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 artistic

major while Tristan studied English

that they loved each other and they were looking out for

an only child, I couldn't help but

the two of

"Me!"Sophie exclaimed proudly.

and she refused to

that eight minutes of my

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

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

out a chuckle and he gave me

tofu soup.It'll

I don’t know if I could,"Tofu

food in Korea-town was

timing

my phone and saw

gonna Facetime lan tonight after going to

to him that he was

come on, roomie, this is tofu soup we're talking about!

was giving me her best puppy dog

could say anything else, I heard my

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

like the universe

it was

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

I sighed at the screen and said,

was a lot

wasn’t lying about

had spicy tofu soup and

sobered a little, but then she started ordering

ordered watermelon soju

to drunk Sophie mode in just

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

hair back and Tristan was filming everything, laughing

story short, no cabs wanted to pick us up after

public bus back at

on my shoulder and her feet were

day and

I was having a lot of

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

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

about him and I

was always missing lan and I

the

he saw me

screen was a picture of lan’s hand

smiled at

distance treating you

experience,

"That's cool,"he nodded.

here would say that I'm just wasting my

"Love is love,"he shrugged.

really choose who you fell in love with but you can choose to stay

pizza for the freshman class, that was

at him,

 "How about you? Anyone special

and got nervous

in love with Monique, everyone

Sophie said suddenly.

eyes were still closed,

"Shut up,"Tristan hissed.

"Who’s Monique?"I asked.

with us.She’s also