Election Time

Alex and Max stand in the student election. However what will happen and how far will they go for votes, of course it isn't major, or what has changed.

Chapter 1

Election Time

"Hello Buckaroo!" Alex heard the voice as if it was a bee that stung her, she hated the old goof and wished he wouldn't talk in such a stupid accent, "Student Elections are coming up and either you must get into a party and stand or you will have to not take politics and take Home Economics instead of it, and we all know you hate cooking."

"Yeah well I am not a big fan of either," before letting out a cute laugh and putting, which was more like slapping, her hand on his shoulder before realizing it wasn't funny, "oh... OK I will stand, but what do you mean by parties, cause if you mean a party I am so there... nope... OK. What parties are there."

"The Republican, Democratic or the Creative Party. Sad day when we allowed the Creative Party to stand in an election, what a sad name." He said while walking off.

"Hey Harper," Alex said as she turned a corner and spotted her friend who could stand out everywhere, "Guess what I have to do, stand in the election."

"Why?" Harper inquisitively asked knowing it was not to her friends taste to do anything "uncool", notably most of these she thought was "cool".

"Because otherwise I have to cook, and the closest I have come to creating something was ready made, and that even burned," she said with a puff at the end which always came after something she felt was obvious.

"So who you standing for. I would suggest the Creative Party for I have a load of people I know there, you know Nelly is the Treasurer of the Party and she is running the elections for the party leader, they got about 12 people on the council out of the 42 last time, every year has about 11 candidates, although the 7th only 9 candidates. I think your brother is running..."

"Justin is running! For who" Alex exclaimed thinking that he would be a great asset for helping her.

"No... Max, he is running for the Republicans, he is their leader, he will be President if they win."

"I didn't know Max was running, I thought he wouldn't be interested in politics... hmm"

It was two hours until the bell ran for first break, Harper had told her there was going to be a meeting for the party on the candiates for the Creative Party in the 10th grade. It was a long classroom with about 30 desks, as she entered already 14 desks were taken, and Harper had told her if she didn't get it it would be a travesty as she would have no hope.

Nelly walked up to the desk and in her chirpy voice she began, "OK, so we have the elections and we need to fill out all these seats. So as you all know the students in the year are bounded into 11 groups, this is quite a weird way, but... we will work around it. Each group has 44 people in each, although as we know the eighth grade has 50 in each and then one with 44, which is also weird... Anyway we need to pick our candidates and to do that we have our team, and here they are." Then eleven people walked in and walked to the back, "now everyone has there little card, right"

Everyone nodded but Alex said no, up ion front of everyone.

"OK Alex go and write down why you should be on the council," and Nelly gave her a piece of paper and a pen and let Alex go into a different room and write it.

"I should be put on it because..." Alex stopped, she didn't know what to right, she knew why she would get elected, but she didn't know if she should write it down. Ten minutes later and she entered the room, all the candidates were being spoken to in other rooms and so Nelly, of course, led her to her history room where two guys were sitting.

"So, you have said here you would be a great representative because people would vote for you, why?" Alex was nervous and didn't know what to say, she knew what to say, but how to say it.

I am popular, people would vote for me because of it, they would see my name and would put a tick, or a cross."

"Don't you think people will think that we are bias if we put you through, because you are friends with Harper, who was our leader a few months ago?"

"No, they will not look over it, why would hey know I was her friend." Suddenly the bell rang, however they assured her she would be fine here, however Alex never needs much assuring.

After half an hour it was over, question after question.

"OK, so we have made the decision," There was a woo from the audience, then Nelly read the candidates out," Our first... Joseph Thompson. David McKenzie, Alex Russo," she was elated, she actually had found it fun. The rest of the next period, and the one after that, the reps discussed how to gain votes, a1fterwards she was stopped by one of the guys who had interviewed her, he came running down the corridor and left the building with her.

"You said all the guys like you, so I thought of a way we could rake in the votes, you as our leader." Alex stopped and looked at him, with his glassy blue eyes, "We would get a lot of votes with you as our leader, people will vote for you, and to do that they have to vote for the party. I would like to put you forward."

"OK, that would be cool" she said as her response.

"If you do you will get the rest of the day off talking to the press and waiting for anyone else to come forward, it will be only you at the moment."