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.

threw my phone angrily on

was eating cereal and watching TV,

working on the school

"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

it that time of

a joke, but I

on the phone," I

Tristan exchanged

me and asked, "Wait, let me guess, he bailed on you

were supposed to go to

a room at the Plaza because I

"Aw, that was sweet,"

Sophie pouted.

happened? He has to work

Tristan asked.

he’s got this

"That girl Ally?"

Sophie narrowed her eyebrows.

"Yup,"

I don’t even like her name,

pretended to gag, causing

them about Ally

was always the thorn

convinced that she was out to

but Tristan brought up an

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

the more logical and mature out of

decided I should listen to

petty wasn't gonna

enough is enough.I’m not gonna let this ruin my Christmas," I said, full

your game plan?"

and be the

important for lan, then she’s

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

for you, Emmie.That's

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

if he thought I was

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

me.What are you

change the subject.The more I thought

meet my parents," Sophie said

"That's a big step,"

are dying to meet

I said

I got some

glued to

through Christmas?

to be enjoying

get yourself a girlfriend.Your life is so

Sophie commented.

my life’s not

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

a real

eyes at him

rather focus on school, actually make

can do both?"Sophie

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

you know what they say, more honey more problems.I like my life right now.It’s

could agree with

I say

get me wrong, I love being in a relationship with

that

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

school and his

you're happy, we're happy for you too, "I said to Tristan, "And hey, if you get bored, you can always take the train

No, but thanks for the offer though," he

Tristan would definitely rather stay here than be a third-wheel with

the one that insisted to

more time with him, I had to be there with

was just

third-wheeling on Ian and

so doting

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

about, and

three days of that, I gave

and I stayed in his apartment, watching Home Alone, being

Year's Eve and our suite reservation was for

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

three days, the romance bone

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

TV and eating Cheetos and a

heard that right.A

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