This learner then started questioning my little sisters about me whenever he sees them around and they will come and tell me so and so asked about you. I would act surprised but deep in my heart this learner started to excite me.

We stayed in the same street, and instead of going to the shop I normally went to, I started going to his side of the shop just so I see him. He would start walking me home, even after school he would come and walk me home. I don’t know how we started communicating on the phone but we started texting especially on Facebook. The relationship then started right there.

We had to meet at night when everyone else cannot see us but that was so hard. In my area when it is at night that is when there is a lot of poeple outside. You would wonder where are they in the afternoon. Some people saw us together even certain learners from school. That bothered me a lot, I was concerned about my reputation. Imagine a teacher is dating a school boy.

This learner, his feelings grew he would question my mentor about me when I am not around or absent. My mentor teacher would tell me so and so said to me “Where is my wife?” I would just laugh it off and say that learner is insane imagine me as his wife a small boy like him! That time my stomach had butterflies, all these gestures excited me as much as I knew they could get me in trouble.

This escalated when I had to do my practicals at a different school. After school when I pass him in his school at first it was okay, as we would walk together home. Stand about five minutes, talk and then we would say our goodbyes. Even the boys who were my age mates who love standing at the corner would get jealous of how close I was with this learner but they never thought of me dating him. But this one time the other one once said, “You’re a young teacher, I hope boys like this one don’t approch you.” He said this pointing at this learner. I just didn’t reply, I just gave a fake smile and passed. Things got worked up when I started seeing him with the same girl everyday after school, that was when I had to text him and tell him we are done and he should never again contact me, he respected my decision or at least I thought he did.

I have not mentioned how this learner looked. Okay he was very clean, tall and matured. Haircut suited him, his body structure was of those guys playing Rugby. He had muscles. His hands were so fine his fingers were clean you could swear he is the same age as me or at least older than me. His teeth were pure white and straight and sane sizes you would swear they were not real. His dressing sense was on an upper level. It is funny how him and I have never had the time to ourself, like meet like lovebirds, kiss spend sometime together. We never did any of that as I only came home for practicalsfand for the rest of the year I was at school. when we neet it is in the street, we would for five minutes and I leave because I would feel uncomfortable wondering what are people saying about us. So I would not expect him to wait on me. Hence I saw it fit to cut ties with him especially now that I have seen he is actually with someone.