p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13.229999542236328px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"strong style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"Dear Professor,/strongbr /Please excuse my faint-hearted way of letting you know how I feel about /For weeks I haven´t been able to keep my eyes off your enchanting appearance at every chance there isbr /When you pass by me in the corridors, while I feel my heart beat increasing its pace and my feet coming to a stop even though you never let me bath in the feeling of your gaze upon me for longer than a few secondsbr /In class I feel myself blushing every time I´m able to give you the right answer, longing for you to reward me with a smile or a few warm words even though I only get five points for my housebr /Every graceful move you make, every well-chosen word that leaves your lipsbr /Makes me only desire you /I fear that at every moment that I´m watching you, secretly admiring from afar, you might turn your head to look right at me, knowing what feelings I hold and judging me because it´s /I know it´s wrong for me to long for someone like you, professor, but when I look in your eyes I don´t see coldness and /Instead, I see passion, warmth and a hidden need for love that I wish to /Please don´t judge me for my feelings. I´m afraid you´ll break my heart into pieces when you find out who I am, so I decide to remain /In love, xxx/p
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