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

was a business major while Tristan studied

clear that they loved each other

couldn't

older between the two

"Me!"Sophie exclaimed proudly.

minutes and she refused

much in that eight minutes of my life, little

dramatically.exclaiming, "I know,

the word ‘K-town’ as

let out a chuckle and he gave

guess we can get some tofu soup.It'll sober

if I could,"Tofu soup in

telling me about how awesome the food in Korea-town was and I was excited

the timing

and saw that

promised I was gonna Facetime lan tonight after going

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

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

me her best puppy dog

else, I heard my phone chimed and I checked the

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

the universe

it

right now and get on Facetime, we'd

I sighed at the screen and said, "Alright, let's go

was a lot

about the

soup and rice cake before, but

Sophie sobered a little, but then she started ordering

watermelon soju and that

Sophie mode in just a

a cab when Sophie suddenly puked her guts

her hair back and

cabs wanted to

public bus back

had fallen asleep on my shoulder and her feet were

exhausting day and

admit though, I

what college was gonna be like, I

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

him and I went to sleep dreaming

and I was always wondering how

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

that your boyfriend?"Tristan asked when he saw me

picture

smiled at the

distance treating

best experience, but

"That's cool,"he nodded.

people here would say that I'm just wasting my

"Love is love,"he shrugged.

can choose to stay with them or not.You're

from the announcement for free pizza for the freshman class, that was probably

at him, pausing

about you? Anyone

and got nervous all of a

love with Monique, everyone knows

Sophie said suddenly.

still closed, but apparently she was

"Shut up,"Tristan hissed.

"Who’s Monique?"I asked.

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