Chapter 2: My first friend group (part 1)

Date: 26-02-2015

Last week I wrote about Shimanto. After third grade I was sent to a different room than Shimanto. Again I was alone in my grade room. After the first week our school was prepareing itself for the sports day.

Based on earlier years I was terrible at sports. Well how can I be good at something I never did. But this year I wanted to participate. I participated in a 100 meter sprint.

I barely finished.

It was at that moment I realized I was bad at anything normal boys did. I intended to change that.

So for that decision I decided to run for class president. Our homeroom teacher made some rules for the candidates :

1. Must be a student in the top 10 positions.

2.Must have most votes.

3.The teacher must approve of the candidate.

The first rule eliminated most of the competition. I was positioned third so I could run. But can I win ?

I mean none knew me and I didn't have a friend. So I had to do something.

My competition was a boy named Rijon and a girl named Fray.

Rijon was fourth and Fray was fifth. Apparently the boy in first position didn't want to run and the second place holder was a fat kid whose mother was a teacher in the school and he didn't come to school as much so he was out by default.

But competition was tough. Rijon was a popular kid and so was Fray. Other students wouldn't vote for me.

So what to do?

The teacher gave us three days to prepare so the time was short.

The next day I sat at the back. After class I asked the boy next to me what his name was and what he liked and what not. I made the most friendly face I ever made. Amidst our talk I said I didn't know who to vote for. The boy said,"It doesn't matter who you vote either Rijon or Fray because they are friends and whoever wins they would take each other's opinion." Then he made a dissatisfied face.

I asked," What about the last candidate?" He said,"I don't know him but I heard he is new."

"Isn't that good I mean he doesn't have any friends because he is new but that can change and that friend might be you. Maybe he is a better alternative." I said with a friendly smile. After that the next class started. I kept repeating this after each class.

I found out that most boys didn't want Rijon to be president because he was too friendly with the girls and After talking to the girls I found that most girls wanted a girl named keya to be president but regrettably her position was twelve and they considered Fray to be arrogant. So they wish to vote for Rijon.

I was delighted. There were 18 girls and 22 boys in our room if boys hated Rijon for being too friendly to girls what would they do when they hear most girls would vote for Rijon they wouldn't vote for him and boys wouldn't vote for a girl that was the problem in the first place.

So I spoke to different students and told them I heard from a girl that they would vote for Rijon. I did this for three days.

Finally the day had come.

I went to school and said hello to my teacher very politely I took a seat in the front row and I waited. The teacher gave a common lecture about how we must be responsible from a young age , follow rules and do our duty and so on. Then he announced the candidates many were shocked to see me there some even felt relieved. They thought they knew me.

The teacher gave each student a piece of paper where they wrote their name , position and candidate they had chosen. They were given five minutes after that the teacher collected all the votes.

The results were in :

Rijon: 12 votes

Fray: 06 votes

Max: 22 votes

I won.

Rijon got most of the girls to vote for him and that's what made him lose. Fray got two boys and four girls to vote for her. Five girls voted for me and the rest were boys.

I didn't know what I felt at the moment it wasn't happiness but a sense of accomplishment.