Offical teacher bitch session

[James Gregory]

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James didn't often get to hang out with the other teachers on campus like this so the fact that they all actually had time to get some dinner at T.G.I Fridays made his soul want to dance. He didn't really know Alison or Dino that well but that just made this even more exciting! Dino seemed super spiffy from what he did know about him like the fact that his class was always so entertaining. He might have accidentally walked in once to steal some of his ideas but then he got to mesmerized that he forgot what he was there to do in the first place. It wasn't his fault that the other man was so charismatic that he couldn't possibly take material from him to use on his own students which left him to his own devices and yeah that's why his class currently had a sticker system that he took from a local kindergarten. He'd never realized it before but kindergarten was actually really a hard grade to pass! If he were to try again then he was only like eighty percent sure that he'd pass. He still didn't quite understand how he still had a job teaching when he had no place doing so and barely understood the English language and the last book that he read was a picture book called 'Spot goes to the zoo'. It'd been a real page turner!

His sister was always making fun of him for that but he knew that she couldn't possibly mean anything by it. How could she stay angry at him? He was giving her an 'A' in his class and she didn't even have to do any work! It was like that with most of his students though, he couldn't imagine not letting those little buggers pass his class so he tried to give everyone an 'A' or at least the ones that he personally bonded with. He didn't understand why the burn blog would ever make fun of some of these kids! Didn't they see the gold in them like he did? He didn't see Wyatt as some bad boyfriend who forced his ex-girlfriend to leave, or Skylar as a malicious ex-best friend stealing someone else's girl or even Rozzi as a copy of Queen Preggeroni. She was the red queen for goodness sake! Or at least she had been before she dyed her hair brown and now she was Lord Mocha Moo which wasn't a way to call her fat just that her hair colored reminded him of the drink that he had every morning. At least her nickname didn't actually seem as mean as 'Dancing Diva' which he felt a little guilty about so he needed to ask Danny if it bothered him. What if he was personally offended by it? He couldn't bare the idea of personally offending a student.

Strange that he was saying this as he was showing the waitress a picture of nude 'Thalia' and laughing about how she didn't look like she'd even been baked properly and how she should go back to her mommy's womb until she was 'cooked'. He didn't really know why he could be so cruel to one student and so unbelievably concerned towards another. His conversation with the waitress was giving him some good material to use on the others though. Speaking of them... Where was everyone? He knew that Alison and Dino would probably show up together but what was everyone else's excuse? He took a sip of his fruity cocktail before glancing towards the front entrance. If they didn't show up soon then he was just going to have to show people at the other tables!

[Owen Cup]

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Owen was more than relieved to be having a night out. He loved being home with Webster and all, but seeing people instead of a dog was exciting. And it meant he got to dress up! Well, dress down, I guess. Dress up if you consider the fact that he'd put on something that wasn't pj's, and dress down if you consider the fact that he'd never wear something like he was going to wear tonight to work. Regardless, this was what he liked to 'dress up' in, so it felt right to him. Yes, even the America snapback felt right. Honestly, his head felt naked without one.

After picking a parking spot and almost killing a lady on the highway because she cut him off, Owen finally exited his car and locked it, pressing his keys into his back pocket. He drove a Cruze, something simple but sporty enough for his likes. Cars made him feel professional, so he was very proud of his little car. And before walking into the restaurant, Owen ran two fingers down the hood and rubbed a smudge off one of the headlights.

Spotting James once he'd entered, Owen nodded at the hostess and pointed to him. She nodded back, signaling he could just go ahead. And so he did.

"James!" he greeted enthusiastically, taking a seat across from his buddy. "And why have you not ordered wings yet, huh?" Smiling, Owen unzipped his vest and hoodie and took off his hat, setting it on the table beside him.

