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

was eating cereal and watching TV, while

working on the school

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

and staggered

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

laptop screen

you? Is it that time of the month

tried to crack a

lan on the phone,"

Tristan exchanged

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

were supposed to go to a Van

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

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

what happened? He has to work

Tristan asked.

he’s got

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

don’t even like her

gag, causing me to

them

was always the thorn on my

convinced that she was

but Tristan brought

her? She did help him start the gallery, which is Ian’s dream.He might feel indebted to her in

logical and

decided I should

being petty wasn't gonna get

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

game plan?"

be the supportive girlfriend that I

for lan, then she’s important to

gonna have to spend Christmas taking care

Emmie.That's a

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

if he thought

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

you guys’

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

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

"That's a big step,"

dad are dying to meet

you?" I said to

staying here. I got some work to do for the

were glued to

through Christmas? Really?" I

to be

to get yourself a girlfriend.Your life is

Sophie commented.

life’s not that

at me and said, "Plus,

a real

rolled my eyes at him and he

focus on school, actually make something of myself,

can do

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

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

could agree

say I never

me wrong, I love being in

I did think that being single

Tiff for example, she could travel the world without having

Tristan here could focus on school and his future

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

time with your boyfriend? No, but thanks for

Tristan would definitely rather stay here than be

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

wanted more time with him,

was just

I was third-wheeling

so doting

would bring her lunch every day and feed her when she

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

three days of that, I

hospital by himself and I stayed in his apartment, watching Home Alone, being ironically

Eve and our suite reservation was for

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

past three days, the romance bone

picking out a sexy outfit

the night watching TV and eating Cheetos and a tub of ice

heard that right.A

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