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.

numbers, while

was a business major while Tristan studied

loved each

couldn't help but feel a

who's older between the two of you?"I asked

"Me!"Sophie exclaimed proudly.

and she refused to let me live that

so much in that eight minutes of

flipped her hair back dramatically.exclaiming, "I

‘K-town’ as we walked

and he gave

tofu soup.It'll

I don’t know if I could,"Tofu soup in Korea-town sounded

awesome the food in Korea-town was and I

the timing

saw

gonna Facetime lan tonight after going to

always Facetime tomorrow, but I wanted to prove to him that he was still a

talking about! Let’s go to K-town, pretty

was giving me her best puppy dog

I could say anything else, I heard my phone chimed and I

was a message from lan saying that it was

was like the universe was throwing me

it was

we'd probably only talk for

and said, "Alright, let's

a lot

wasn’t lying about the food

never had spicy tofu soup and rice cake before, but those were

little, but then she started ordering

watermelon soju

Sophie

to hail a cab when Sophie suddenly puked her guts

her hair back and Tristan was

no cabs wanted to pick us up

public bus

on my shoulder and her feet

was an exhausting day and she

to admit though, I

be like, I had a feeling four years would be

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

about him and I went to sleep dreaming about

was always missing lan and I

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

when he saw me playing with

lock screen was a picture

smiled at the

treating you

best experience, but

"That's cool,"he nodded.

think it’s stupid? Most people here would say that I'm just

"Love is love,"he shrugged.

you fell in love with but you can choose to

free pizza for the freshman class, that was probably the greatest

I smiled at him,

 "How about you? Anyone special in

trailed and got nervous all of

love with

Sophie said suddenly.

still closed, but apparently she was

"Shut up,"Tristan hissed.

"Who’s Monique?"I asked.

with us.She’s also here in U Penn, but we're not close or anything,"he