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 artistic and

major while

it was clear that they loved each other and they were looking out

only child, I couldn't help but feel a

who's older between the two of

"Me!"Sophie exclaimed proudly.

and she refused to let

eight minutes of my

her hair back dramatically.exclaiming, "I know,

as we walked her out of

chuckle and he gave me

guess we can get some tofu soup.It'll sober

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

food in Korea-town was and I was excited to

timing was

checked my phone and saw that it

gonna Facetime lan tonight after going

to prove to him that he was

this is tofu soup we're talking about! Let’s go to K-town, pretty please with a cherry

giving me her best puppy

anything else, I heard my phone chimed and I

that it was getting late and we

like the universe was throwing me a

it was late

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

I sighed at the screen and

was a

lying about the

soup and rice

our food, Sophie sobered a little, but then she

soju

Sophie mode in just

a cab

holding her hair back and

cabs wanted

taking the public bus back

fallen asleep on my shoulder and

an exhausting day and

had to admit though, I was having a lot of

what college was gonna be like, I had a feeling four years would be

my first week of college went by so great, I

woke up thinking about him and I went to

I was always wondering how

to talk, we talked nonstop on the phone, but that wasn't the same thing as seeing him

asked when he saw me playing with

was a picture of lan’s

at

treating you so

best experience, but we're doing our

"That's cool,"he nodded.

people here would

"Love is love,"he shrugged.

but you can choose to

announcement for free pizza for the freshman class, that

Tristan," I smiled at him, pausing for a moment before

about you? Anyone special in your

got nervous all

love with

Sophie said suddenly.

were still closed, but

"Shut up,"Tristan hissed.

"Who’s Monique?"I asked.

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