It's Normal for a Kid to Love His Teacher

I only realised what I was really getting myself into once it was too late. For some reason I only remembered my encounter with Mr. Way this morning when he opened his mouth to speak, looking directly into my eyes. If you say 'I panicked' that would be a massive understatement.
'' Ah. What about you, Frank? Are you single? '' Mr. Way asked. I shifted a little uncomfortably in my seat. He knew I was single.
I really didn't want him to bring up the whole 'Romeo' thing again, because that was awfully embarrassing.
But, I knew I had to go along with it, for his sake.
'' Um, yes, '' I said quietly, avoiding looking at him at all.
'' So who's your crush then? '' Mr. Way said eagerly. He'd even made his way across the classroom and over to my desk. I started to get a little more nervous when he approached me, and lets say I almost had a heart attack when he perched carefully on the edge of my desk. He was so close to me, I could reach out and touch him right now.
Why the fuck am I acting like he's a famous person? He's my teacher for god's sake.
'' I-I-I can't say, '' my mouth was dry as I stuttered to get my sentence out.
'' Well, what does she look like? '' I winced as I heard the word 'she', and I flicked my eyes up to look at Mr. Way. Then I almost threw up out of nerves when I realised he definitely noticed my obvious cringe at his words. In the space of about three seconds, I was praying in my head that he wouldn't ask if it was a guy or a girl, because nobody knows and I'm not ready for anyone to find out. I also had to think up an answer to give Mr. Way and the rest of the class who were also just as eagerly listening.
'' R-really... pretty, '' was the only thing I could choke out. Mr. Way was looking straight into my eyes, I knew he could tell that it wasn't a girl. I fucking knew it. I was really starting to regret this whole thing. But, on the bright side, he has no idea it's him, right?
I thought the whole thing of Mr. Way knowing I was after a guy was my only problem. But I realised that I'd also given away the fact that I have a crush to the whole class, along with both Oliver and Henry, who I'd been trying to convince that I didn't have a crush. How fucking stupid am I?! Fucking hell.
'' Now, Frank, for the important question, does this crush of yours like you back?''
I noticed how Mr. Way didn't use the word 'she' in that sentence, and I thanked him a million times in my head for carefully wording his speech.
I even dared to look at him when answering this question.
'' I...well. I wish. But uh...no. No, I don't think so. ''
'' Oh, that's a shame then, isn't it, '' Mr. Way said, he seemed like he genuinely meant it as well.
Mr. Way gave up asking me questions and instead went back to the front of the class, while Oliver turned to look at me.
'' Knew it, bro. Why'd you tell him but not us? You don't need to hide the fact that you've got a crush!''
'' I know, I know. I was just a little worried that you'd keep on and on about it, and always mention it to me and stuff.''
'' We wont, will we, Henry? ''
'' Nah, 'course not! ''
I smiled gratefully and turned back to look at the front of the class, where Mr. Way was sat at his desk in silence while everyone else just got absorbed in their own little conversations. The rest of English class was like that, for a whole 15 minutes we did no work and Mr. Way didn't speak once. He had his head in his arms on his desk and didn't even move the whole time, apart from his back moving up and down slightly as he breathed. When the bell rang for the end of the lesson he sat up.
'' M'kay, off you go. ''
I tried not to make it obvious when I looked at him but it sort of looked like he might have been... crying? His eyes were a little red, but that might have just been because he could have had his eyes closed for like 15 minutes, then he opened them to the brightness of his classroom again.
As it happened, both Oliver and Henry had already left, along with the rest of the class, and I was the last person in there. I was just about to leave when I heard a sharp breath.
'' Frank, stay for a second. ''

Notes

I'm not really sure about this chapter. Do you guys think its okay? xo