Makayla Stephens , a fifth-grade teacher, had just finished walking her students to lunch when she started heating up her own meal and noticed a missed call and several text messages.

At first, she didn’t think much of them. But then came a text from her husband with a link to an Instagram post, several “BABE”s, and a message that read, “It finally happened!” That’s when it hit her: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were engaged.

"I am SO glad I was on lunch because I was seriously stunned in the moment," Stephens, 27, tells PEOPLE exclusively. "Like, of course it was happening ... but it was REALLY happening! It’s so strange to feel this much excitement for two people you don’t know personally."

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