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
living room, Sophie was eating cereal and watching TV,
working on
"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 and watched me
with you? Is it that time
tried to crack a joke,
lan on the phone,"
and Tristan exchanged
asked, "Wait, let me guess, he
were supposed to go to a
even got us a room at the Plaza because I said
"Aw, that was sweet,"
Sophie pouted.
happened? He
Tristan asked.
he’s got
"That girl Ally?"
Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.
"Yup,"
her! I don’t even like her name,
causing me to laugh
them
the thorn on
a time, I was convinced that she
idea, but
just trying to be a good friend for her? She did help
was the more logical and mature out
I should
being petty wasn't gonna
ruin my Christmas," I
your game plan?" Sophie
gonna go out there and be the
lan, then she’s important
care of her, I'll be right there
for you, Emmie.That's a
was trying too hard.Okay, confession time: lan and I were eight years apart, I was secretly always insecure about
I wondered if he thought I was a
mature, even though on the inside I was petty and
about me.What are you guys’ plans
them, eager to change the subject.The more I thought
Micah to New Jersey to meet my parents," Sophie said and she did a
"That's a big step,"
dad are dying
about you?" I said
just staying here. I got some work to do for the
glued to
through Christmas?
happen to be enjoying
need to get yourself a girlfriend.Your life
Sophie commented.
my life’s not that
then looked up at me and said, "Plus, I already have a
me, a real
at him
school, actually make
you can
"Nah, I'm good,"he shrugged.
you know what they say, more honey more problems.I like
agree
would be lying if I say I never thought about
I love being
think that being single has its
world without having
on school and his future career without any soap opera
you too, "I said to Tristan, "And hey, if you get bored, you can always take
time with your boyfriend? No, but thanks for the
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 go with lan to
more time with him, I
it was just
felt like I was third-wheeling on Ian and
was so
would bring her lunch every day and feed her when
about, and they would laugh about things as I sat there, scratching my
after three days of that, I gave
go to the hospital by himself and I
Eve and our suite reservation
ringing in the New Year together in such a beautiful
what I’ve witnessed the past three days, the romance bone in me
picking out a sexy outfit for tomorrow,
and eating Cheetos and a
heard that right.A
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