THE ELECTION

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I hate when chairs, mostly plastics chairs. I hate it when they make that squeak, squeak sound.

I hate standing for too long.
Chairs serve an amazing purpose.

Personally i believe when given the chair, by chair i mean a seat of authority.
I believe that everyone who is given the chair, should not just sit confidently but sit with dignity.

There was an election back then in secondary school. Nobody wanted to step up for the election because the position came with a lot of responsibility.

I finally stepped up, not because nobody stepped up but because i knew someone had to do it.
I know anything that is worth doing, is worth doing well.
That mindest had been engraved in my being since i was a little child.

I stepped up and because i did everyone decided to step up too.
And it was quite annoying because truthfully the reason i didn’t step up initially was because i didn't want too many crowd.

It was almost as if they were waiting for the first person who would step up.

The scapegoat.

After i stepped up, about five guys also did.
Making us six in total.
A Part of me wanted to change my decision because the guys that stepped up, at least three of them were very popular in the whole school.

I was the quiet type.
The kind that spoke only when spoken to.
So i knew it would be a little difficult.

Some of my friends told me to step down.
Well, i don’t blame them for making such comment, they were aspiring vice president's that was running with the guys that came out for president.

The only thing that made me remain on the ballot as the fact that when i stepped up first, i was the nly face people saw for a while before the others stepped up.

I wanted to make use of that fact.

I was passing through one of the junior class and heard one of the contestants ruining my reputation.
He said "we all agreed that on the 15th we would all come out as contestants, but Ben came out on the 9th so he would be the first that would meet the juniors. Is that the kind of guy you want for president."

The most painful part was that one of my friends was in that class with the other contestant.
I felt betrayed because for the chair a price had been placed on our friendship.

I stood at the entrance of the class and couldn't utter a word.
I waved my head and went staight to ballot box and denounced my candidacy.

I walked to the class and moved on with my life.
Some of my friends saw me and asked while i wasn't wearing my presidency contestant tag.

"I'm no longer running, its not worth it if my reputation would be smeared. I'm not the type to play dirty."

I wasn't even popular so i wondered why the guy did that. If it was by popularity vote, i would lose.

That ex friend of mine said earlier, "the both of us know that, Hope is more popular and liked by the juniors. So just give it up and don't embarass yourself."

Some of my female friends came to me to convince me that i had a shot. That it was possible that could win.
It was just remaining three people out of six when i decided to quit.

I guess Hope didn’t think that i would make it that far so he felt threatened.
I knew that fact but i didnt want to play the game he was. He knew what the next lie would be.

Hope against Judge.

As they were doing their leg moves trying to pouch votes.
I totally lost interest in the election. I wasnt asking about it and even trying to know how the process was going.

A friend of mine went to put my name back on the list.
She came later and told me what she did because the officials sent for me when they saw my name on the list again.

I was going to tell them it was a mistake, and she made a bet with me.
"Leave your name on that list, if you loose the election i would give you ten thousand naira and if you win during the dinner celebration, i will be your date."

It was so funny because i was also planning on asking her to be my date.
I guess it was a win win situation for me.

I went to the executives and collected my election tag.

The juniors loved me because when i came to their class, i didn't spend time telling them what i would do. I just had conversation with them, hearing what they wanted me to do.
It was fun because we were always laughing.
They really liked me and that was why i won the election.

I also got my date with my crush.

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