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Ethics [second period]

Anakin stood a little stiffly in front of the class. The lightsaber battle with Vader had taken something out of him.

"Today we talk about envy," he said quietly. "There's always something that someone else seems to have that we want: clothing, grades, family, love, looks, acclaim...their achievements remind us of something we don't think we have enough of." He smiled wryly. "To some, apparently, our island..."

He began pacing as he warmed to his subject. "A wise man once said that envy is the art of counting the other person's blessings instead of your own. An entire industry has sprung up and flourished exploiting the idea that we envy those who have achieved fame." Anakin made a face. "With the equally charming dark side that we'll take joy in watching their failures."

He crossed his arms over his chest. "So today we'll be gossip mongers. Come up with a story about one of the people in this class, in the school, on the island, or on Nemesis Island. It doesn't have to be true. It just has to be something that would get people's attention. Then pass it on. We'll see the ramifications of envy for ourselves."

He was kind of counting on the students choosing to start rumors about people they didn't like. He knew human nature that way.

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It certainly doesn't have to be true. Though if it's about Anakin, it'll help if it's flattering...

"Toby wears a wig," Lee said, going with the first thing he thought of.

"Oh my god! Did you just say Lee takes Rogaine? That poor guy," Toby replied.

She wasn't going to gossip about anyone else, but she was a little too afraid of the teacher to refuse to participate. So she went with something a little different.

"So, there was this girl in Caritas this weekend? Had a little too much to drink and hooked up with a demon. How stupid was that?"

"Did she know he or she was a demon?" Molly interrupted.

"Does it really matter?" Peyton asked. "I mean, hello, stupid."

"Of course it matters! Yeah, okay, maybe not the brightest moment ever when you say it like that, but if she didn't know about demons, or maybe didn't know that the bar, er, person, was a demon, then how could it be stupid? I mean, if she does it again, then, yeah, but if this was the first time?" She shrugged. "No big."

Peyton shrugged. "You seriously don't think somebody should be just a little smarter about who they hook up with? What? IS she your best friend or something?"

Honestly, it felt pretty good to hear someone standing up for her.

Molly shrugged. "I have no idea who you're talking about, but if you don't know about demons, how can you say you're stupid for dating one? It's not fair to call her names just because she comes from a world where they don't have demons."

"Maybe," Peyton allowed. "Or maybe in a place like this people who come from worlds without them should know to be more careful."

"And, well... thanks."

"For what?"

"'Cause it was me."

She shrugged. "I don't like the whole gossip thing so I figured if I had to I'd talk about myself. And it's really nice of you to stick up for someone you don't even know."

"So maybe when I do something stupid--not that what you did was stupid--you could stick up for me?" Molly asked hopefully, figuring she'd screw up sooner rather than later.

Peyton nodded. "You can count on it. I don't like to see anyone getting picked on anyway. I'm Peyton, by the way. I don't think we've actually met before."

"I'm Molly, and I don't think we have. Are you okay after the whole demon thing?"

"Other than being embarrassed as hell to ever run into Dean Winchester or Alec again? Yeah." She shrugged again. "I found out how to tell if someone's a demon and Sam's going to help me put up protection in my room so I feel safe."

"Alec was a demon?" Wow, that was a huge shame. Alec was really, really hot. "Who're Dean Winchester and Sam? What kind of protections?"

"Oh, no, no," Peyton said with a laugh. "None of them are demons. Alec and Dean are look-a-likes - like exact look-a-likes. And the demon looked exactly like Dean - I thought it was Dean, thus, the utter embarrassment. Sam is Dean's brother and I guess their family hunts things like demons and ghosts and stuff."

"Oooooh." Really hot demon-ghost hunter? She was so there.

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