Epilogue

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by _-321Y33TY33T123-_

Sage's POV
Seven years later
"How do I look?" Robby says "not like yourself, bug." I say "I'm working at a high school, I can't look sluttier than the other girls there." He says "babe, you look like a closeted alter boy. Put on the dress you bought and go to work, bug. Dress for yourself, you're overqualified for your job, they have to respect you, my love."

I say "fuck, you're right" quickly changing and I say "I'll do my makeup in the car. What do you think?" Robby says "you're beautiful" getting out of bed and kissing me. I smile at him saying "you have to get ready too. We kind of work together" looking him in the eye. He says "you're right, I'll meet you there?" I say "ok, bye" pecking his lips and he says "love you, bug." I say "I love you too" smiling and I go to my first job fresh out of college. Right back into a high school to teach engineering. The prerequisite is Algebra two and physics but they can both be taken simultaneously during my course.

Robby got the short end of the stick with teaching algebra two but he has a double masters in civil engineering and education. Engineering turned out to be his main thing in school, so he's only so great at it but he'll probably be good at it. He's a good people person. I go into my classroom I've been rearranging for about a week now and I set my stuff down. I look at what I have planned for today and all it says are: introductions and pre test (show what you know.)

I say "awesome" quietly and the bell rings then students start coming in. A bunch of jocks sit at the front in a clump and one says "I am ready to learn" looking me up and down. I chuckle saying "way to be subtle" rolling my eyes. I look across the hall and the door is open, Robby just talking to people at the door as they come in. He winks at me and I wave, rolling my eyes at him, and smiling. Several more people come in and I say "welcome to intro to engineering. This will give you college credits. You will see me everyday because credit hours. Classes will be packed with information, so I recommend a three subject notebook just for this class. No sharing notebooks with algebra cause I did that one time and it was a trainwreck and a half. Anyway, this course is year long, so I thank you for your commitment and we're in this together. You'll get six college credits, it'll be a lot of work, but we'll make it through."

I then carry on saying "the first semester of this class will be taking notes and doing majority work on paper. During second semester and late first semester, we'll be doing a lot of labs and making models with the three 3-D printers we have. A little bit of construction. I know, the paper sounds horrendous but we have to do it before we can do the fun stuff. I'm Sage, I have a masters in civil engineering, my pronouns are he they, and this is my first job after college so I really appreciate feedback."

I write on the board:
1. Name
2. Pronouns
3. Current math/science
4. One fact
5. Class graduation year

I say "share to your own comfort level please and don't pressure your peers. Thank you." They all go around, most of them bring juniors and seniors, all of them taking algebra two. I smirk saying "so, two new teachers?" They nod then the same jock kid from earlier says "is he as nice as you?" I say "I haven't met the new algebra teacher yet, so I don't know" loud enough for Robby to hear it. Robby comes in saying "literally what do you mean? You don't know me? Ok, I'm Robby Keene and aren't you from Tennessee because you're the only ten I see" offering to shake my hand. I give him my hand and he kisses my knuckles making me me giggle. I say "one question, they asked if you were nicer than me, what's the answer?" Robby says "I'd say I'm pretty nice but so are you. I'd say I'm more likely to lose my temper most days but you can get mad real fast. In conclusion, it depends on the day" shrugging.

He says "ok, bye" and I say "nice meeting you." He rolls his eyes at me and chuckles as he walks into his room across the hall from me. I say "does anyone have questions for me? I'm willing to answer majority of them probably." One of the girls say "are you married?" I say "I'm engaged." A guy says "how long have you been together?" I say "seven years now." Another girl says "have you ever broken up?" I chuckle saying "no." Someone says "do you have any pets?" I say "no, I don't actually" and a girl says "did you play any sports in high school or college?" I say "no, but my fiancé did." A guy says "what did they do?" I say "he worked out a lot and he was a black belt and All Valley Champion in karate."

A guy says "that's cool. What does he do for work?" I say "he's a teacher" twisting the ring on my finger. I say "what do you do when you aren't doing homework?" A bunch of the guys at the front play both basketball and football. A girl is looking at her phone screen and putting on lip gloss casually and says "I'm a pageant queen." I say "really?" She nods and says "yeah. Am I not pretty enough?" I say "ok, I did not say that." She chuckles saying "I'm just messing with you." I say "you remind me of myself when I was in high school" chuckling.

Robby comes in saying "what do you have next?" I say "I have a prep period" and he mumbles "lucky bastard." I say "damn right, now get out of here" chuckling. I say "you're here to teach the children not be a child" and he says "ok, ouch" and he leaves. The jock that was checking me out earlier says "I'm an adult." I say "I'm engaged and you're barely an adult." His friend says "at least you tried" looking at him and he says "I'm not giving up." I say "I would."