The Last to Know

I found out the other day, that I'm engaged, again. It happens every year, except as always, I'm the last to know. This year, just as class was getting ready to start a teacher came in my room all smiley. I looked up and smiled at her, she skipped over, "Hey, what's new with you?" I assumed she wanted to know about my leg, because that is the important topic, so I smiled, "Well, my leg is doing so good. Look at how well it can bend." She kept smiling, "Uh huh, anything else?" "Um. . . I just found out I graduate this summer." She just smiled, so I smiled, then her smile got larger. "Is there anything else going on?" She then began to giggle. I stopped smiling. "Um. . . .nope." I tried to smile again, but suddenly I felt very uncomfortable. "Well" she began, "I heard you've been kissing Math Boy ( a friend who comes in to help me with my crazy math antics) in the hall, and that you two are in engaged." Suddenly, the little rumor makers in my room are very busy. I roll my eyes and sigh dramatically. "Nope, not true at all." I look out on the sea of students who swear they've seen UFO's, killers, and bloody claws in their chicken nuggets, and I'm shocked someone actually believed them. I assume this is the end of the rumor when the next day, a former student who is now in college, comes in to visit. He walks in and smiles, I smile. His smile gets larger, and I immediately stop. He beams, "So, I hear you're engaged." Once again, I roll my eyes and sigh dramatically. "Nope, not true at all." I respond. He shakes his head, "But everyone is talking about it." I roll my eyes and sigh dramatically, "Just because everyone is talking about it, doesn't make it true."(Spoken like a true teacher) A few nights later, I am slipping into the middle school for a former student's big acting debut, when all of these 8th graders come rushing at me. "Oh, my goodness it's so good to see you" they shout. We rejoice in our reunion, until they are smiling even larger than usual. I back away, they cheer, "We hear you're engaged!" People start turning their heads, I roll my eyes twice, and sigh extra loud as I repeat," Nope, not at all." I've decided it's tough being engaged, especially when you are the last to know.