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.

good at math and numbers, while Tristan was more

major while Tristan

was clear that they loved each other and they

I couldn't help but feel a

older between the two of

"Me!"Sophie exclaimed proudly.

and she refused to let me live that

so much in that eight minutes of my life, little

her hair back dramatically.exclaiming, "I know, let’s go

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

and he gave me

tofu soup.It'll sober you

don’t know if I

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

timing was

checked my phone and saw that it

promised I was gonna Facetime lan tonight after going to the

prove to him

talking about! Let’s go to K-town,

was giving me her

heard my phone chimed and

that it was getting

the universe was throwing me a

right, it was

I go home right now and get on Facetime, we'd probably only talk for

the screen and said,

was a

about the food

tofu soup and rice cake

food, Sophie sobered a little, but

watermelon soju

went right back to drunk Sophie

restaurant, we were standing outside trying to hail a cab when Sophie suddenly

holding her hair back and Tristan was

no cabs wanted

up taking the public bus back at

had fallen asleep on my shoulder and

day and she just checked

though, I was having

college was gonna be like, I had a feeling

went by so great, I still couldn't help but check my phone from

thinking about him and I went to

lan and I

we talked nonstop on the

asked when he saw me playing with

screen was a picture of lan’s

at

long distance treating you

the best experience,

"That's cool,"he nodded.

here would say that I'm just wasting

"Love is love,"he shrugged.

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

for free pizza for the freshman class,

smiled at him, pausing for a moment before

 "How about you? Anyone

got nervous all of a

in love with Monique,

Sophie said suddenly.

still closed, but apparently she

"Shut up,"Tristan hissed.

"Who’s Monique?"I asked.

high school with us.She’s also here in U Penn, but