From: "Michelle Coursen" mcoursen@comcast.net
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Date: Thursday, December 19, 2002 2:19 PM

Chapter 4: Politics

Summary: Sebastian is disgusted to learn Kathryn is running for class president.


Monday morning when I entered my school I was greeted by Kathryn's smiling face. No Kathryn didn't have a personality change over the weekend. It was a life size poster of a smiling Kathryn hanging on the hallway walls. That was not when I needed to see this early in the morning.

"What the hell is all this?" I asked a passing by student.

The girl looked at the poster and at me. "What do you think it is?" The girl asked disdainfully. "It's a poster announcing she's running for president." The girl answered walking away shaking her head.

I knew what it was, but what I wanted to know was how someone that came to out school for over a week thought she should be able to tell us how to run it! Unreal! I grabbed my cellphone and dialed Blain's number.

"Any news?" I barked into the phone when I heard Blain's sleepy hello.

"Jesus Sebastian!" Blain began to complain. "It's been a freaking day!"

I swallowed my annoyance and tried my best to be nice. "Fine call me when you do get news." I said and pushed the End button. Of course as soon as I put my phone away one of Kathryn's minions came towards me with a boxful of Kathryn buttons. Already she recurited a bunch of losers that hoped to be accpeted by attaching themselves to her to do her errands.

"Wear a Kathryn for President button?" The girl asked me and thrust a button in my direction.

I took the button from her and looked at it. It was a smaller version of the posters. I snapped the button in half to the girl's horror. "No fucking way!" I snarled at her.

"I'm telling Kathryn!" The girl threatened.

Like that scared me! I knocked the box of buttons out of the girls hand and rudely pushed past her. Who needed this shit this early in the morning?

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By the weeks end I have had enough of seeing Kathryn's smiling face plastered all over and almost was ready to explode inside. Luckily Blain's call came to inform me that his guys in Boston had finally finished their task. Once I heard the news I jumped into my car and flew over to Blain's house.

Now Blain has been my oldest friend and knew me better then anyone, so he wasn't the least bit startled when I burst open the front door without knocking. He sat calmly at his desk and was busy separating the seeds from his weed from his supplier. Hell I wouldn't have been suprised if he sat there with a stopwatch and sat there timing how long it would take me to get to his house.

"Where is it?" I demanded.

"Sebastian you know the rules. Money first." Blain said without looking up.

"C'mon Blain you know I am good for it."

"I might know, but my friends don't know."

I sighed and whipped out my bollfold and started peeling off bills. Blain finally looked up and grabbed the pile of cash.

"Here you go." Blain said handing me a manilla folder.

I snatched the folder out of his hands and plopped myself down in the nearest chair and began to read. Blain's guys were good! They uncovered every rock and told me more then I needed to know about Kathryn then I ever needed to know. Her favorite lunch (spicy tuna roll), her habits and a very curious peice of information. It seems that before transferring to Manchester Prep she hired a private investigator to dig up information about anyone that was important that attended the school. Now I knew whe she was so confident coming to this school, she knew everything about everyone and the knew nothing about her! It made sense why she was so willing to blow me off, she already knew about my repuation before she even knew me.

Oh she was good! If she didn't aggravate the hell out of me I could even admire her.

"Well anything good?" Blain asked looking up from his desk.

"Blian my man." I sad smiling at my friend. "I am very pleased."

I took out my billfold and peeled off a few more bills. "Consider it a bonus." I said and handed them over to Blain.

He greedily took the money. I am sure he would keep them for himself, but I didn't care he deserved it!

"Catch you later." I called off to Blain and walked out of his house.

It was time to pay a certain someone a visit!