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

on the school

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

incoherently and staggered towards the

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

looked up from his laptop screen

up with you? Is it that time of

to crack a

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

and Tristan exchanged

asked, "Wait, let me guess, he

to go to a

room at the Plaza because I said I

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

He has to work

Tristan asked.

got

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

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

pretended to gag, causing me

them about

always the

that she was out to ruin

idea, but Tristan brought up an

for her? She did help him start the gallery, which is Ian’s dream.He might

the more logical and

decided I should listen

petty wasn't gonna get me

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

your game

gonna go out there and be the supportive girlfriend that I am," I

important for lan, then she’s important to

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

you, Emmie.That's a very mature

eyes sarcastically.She knew I was trying too hard.Okay, confession time: lan and I were eight years apart, I was

I wondered if he thought

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

me.What are you guys’ plans

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

my parents," Sophie said and she did

"That's a big step,"

dad are

I said to

staying here. I got some

glued to

Christmas? Really?"

happen to be enjoying

life is so

Sophie commented.

my life’s not that bad," He

and

me, a

at him

on school, actually make something of myself, you know what I

you can do both?"Sophie

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

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

agree

would be lying if I say I never thought about being

get me wrong, I love being

think that being single has its selling

the world without having to worry

Tristan here could focus on school and his future career without

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

your boyfriend? No, but thanks for the offer

was I thinking? Tristan would definitely rather stay here than be a

the one that insisted to go with lan to

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

it was just

felt like I was third-wheeling on Ian and

was so doting on

and feed her when

know about, and they would laugh about things as

days of that,

Ian go to the hospital by himself and I stayed in his apartment,

New Year's Eve and our

was supposed to be the most romantic thing ever, ringing in the New Year

past three days, the romance bone in me had

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

night watching TV and eating Cheetos

heard that right.A

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