Zoe's Office Hours - August 1

[bigdamnprincipal]

While Zoe was waiting for certain wayward students to arrive, she sat at her desk, attempting to compose a letter to Mal, to update him on how the summer sessions were going.

She had to admit, it was amazingly difficult to try to explain jello dragons in a way that didn't make it seem as though the school had driven her to further lengths of insanity.

[open like an open thing, except for the thread with Sam.]

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[likethegun]

After taking a few deep breaths in the hallway, Sam went up to the principal's door and knocked.

[bigdamnprincipal]

Zoe looked up and set her letter aside on her desk. "Come in."

[likethegun]

Sam opened the door and stepped inside, trying to look as sweet and innocent as possible. The facade might not work, but it was certainly worth trying. "You asked me to come by, ma'am? I'm Sam Winchester."

[bigdamnprincipal]

"Ah, yes. Please, have a seat," she said, motioning to the chair across from her. It was good to know that there were still some students who seemed to be intimidated by her. "So, Mr. Winchester, do you know why I called you here this morning?"

[likethegun]

If he was Dean, he probably would have started lying right off the bat. But Sam tended to think that a little bit of honesty made for smoother conversations with authority figures. "I might have some idea, but I'm not sure," he said. After all, if this was about the fight, he figured Alec should have been called down too.

[bigdamnprincipal]

Zoe grabbed the remote and turned one of the video screens so that Sam could see it. Hitting play, she replayed the video feed from the fourth floor common room from the previous afternoon. "Would you like to explain to me why you felt the need to hit one of your fellow students?" she asked.

[likethegun]

Sam frowned with diappointment as he watched the video, partly because he'd completely forgotten that public areas were monitored, partly because that punch made him really look bad, and partly because watching it reminded him of how much he really wished he'd hit Alec a second time. "He started it," Sam tried to explain.

[bigdamnprincipal]

"Are you sure about that?" Zoe rewound the video and pointed to the screen. "From what I can tell, you initiated the conversation, and you were the only one to throw a punch. So how is it exactly that he started the fight?"

[likethegun]

"You don't understand. Alec has made it his goal to bother me as much as humanly possible ever since I got here. It's like he's trying to drive me crazy," Sam said. He had it coming! He only had himself to blame!

[bigdamnprincipal]

"And it looks to me like he's succeeded," Zoe replied. "If he bothers you so much, why did you initiate a conversation with him?" If I'd been there and seen it, I would have done the same?

[likethegun]

Sam sighed. "I was trying to get him to apologize for something he did this weekend. I didn't plan on hitting him. It just sort of happened." I wish! That would be funny.

[bigdamnprincipal]

Zoe turned the video screen back around and shut it off. "If you really have so much trouble with this boy, perhaps you should just stay away from him. Then he won't be able to bother you, and you won't feel compelled to hit him again."

[likethegun]

Now there was advice that would have been a lot more helpful before yesterday afternoon. "I know. I have every intention of staying away, if I can. But as much as it might look like it from that video, this isn't one sided. It's not like he doesn't come over and talk to me."

[bigdamnprincipal]

"Well, then you'll just have to think of other ways to deal with him. And you'll have plenty of time to do just that in detention this weekend."

[likethegun]

Sam bit back the groan that threatened at the back of his throat, and went back to trying the innocent route. "Are you sure that's necessary, ma'am? I promise, this won't happen again."

[bigdamnprincipal]

Zoe fixed him with a glance. She had to admit, that was a very good puppy face. "I appreciate that promise, but I think it'll be a lot stronger if you have the detention to go along with it."

[likethegun]

"Okay. I understand." Maybe he could quietly drown Alec at the beach. That would be even more effective than detention at ensuring this didn't happen again. "Is that all?"

[bigdamnprincipal]

"Yes, that's all I had to say, for now. You're free to go."

[likethegun]

Sam nodded, and hightailed it out of the office before she could decide that he needed to be punished more.