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.

my phone angrily on

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

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.

from his laptop screen

up with you? Is it that time of the

tried to crack a joke, but

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

and Tristan

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

go to a Van

room at the Plaza because I said I

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

what happened? He has to

Tristan asked.

got this

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

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

to gag, causing me

them

always the thorn

that she was out

the same idea, but Tristan brought up an

be a good friend for her? She did help

more logical and mature out of all

should listen

being petty wasn't gonna get me

enough is enough.I’m not gonna let this ruin my Christmas," I said, full of resolution as I sipped

your game plan?"

just gonna go out there and be the supportive girlfriend

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

care of her, I'll be right there

for you, Emmie.That's a very

too hard.Okay, confession time: lan and I were eight

wondered if he thought I was a

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

are you guys’

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

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

"That's a big step,"

and dad are dying

about you?" I said

here. I got some work

were glued to that laptop

through Christmas? Really?" I

happen to be

a girlfriend.Your life is so sad, I'm

Sophie commented.

not that

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

a

eyes at him and

on school, actually make something

you can

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

you know what they say, more honey more problems.I like my life right

agree with

lying if I say I never thought about

wrong, I love

did think that being single

having to worry about a boyfriend at

focus on school and

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

your precious time with your boyfriend? No,

Tristan would definitely rather stay here than

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

was there every day, so if I wanted more time

it was just so

third-wheeling on Ian

was so doting on

bring her lunch every day and

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

days of

himself and I

the day before New Year's Eve and our suite reservation was for

most romantic thing ever, ringing in the New Year

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

out a sexy outfit for

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

you heard that right.A

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