Elected To Love

Chapter 2

"Believe me! I'm going to kill her when she returns!" Aliara yelled and spoke to Belle and Mariana, who were now lending a hand by handing out campaign badges. They were talking about Uma, who had no choice but to travel with her family because of her mother and her aunt's annual get-together of best friends, which was currently taking place in Italy.

Because of this, Aliara had to handle the campaigning without her. Mariana was now covering for Uma, which was somewhat helpful, but Aliara was still missing Uma. With Zara's campaign, on her right, running for deputy head girl, and Santiago doing his just opposite to them, everything was going well for the campaign.

Vote for Aliara, please! Huh? Hello Sofia, how are you doing?" When Mariana recognized the girl in front of her, Aliara grinned broadly and asked, "So, when did you come back?" knowing well who the girl was.

Helping Zara with her goodies, Sofia said, "I came back a week ago but was too tired and lazy to join back, so took a bit of rest at home."

"Where is Uma at this time? Not spending the day with you guys?" Curious, Aliara rolled her eyes at her question, causing Belle and Mariana to giggle. Mariana emphasized the word "meet up" when she said, "She is in your home country enjoying a sudden meet-up." Sofia nodded and left for work.

The campaigning went on until all of a sudden there was mayhem. A large truck pulled up next to the campaign ground, and four or five individuals began setting up a booth. Before the booth was even completely set up, a large number of people ran towards it. The people from the other booths stared curiously, trying to figure out whose booth it was, but all they saw was Federico Fontana, dressed in a 'suit'.

Yes, he was wearing a flashy suit that gave the impression that he was going to kick off a high-tech event, but all he was doing was pulling out some gifts bearing the words "Stand with Ivan!" Mariana laughed uncontrollably at this, asking, "Is this real? She exclaimed, "A campaign booth without the competitor?!" as Aliara shifted near her. 

She initially thought it was "weird" until she noticed someone standing at the hallway door—it was none other than Ivan—who chose to leave his booth without even bothering to join it. Aliara scoffed at this because, while the other contenders stood there looking as competent as they could, this guy was shirking all of the duty.

She was certain that Ivan was losing, as using campaign booths was crucial for candidates standing for student council positions.  

Aliara ignored this and carried on with her campaign until it was time for cleanup at three o'clock. The teachers had already visited each booth at this point, and to everyone's astonishment, Ivan was seen at his booth. This led Aliara to conclude that Ivan was a narcissist.

Picking up the final empty cardboard boxes, Aliara stated, "Hey, I will go and keep the left boxes on my own you all can go ahead and have your break and then take a rest at home, thanks for helping me with this." Yes, Guliana joined them shortly after the previous booth-setting occurrences, and the three females assisted her.

They were very helpful, even with the cleaning, and they didn't allow Aliara to do much work since they said she only needed to get ready for her speech, which was scheduled for tomorrow, rather than completing all the work because the speech would benefit her greatly during the elections. She knew she wouldn't have any energy left once she got home, so their assistance forced her to sit down and carefully prepare the speech, for which she is incredibly grateful.

With a heavy step, Aliara made her way to the second story of the building and carried the two large empty boxes to the senior lobby. It seems that all of the cardboard boxes were supposed to be kept in the senior lobby, which is why she had to carry them up there.

She was at the door to the lobby, which was closed for an unknown reason. She needed to hold these boxes down, open the door, and then pick them up, but before she could do that, she was thrown to the ground, one box on top of her and another on her right, and a cell phone—now almost destroyed— dropped next to her.

When she felt someone standing in front of her, she immediately sat up motionless on the floor, unable to contain her rage. "You-can't you walk while looking ahead?!" she yelled, but he responded with lazy eyes, "Oh, and what about my phone that is lying down half-dead." Her forehead was now almost as red as beetroot, releasing a painful growl.

When Aliara's head was nearly spinning, she wondered, "Really, was that phone Ivan cared for right now?" She immediately jumped up, nearly tripping over herself as the agony rushed up her skull. As she handed him his damaged phone, which he cradled like it was his child, she stated, "I hit my head and you hit your phone it's equal, I would be leaving now Mr. Great Narssistic."

"I'll let you go on this, but how can you call me a narcissist?" he groaned. He watched curiously as Aliara picked up her boxes. Upon hearing him, she turned around and frowned, scoffing at his naive expression. "You really can fool anyone looking that innocent," she said, pausing before continuing, "Anyways I gotta go no time for a self-centered person."

Suddenly, she was forced to face him, and she attempted to jerk away from his hold but was unsuccessful. "Now that I'm selfish? Miss, I don't even know you, and I've turned into a conceited brat" He inquired once more, refusing to let her go.

"Oh dear! You don't have to, but you should know that, as a responsible candidate, I spent the entire day campaigning alongside the other contenders, as opposed to someone who had his slave handle all of the campaigning on his own and only appear in front of the teachers" With a sarcastic tone, she answered, emphasizing the words "only" and "slave."

"I don't care though because there is no reason you are gonna win with all that slacking off, and you can leave now thank you for all this," she added, sighing and quickly removing her hands from Ivan's grip as she felt them loosen.

Then, bending to pick up her boxes, she stopped as she felt her head spin once more. Her hands searched for something to grip while she examined everything around her spinning. Ivan quickly grabbed hold of her, not realizing the abrupt change in her gait, and by then, Aliara had completely lost consciousness.

~Maria