Rocket Power- "Election Affection"
Chapter 5
--Twister's room: Twister double checks his room, runs over to unlock his
door--
Twister (sheepishly): Hey, Reg.
Reggie: Doesn't look like you were cleaning you room like you told Sammy.
Twister: Busted.
Reggie: So if you're not cleaning, what are you doing?
Twister: I was just hangin' in my room, that's all.
Reggie: You, Twister Rodriguez, would rather chill in your room than
outside with your best buds? Somehow I doubt it.
Twister: Well, it's, it's my room and I can hang in it when I want to.
Reggie (starts to sit on his bed): But it's just not like you.
CRINKLE
Reggie: What are you hiding under here?
Twister: Oh man! Busted again!
Reggie: Hey, Isn't this an election packet? And what are all these notes?
Were you gonna run for a position?
Twister: All these notes are stuff that I noticed around school that
student government could fix, and yeah I do wanna run, but I thought all
you guys would make fun of me.
Reggie: Why would we make fun of you when we're running too?
Twister: I dunno. I guess I thought you would all laugh at me cuz I'm not
that smart.
Reggie: Twister, don't even say that! Sure we bust you all the time for
saying or doing something lame, but you really are smart. You and school
subjects just don't mix well.
Twister: Which means I really am dumb! Why did I ever think I could run
for the student government?
Reggie: Let's put it this way: You just don't have a knack for school.
But you're so good at so many other things! I've still never met a better
action videographer, you're the best team player I know, you're unbeatable
at street luging, and you have a lot of sand sculpting talent.
Twister: Yeah, I guess you're right, Reg. I guess I do have a knack for a
lotta things.
Reggie: And another thing I noticed about you is you have a good heart.
Twister: Huh? What do you mean?
Reggie: I mean when you really care about something you put your whole
heart and all your attention into it.
Twister: I do?
Reggie: Oh yeah! And I can tell that you really care about helping out
the school. So what are you going to run for?
Twister: Well, at first I thought maybe treasurer, but I'm no good at
math. Then I thought maybe secretary, but my handwriting bites and the
only big word I can spell is—
Reggie: --I know the word, Twister.
Twister: And then I thought maybe president, but I wouldn't be able to
handle that. Besides, that means I would have to go against you or Otto—
Reggie: --Actually, both of us are running.
Twister: Against each other? Man! So all that leaves for me is vice-
president, but I got no one to run with!
Reggie: You don't say.
Will Reggie and Twister team up against Otto and Sam?
A/N: I absolutely agree that Sam is more a Reggie fan, but for the
purposes of this story I had to side him against her. Let's just say that
he was easily persuaded by Otto into doing something he wasn't entirely
sure about (how unusual), and he really did want to run for office but just
needed that extra supportive push, which happened to come from the ever-
cunning Otto. Maybe I'll attempt to address that later on, as I only have
written on paper up to Chapter 7. Thanks for the reviews!