We have a winner
Lexa took a deep breath as she entered the school, it was already crowded but as usual people noticed her when she walked the hallways. She greeted some of them with nods or smiles until she finally dared to look at the screens. They where currently black because the voting would start today.
”GOOD MORNING STUDENTS” Kane’s voice echoed in the speakers and Lexa knew what was coming. ”I would like to announce that today is voting day and that it is mandatory to vote, if you have any struggles with your app please go to the library and place your vote on one off the computers” He took a breath. ”I would like to personally thank Lexa and Clarke for their great job this year, best off luck to both of you!”
Lexa was frozen as she listened to the message and noticed Clarke looking more nervous than ever as Kane’s voice filled the hallways. She decided to walk up to her.
”So today is the day” Lexa could tell Clarke was freaking out.
”It is” She nodded.
”Good luck” Lexa smiled at her now.
”May the best man win” Clarke reached out her hand with a smile now as well.
”I think you mean woman” Lexa winked.
”Of course” Clarke shook her head.
”The voting will start once this message is over…” Kane was still speaking.
”I can’t hear this” Clarke shrugged. ”See you later?”
”Sure…” Lexa watched as the blonde rushed away.
This however, wasn’t the mayor thing that Lexa panicked about at the moment. She had a meeting scheduled with Kane in about ten minutes. She had no idea what it was about and she hated being so clueless.
Kane’s office was further up in the building so Lexa dragged her body through not one, or two but three staircases before she reached the familiar waiting room. She gently knocked on the door, a bit out off breath and he almost opened immediately by the sound.
”Lexa” He welcomed her.
”Kane” She was ready to sit down to rest, the chair in front of his desk looked tempting.
”Sit down, please…” He walked around the desk to get to his side and she gladly sat down.
”So what is this about, am I in trouble?” Lexa wondered.
”Well…I called you in today because your father has some concerns about your grades” Kane cleared his troth, she could tell he thought this was a difficult to talk about.
”My grades are fine?” She questioned him.
”According to Mr.Woods, with all of his generosity to the school he thinks that it’s not acceptable”
”I’m not sure I understand”
”You’re a good student Lexa, you are” Kane assured her. ”But I guess I invited you here today to see if we can schedule some arrangement for next year, extra study time, private help or something else you would like to - ”
”Kane, this is absurd?” Lexa was getting annoyed, sure she didn’t have straight A’s but she was not far from that. ”Did my sister have this meeting as well?” She crossed her arms.
”Umm…” Kane got nervous. ”No, your father called about you”
”I’m running for president, I have good grades, I don’t skip class and he is concerned about me?!” Lexa scoffed, knowing damn well that her sister had way worse grades than her.
”Like I said, you’re a good student Lexa and I know you’re focused on the campaign right now…”
”He’s just never proud of me, I’m never fucking enough for him” She swore.
”Language” Kane said calmly. ”How is everything at home?”
”With all my respect, I don’t wanna talk about that right now. Can I go?” Lexa wasn’t having this, she needed to talk to her father.
”You’re excused” He nodded.
Lexa didn’t care about all the stairs to get to her floor this time around, she was to upset and got even more angry when her dad didn’t pick up his damn phone.
”You look pissed” Anya laughed at her as she finally reached her locker.
”I am” Lexa accidentally slammed her locker on the one next to her, the loud noise made people turn around.
”Why?” Anya ignored the scene.
”Dad forced me to have a meeting with Kane about my grades, apparently they are not good enough for him”
”Are you joking?” Her sister scoffed and crossed her arms. ”He is unbelievable”
”And he doesn’t answer my calls…does he even know the campaign ends today?”
”I don’t know kiddo…but you know it’s bullshit right?”
”I’m just so fucking tired of being invisible in his eyes…” Lexa sighed and grabbed her book, she closed the locker carefully.
”I don’t know why he’s like this, do you want me to talk to him?” Anya wondered.
”I will…” Lexa shook her head.
”You’re in the lead at least…” Anya looked at the screen and Lexa turned her head.
”It’s 1071 votes to count…only” Lexa had to focus her eyes. ”183 students has voted so far”
”But still” Anya tried to cheer her up.
”Fucking hell…” Lexa looked at the time, she was about to be late for her next class.
***
Clarke usually didn’t bite her nails but today she was, it was the nerves and she tried to distract herself. It was even, too even almost but she was finally in the lead.
”Clarke…” Raven shook her arm. ”Relax” They where currently eating lunch at their usual table.
”Yeah….” She took a deep breath when she spotted Bellamy walking towards them. ”Fuck”
”No way” Raven noticed it too.
”Hey” He greeted them awkwardly and they both looked at him with anger in their eyes.
”What do you want Bell?” Octavia looked at his brother, still deeply disappointed over his behavior.
”Can I talk to you Clarke?” He looked at her.
”Fine” She stood up, at least it was a distraction.
She followed him out from the cafeteria and he lead them to an empty study room and closed the door behind him, Clarke couldn’t help but wonder how her and Lexa could’ve missed this one when they where sneaking around.
