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 the bed and walked

was eating cereal and watching TV, while Tristan was typing on

working on

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

and staggered towards the

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

from his laptop screen and watched me

with you? Is it that

to crack a joke,

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

and Tristan exchanged a

to me and asked, "Wait,

to go to a Van

a room at the Plaza because I said

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

happened? He

Tristan asked.

got this

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

even like

to gag, causing

told them about

was always the

a time, I was convinced that she was out to

had the same idea, but Tristan

good friend for her? She did

logical and mature

decided I should listen

wasn't gonna get

not gonna let this ruin my Christmas," I said, full of resolution as I sipped a gulp of strong

your game plan?"

go out there and be the supportive girlfriend that

for lan, then she’s important to

taking care of her,

for you, Emmie.That's

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

if he thought I was

and act mature, even though on the inside I

are you guys’ plans for

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

Jersey to meet my parents," Sophie said and

"That's a big step,"

are dying to

you?" I said

got some work to do for

were glued

Christmas?

happen to

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

Sophie commented.

up, my life’s not that bad,"

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

a

rolled my eyes at him and he

rather focus on school, actually make something of myself,

you can

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

what they say, more honey

agree with

lying if I say I

me wrong, I love being in

sometimes I did think that

the world without having to worry about a

and his future career without any soap

to Tristan, "And hey, if you get bored, you can always take the

with your boyfriend? No, but thanks for

rather stay here

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

I wanted more

was just

was third-wheeling on

so

bring her lunch every day and feed her when she didn't feel

I didn’t know about, and they would laugh about things as I sat there, scratching my

of that,

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

Eve and our

romantic thing ever, ringing in the New Year together in such

three days, the romance bone

picking out a sexy outfit

spent the night watching TV and eating Cheetos

you heard that

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