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May 5, 2015 11:00 am (Gabi's POV)
"Ms. Montez, this was dropped off at the office for you." Coach Bolton told me as he threw open my classroom's door.
"Thank you Coach Bolton." I said after he handed me the pink envelope with the familiar scrawl of my name on the front.
I threw the envelope on my desk before turning back to the 25 eager junior and seniors I was teaching Anatomy to.
11:30 am
"Ms. Montez?" David, a junior in my class, asked me as he walked up to the desk.
"Yes David?" I asked looking up from the Biology tests I was trying to grade.
"What was in the envelope Coach Bolton dropped off for you?" David asked which got the rest of the class' interest.
"That's none of your concern. Now please finish your work I gave you." I said turning back to the tests.
"That's girl talk for love notes." Dayna, a senior, said which all the girls in the class immediately agreed to.
"Do I need to assign you guys more homework?" I asked them while smiling.
"No but we're a group of curious students. Just tell us who the note was from." Dayna tried again.
"If you must know, it was from my finance." I told them.
"Who was your finance again? You've failed to share that piece of information." Michele, a junior, said with a teasing voice.
"It's Coach Bolton's oldest son." I told them with a roll of my brown eyes and smiled.
"Aww look we made our teacher smile." David said as I shook my head at them.
"Yes you did, now please finish your homework." I told them as I picked up the note.
"How long have you known him?" Dayna asked before I looked up at the class.
"You guys aren't going to be doing your homework are you?" I asked them as each of them shook their heads.
"No. You've never told us about your husband to be." Michele told me as I shook my head.
"I've told you guys about him." I said as the girls smiled at me.
"You've told us the basics. But you've never said how you met him." Dayna told me.
"All right. I met him at a ski club back in the December of 2005; we started dating the summer before our senior year which was June 2006." I told the class with a grin.
"Aww that's so sweet. So how did he ask you to marry him?" Michele asked but before I could answer the bell rang.
"All right you guys please finish the homework I assigned and I'll see you guys tomorrow." I told them before the classroom cleared out.
I sat down in my chair and picked up the envelope. I ripped it open and took out the dark blue piece of paper. A picture fell out as I unfolded the note. I smiled when I saw the familiar writing.
Gabi,
Included in this note is a picture. Remember when it was taken? I do and you look absolutely gorgeous that night in your blue dress. It was taken just before we left for our senior prom. Thank back to that night so many years ago. I still can't believe you and I were voted prom king and queen. When we had our dance, remember what song they played? It was "Turn the Page" by Aaliyah. The song seemed to fit us then as it does now. "All I ever wanted was the love we found" sums up our love for each other pretty well. We're going to 'turn the page' on our new life in 11 days.
I love you!
me
"She's smiling again." Bobby, a 10th grader in my Biology class, announced before I looked up at my next class.
"I just read something that was really sweet. Of course I'm going to smile at it." I told them looking at the picture really quick.
"Dayna told me you had gotten a love note from your finance. She said him and you were high school sweethearts." Erica, a 10 grader, told the class.
"We were but we need to focus on Biology right now, not mine and my finance's love life." I told them before telling them to open their books.
12:30 pm
"So Ms. M who's the picture of?" Bryan, a 10th grader, asked me as he came up to my desk.
"What do you need Bryan?" I asked looking up from the tests I was still trying to grade.
"What's the girl in the photo?" Bryan asked motioning to the picture I had forgotten to put back in the envelope.
I placed the photo under the overhead so the rest of the class could see before addressing the classroom.
"Who do you guys think she is?" I asked the class as they looked up at the monitor.
"Whoever she is, she's pretty hot!" Ricky, the class clown, exclaimed causing the class to laugh.
"Thank Ricky." I told him before the laughter died down a little.
No one said anything so I smiled and pointed to the girl in the photo.
"This photo was taken just before my and my finance's senior prom." I told them.
"Ms. M I'm so sorry." Ricky apologized before the class erupted into laughter again.
"It's ok Ricky. And this is us now." I told them while putting our engagement photo under the overhead.
"Wow you guys changed." Michael said before I rolled my eyes.
"People do grow up and get older thus causing them to change. That photo was taken 9 years ago." I told them before a knock on the door interrupted my thoughts.
"Come in." I called as the door opened up to reveal an unexpected visitor.
"Mr. Bolton why do you find the need to interrupt my class?" I asked as the class giggled at the sight of Troy standing in the doorway.
"Can't a guy bring his fiancée lunch?" Troy asked me as I grinned.
"He sure can. We were just talking about you and me." I told him.
"Interesting topic if I say so myself." Troy told me as I rolled my eyes and he leaned against my desk.
"So I got your note and the picture. This and my last class asked to see the picture." I told him.
"That was a good night; not to mention you looked drop dead gorgeous." Troy said whispering the last part.
"Ok you guys can go. Have fun and I'll see you guys tomorrow." I told them as the class cleared out.
"How's your day going so far?" Troy asked me as I dug into the food he had brought.
"So far, no complaints. I've got a pile of papers to grade though." I told him as he raised his eyebrows.
"I've got some work to do tonight at the restaurant and I would love your company. You can work on those papers while I do paper work." Troy suggested before I nodded.
"I think that can be arranged. I'll go home and changed before coming up there." I told him.
"Sounds good. Don't work too hard the rest of the day and I'll see you later. I love you." Troy told me before quickly kissing me.
"Love you too. Bye you." I told him as I watched him leave the room.
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