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.

while Tristan was more artistic

a business major while Tristan

loved each other and they were looking

couldn't help but feel

the two

"Me!"Sophie exclaimed proudly.

eight minutes and she refused

so much in that eight minutes of my life,

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

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

a chuckle and he gave me a

soup.It'll sober you up.What do

I could,"Tofu soup in

awesome the food in Korea-town was and I

the timing

and saw that it

promised I was gonna Facetime lan tonight

prove to him that he was still a priority in my life, so I insisted on talking

on, roomie, this is tofu soup we're talking about! Let’s go to K-town, pretty

was giving me her best

say anything else, I heard my phone

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

was like the universe was throwing me a

right, it

get on Facetime, we'd probably only

screen and said, "Alright,

a

about the food

never had spicy tofu soup and rice cake

little, but

watermelon soju and

to drunk Sophie mode in

standing outside trying to hail a cab when Sophie suddenly puked her guts out

holding her hair back and Tristan was filming

no cabs wanted to pick

up taking the public bus back at

fallen asleep on my shoulder and her feet were up on Tristan’'s

was an exhausting day

admit though, I was having a

be like, I had a

by so great, I still couldn't help but check

about him and I

missing lan and I was always wondering how

we got a chance to talk, we talked nonstop on the phone, but

that your boyfriend?"Tristan asked when he

was a picture

at

treating you

not the best experience, but

"That's cool,"he nodded.

here

"Love is love,"he shrugged.

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

free pizza for the freshman class, that was probably

at him, pausing for

you? Anyone

nervous all of

with Monique, everyone

Sophie said suddenly.

still closed,

"Shut up,"Tristan hissed.

"Who’s Monique?"I asked.

went to high school with us.She’s also here in U Penn, but we're not