There was a space cleared today and a boombox. No, Deadpool wasn't planning on a
Say Anything moment, mostly because he hated Peter Gabriel. Hated him so freakin' much.
"Gooood mornin' kids! I'm Deadpool--" He paused, staring at his co-teacher expectantly.
"And I'm Captain America?" Steve said, his expression suggesting he wasn't sure that was what Deadpool wanted him to say, but he was willing to run it up the flagpole.
That worked! "And together we fight crime." A beat. "Wait... no. Just teaching. I don't think we've ever had a crime fighting team up. Well, other than that one time there was time travel involved and I think you were dead then."
Steve stared at him for a moment, then said, "Right. Of course. That time."
Hey, he was used to that response! And it wasn't
his fault they were both pulled from before that happened. And that it was slowly being retconed by bad writers to create a new Wolverine. He blamed Ryan Reynolds.
"Today we'll be talking about how to behave out on the dance floor. No bumpin' and grindin' like you kids do and making sure to leave room for Jesus. Which is kinda pervy if you ask me, but hey. Who am I to judge?"
Steve didn't understand what Jesus had to do with it, but, "Dancing is, of course, important to know at least the basics of in many social situations. There are so many different types of dance I'm not even going to try to list them, but they all have their place."
"Now, when asking a girl--or boy, I don't judge unless it's funny--to dance, you want to be aware of their feelings and act as politely as you can." A beat. "Just drag 'em caveman style out onto the dance floor, I say. But first say something that makes no sense like 'Nobody puts baby in the corner' even though you're a good ten years older than them. You perv. I know what you all are thinking. And it's
wrong. Twisted and wrong and you're all going to go to hell for it. Especially
you," Deadpool said, picking someone at random. Because it was more fun that way.
Steve didn't know what to do with that, so he did what he'd found worked best with Deadpool: ignored it. "And now, since it's kind of silly to just talk about something instead of doing it, it's time to dance."
Pushing play on the boombox, they were graced with the soothing tones of
The Spice Girls.
Deadpool made a face. "Okay, I'm killin' Tasky for this."
Steve looked horrified, but not undermining his fellow teacher's plans was part of his plan for getting through this class with as much of his sanity as possible. "Everyone dance to this...music," he said faintly. "I think we have a trophy for the best dancer. Don't we?"
"I made it myself!" Fear for your safety children.
Fear. It was a discoball glued to an old bowling trophy and it might give you lockjaw. And not even the cool dog Lockjaw!