Elected To Love

Chapter 17

Ivan left the Section Head's room, his mind disoriented and blank; his only thoughts were, what if Mr. Emerson's suspicions were correct? Returning to the council room, he took a deep breath and assessed his next steps.

When he walked in, he was welcomed by Aliara, who quickly drew him out of the room, "I saw the distressed look on Mrs. Nancy's when she walked back... What happened?" She enquired, but Ivan's mind replayed Mr. Emerson's remarks, 

"Keep this to yourself for now; we will dig deeper into it quietly."

He felt it was essential to follow the counselor's advice and had no choice but to keep it from Aliara because he didn't want to draw her into it, especially until anything was confirmed.

"Nothing, they wanted to know about the exhibition a bit more," Ivan said with a light smile, Aliara detected a trace of something more, but she avoided it to not push Ivan further.

"Oh-Ok, but it's weird they asked only for you?" She enquired with a little smile, and Ivan stiffened, realizing he wouldn't be able to keep Aliara away from it for long, but he still smiled and shook his head.

"Everything's fine, trust me, now let's go Mrs. Nancy is going to give the results so we can finally start with the preparations for next month."

He replied, keeping a hand on her shoulder and lightly tapping it as if to reassure her, to which Aliara sighed and nodded smiling as they returned to the room.

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The meeting resumed, and the teachers spoke. "So we are not going to take anyone of your ideas," Mrs. Nancy said, confusing everyone.

"We will combine both of your ideas, we have decided to take up Aliara's theme as it's interesting and different, 'Resurgence of the Elemental Realms' and as the main concept is almost similar we will let Ivan's team's idea into it," she said, causing everyone to nod.

"And it would be better for you all to decide on how will be presenting different Realms and how we can connect it with our world," Mr. John continued.

"Work on four realms making four groups, fire, water, Air, and Earth, decide to do something different in each as you represent each of them on pavilions"

Hearing their teachers, the others nodded, while Aliara inclined her head; the teachers had manipulated them by making them competent in something linked to the four elements to combine their views.

That was smart, she thought grinning as the meeting closed up and Ivan stood up to move in front of everyone, catching their attention, "Ok guys, guess our competition was only for their benefits" he said, making them laugh.

"But that's no problem; we've got the theme and a plan on how to carry it out. Me and Aliara will make four groups later, and a participation form will be delivered, which most of us have already filled out, but we need additional people, so it's for them."

"Now everyone can leave, and thank you for assisting us in reaching one conclusion," he said, and the others rapidly nodded as they began walking out bidding them goodbyes, leaving only the presidents, Federico, and Uma.

"Let's go- wait where is your Sofia the first?" Ivan asked as he observed Federico remain still while the other two collected their belongings and prepared to go out together.

"I don't know," Federico answered, causing the others in the room to frown. "What do you mean, she came with you even though she was not needed?" Aliara enquired further, prompting Federico to shrug and walk away, unwilling to discuss the matter.