High school sweethearts... (#Wattys2017)

RACE BEGINS AGAIN

   
                    Chapter - 15
              ( Race begins again )

                       Power is the most infectious thing, and in High school it is always popularity, fame and power which rules the students mind.
 
             " I am not contesting for any post this time, I enjoyed being ASPL and being SPL is not my cup of tea." " And you contest for SPl , you deserve it." my girl said while we are walking back home. "

                    This is ritual number 3 in my School ASPL'S never contest for SPL posts, and they neither contest for any group captains post as they consider it to be a demotion,so my girl followed the same rule. And the next name which is most heard for the post of SPL is mine . Most of the 10th standard students are  concentrating on public examination and  there was no one daring to contest for the post as they think it involves a lot of time waste.

             " Being SPL or Group capitan is a good thing but you will surely not get the grade which u expect" Mrs.Jaysree said with a firm voice not to contest for any post indirectly the next morning. During the afternoon break while i was running home with Din for lunch after the class,             Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi who is former Principal of our School asked " You are AJ right ?" ," All the teachers want you to be SPL, so what do you say? " . " Sorry Ma'am I cant contest ," I said slowly and softly, She asked me the reason but I some how managed to justify my answer.

     The main reason for not contesting is I am neither bothered about studies nor missing classes its only because to stand on school stage in the morning and say prayer. It almost brings chill on my back, whenever I have been on stage so I kept myself away from being SPl but still I have my eye on being group capitan as I want my group to stand first in overall championship which depends on curricular and extra curricular activities performed by group.  Last time we ended in second position  and this time I had my nerve to be first .         

                   Spl ,Aspl and Gpl had closed ballet elections and John was contesting for Gpl, he easily made it and Spl was a unanimous decision as there was only one contestant.
               
             It was a fine saturday morning for the Group Capitan and vice captain elections. Usually its very rare to be elected twice in a row and I and Din decided to take a chance in our respective groups. This was the same election pattern , I saw all the groups are separated sitting in each corner of ground. As it was announced  "Those who want to contest please come forward" I made my myself free and went down. But this time it turned to be a bit different , boys capitan will be elected by boys and girls capitan by girls. So I almost lost my complete vote bank . I gave a truthful promise that I will make my group stand first while I was alloted time to speak and the person opposite to me was dumb in words but got all the mass mob of High school with him.

           We were asked to stand front and all those who support us  can start forming a line behind us. Slowly students from high school started to walk, at that moment I neither had fear to loose nor to get my head down in shame , I had only one thing in my mind to see my group take the first position. I just turned back to see how big my line is after the high school students of 10th and 9th standard started to walk and I was shocked to see not more than 30 to 40 members, where the other guy had already 60 to 70 , I felt that I will not make this time and closed my eyes .

             Huge cacophony around ,while I just opened my eyes and looked back my line , it almost reached walls of our school ground. All the kids from 6th ,7th and 8th are in my line leading me to be the Garnet Group Capitan again. Garnet girls capitan was John's crush.

           I was very happy after this great triumph but indeed sad as Din couldn't make it as capitan and my girl will not be even my girl will not be in any activity organising with mein any cultural or tech festivals. I went back to class as soon as I am done with it to see my girl  and she already got to know before I said. " Congratulations Garnet Capitan" she said holding my hand . There was lots of love in her eyes and a sense of insecurity in her hands as of now she will be not involved in any cultural activities and she never like to see me with other girls.

                   Chapter-16
                (Those 4 days.....)