Elected To Love

Chapter 7

"So you gave my number to her? Without my consent?" Ivan's voice echoed in the quiet corridor as he questioned Saint in such a calm voice that the young Mexican boy felt chills, but he knew there was no backing off, he had indeed done wrong but he had to do it for the council's future,

"Yes, and I had to; you two must speak with each other. Do you understand? That's how issues are resolved, but your ego is too big for you! And if I had been in your position, I'm confident things wouldn't have turned out this w-" "I-I forget it, just get the problem fixed." He said, trying not to look at Ivan's abrupt shift in expression after he blurted out some of his hidden emotions.

"I suppose you're correct. You can leave, I should put down my ego and get to work." Ivan added, "And hopefully you will put your grudges aside too someday," causing the other person to go much faster than normal while he stood motionless again, facing the green field.

Ivan got out his phone, texted back immediately, and saved the contact, figuring that was all. He let out a sigh upon receiving Aliara's "okkk" response to the scheduled meeting.

An odd way of saying "All right"? he thought heading to the meeting room, considering but not questioning more.

"Mister, you are late." Aliara buzzed as soon as he entered the room, for some reason, this one woman always managed to get on his nerves by asking questions about everything he did.

He had been getting more and more annoyed with her tendency to do tasks in unusual, or as he put it, "unprofessional," ways throughout the previous week.

He murmured, "Good morning," as he sat down, making Aliara cringe at the formal greeting. Watching her reaction Ivan shrugged continuing,

"I apologize for questioning about how you got my contact info yesterday it was my bad, but I did talk it out with Saint. Also, you are free to ask for anything related to SC matters but other than that I would appreciate it if you refrain from asking personal-" 

"Ah Ah got it got it. I won't but let's just get started with the main issue here..." Aliara said with a bored look while cutting him off making him look amused, once more, he didn't like being cut off in the middle of a conversation, but he realized there was nothing he could say while she continued in bringing up the issue while they were soon joined by rest of the members. 

"Thank you for attending the meeting. As council members, it is your responsibility to persuade others to accept one design." 

"How are you all going to do this? Because everything is in turmoil right now," Aliara continued, going on to discuss the group chat that has been exploding endlessly with no outcomes.

The Seniors Jacket (Varsity) design was the first issue the council had to deal with. As might be expected, there was conflict over it, despite Saint's best efforts to find a solution.

Eventually, they came up with the idea of listening to the majority, but there was an uncomfortable silence between the two leaders... 

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"This is unbelievable!" Uma replied, sipping the rest of the juice, sitting with Ivan and Aliara; she had joined Aliara as her emotional support in the turmoil, and Ivan didn't question it, thinking it could be better for them to have some people outside to consult for assistance.  

"If this continues, they will never be able to reconcile, and to be really honest, listening to the majority would only cause the minority to have more issues—But I think you guys are unaware of how big the minority is as well!" As she browsed through Aliara's phone's chat group, she said.