High School Queen: Chapter 2: The Election
At two ten, Aly met up with Dove outside their lockers and smiled tiredly. "What do we have to do now?" she asked the younger girl.
Dove grinned. "Now we all have to go to the auditorium with our homerooms and they announce who's this year's Student Body President."
Aly wrinkled her forehead. "I thought they voted last year?"
"Yeah, all last year the candidates were campaigning, and everyone votes on the last day of school, including the incoming freshman, but they don't announce who won until the first day of school the following year."
"Oh," Aly said. "So who were last year's candidates?" she asked Dove.
"Dili Haiming and Hazarin Rittevon." Dove sighed. "One of the Rittevons always runs. There's so many of them, and their father is the Governor, so they usually get elected. Last year Hazarin was the President, and the year before that it was his older brother Oron." Aly nodded. "Hazarin is a senior this year, but next year it'll probably be Rubinyan Jimajen."
"I thought you said the Rittevon's always won-"
"When there isn't a Rittevon to run, which is rare, one of the Jimajen's does. Their father is the Assistant Governor." Dove rolled her eyes. "Hazarin's little sister Jane may decide to run, but that would require actual work, which she would prefer to avoid at all costs."
Aly covered her mouth with her hand and giggled as they walked into Mr. Locke's classroom at precisely two fifteen. They took their seats in between Sarah and June.
"All right, everyone, now we go to the auditorium for the announcement of this year's Student Body President and their acceptance speech. As you know the candidates were Dilsubai Haiming and the incumbent Hazarin Rittevon." Mr. Locke rose from his desk.
The students filed into the auditorium silently. The two contestants sat on the stage in two lone folding chairs. Aly looked at them curiously. The boy, Hazarin, had an over-confident air she decided she didn't like at all. The girl next to him, Dilsubai, or Dili as Dove had called her, looked frazzled and nervous, and more than a little intimidated. Dove was right. There was no way Dili won.
When the students were quiet, the principal, Mr. Dodeka, walked onto the stage. He smiled at them. "It's so nice to see all of you're faces again," he said with a false smile. "And so lovely to see all the new faces we'll get to know, too." Aly almost gagged. Could he manage to be more fake? Nobody wanted to be here, and he probably wasn't glad to see any of them, she thought.
"Now, as you all know we had two candidates for Student Body President for this school year, and they spent most of last year campaigning. May I introduce Dilsubai Haiming," he paused for the smattering of applause, "and Hazarin Rittevon?" Hazarin got more than a smattering of applause. The room seemed to burst into cheers, but looking around Aly saw that most of the room was silent. A group in the back, obviously Hazarin's friends and the popular crowd, were making all that noise.
The principal waited for them to quiet. "And now the final results," he said. He took a piece of paper from his pocket. "This school year's Student Body President, who will represent all of you and bring your issues and requests to the faculty, is Hazarin Rittevon." There was the loud cheering again. The only people in Mr. Locke's homeroom who applauded with any enthusiasm was Freddy Tomang. He obviously wanted to stay on Hazarin's good side. The others applauded politely.
Hazarin had approached the mic. "Hello, my fellow students," he said grandly. "Thank you for once again choosing me to represent you. It is an honor and a privilege." He paused, waiting for the applause to stop. "It is my senior year, and unfortunately also my last year with you. But I still want it to be an awesome year for everyone here." He grinned lazily. "I have some ideas, but you guys are the ones with the really good ideas. Anything you want to see happen, I want you to be able to come up to me in the halls, stop me and say 'Hey, Hazar. I had this really great idea to make our school even more awesome,' because I'd love to hear your ideas, whether you're a senior or a freshman. Thanks again, everyone!" There was more applause this time. Freddy outright cheered. Aly, Dove, Nawat, June, and Zaimid applauded politely. Sarah sat stone-still, her hands firmly in her lap. Her eyes were locked on Dili Haiming, trying to sneak off the stage through the throng of people congratulating Hazarin while she wiped a tear from her cheek.
In the background, Aly could dimly hear Mr. Dodeka. "If you are interested in running for Student Body President for next year, we will be collecting names at the end of the week…"
Dove shot a glance at her sister. "Are you okay?" she whispered.
Sarah shook her head. "It was her senior year too," she said softly. "It just isn't right."
Dove shook her head. Everyone knew it wasn't right, but it happened anyways. She and Aly continued to applaud like polite students, but Sarah never moved. She was still looking at poor Dili, sneaking off the stage.
Disclaimer: I still don't own any of the characters. I really wish I did, but the best I can do is to play around with them for a bit.
A/N: Yes, this IS the same story as Sarah, Dove, and Aly at Kyprin High. I just changed the title.
Sorry about the long time it took for me to update. I was away for a while, and I had to think a few things through. As always, thanks to everyone who reviewed (Kate of Carlay and KrisEleven) and who put my story on Story Alert. Special thanks to Kate of Carlay for encouraging me to continue with this story by giving me the idea for the plotline! Now please review, it really will make me update quicker, I promise! So go ahead and review, you know you want to! -rowena