Blainewood Academy: The Beginning
Chapter 34: A Hard Election, Part 2
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The Blainewood Auditorium...
It seemed to be a packed house as all students from the three main dorms (except Trent and Gwen) had shown up for this special occasion. There seemed to be two podiums standing on the middle of the stage. One had appeared to be for Courtney and one podium was for Geoff.
Backstage, Courtney felt so confident that she would win this hands down. She just happened to be with Alejandro, who ended up being her campaign manager. Courtney looked very snazzy looking much like the attractive politician. Formal grey never looked so damn good. It even showed her a lot of leg.
"Well...look at you. Mrs. Student Council President ready to take over the entire school. I'm proud of you that I decided to participate in this campaign anyway. The exctiement, the electricity...you're gonna thrash Geoff real easily..." Alejandro said right to Courtney as he dusted her right off. She felt like she wanted to dress to impress.
"Thanks...I'm really glad that you brought out the spirit of the president in me. You think this won't turn the least of guys off?" Courtney spoke as she was examining her own outfit. Alejandro was physically checking her out from a standpoint.
"Absolutely not. When you get out there, just smile, take pictures if you have to, and remember...this is a competition. Those idiots sitting out there think that this is for show, but in reality to us Red dormers, everything we succeed, we accomplish. And all of those things...lead to victory. You're the only one that can succeed for us..." Alejandro smiled fiercely at Courtney as he was adding the fuel to her fire.
Meanwhile at Geoff's side, Justin had looked at the entire audience sitting in preparation of the debate. He was surprised how may people had filled the auditorium. It was like the crowd at an entire rock concert.
"Man...these people must be stoked. I haven't seen much pandemonium like this since my uncle lost me in the town square back when I was 5." Justin replied, still checking out the crowd behind the curtain.
"What happened? We're you missing?" Geoff said as he straightened his tie in the mirror.
"Yeah, he was stinking drunk. At one time, he called me 'Joshua'. It was the last time we went to a zoo. Even the big-butted gorillas mocked him. They all acted like zombies on hemorroids. ' Justin spoke in a embarrassing manner. And then, his blue eyes saw Heather.
Most importantly, Justin was mostly out there to see if Heather was watching him and Geoff. Most surprisingly, she was as she sat beside Noah and Tyler. And now, he was hoping that Heather would look at him from far away without Alejandro ever noticing. Justin was once again captivated by her hair. The way it swayed in the wind as she turned her head to the side.
Justin's heart felt like it was about to burst or explode into a gallon of butterflies. Just so long and that aroma felt so strawberry-ish. Justin felt like he was just gonna swoon out of control with that long hair of hers. As he got a whiff of the strawberry-scented raven hair, his brain felt like it was on spiritual nirvana...
That is until Geoff's voice cut him out of that daydream of his.
"Justin, I changed my mind...I'm not sure if I can do this. I never gave out a speech in front of an entire audience before..." Geoff spoke out in fear as he felt like he was about to wet himself. Justin soon took his focus off from Heather a mile away and approached his best friend.
"Why? Didn't you tell me that you became student council president in the 8th grade once?" Justin questioned the party boy as there was a little case of stage fright spooked upon the party boy.
"Yeah, but I didn't give out a speech. That's the only thing I could remember."
"Crap...without a speech, we're gonna lose big time...unless..." Justin spoke as he thought up an idea. He decides to take a portable pen from his pocket and write a quick speech for Geoff.
"Justin, I really love to play tic-tac-toe with you backstage, but this is a debate I'm dealing with." Geoff replied looking a bit frustrated.
"Geoff, I'm not playing tic-tac-toe. This is just a little speech I'm preparing for you so that you can get rid of this little problem of yours. I mean, I sing with Heather, and once I never had stage fright." Justin said back to Geoff as he was one hell of a hurry writing.
"I'm gonna be sick...I swear..." Geoff said in complete agony, just like a drunk uncle was at a barbeque or something. It's lucky that he's going up in the podium second after Courtney. If he had gone first, he would just slump so hard like a fallen meteor headed for planet Earth itself.
Only time would tell...
At a lounge downtown, that evening...
Happened to be the new hotspot of them all, The Lizard Lair. It was pretty much the largest coffeehouse there ever was near the academy. Of course it looked like one hell of a wild west saloon gone high tech and such. There many flavors of coffee that could really fill up the saloon themselves.
Among them were two people who hand entered with such flair. Trent and Gwen. But they weren't dressed in their usual academy clothes all of a sudden. Trent had entered wearing a leather hoodie with his famous acoustic guitar in his hand while Gwen had wore a little bit of fishnet around her black lacy bra with a jacket covering between them.
"Hmmmmm...must be Open Mic night. My favorite..." Trent spoke joyously to Gwen as he saw the sign that said 'Open Mic' on the window. Whenever there was a sign like that somewhere around town, Trent just had to be there. It was the only way to express his ideas and just let them out into the open. But perhaps if he was lucky, some record executives from Canada would show up to this place to find out the next big thing.
Unfortunately, they weren't there, but Trent didn't matter if he was in for the money or not. He just loved to perform just for the fun of it.
"Hey, excuse me. Barkeep? Is there anywhere I can sign up for open mic night?" Trent asked as the male barista pointed over there to the signup sheet next to the bathroom.
As soon as Trent got there, he had saw many of the names that were written on the list. Of course, it bothered that there were too many names to get right on his mind.
"Wow...you're definitely gonna have a long time...I wouldn't bother one bit about though...you're gonna do great..." Gwen responded as she gave Trent a lot of support.
"I hope. Just keep me awake until it's my turn...that's all I care about..." Trent responded as he grabbed a pen and signed in. He would go on to become the last performer. The only question is...what kind of song was he gonna do for Gwen? But which kind of song? The answer would never be known...
But only one thing was certain...Trent was this determined to prove himself...
This has got to be my weakest chapter yet, but I made this short just to enhance the drama. Which asks us these questions...
Will Justin help Geoff pull through the debate?
Which song will Trent actually sing?
The answers will be revealed until you read and review!