”Are you nervous about today?” He tried to small talk.
”Cut to the chase” Clarke spitted.
”Listen…I just wanted to apologize for everything, I know it won’t change anything but I do feel bad for the way I acted”
”Damn right it won’t change anything”
”I don’t know what got into me…that’s not me you know that”
”I thought I knew you” Clarke shook her head. ”And what? You decided you where sorry weeks after it happened?”
”No of course not, I just wanted to clear my mind - I regretted it at the dance already and I was ashamed”
”Good” Clarke was cold.
”I miss you Clarke…and the gang. So much has changed and you may not forgive me now but do you think there is any chance we could go back to normal?”
”So you suggest that we should forget everything? Are you gonna ignore your feelings for me? Am I gonna ignore that you lied and hurt a person I really care about?”
”That’s not what I meant…What can I do to make things right?”
”I don’t know Bellamy…right now I can’t even look at you”
”Alright…” Bellamy looked sad. ”Just know that I care about you Clarke and I never meant to hurt you…I was an asshole and I probably don’t deserve your forgiveness but I’m gonna try”
”Okay” Clarke didn’t know what to say, she hated the fact that she missed him too but she couldn’t forget the way he acted. ”That’s all?”
”I guess…” He sighed and Clarke was quick to get out of the room, it was hard to breath in there.
***
”Have you voted yet?” Clarke joked as they entered the dressing room that lead to the big assembly hall.
”Duh…” Lexa lied, she hadn’t voted yet and she wasn’t sure why.
”I think I was the first voter…so I didn’t have to look at it later…I tried to ignore it all day” Clarke rambled like she usually did when she was nervous.
”It’s been really even” Lexa looked at herself in the mirror and corrected her shirt.
”Yeah…come here” Clarke was speaking low and Lexa turned around so that Clarke could help her with the collar. ”You look great” Clarke smiled as she rested her hands on Lexa’s shoulder once she was done and it suddenly got harder to breath.
”Can’t believe it’s almost over” Lexa tried to distract herself.
”It’s been a ride” Clarke agreed and moved her hands and it made the breathing easier. ”I’m really glad I got the chance to get to know you this year though”
”Same!” Lexa nodded and loud cheering made both girls turn their head, the student’s where going crazy out there.
”All the slow voters…dragging it out for the tension…It’s killing me” Clarke started pacing the room. For now they where just waiting for the result, it was only a few votes left and Lexa knew she had to use the app as well.
”What would happen if any votes are missing?” Lexa wondered.
”They can track who hasn’t voted yet…They can’t see who you choose but they have statics if you’ve done it or not” Clarke explained.
”Oh..” Lexa sighed and reached for her back pocket, her phone was there.
She was trying to enjoy the day but the meeting with Kane this morning had totally destroyed her mood. Her father had still not called her back and for now she was just trying to stay calm - she could win this and scream it to his face if she wanted.
If she lost the campaign…would he even notice? Does he even remembers that’s she running for president? She didn’t understand why he was so hard on her, especially when Anya did way worse than her but he seemed to turn the other cheek to that.
Lexa didn’t wanna bash her sister she was just trying to understand why he treated her like this? It didn’t make any sense to her.
”Wow…we are so close” Clarke was biting her nails.
”You know…Whatever happens you’re gonna be okay right?” Lexa tried to calm her.
”I survived worse I guess…It would just be so nice to be able to breath out for a second you know”
”I get that” Lexa agreed.
”I’m glad we’re being mature about this” Clarke looked at her.
”Of course” Lexa agreed.
”Do you know who came to see me today?” Clarke seemed to remember something.
”No?”
”Bellamy…” Clarke scoffed. ”With what he called an apology”
”Really…now?” Lexa looked at her surprised.
”Well at least he knows he screwed up”
”Did you forgive him?” Lexa was curious.
”What do you think?” Clarke smirked at her.
”I thought so” Lexa was still angry with him but it’s been a while now and she couldn’t care to waste anymore energy on hating him.
”You know what I wanna do once this is over?” Clarke changed the subject.
”Huh?” Lexa was confused.
”You asked me more and I said nothing…” Clarke reminded her.
”Oh yeah”
”If you accept, I would like to take you out on a date. No more pressure from the campaign, just us and a summer break in front of us”
”A date huh?” Lexa liked the idea.
”Think about it” Clarke smiled at her nervously ”I’m gonna go see Kane real quick”
”Okay” Lexa saw her opportunity and grabbed her phone, she quickly put in her username and password and she gasped once she saw the numbers.
It was only one vote separating them, one vote that was hers - how the heck could they be so even? Lexa slowly panicked and tried to gather her breathing, she had so much power in one vote. The conversation she had with Kane flashed through her mind and her fathers disappointed face, still she couldn’t shake thinking back over the year she had with Clarke and how much this meant to her.
She was still so pissed about her dad though and she really wanted this to prove him wrong, Lexa took another deep breath and slightly touched her phone. It only took seconds before the crowd got loud again and started applauding.
”WE HAVE A WINNER” Kane yelled in the mice and Lexa stood up with a smile on her face.