A/N: hi again everyone! OK, I probably will NOT finish this on my deadline, as my deadline is tomorrow, and I'll be gone most of the day tomorrow. So, yeah. But if I drink A LOT of coke tonight, and work on it while I'm watching the election tomorrow night, I might be able to finish at midnight. That is my goal right now! But I think I'll only have two chapters left after this one. So please, leave me reviews!! They make me write faster, because I know people are reading and enjoying this. Oh, and to those people, or person, who think Kevin will be killed in the end, well, he won't. Just so you know, cause I hate sad endings. I'm a happy-ending kind of person that lives in a magical world where happy endings actually exist. Lol. OK, sorry for the novel-length authors note. Onto the story now!
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I was sitting in another team meeting, listening to Jonathan talking. Oddly, he'd become much more upbeat in the past couple days, though this may be because Luke and I are unofficially "dating" for the past three days. Makes him so happy, but I really want to gag.
Anyways, Jonathan then moved his gaze to me, and his smile faltered just slightly, "Is Luke any closer to dropping out of the race?"
I just shrugged, "I'll talk with him about it after the meeting. I'm supposed to be meeting him at Metro tonight."
"Well you need to hurry up; the election is the day after tomorrow!" Jonathan said, the first scowl in days now appearing across his tanned features.
"I know that!" I snapped at him, "And I'm glad it's not any longer; I'm already trying to dodge his invitations to dinner with his family, and you know his dad would try and shoot me if he saw me!"
"Well maybe if I get a gun I can make you hurry this up already!" When we had both gotten to our feet, I didn't exactly remember. I just remembered Jennifer standing up with her hands on her hips and stepping between us.
"Honestly you two!" she reprimanded us in her high-pitched voice, then she turned to Jonathan, "Now sit down and finish this stupid meeting so Kevin can go make out with his boyfriend."
"He's not my boyfriend!" I yelled angrily at her, though I resumed my seat when Jonathan did.
"Well he'd better be," Jonathan sneered at me, then just looked back down at his clipboard and started talking about the undecided voters and how to get them on our side.
An hour later I stood at the counter at Metro, my hand around two drinks I had just ordered as I waited for Luke.
I finally saw him walking through the door, one hand running through his hair as his eyes darted around looking for me.
"Hey!" I called, causing his eyes to finally focus on me. A faint smile met his lips as he walked towards me, taking one of the drinks I held out to him.
"You been here long?" he asked as we sat down in one of the booths.
"No, I just got here," I said off-handedly, silently wondering how to broach the subject of the election. Luckily, he started the conversation for me.
"Kinda crazy isn't it?" he asked, giving his drink an amused smile before looking up at me to elaborate, "Us running against each other in the election, I mean."
I laughed a bit and nodded, "I wanted to ask you, but never got a chance: But why did you decide to run anyways?" I asked, putting on a slightly confused face, though I already knew what the reason was.
Luke shrugged a bit, "Mostly to keep the gay film festival running, I guess." I could tell that he was thinking about what he'd just said, so I remained silent for a few moments and let him dwell in the thoughts.
I set down my drink and finally broke the silence, "So why are you still in it?" I asked quietly, then gave him a small smile, "I mean, don't you think I'll keep the festival around?" I gave a short laugh, and he smiled with me, taking the implication that I handed him without a problem.
"Not sure, I guess," he said, looking thoughtfully at his drink.
I shrugged a bit, "So why keep running? Why not just drop out?" Realizing how blunt this sounded, I put on a cocky smile, "You can be my vice president," I offered. There I was, lying again; I had already promised the position to Jonathan if I was elected. But he won't want to be my vice president after he finds out what's really going on anyways. I reasoned with myself.
He smirked a little, "Why? Afraid of a little competition, Kev?"
I had to try not to wince as he used the nickname he'd started calling me by, but just forced another cocky grin to my face, "Not at all, Luciano," I said, having noticed yesterday that using his full name made him smile and blush a bit; this reaction had made me decide to never use the name again, but I used in now in the hope that he would give in.
As expected, he turned a light shade of red and his eyes brightened slightly, but he kept the smirk on his face, "Then let's just continue, shall we? And may the best candidate win."
I shrugged, racking my brain for another way to get him to quit, but came up with none, "Fair enough."
We talked for about another half hour about nothing of consequence, until he checked the time on his phone, "I need to go," he said regretfully, though I had to hide my relief, "I told Aaron I'd bring the horses in tonight. See you tomorrow?"
"Of course," I said with a swift smile. He leaned over to the table to give me a quick peck on the lips before dashing off. I wiped the back of my hand across my mouth after he was gone, then got up to leave as well.
Alright, so number 3...permanently unchecked…Jonathan will not be very happy with this turn of events….
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A/N: Hope you liked it!! As I said, 2 more chapters to go! Hopefully the last chapter will be posted by midnight tomorrow!! PLEASE leave me a review!! I love them so much!! And they make me want to write, which will lead to better chapters. You review counts!! ((hehe. Lame little pun referring to tomorrow's election, but oh well!)) lol.
