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

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

on

"Good morning, Emmie.Cereal?"

Sophie beamed cheerfully.

"Ugh, hmm,"

and staggered

"Uh-oh.That doesn’t look good,"

Sophie said to Tristan.

laptop screen and watched

you? Is it that time of the

tried to crack a

to lan on the phone," I said with

Tristan exchanged a

asked, "Wait,

supposed to go

even got us a room at the Plaza because I said I wanted to be

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

happened? He has to

Tristan asked.

got

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

I don’t even like her name,

causing me to laugh

told them about Ally

always the thorn

I was convinced that she was out to ruin my

the same idea, but

She did help him start the gallery, which

the more logical and mature out of all of

I should listen to

wasn't

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

your game plan?"

be the supportive

important for lan, then she’s

taking care of her, I'll be right there

Emmie.That's a

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

wondered if he thought

tended to overcompensate and act mature, even though

you

eager to change the

bringing Micah to New Jersey to meet my parents," Sophie said and she did

"That's a big step,"

dad are

about you?" I

here. I got some work

glued to

through Christmas? Really?"

happen to be enjoying

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

Sophie commented.

up, my life’s not that bad," He

and said,

me, a

rolled my eyes at him

much drama.I'd rather focus on school,

can

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

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

agree with

be lying if I say I never thought

wrong, I love being

did think that being single has

example, she could travel the world without having to worry about

on school and his

"And hey, if you

your boyfriend? No, but

thinking? Tristan would definitely rather stay here than be a third-wheel with me and

one that

if I wanted more time with him, I had to

was just

like I was third-wheeling

so

bring her lunch every day and feed her when

always had these inside jokes that I didn’t know about, and

days of that,

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

New Year's Eve and our suite reservation was for

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

past three days, the romance bone in me had

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

spent the night watching TV and eating Cheetos and a tub of ice cream

heard

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