That day, after school, Dewey went up to Miss Feathera with his valentine behind his back and asked, "Hey, Miss Feathera, would you mind if I talked to you for a bit?"

  "Of course, Dewey," Miss Feathera replied, "what did you want to talk about?"

  "Well, I was kinda wondering if if you wou-" Dewey started before he heard a cellphone ringing. It was Miss Feathera's! She took it out of her purse and answered it. "Hello? Oh, hi, Scott. Of course I'm still up for tonight. Sounds great! I love you, too. Happy Valentine's Day! Bye!" She hung up and said, "Sorry, Dewey. That was just my boyfriend, Scott."

  "B-b-boyfriend?" Dewey asked in shock.

  "Yeah," Miss Feathera answered, "I think you'd really like him. He's a computer engineer, is really sweet, and he loves kids. We're having a Valentine's date tonight."

  "Oh, okay," Dewey said heartbroken. He placed his valentine for her in her desk and sulked his way out of her classroom as Miss Feathera looked on with both concern and confusion.