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.

was good at math and numbers, while Tristan was more artistic and

major

was clear that they loved each other and they were looking

child, I couldn't help but feel

older between the two of you?"I

"Me!"Sophie exclaimed proudly.

she refused to

that eight minutes of my life, little

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

‘K-town’ as we walked her

out a chuckle and he gave me

tofu soup.It'll sober you up.What do you say,

know if I

about how awesome the food in Korea-town was and

the timing was

saw

I was gonna Facetime lan

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

talking about! Let’s

giving me her best puppy

say anything else, I heard my phone chimed and I

it

like the universe was throwing me

was right, it

right now and get on Facetime, we'd probably only talk

and said, "Alright,

a lot

lying about the

tofu soup and rice cake before, but

sobered a little, but

soju and

right back to drunk Sophie

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

was holding her hair back and Tristan

no cabs wanted to pick us up

up taking the public bus

shoulder and her feet

was an exhausting day and she just checked

though, I was having a lot of

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

great, I

him and

always missing lan and I was

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

boyfriend?"Tristan asked when he

screen was a picture of lan’s

smiled at the

distance treating you so

experience, but we're doing our

"That's cool,"he nodded.

here would

"Love is love,"he shrugged.

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

for the freshman class, that was probably the greatest thing

Tristan," I smiled at him,

Anyone special in

trailed and got nervous all

in love with Monique, everyone knows

Sophie said suddenly.

were still closed, but

"Shut up,"Tristan hissed.

"Who’s Monique?"I asked.

us.She’s also here in U Penn, but we're