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Sometimes Alison genuinely worried for the students in James's class like not even joking around. She knew that he wouldn't allow any harm to come to his little ducklings as he called them but she did worry that he might not be thinking about their educations like he should be. The very last thing that he would ever want to do would be cause them to have problems next year when they had to actually do work and not just pass because he appreciated their company. He actually seemed to believe that it was in their best interest to receive a grade that they didn't deserve to avoid feeling hurt over getting what they actually did earn. She would admit that she was guilty of sort of helping her favorite students along more than others like Elizabeth Hanson who didn't look anything like Sharpay but ended up with the role anyway. She just deserved it more than other blondes at this school! She was also one of the more attractive ones like that new girl that was all over the burn blog was just.. No - all her clothes were so cheap and tacky.

Oh damn. She'd been spending too much time with James, hadn't she? She hadn't been spending as much time with him as she had say Dino (for obvious reasons) but they had been eating lunch together often during the past few days to discuss things like the play and which students had sexually transmitted diseases. They didn't always agree on that issue like they both believed that the tacky blonde had some sort of vagina issues going on but he didn't agree with her guess that Dallas had herpes. At least they had a tendency to agree with each other more than not like with Danny and his 'gayness' according to the burn blog. Neither of them felt like there was anything wrong with it if he was gay but he just didn't give them that 'vibe'. How did the burn blog manage to even come up with some of this shit? There were so many more interesting things to talk about like the fact that tacky Manson was wearing jeans from last season.

She and Dino arrived together as expected and she motioned for James to move over to sit beside Owen so the two of them could sit together. "James, are you showing people that picture of Tacky?" Oh Tacky Manson... "I heard a nasty little rumor that she's boning your favorite student." She raised a brow before looking to Owen and offering a warm smile. "How are the costumes coming? And where in the world are the bacon type things? I thought that I asked you to have them already here by the time that arrived."    

[Dino Jefferson]

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The Burn Blog was easily starting to get on Dino's nerves. Generally because he saw the same damn people every motherfucking time. He was starting to believe that perhaps these folks were actually paying this organization be placed on it frequently. The last thing he wanted to see were supposed nudes of students or people talking about his wonderful student teacher, Mark and that just really drew the line. Especially when they were bashing Aubrey who as far as he was concerned was one of the sweetest kids he's ever spoken to. To be honest, the other kids could get spoken about but when they were showing up on there as if the burn blog navigated their lives it was starting to become fishy. Were they that desperate for popularity that they had to jeopardize their reputation?

When Alison and Dino walked into the restaurant, he looked around to see if he would find James. It was a surprise that the guy didn't have a waitress sitting on his lap with a... Well, the fruity cocktail was there. He smiled at his colleagues as he took a seat, "Hello." he said in a rather amused tone when Alison began demanding the bacon. She looked so cute when she was worked up, he looked to her pretty face before moving an arm around her and over the backrest of the seat. His eyes then followed up to the menu and he began flipping through it with one hand. He then rose an eyebrow, "So this Burn Blog... As teachers and guardians of these kids, shouldn't we be concerned about it?" he asked, looking to James, Owen and then finally Alison. He pursed his lips tightly together before shrugging, "I mean, things like that can really get to a person. Especially teenagers who's brains aren't quite developed yet to withstand the insults." The last thing Dino wanted were suicides. He genuinely cared but couldn't really get his head around some of the students because some were not very good people. 

[Owen Cup]

Owen smiled at Dino and Alison as they took their seats and happily welcomed James to sit next to him when he moved. "Seriously James, where the bacon at?" he echoed Alison, jabbing at his shoulder before turning his head back to Alison as she asked about the costumes. "Oh great, very awesome," he said, nodding. "Couple little budget things, but y'know. Great." And then came the talk of the burn blog. Owen honestly tried to stay out of that stuff. Sure every now and then, his curiosity got the best of him and he'd pull up the blogs. But as a teacher, he almost felt it wasn't his business. Dino did bring up a good point saying they should maybe be a little worried, but Owen wasn't sure where he stood on that subject. Yea he'd read some of the horrible things they said; they really seemed to have something against the gay kids. But this was a blog of teenagers making fun of other teenagers. And as much as that was something to 'watch' because, y'know, bullying and shit... Well, Owen just really couldn't say whether he was all for patrolling it.

