Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

EMMA’s POV : 

The first week of college was a rush of classes, people, names, places, and feelings.

After lan went back to Georgia, it finally hit me, I was alone in this big, big world.

Thankfully, Sophie and her brother Tristan were kind enough to keep me company everywhere I went.

We attended days’ worth of seminars, picnics, icebreaker games, tours, and parties during Welcome Weekend.

Every day we were meeting new people and we heard every kind of advice available.

"Be careful of the freshman fifteen, it’s real,"

"Make sure you eat and drink plenty of fluids, the clear kind,"

"Listen to your professors, they will change your life,"

"If you need help, don't be afraid to ask for it,"

And then, the advice I dreaded the most, "Your social life is just as important as your academic life.Make sure that nothing is holding you back and you're putting yourself out there,"

"What are some things that would hold me back?"I asked.

"Things like, feeling homesick, isolating yourself, or long distance relationships,"they would reply.

I never knew that being in a long distance relationship was such a bad thing, especially in your freshman year of college.

As soon as I told people about it, their reactions were pretty much the same: "High school sweethearts? Aw, that's cute.But long distance relationships don’t work, sweetie,"

Sometimes I felt like smacking these people in the face and saying, "You don’t know my story! You don’t know what lan and I had been through! We're gonna make it!"

But I didn’t wanna look like a lunatic, so I'd just nod politely and smile.

"Don’t listen to these people.I think it’s great that you and lan are doing long distance.It’s the test of true love,"

Sophie winked at me.

Sophie and I had just finished our first week as college freshmen, so we went out to celebrate at this college bar that everyone kept dishing about.

It was a cool bar, it reminded me a lot of the bar in Emory where lan and I first met.

I got all sentimental every time I thought of lan or heard someone mentioned his name.

Quickly pushing the negative thoughts aside, I smiled at Sophie.

"Thanks, Soph, I think so too,"

"Trust me, they're just jealous of what you have.They wish they have someone that loves them and waits for them back home,"Sophie was so sweet.

I felt like I struck gold on the roommate front.She lifted her drink and we clinked glasses.I was smiling at her and she smiled back.

We were having a sisterly moment, when Tristan decided to join us.

"Hey ladies, what are we talking about here?"he asked.

"Tampons,"Sophie replied.

"Okay then,"Tristan grabbed his drink and got up on his feet.

"Just kidding, sit down,"Sophie laughed.

Sophie and Tristan were absolute sibling goals.

They were so similar, yet so different.

Sophie was outspoken while Tristan was soft-spoken.

Sophie was a big extrovert while Tristan was more of an introvert.

math and numbers, while Tristan was more

a business major while Tristan studied

the differences, it was clear that they loved each other and they were looking out for one

I couldn't help but feel a

who's older between the two of

"Me!"Sophie exclaimed proudly.

refused to let me live that

so much in that eight minutes of my life, little brother,

her hair back dramatically.exclaiming, "I

chanting the word ‘K-town’ as we walked her

and he gave

some tofu soup.It'll sober you up.What do you

if I could,"Tofu soup

was telling me about how awesome the food in Korea-town

the timing was

my phone and saw that it

I was gonna Facetime lan tonight

tomorrow, but I wanted to prove to him that he was still a priority in my life, so I insisted

talking about! Let’s go to K-town, pretty please with a cherry on

her

else, I heard my phone

that it was

like the universe

it was

go home right now and get on Facetime, we'd probably only talk for a couple of minutes

sighed at the screen and said, "Alright, let's

was a lot

wasn’t lying about the food

soup and rice

a little, but then she started

watermelon soju

right back to drunk Sophie mode in just a

a cab when Sophie suddenly puked her guts out in the middle of

her hair back and Tristan

cabs wanted to

ended up taking the public bus

fallen asleep on my shoulder and her

was an exhausting day and

had to admit though, I was having a

what college was gonna be like, I had a

my first week of college went by so great, I still couldn't help

up thinking about him and I went to sleep

always missing lan and I was always

time we got a chance to talk, we talked nonstop on the phone, but that wasn't the same thing as

when he saw me playing with my

was a picture of lan’s

at the

distance treating you so

best experience, but

"That's cool,"he nodded.

people here would say that

"Love is love,"he shrugged.

fell in love with but you can choose to stay with them or not.You're making a tough and brave choice and

class,

at him, pausing for

you? Anyone special

trailed and got nervous all of a

love with Monique, everyone knows

Sophie said suddenly.

still closed, but apparently she was

"Shut up,"Tristan hissed.

"Who’s Monique?"I asked.

also here in U Penn, but we're not close