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 he

a business major while Tristan studied

they loved each other

child, I couldn't help but feel a

between the two of you?"I asked

"Me!"Sophie exclaimed proudly.

and she refused to let me live

of my life,

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

as we walked her out

and he gave

get some tofu soup.It'll sober you

know if I could,"Tofu soup

awesome the food

timing

and saw

promised I was gonna Facetime lan tonight after going

but I wanted to prove to him that he was still a

we're talking about! Let’s go to K-town,

giving me her best puppy dog

anything else, I heard my phone chimed and

was a message from lan saying that it was getting

was like the universe was

right, it was

now and get on Facetime, we'd probably only talk for a couple of minutes before falling

at the screen and said, "Alright, let's

a lot

about the food

never had spicy tofu soup and rice

little, but then she

watermelon soju and that was

Sophie mode in just a

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

holding her hair back and Tristan

no cabs wanted to

the public bus

on my shoulder and her feet were up on

an exhausting day and she just

admit though, I was having a lot of

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

of college went by so great, I

thinking about him and I went to sleep

missing lan and I was always wondering

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

boyfriend?"Tristan asked when he saw me playing with

screen was a picture of lan’s hand in

smiled at the

treating you so

best experience,

"That's cool,"he nodded.

don't think it’s stupid? Most people here would say that I'm just wasting my

"Love is love,"he shrugged.

you can choose to stay with them or not.You're making a tough and brave choice and

free pizza for the freshman class, that was probably the

him, pausing for a moment before

 "How about you? Anyone special in your

and got nervous all of a

love with Monique,

Sophie said suddenly.

eyes were still closed,

"Shut up,"Tristan hissed.

"Who’s Monique?"I asked.

girl that went to high school with us.She’s also here