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.

and numbers, while Tristan was more

major while

they loved

couldn't help but feel a

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

"Me!"Sophie exclaimed proudly.

and she refused to let me

of my life, little brother, you have no

hair back dramatically.exclaiming, "I know,

‘K-town’ as we walked

and

get some tofu soup.It'll sober you up.What do you say, Emma?"he

I could,"Tofu soup in Korea-town

telling me about how awesome the food in

timing

saw that

lan tonight after going to the

me we could always Facetime tomorrow, but I wanted to prove to him that he was still

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

was giving me her best puppy

heard my

a message from lan saying that it was getting late and we should Facetime tomorrow

universe was throwing

it

get on Facetime, we'd

the screen and

was a lot

about the

and rice cake before, but those were

a little, but then she started

soju and that

drunk Sophie

cab when Sophie suddenly puked her guts out in

her hair back and Tristan was filming

wanted to pick us up after

taking the public bus back at 2

fallen asleep on my shoulder and her feet were up on

an exhausting day and she just checked

admit though, I was having

I had a feeling four years would be

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

him and I went

I

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

that your boyfriend?"Tristan asked when he saw me

screen was a picture of lan’s

smiled at the

treating you so

the best experience, but we're doing

"That's cool,"he nodded.

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

"Love is love,"he shrugged.

love with but you can choose to stay with them or

the announcement for free pizza for the freshman class, that was probably the greatest thing I'd

smiled at him, pausing for a moment

about you? Anyone

trailed and got nervous

in love with Monique,

Sophie said suddenly.

closed, but apparently

"Shut up,"Tristan hissed.

"Who’s Monique?"I asked.

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