His name is Scott Brewer and until recently (like just before I hit Publish on this post) we were Facebook friends. For the record, I never reached out to him in any way, never liked one of his photos or commented on any of his status updates. He didn’t either. I don’t even remember who friended whom.
I also don’t know why I liked him, I certainly never spoke a word to him, but he was oh so dreamy, very all-American looking; tan, blond hair, that would turn green in the summertime from hours spent in the pool, piercing blue eyes and he was never without a baseball cap, which teachers were constantly hounding him to remove.
My best friend at the time, Michelle also had a crush on Scott Brewer. He was never just Scott. Always Scott Brewer.
We were only classmates for two years, if that. Second and third grade.
It wasn’t until five years later when one of my all-time favorite movies came out that I truly understood what a crush was. In the wise words of Jim Baker: “That’s why they call them crushes. If they were easy, they’d call ’em something else.” (Sixteen Candles, 1984).
SIDE NOTE: From his blurry Facebook profile pic, Scott Brewer did not retain his good looks and I find a little satisfaction in that.
There were many, many crushes to follow: Frederic, Tariq, Lorin, Robert, Steven and those were all before I hit high school and my raging hormones really kicked in and I discovered Tiger Beat magazine.
This post was written for Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop Prompt #5: First crush.
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I have never heard about this Scott Brewer. Growing up overseas and going to all those small schools with not many options for things to do, I had a million crushes starting in elementary school and all the way through high school. There probably wasn’t a boy that I didn’t like in my high school! Haha :-p
Ahh, first crush(es). I think back and even in my memory, I wonder “What was I thinking?!?!?” My kids are already into first crush stage and it is cute to watch (where does time go??)
Unanswered prayers!
I’m friends with my first crush on facebook too. He is happily married and just had a baby. He still looks the same as in 4th grade, yet I don’t find it at all cute. I guess my tastes have changed!
Ah, crushes. Ah, Tiger Beat 🙂
Ha ha! I loved that you used his first and last name always, same with my big crush in high school (partly because there were SO many Michaels – lol!)
It’s kinda crazy to see some of those people on FB or say, at your HS reunion, like I just did… 😉
Unfriended on Facebook? No love lost there Scotty. I love that you were crushing on him, but never actually spoke to him. I feel like if we would have sat down and had a conversation with the guys we thought we liked, we probably would have changed our minds pretty quickly.
First crushes are so sweet. I remember mine and we would never be friends, Facebook or otherwise. Too many people KNOW. You know?
Oh, yes, Tiger Beat. That brings back memories. The age of your first crush reminds me of my “engagement” in first grade. But my first crush came before I ever entered school–the milk man.
I saw something about my first crush one day and all I could think was good thing I got over that.
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