My first crush - at 12 or 13? - was my English teacher, a Mr. Lawton. I can still see his lovely, handsome face ... He made a 'pet' of me, because I always came top in English. (Or did I always come top, because he made a pet of me??? Looking back, I think that this was probably the case.) He wanted me to stay on at school to take my O-level English, but no, I had to leave at 15 to get out to work! (I eventually passed my A-levels in English Language and Literature.)
I'm now a writer, playwright and poet. I've had plays broadcast on Radio 4, stage plays in Stratford-on-Avon and locally, stories published in magazines, and have recently published a poetry book. (Not blowing my own trumpet, of course!
Well, somebody has to!) And all down to a crush on my wonderful English teacher, I think ...?
Thank you, Mr. Lawton, wherever you are now.
Still a little bit in love with you ...