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Ethics [Monday, April 2, 5th period]

"Today we talk about the ethics we encounter in relationships," Anakin began quietly. "Not just the easy questions like 'is it cheating if one of us is possessed?' but the ones that effect everyone--how much of the truth do you tell the person? What happens when one of you stops loving the other one? What happens when you reach an impasse on differences in religion or life goals? What do you do when circumstances beyond your control threaten to split you apart? What if there's too much old baggage to try again?"

He ran a hand through his hair, not looking at John or Molly ~~assuming they're in class today~~. "Take it from me. Sometimes love isn't enough to make it work." He looked around the classroom. "Today we talk about the messy parts of love. Pick one of my questions and answer it the best way you can."

He leaned against his desk. "I'll be over here ~~brooding~~ listening to the discussion."

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"Nothing important's ever simple," Dean pointed out. "You can't run away whenever things get messy."

"I think that's bullcrap," Turtle admitted bluntly. "Breathing's important. That's pretty simple. And it isn't running away, so much as cutting your losses. If something's only causing you trouble and pain and difficulty, you're better off without it."

"You've never been strangled if you think breathing's always simple," Dean said. "And I don't buy that just because something's hard, it's not worth it. Hell, if I subscribed to that, I'd have blown off my family years ago."

Turtle rubbed her forehead with her palms a little in frustration. "I'm not saying that just because something's hard, it's not worth it. Stock market? Definately not easy, and that's why I like it. And family is different because family is important, and suffering through crap for them mean something. But I think that, for a romantic interest, it isn't worth it. Maybe it's because I'm young but jaded. Maybe it's because I've never been in love, but the whole thought of putting up with some of the crap that comes with an overly dramatic relationship? So not worth it. Not when you don't need to. You can't chose who your family is, but you can chose who you want to be with."

"You're right," Dean told her. "You haven't been in love if you think you can choose who you fall for."

That would be a choked-off snicker coming from the vicinity of Anakin's desk, yeah.

Turtle's head ceremonially hit her desk. "I'm not saying that you can choose who you fall for," she said. "But you can always choose how you act about it. If you're putting yourself through hell and back again all for the sake of love, then, I'm sorry, you're an idiot. If anything, then you're using love as a reason to stay weak. It takes more to turn down something that's not good for you if you love it, but, you know what? It's still not good for you. People can get over love. It's just that most people don't want to, because it's so much easier to just place the blame on love so they don't have to look at themselves and see how big of an idiot their being!"

Turtle was starting to get really heated in the this whole thing now, realizing how much people pissed her off sometimes.

"Oh sweetheart, love makes idiots out of everybody," Dean told her. "Kinda comes with the territory. And even if you avoid love totally, you're not going to get through life not being an idiot at least occasionally."

Turtle grunted. "If I'm ever that much of an idiot for love, I want someone to just shoot me in the head."

"How about we just say 'I told you so'?" Dean suggested.

"Rather be shot, thanks."

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