Faculty Meeting (Friday after classes)

[bigdamnprincipal]

After the student council cleared out, Zoe got the council room set up for yet another meeting, hoping all the teachers had gotten her handwavey email. Sure, classes had only been in session for a week, but she figured it was a good idea to check the new teachers for shell shock early. There were warm food and drinks set out (not the leftovers from the student council... at least, not totally) but nothing alcoholic. If people wanted to go that route, they would have to bring their own this time.

"Hello there, come on in and have a seat if you'd like," she said. "I thought it might be good for everyone to have a chance to get together without students around, and be inside where it's warm. I hope everyone's had a good first week. If you haven't, well, now you have a room full of people to vent to." It was the little things that helped make this job better.

[Open to all staff and OCD free!]

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[begmetwice.livejournal.com]

"Mmm, but you admit to doing it at least once," Irene said triumphantly. "Which means it must've been a good one. Were you the novel about being in love with a monster, or the one about how eHarmony makes you answer questions about your favorite schoolteacher?"

Both had been memorable, though the former was far more ridiculous, and she couldn't believe she hadn't figured this out sooner.

[teashopconman.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure I remember which one I wrote," he said, rubbing his chin. "But, I don't know what an eHarmony is so it's probably not that one. What was the monster one?"

[begmetwice.livejournal.com]

"Oh, there was one where the slip of paper and the question box were being smutty together, too. That might've been you," Irene recalled, eyeing him. "The monster one was something about him having green hair and large feet, and how he...honked my horn -- "

She paused. "Oh. Maybe it was meant to be a clown, not a monster." At the time, she'd really just wanted to get through the reading part, since she read them all verbatim, which he obviously knew. "But it was quite longer than I usually see in my students' questions," she added, suspiciously.

[teashopconman.livejournal.com]

"He honked someone's horn?" Hatter laughed, finding the words (his words, let's be real) hilarious. "That's quite clever!"

[begmetwice.livejournal.com]

"You are an idiot," Irene said, rolling her eyes. "I read that out to the whole class, you know."

Of course he knew, Irene. That's why he did it.

[teashopconman.livejournal.com]

"Why do you think I did it?" he asked, continuing to laugh. "I hope they all enjoyed it! I quite liked writing it. It gave me a chance to stretch my creative muscles."

[begmetwice.livejournal.com]

"Well, sorry to disappoint, but I don't have a box like that this time around," Irene said, making a face at him. "Teenagers are much more likely to put their hands up and ask questions about scarves than they are about wet dreams, so I didn't think it'd be necessary. So I hope your creative muscles are stretched enough for the time being."

[teashopconman.livejournal.com]

"How sad," Hatter said, frowning. "How is your class looking this go around? Lots of fun children?"

[begmetwice.livejournal.com]

"Oh, sure," she sighed, leaning back in her chair a bit. She'd forgive him for the question box thing, but she wasn't going to forget either. "Smaller group than last time, but I've got a couple girls in skirts out to here -- " She gestured to her sides, making a face. "It's my goal to get 'em both in trousers before semester's end. Wish me luck."

Please note how Irene herself almost never wore pants, but still.

[teashopconman.livejournal.com]

"What's so wrong about their skirts?" he had to wonder. "You never wear pants!"

Yes, he'd noticed.

[begmetwice.livejournal.com]

"I wear pants sometimes," she argued. "I wore pants the day I hugged you back from the dark side!"

Because she had been sick all night and it was a miracle she'd gotten out of bed at all, but still.

"I'll still consider it a victory if I get them to wear skirts at the knee," she decided. "Above the knee might be too much to hope for."

[teashopconman.livejournal.com]

"Well, if anyone can convince them, I'm sure you can," Hatter told her confidently. "And if you want me to come in and speak about hats, I will. I'm an expert and all."

[begmetwice.livejournal.com]

"I know," Irene said, reaching out to steal his hat. It'd been awhile! "I'll do tradesies with you, if you want. Could do something on self-promotion or something for your kiddos."

[teashopconman.livejournal.com]

"I wouldn't be against that," he replied, making a face at having his hat stolen. His head just looked so naked without it. "You could come in and talk about marketing if you want to promote yourself and the shop. I think I've got one in there who I know would make a visit. The other two I'm not sure about."

[begmetwice.livejournal.com]

"You can already tell which of your students would frequent a sex shop?" Irene asked, lifting her brows and adjusting his hat adorably. "That's rather observant of you."

[teashopconman.livejournal.com]

Hatter waved a hand. "I can tell said student would do it because he proudly stood on a desk when I asked and seemed very comfortable with being a center of attention. I have no doubts they'd walk right in and command attention."

[begmetwice.livejournal.com]

"You asked your students to stand on their desks?" Irene asked, actually vaguely interested in that. "Why?"

[teashopconman.livejournal.com]

"Why not?" he retorted. "I did so because I wanted to. I'm the teacher, I can do what I want."

[begmetwice.livejournal.com]

"There wasn't a purpose to it other than just because you wanted to?" Irene asked, laughing. "I ought to try that. I'll make everyone dance into class next week, or something."

[teashopconman.livejournal.com]

"I just thought it'd be fun," he admitted, shrugging. "And they all seemed to enjoy it so I apparently was quite correct."