Write about your first crush.

I was in class eight . Maybe 13 or 14 . Still have a very vivid memory of it though. Studying in a strict convent school where interaction with the opposite gender was frowned upon, leave aside being friends with a boy , we hardly had any conversations with the boys in our class.

There were separate staircases for boys and girls . And we would be punished if we tried to trespass the designated staircases. Thus stolen glances, peek a boo , take a dekho at were the games we girls indulged in .

The discipline of our school was unparalleled. Boys who had long hair were called out during the assembly and our School Sister would cut them in a haphazard manner so as to ensure the boy looked really weird till his hair grew back . One day I saw a boy who was like 15 or 16 looking very weird as he was bald on one side and had hair in plenty on the other side. I could not stop myself and started sneering as laughing aloud was out of question in the prayer assembly.

He could see the delight in my eyes at his mishap and glowered towards me. It was then that I burst out laughing and my class monitor immediately called out my name and I had to kneel down till the end of the assembly.

When he was glowering at me , I saw his eyes which had a very soft and misty feel about them . And then what , bas , I fell hook, line and sinker for him . Whenever I happened to catch his eyes, I felt I would totally melt in them. Thou art fair , O my beloved probably would not know or recollect me .

I would write his initials on the back of my notebook and keep playing the game Love , Like, Hate , Adore . And the result would be the same, it was never ‘Love’ . But I never gave up and kept scribbling his name on my notebook lovingly.

One day after school, I came home and found the household in a frenzy. My father had been abruptly transferred and we would be shifting to his new work place city in the next 15 days. That day and today , I have absolutely no clue as to where my crush is and was he aware that some girl had fallen for him . Just thinking about him though brought ” a smile to my face, a twinkle to my eye, and a skipped beat to my heart.” …

Guess his loss though 😜.