EVERGREEN WOOD《COMPLETED✔》

TEAM NOAH

Chapter 12

Noah was making me understand the layout of the campaign while driving us to school. We've done this before when Noah ran for class president last year. But this time, it was senior president. So, it was a very big deal. According to Noah senior president looked good in college applications. he had his eyes on Yale for a long time. he had successfully convinced me that Yale is good for me and I should apply. I am going to, no doubt.

The candidates aren't final yet. Cecil is running for sure. She'd been running for class president for as long as I knew her. She always won until Noah beat her last year. He pulled up in the school's parking lot and we got out.

"Remind me again why we have to have a limerick for your campaign?" I asked Noah while I slung my backpack over my shoulder.

"First, OUR campaign. You're gonna be vice-president, remember?" he jiggled his head like a clown. "Second, limerick gets stuck in your head and you can't get it out. You think about it before sleep. When you wake up in the next morning. Boom! Let's vote Noah." he grinned like he was pretty satisfied with this idea.

"That's like a mind controlling device used to make all kids give their lollipops to you."

"It's just a fun step. this is not how I am going to win the campaign."  he snapped his fingers.

Just then Luke appeared out of nowhere. He came straight to Noah and fist bumped him. No comment to me. He had somehow hurt his face and there was a band aid on his left cheek, near the jaw line. He told Noah, "Hey man, sorry I can't help with your campaign."

"What?" I exhaled. Luke was like the brand ambassador of our campaign. He was popular, supportive and very convincing. he ignored me completely but answered when Noah asked why.

"Something came up," he thought for a while. When he was sure he was done he said ,"See ya." and left.

Luke wasn't all psyched about this sort of stuff anyways. But he always helped Noah in campaign or social work or volunteer. Something his something came up seemed fishy to me.

We were all gathered up in the gym for the initiation of the campaign. Principal hay had his usual gym meeting speaker on his hand.

"Welcome, students of Evergreen High. As you know, today we are here for the selection of the candidates for our senior class president. The interested students are requested to right down their names in a piece of white paper and put it in this bowl. A student will be considered ineligible if he had committed any offence," he gave a pause. "Any known offence." Noah and I snickered because that part was definitely meant for Noah. "A student will also be deemed ineligible if he or she received detention more than five times this year." He turned off the mic and looked at us for dropping names in the bowl.

As always Cecil went up first to put his name in the bowl. Then Noah went to put his. he came back to the seat next to me and said, "It's gonna be me and Cecil again I guess."

I waited for anyone else to drop his name. If there are only one competition, Cecil's going to have lots of time to sabotage us. But last year Anne was in the game too. So when Cecil targeted her first, we got enough time to build our campaign and throw Cecil out of the game.

Just when principal Hay was going to declare the dropping time over, The students started cheering. When I looked behind at the direction, I saw Alex moving towards the bowl with a piece of paper. This can't happen. He isn't the presidential type. I gasped as I saw him put his name in the bowl.

"Alex's running against you?'"

"Here goes all the ladies' votes," Noah cupped his cheeks and put his elbow on his knees.