The next afternoon...

It didn't take too long before the phone rang. "Hey, Kay! It's me, Sarah. Marty is leaving in a couple days so we have to plan a meeting ASAP to figure out our plans for the next school year."

"Oh you're right! I'm so sorry Sarah. I have just been kinda going through something lately, but don't worry, we'll be fine. How does meeting tomorrow sound? At my house?"

"Ok cool. Should you do the calling or should I?"

"I'll call everyone. After all, I am school president."

"Well, I'm secretary so it wouldn't be all that strange for the rest of the office to hear from me."

"I guess you're right."

"Ok, so are you calling or should I?"

"Well, I guess I could just worry about getting the issues together that we should discuss tomorrow, so maybe you should call."

"Alrighty then. I'll see you tomorrow at your house at 2:00 pm?"

"2:00 pm is perfect. Bye now."

Come the next day at 2:00 pm...

Kayla hears a knock at the door. It's the school office. The Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary. This was the prefect team. Everyone was dedicated but provided different angles of input to ideas. Jason, the high-energy treasurer who was super responsible, super fun, and super smart. Then you had Sarah who was as organized as anyone could get. She was a control freak almost but she got things done. Marty was the relaxed VP who was ready and willing to take charge when he saw fit. He was eager to please and eager to help. This combination equaled a successful school office.

"Hey guys!" Kayla said to greet them.

"Hey Kay!" They all say as they come in.

"Ok, so we have to get down to business and come up with a plan for next year." Started Marty. "If only I didn't have to go visit my cousins this summer..."

"It's alright Marty. As long as we have a plan we will be ok. And the great part about it is that we are getting started on everything so early so things will be organized and we will be ready and waiting for any potential problems." Kayla reassured him.

"So let's get started. Jason, how is our money looking so far?" Kayla inquired.

"Well, to tell you the truth, it could be much better. If we are going to do everything we've promised for the school, then we should get cracking on some ideas to raise money."

"Hmmm...some ideas, some ideas, some ideas..." said Sarah as everybody pondered.

"I know!" Marty started. "Carwash?"

Kayla sighed at the idea. "Is car washing the answer for EVERYTHING?! I mean sure, it could raise money, but I am tired of the typical cliché fundraising ideas."

"I have to second that." Jason said. "I'll have to third." said Sarah making sure to chime in.

"Weeeeeellll...the carwash idea might be ok, BUT we need something else."

Jason gasped. "I've got it! We're sitting on our money maker!"

Kayla's brow furrowed. "What do you mean?"

"Well, we can have a car wash, sure, but why not add something a little more interesting. Kay, you live on this farm. We get a lot of tourism here too. Why not offer to carwash for the locals, then offer things like horseback riding here, and we could have a mini fair! We could offer things like face painting for the young kids."

"We could paint their favorite farm animals!" Sarah added with enthusiasm. "Yeah! And we could teach some of the younger kids things like cow milking, and help them learn all about how life is on a farm! What do you think Kay?"

Kayla wore a forced, yet nervous smile. "Guys! Think about that for a sec. I'd be allowing random strangers onto my property. Also, who would help supervise what was going on with the horses? Who would manage the cows?!"

"Well, Kay, you're the president and in the end what you say goes, but if you have a better idea of what we could do then by all means fill us in." Marty said.

"Ok guys, I'll think about it, but I am going to have to beg and plead to my parents in ways you can't even imagine."

"Kay, it's for the greater good of the school. I'm just bummed that I can't be around to help." Marty said.

"Alright. Well, how about we do the carwash first. You all get everyone you know, and I'll get everyone I know and we'll station ourselves at a couple of gas stations, and then let the money roll in!" Kayla said with enthusiasm. They spent the next couple of hours calling and planning exactly how the car wash would go and within one week, they began business.

They all decided to do the carwash for one week in the beginning of the summer and one week in the end. Sarah was the head of one gas station. She had the most friends she could contact. Kayla and Jason headed the other one. Everyone who was anyone took part in it including Cubby, J.B., Holly, Riley, Baxter, Jett, and Tara. Even though it wasn't officially advertised that Jett and Riley would be helping, there was an extra volume of cars. People must have loved the thought of having Silverstone and Hawk cleaning their car.

