A Classroom Love Story…

~ Sarah D ~
Quill and Ink
Published in
4 min readJul 7, 2024

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Photo by Taylor Flowe on Unsplash

A student’s forgotten photograph which is hidden under her pillow is the catalyst for a new relationship with an even better guy.

One day Hannah happened to be looking at an old photo that she had kept hidden away preciously under her pillow it was in the photo of a handsome-looking celebrity actor that she had a crush on and she had a secret session for this cute-looking guy.

She loved her high school life even though the abundance of homework assignments was not wonderful. She loved her small circle of friends who were also why but were the only people she talked to. She was very obsessed with her life and happiness. Despite her life as a student, they helped her see the beauty of ordinary everyday things and real life.

One day, beautiful Hannah was busy talking on the phone to a friend who loved discussing every saying other than schoolwork. The topic of love and romance came up. The friend mentioned how school life was so routine and usually did have surprises like cute boys and everything linked to the topic about anything but school work.

As Hannah grew older she found herself able to talk at length about any topic under the sun and make it interesting too. Suddenly when Petunia asked the unexpected question, Hannah found herself telling the truth about the cute actor she had a crush on.

So, these two girls were talking about Hannah’s secret Crush. Hannah revealed that the nice-looking man was a very handsome Hollywood actor who played classical roles. He had played diverse roles in movies such as ‘The Gospel Of John’ and ‘Lost’ his name was River Phoenix. He was a rising sensation in Tinsel Town and many people loved him because he was a combination of both good looks and character

Petunia was thrilled at the news. It proved for sure that Hannah could be sometimes talk about things other than homework. Both the girls wondered if such Divine creatures existed in real life and if these cute types could be found in Sun Shine High.

That day after their long talk which lasted a long time Hannah put down the phone and decided to do her homework as usual. When it was finally time to sleep she whispered a small prayer before she went to bed hoping that her dreams would be sweet as always.

The next day at school, She was thinking about her long chat with her friend the previous day while busy listening to the English literature teacher. The Class discussion was about the classic dialogue between Romeo and Juliet. There was a new student in the class who looked interested in the story.

He sat behind the two girls. Petunia looked at him like she knew he was looking at her but it looked like he was looking intently at the teacher and listening to the story of Romeo and Juliet.

Hannah was curious to know the inadvertent mystery and started to talk to the cute guy. They were talking for a little while and decided to chat at home on WhatsApp because the bell had already rang. She went home and messaged the cute guy who mentioned his name was Brad but he looked like the guy whose poster she kept under her pillow but he was different somehow.

Hannah wanted could confide in Brad the way she did with Petunia and started to chat daily after school on WhatsApp. Petunia started to study a lot better because he was an introvert though with a tough side.

It was funny how the two got along well with each other, even though her heart ached somehow for River Phoenix. Brad resembled him a lot, but he was everything the cute celebrity was not. He was cute in a different way. He had freckles, his face was not photoshopped. He was so real, in the ways River could never be.

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~ Sarah D ~
Quill and Ink

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