"Bet the ones running it are just as insecure as the ones they're making fun of," he said a bit dryly, looking between Dino and Alison. "Cliche to say but confident people that are perfectly happy with their lives don't make fun of people like that. Not to side with them, but we shouldn't force all the blame on them, y'know? Bet they've got some issues up in there." With that, he smiled a bit, shrugged, and looked down at his menu, running a finger down the options. Of course, he stopped in the beer section first and smiled.

[James Gregory]

"I think that the burn blog teaches them to have a nice thick skin and it really gets rid of the ones too weak to survive in the real world. It's a dog eat dog world and these kids have been in bubbles for their whole damn lives. If they can't handle a little taunting and teasing then they really should just be in some small irrelevant town or well survival of the fittest." James had that attitude about a lot of things though. He didn't think that there was really any reason to have guidance counselors at school because some of the people who went to them were hopeless and others just honestly needed to be told to suck it the hell up.

Who cares if your pregnant girlfriend cheats on you and dumps you if you aren't the father? Or if your whole family hates you because you had sex with your cousin's girlfriend who also happens to be your first love who you cheated on with some crazy ass midget? Okay maybe that last one was actually kind of depressing but it seemed like it belonged more on like say Jerry Springer. He'd watch that episode in a heartbeat! "I forgot the bacon things and the chicken wings.." He paused before calling for the waitress to come back to the table and ordering some appetizers to start them off with along with a round of beers well beers and one iced tea because Alison quickly interjected that she was 'not drinking right now'.

He didn't question because he quite frankly didn't care about the possible contents of her uterus - he only cared about bitching about the students who deserved it. "I mean like look.. I have these kids in my class who are fabulous wonderful people and it makes me angry when I read nasty things about them but then there's others who I just hope leave school and never come back. Like okay there's this boy in my class who looks a little like Mexican Satan but that's not the point. He was dating this anger little midget and I just couldn't understand why someone so handsome would be with someone so damn mean and controlling. She reminded me of my wife actually and we all know how I feel about my wife." He groaned as he thought about the old woman before he glanced over at Alison who was glaring at him like he'd just insulted her greatly. "Perk up, Hampton... I'm sure Dino feels differently about marriage."

[Melissa Hart]

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Apparently, Melissa was to be attending a "a teachers night out," or something like that, according to a voicemail given to her by James. She was alarmed by this, because she hadn't recalled giving James her number. She'd given it to literally every other teacher, but she feared James would send her his nudes; really, she was quite certain he'd send her somebody's nudes, even if they weren't his own.
The only reason Melissa was even going to participate in the bullshit that was sure to come out of the evening, was that she'd spent $275 on her booze this month, and she could probably scam him into a few vodka tonics - and by a few, she meant twenty. 

She was late, as per usual, and her only excuse was Tumblr. She was hoping nobody would notice her lack of punctuality and accept her into the group. She slid next to everyone else, and remained in silence, trying to figure out what the fuck they were talking about. 
"So, this burn blog..." 
Ah, yes, the infamous burn blog. She'd heard of it, but rarely took the time to actually visit it, although she can easily. She'd heard from other teachers that it was, basically, angst-ridden teenagers taking out their angsty problems on an angsty blog. She did hear it could get nasty at times; there were reports of child pornography, which could prove a real problem. The question that was on the back of her mind was why the fuck didn't they take that shit down? It surely couldn't be that fucking difficult to take down a blog run by fifteen-year-olds? Every kid at that god-forsaken school was retarded, anyway.
Frankly, Melissa found Owen's opinion to be bullshit. She was sure the kids were spoiled, white, and rich, who had pent up anger over useless things, and took to attacking people to get the rage out of their system. They didn't have traumatic pasts that fucked them up and made them write malicious posts about random people. She was going to keep her mouth shut, though. Maybe he was right. Maybe.