Tulsa's a small town, most of the teachers at the local high school are either fresh out of the damn school or the oldest, probably about to fade away and grumpy asshole to walk earth, so when you became a teacher at twenty it wasn't a shock in the least- you know Darrel Curtis from high school, a quarter back who basically had his name signed on scholarships in gold ink, until his parents died, you'd seen him at worksites or just around town, heard about him from the fact you now teach Ponyboy as well

So duh, when it came time for the guardians of the students to come along to the school and chat with teachers about progress, of course he was happy to come into your class for the little meeting- Sodapop had come along for the sake of getting to play a worried parent, Ponyboy of course was there since the topic would be him and his work, Darry stood outside with his two brothers in tow

"Never know, somethin' could kindle and ya might fall in love with Ponyboy's teacher- now there's a way to get Pony good grades" Sodapop jokes with a lighthearted grin, Ponyboy seems relaxed, he gets pretty good grades in your class

"Can it" Darry grumbles and shakes his head, but there's no bite behind it, he was never truly angry at Ponyboy or Sodapop, but hey, waiting outside your office for the last set of parents to get the hell out? He didn't mind it all too much, he'd rather you over grumpy old farts of teachers