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.

phone angrily on the bed

eating cereal and

working on

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

groaned incoherently and

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

laptop screen and watched

up with you? Is it that time of

a joke,

lan on the phone," I said

Tristan exchanged

"Wait, let me

go

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

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

happened? He has to work

Tristan asked.

he’s got

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

hate her! I don’t even like her

to gag, causing me to laugh

them about Ally

was always the thorn on

that she was out to ruin my relationship with

but Tristan brought up an interesting

just trying to be a good friend for her? She did help him start the gallery, which is Ian’s dream.He might feel

was the more logical and mature out of all of

decided I should

petty wasn't gonna get me

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

game plan?" Sophie

and be the

lan, then she’s important

gonna have to spend Christmas taking care of her,

for you, Emmie.That's a very

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

if he thought I was

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

you

to change the subject.The more I

meet my parents," Sophie

"That's a big step,"

dad are dying

about you?" I said to

staying here. I got some work

were glued to that laptop

Christmas? Really?"

happen to be

life is

Sophie commented.

not that

then looked up at me and said, "Plus,

a

rolled my eyes at him

now.Too much drama.I'd rather focus on school, actually

you can

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

honey more problems.I like my

agree

would be lying if I say I never thought about being

me wrong, I love being

that being single

for example, she could travel the world without having to worry about a boyfriend at

on school and his future career without

happy for you too, "I said to Tristan, "And hey, if you get

precious time with your boyfriend? No,

thinking? Tristan would definitely rather stay

that insisted to go with lan to the

so if I wanted more time with

was

like I was third-wheeling on Ian

so doting on

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

didn’t know about, and they would

of

the hospital by himself and I stayed in

New Year's Eve and our suite reservation

be the most romantic thing ever, ringing in the New Year together in such a beautiful place...doing...beautiful things

past three days, the

picking out a sexy outfit for tomorrow,

and eating Cheetos and a tub

you heard that

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