Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
“We should have taken a vote,”
Rachel said, folding her arms across her chest.
“Okay then let’s vote now,”
I said, also keeping my eyes locked on her. “Raise your hand if you care if Sarah stays.”
Brody was the first to raise his hand, I raised my hands and I was surprised that Becca raised hers as well. She looked at me and smiled at me.
“I’m with you, Miss President,”
she answered my unspoken question, making me smile.
Luis also raised his hand, glancing at Becca with a little smile on his lips.
Hmmmm. I thought to myself. I made a mental note to ask Becca about her relationship with Luis later.
I was surprised to see that both Skylar and Matt rose their hands as well and when I looked at Skylar with my brows raised, she shrugged and muttered, “I don’t really give a shit.”
“I don’t care either,”
Matt said, giving me a boyish grin.
Kayla was hesitant though and I couldn’t blame her for that. She had her powers stripped of her, not that it had anything to do with Sarah, but everybody has been associating Sarah with the strange events from the last few days. So, I didn’t blame Kay for being a little nervous about her.
“Can we trust her?”
She asked, looking directly at me.
“If we don’t give her a chance, then who will?”
I asked in return, glancing at Brody who gave me a small smile.
He mouthed, “Thank you,”
before I turned back to look at Kay who sighed and nodded, raising her hand slowly.
“I say she stays,”
she said, sounding defeated, but giving me a nod.
I looked at Rachel and shrugged.
“There, we voted,”
I said simply.
“This is fucking ridiculous,”
Rachel hissed. “I’m not staying here with that bitch,”
she growled, quickly standing to her feet.
The force of her movements was enough to knock her chair to the ground, making it clatter loudly against the hard floor and making every jump, startled.
“It’s either her or me,”
she hissed, staring at me.
I saw her eyes darkening and I knew she was being fueled by fury; I just wasn’t sure where it was coming from all of a sudden. Rachel wasn’t an angry person, and it was alarming that she was acting this way.
“That’s not fair,”
I said, staring at her in disbelief. “We just voted; Sarah stays, Rachel.”
“Then I guess you made your choice,”
she muttered. “I’m out of here.”
She grabbed her things and stormed toward the door, making me stand up quickly.
“Rachel!”
I called after her; but she didn’t stop to turn around, she slammed the door shut behind her, leaving us all in silence.
“That was weird,”
Becca breathed; she was the first to speak after the long silence.
I looked at her and saw the worry in her eyes; we exchanged identical and knowing looks. She now knew that I was right. I sighed and sat back down, facing everyone else.
“Where were we?”
I asked, trying to appear normal.
“The fall formal,”
Matt surprised me by saying. “You wanted to plan a formal and asked for volunteers.”
“Oh, right,”
I said, running my fingers through my hair. “Anyone want to help set up for a fall formal? We’ll need a venue, catering, a theme with decorations, etc.”
“I’m really good at planning stuff like that,”
Sarah said with a shrug. “I can get a venue with a ballroom and get the catering. I might need some help though with the decorating part.”
I was surprised that she was quick to volunteer.
“Put me to work,”
Brody said, giving her a bright smile and making her cheeks grow pink.
“I can help too,”
Skylar shrugged. “I’m a great decorator.”
“Me too,”
Kay said, giving Skylar a nervous smile. “I’ll help too.”
“Okay great,”
I said, happily. “That makes me happy. Thanks for the volunteering. Remember, feel free to use this room to collaborate whenever you want. You each have keys, just members to lock up when you’re done.”
They all nodded in agreement.
“What about your other idea?”
Becca asked eagerly.
I had a bunch of ideas, but I knew the one that Becca was most excited about was the tutoring center.
I flipped to the next page of my notebook.
“Becca and I discussed the possibility of opening a tutoring center here on campus,”
I announced. “It’s surprising to me that we don’t actually have a center for that. Students should have a safe environment to help other students. We could recruit the best students to be our tutors.”
“That’s an awesome idea,”
Kay said. “I have some classmates who are great at specific subjects. They’d make great tutors.”
“And I know football players who are struggling to stay on the team because their grades aren’t great,”
Matt said, looking around the table. “They could use a tutor.”
“I second that,”
Brody agreed.
“Of course, we are going to need permission for this because it might be something they have to either build or make room for,”
I explained.
“Leave that to me,”
Sarah said, leaning back in her seat. “My dad owns this school and I’m his only daughter. I can get him to approve it if he thinks it’ll benefit the school.”