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

was eating cereal and watching TV,

on the school

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

incoherently and staggered towards

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

laptop screen and watched

with you? Is it that time

a joke, but

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

Tristan

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

to go to a Van

room at the Plaza because I said

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

He has

Tristan asked.

got this

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

her! I don’t even like her

gag, causing

told them about

the thorn

time, I was convinced that she was out to ruin

same idea, but Tristan brought up

trying to be a good friend for her? She did help him start the gallery, which is

was the more logical and mature out of all of

I should listen to

being petty wasn't gonna

my Christmas," I said, full of resolution as I sipped a gulp of

game plan?" Sophie

gonna go out there and be the supportive girlfriend that I

then she’s

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

for you, Emmie.That's a

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

if he thought I was

even though on the

about me.What are you

eager to change the subject.The more

my parents," Sophie said

"That's a big step,"

are dying

I

here. I got some work to do

glued to

through Christmas?

to be

get yourself a girlfriend.Your life is so

Sophie commented.

my life’s not

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

a

eyes at

off girls for now.Too much drama.I'd rather focus on school,

you can do both?"Sophie

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

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

agree with

be lying if I say I never

I love being in

did think that being single has its selling

without having to

Tristan here could focus on school and his future career without any

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

your precious time with your boyfriend? No, but

definitely rather

was the one that insisted to go with

day, so if I wanted more time with him, I had to be there

it was just

was third-wheeling on

so doting on

every day and feed her

always had these inside jokes that I didn’t know about, and they would laugh about things as I sat there,

three days of

and I stayed in his apartment, watching Home

the day before New Year's Eve and

in the New Year together in such a beautiful place...doing...beautiful things

the past three days, the

should be shaving my legs or picking out a sexy outfit for tomorrow, but I couldn't care

eating Cheetos and a tub of ice cream with

you heard that right.A

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