Janine Hilling

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51 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 7 Aug

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The Moth · Childhood Crushes: The Moth Podcast · 7 Aug 2026 podcast

And by the time the disco came around, I felt like I was ready.

So there we are, me and Joe at the disco in the car park, neck half a bottle of Carrington Blush, have a couple of quick darts, and I wobble up to the DJ booth, one glassy eye on Mr Chow, who's over there in the corner, completely unaware of what is about to go down.

I have a quick word with a DJ who winks and puts on my song.

ACDC, you shook me all night long.

With moves that looked probably nothing like the ones in Cosmo, I advanced towards Mr. Chow.

And the thing I remember after all this time is just the look of pure horror on this guy's face as he saw me coming.

He looked around for another teacher to help him, but everyone was busy.

He was all alone.

I advanced.

He retreated.

I circled him like a sheepdog, eventually dancing him into the corner, where he remained presumably in a state of shock for the rest of the song.

And I say presumably because by this time, I was so intent on nailing my man-eating moves, I wasn't even paying attention to him anymore.

I wasn't dancing with him.

I wasn't even dancing for him.

I was dancing at him.

When the song was over, I turned on my heel and I walked straight out of there because according to Cosmo, this would add an air of mystery to the whole thing.

And leave the object of your desire feeling like he didn't know what had hit him.

So Joe joined me shortly afterwards and confirmed that A, my dance moves had been off the hook and B, Mr. Chow definitely looked like someone who didn't know what had hit him.

I was so excited to go to school the next day.

I didn't know what this was going to mean for mine and Mr Chow's relationship, but I was pretty sure he was going to want to be my boyfriend.

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