Kayla tried to keep herself concentrated on supervising and cleaning, but she couldn't help getting distracted by how Tara and Jett were so playful. Jason took notice that Kayla looked bothered by something. "Hey Kay, you alright?" Kayla snapped out of it. "Yeah! I'm fine. Everything is going great and this is very successful. We really pulled it together. I just can't wait to see how Sarah is doing on her end today."

"I bet Sarah is doing juuuuust fine." He took some lather from the soapy water and tapped Kayla's nose with it. She frowned and laughed while rubbing it off. "I am soooo going to get you for that." She said as she grabbed a soapy rag and hit him with it. He then chased her around the area. She whizzed passed Jett and Tara barely noticing them at all. This time though, Jett and Tara took notice. "You know, I haven't seen Kayla smile, laugh, or even look like she was having fun ever since I met her." Tara said. "Well, I suppose she was stressed about raising money. Being class president sure does put a lot of pressure on someone. I'm glad she's loosening up too though..." Jett added as his voice sort of wandered off as he noticed that she really was enjoying herself with Jason. He eventually snapped himself out of it and started cleaning more cars.

The week flew by and they had already earned way more than Kayla thought possible. The office met as Kayla's once again minus the VP. They were more than half way there to reaching their quota. "I can't believe it! Silverstone is the best thing that could have happened to this town!" Sarah exclaimed. "Yeah! At this rate, we won't even need to do that farm idea I planned." Jason added. "Well, since the carwash thing is working so well, I guess we could stick to that, but the mini fair idea on my farm can still be in question. I just still have that slight little problem of whether or not my parents will agree..."

"KAY?!" they both yelled. "Well, I tried to tell them but things just kept getting in the way." She scratched her head and looked down to the floor. "Whatever! We need to keep our options open Kay. Anyways, it's getting kind of late so I'm going to get going. I will call you guys tomorrow." Sarah said as she gathered her things and left out.

"I am really relieved you know? I feel really comfortable with where we are. It's still the beginning of the summer and already we have put a large dent into our main goal." Jason said excitedly.

"Yeah, I don't know what I would have done without you and Sarah. We have got to celebrate when this is all over."

"Why not celebrate now?"

"What are you talking about?"

"I dunno. We can go get something to eat or catch or movie, or even hang out here." "Jason, what is this?" Kayla asked, hip to his game.

"What is what?"

"Are you asking me out?" she asked with a furrowed brow. He chuckled. "What do you think Kay?"

"I dunno. I mean, if you are, you're a great guy and all, but I don't know. Do you think it'd be appropriate for us to be dating?"

"What's wrong with it if I were asking you out?"

"Well, we're in office together!"

"So there's a rule now saying that people in office can't date or something?"

"No, I just don't know if it'd be appropriate."

"Kay, nobody in the school cares. All they want is for us to give them what they want. The biggest issue here is money and we're doing that. I don't think they'd remotely care what we do on our own."

Kayla sighed. "You know, you're right. I need to be honest with you about something though. As I said, you're a great guy, but right now I am trying really hard to get over someone."

"Kay, I didn't know you were dating anyone..."

"I'm not. I just have feelings for him and I'm kind of trying to work through them for the sake of my sanity."

"Well, I'm not going to rush you at all. If you want me to be a friend, that's what I'll be. I have to be honest with you though. Over these past couple weeks with us working closely, I dunno, I kinda have been starting to feel something for you." He looked into her eyes.

"I can't believe we are having this conversation." She smiled. "Well, I guess if we want to get going, then we should. I don't know where we should go, so I am leaving that up to you."

"Pizza?"

"Sure." She nodded. "MOM! DAD! I'M GOING OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT. I'LL BE BACK LATER!!"

"ALRIGHT! CALL IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUT PASSED 12!"

"Wow! Your parents will LET you stay out that late?" He said surprised.

"Well, they trust me." She said with a wink as they headed out.