I was sitting in geography class in high school. My CD player nestled snugly in my inner blazer pocket whirring away, earphones slipped through the sleeves and hidden in my palms as I rested my head and right ear so I could listen to the music...of Phantom of the Opera. I'm embarrassed to write that but I was obsessed with it. For some reason it completely took my breath away. I felt exactly like the screaming girls in the Beatles. I was consumed by an excitement that thrummed through my entire being. Just breathless. Each time I listened to it I ached inside and I listened to it on repeat. A lot. I wouldn't care if my teachers caught me. I was infatuated with it. That's how it was with Austin Ray, the slightly chubby bass player who was a sixth former and was in a band . I don't really know why I crushed so hard on him but I did. It was very typical - I was a gawky awkward 14 year old girl with braces, glasses, terrible hair and no real clue on what was going o
Hannah McVeigh
motherhood and holistic living, self-improvement and spirituality