commented.

not that bad,"

looked up at me and said, "Plus, I

me, a

rolled my eyes at him and

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

you can do both?"Sophie

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

more honey more problems.I like my

agree

I say I never thought about

love being in a

think that being single

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

focus on school and his future career without any soap opera

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

your boyfriend? No, but thanks for the

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

like a third-wheel.I was the one that insisted to

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

it was just so

felt like I was third-wheeling

was so doting

her lunch every day and

know about, and they would laugh about things as

days of that, I

I stayed in his apartment, watching Home Alone,

Eve

to be the most romantic thing ever, ringing in the New Year together in such a beautiful place...doing...beautiful things with each

witnessed the past three days, the romance bone in me had

a sexy outfit for tomorrow, but I

the night watching TV and eating Cheetos and

heard

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