He is so introverted that it hurts. If I call on him in class he becomes too scared to answer.
Saturday was cold and wet. The little guy wore a gray warm-up suit. The kid and the gray outfit together made me think of a drab, frightened little gray squirrel.
Partway through the test he raised his hand. I went to him and he whispered to me, using a voice that sounded like he was apologizing for some big mistake, “Mr. Doe, do you think I could go to the restroom? Please?”
I told him to go ahead.
I was standing right by his chair when he began to stand up. I could not believe what I was seeing. It was a “Gol-l-l-lee!” moment (Thank you, Gomer Pyle.)
As the boy slid out from under the writing surface and stood from the chair, a thick bulge was revealed in his lap. It stretched across the front of his gray warm-up pants, creating a big lump. While still raising himself from out of the chair he clamped a hand over his tent in a futile effort to hide the bulge. Then he hurried toward the door with both hands cupped around his crotch.
I was stunned. My timid little squirrel had a genuine adolescent erection in his gray cotton warm-ups. Of all the boys in the school, this meek little fellow would be the last one you’d expect to have a boner - especially a boner as lusty as this one.
My little student would have curled up and died if he’d known that I’d not only noticed his lump but also identified it as an erection.
He remained gone for five minutes or so. When he returned he scurried back to his seat with no sign that he’d ever had a boner.
Since I wasn’t in the restroom with him I can’t tell you exactly how he resolved the problem, but I bet your guess is the same as mine. Sometimes the most unlikely boys have the most to conceal.
Anonymous
I had the same "problem" in jr. High once.
ReplyDeleteThis other kid noticed, so instead of getting embarrassed, I said "you jealous?" Got no more comments from him after that.