Klutzstock,â Emily said. âTheyâre in love!â
âAnd this morning,â Andrea whispered, âI walked by the Reading Recovery Roomand I saw them holding hands!â
The Reading Recovery Room is Mr. Mackyâs office. The girls collapsed in giggles again.
âMaybe they were just shaking hands,â I said.
âThey werenât shaking, Arlo,â Andrea said. âThey were holding.â
âMaybe Mr. Macky was putting her under arrest,â I suggested. âHe held her hand so she couldnât escape.â
âHe wasnât arresting her, Arlo,â Andrea insisted.
âMaybe they were arm wrestling?â I guessed.
âThey werenât arm wrestling, Arlo,â saidAndrea. âTheyâre in love!â
Ewwww! Disgusting!
âMaybe theyâre gonna get married!â Emily said.
âThey canât get married,â said Neil the nude kid. âTheyâre teachers.â
âIf Miss Daisy marries Mr. Macky, sheâll be Mrs. Macky,â Annette said.
âMaybe sheâll keep her name,â said Andrea. âLots of women do that. Then sheâll be Mrs. Daisy.â
âMaybe sheâll combine their two names,â Ryan suggested. âShe could be Mrs. Dacky or Mrs. Maisy.â
All the girls were giggling and gossiping about what Miss Daisy would wear toher wedding and where she and Mr. Macky would go on their honeymoon.
âThere isnât going to be a honeymoon!â I shouted. âTheyâre not going out!â
âWhoâs not going out?â somebody behind us asked.
It was Miss Daisy!
Everybody stopped talking.
âWhere were you, Miss Daisy?â asked Ryan.
âI was in the Reading Recovery Room,â Miss Daisy said.
âUm-hmmmmm,â Andrea said, looking at me.
âIs Mr. Macky your boyfriend?â demanded Michael.
âOh, I donât know!â Miss Daisy giggled. But her face turned red like a tomato. Thatâs a sure sign that somebody has something to hide. âYouâll have to askââ
She didnât get the chance to finish her sentence, because guess who walked into the door at that very moment?
Nobody, because walking into a door would hurt. But guess who walked into the door way .
It was Mr. Macky!
âIs Miss Daisy your girlfriend?â we all asked.
Mr. Macky didnât say a word. Instead, he leaned over and kissed Miss Daisy!
Ewwww! Disgusting! They weresmooching! Call the nurse! I thought I was gonna throw up.
âOooooh!â Ryan said. âMiss Daisy and Mr. Macky are in love!â
âWhen are you gonna get married?â asked Michael.
âNext Sunday,â replied Miss Daisy.
WHAT?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9
Mrs. Dacky and Mr. Maisy
It had to be a joke. Miss Daisy and Mr. Macky couldnât be getting married!
But it was true. Miss Daisy told us that Mr. Macky had been her boyfriend for a long time, but they kept it secret. Then, at Klutzstock, he got down on one knee and proposed to her.
Miss Daisy showed us her engagement ring.
âItâs beautiful!â said all the girls.
Miss Daisy and Mr. Macky were going to get married on Sunday, and our whole class was invited to the wedding! Mr. Louie, who used to be a judge, was going to marry them in a church.
Well, the girls got all super-girlyâeven girlier than usual. They were all hugging Miss Daisy and giggling and crying and saying how happy they were.
âIs your new name going to be Mrs. Macky?â asked Andrea.
âHow about Mrs. Dacky or Mrs. Maisy?â asked Ryan.
âGee, I donât know,â said Miss Daisy, who doesnât know anything. âMaybe Iâll hyphenate my name.â
âOnce they had to hyphenate me at a Pee Wee football game,â I said. âI almost passed out. But then they gave me something to drink and I was okay.â
âThatâs âhydrate,â dumbhead,â Andrea told me.