He picked up the abandoned pen which lay on the desk and started to mark the papers once again. The scrawling of the biro pen eased his mind and the front of his jeans didn't feel so tight anymore. He placed one hand on his crotch – just to make sure – and was startled when the bell rang for class. His hand made its way back onto his desk in record time and just before Stephanie McMahon, the little minx, walked into the room. He caught her gaze and gave her a little wink, seeing the blush creep across her cheeks before she hid behind her long, brown curly hair and sat at her desk at the back of the room.
As the class filed in, Chris took to writing down the class' assignment for the day: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
"Alright class, today we're going to be looking at a classic romantic play by William Shakespeare." He chuckled when the class groaned in sync. "Aw, come on now, Romeo and Juliet is a classic. You know, personally, I think the most romantic part of this play is when Romeo and Juliet consummate their marriage." Chris looked at Stephanie briefly, seeing her go red once again in the space of five minutes made him grin broadly.
"Do we get to see that in the movie?" One lad chirped up, his friends surrounding him laughing and nudging each other.
"You get to see a glimpse of it," his attention turned back to Stephanie. "It's incredibly cute when Romeo wakes Juliet up in the morning, and when you see them underneath the bed sheets."
Steph raised her hand, and Chris motioned her to speak. "That's all very well but isn't the most famous and yet spine chilling part of the play when Romeo goes to Juliet's balcony and they both confess their love for each other?"
Chris shuddered involuntary at the smouldering look she gave him, and nodded his head. "You're right, that is the most famous part of the play. The use of language is spine chilling – as Stephanie just said – and is yet heart warming."
"What about the part when the chick tops herself?" Another person shouted out earning another laugh from the young English teacher.
"Do you mean when she commits suicide? The end of Romeo and Juliet is also famous as it shows Juliet's endless love for Romeo. In the film, which I'm sure you've all seen somehow, Juliet puts a gun to her head and kills herself, however in Shakespeare's play, she stabs herself with a dagger. But that's the beauty of Hollywood folks! They glamorise everything. This," Chris turned to the board and pointed at the classroom assignment, "is today's task. I want you all to write about your first love. It could have been a crush you had when you were five years old, it could be about your current boyfriend or girlfriend." Chris saw the group of guys in the corner laugh and smirk and added, "And no graphic sexual description. Brief mentions are fine, but nothing that might scar me for life!"
For the rest of the class everyone was discussing their first love experiences and Chris was genuinely happy that this class was willingly to do the work and have fun with it. However his curiosities got the better of him. He wanted to know what Stephanie had written down. Chris didn't plan the lesson the night before, or even during the morning, but a few months ago instead. Just as he was approaching her desk the bell rang for the end of class, so he played it 'cool' and walked back to the front of the room, telling the class goodbye.
"Sir, I was wondering if I can talk to you for a moment about the assignment today." Stephanie stood next to his desk, waiting for the last of the stray students to leave the classroom.