Up for Debate by Devin Sawyer

Author:Devin Sawyer [Sawyer, Devin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

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It takes me two hours to get dressed. Hair, makeup, the whole shebang, but when I finally walk down the stairs, it’s like the scene from She’s All That when Laney emerges from nerdy girl to smoking hot babe. I wasn’t exactly a nerdy girl to start with, but nonetheless, my transformation feels big to me. Reece’s jaw about comes unhinged when he sees me, and I hope I never lose that feeling. The ability to awe him makes me feel something inside that is so rare. He trails kisses from my ear down to my shoulder and spins me into an embrace. It would be perfect if only his parents and Lawson weren’t also standing there watching the entire scene. However, when I look over into his mother’s eyes, whose dress also looks very nice on her, I can see a look that tells me she knows. Like she understands what Reece and I have is something once in a lifetime, and I feel a little more confident that her kindness of late, isn’t phony or fake. I think she sees that this is love.

The gala is hosted in one of Charleston’s largest hotels and the ballroom is beautiful. It actually does feel like an adult prom, with stuffier, politically focused attendees.

We listen to a few speeches, we have dinner, I make small talk with a few other ladies in attendance, but I mostly stick to the family table, chatting with Emily and occasionally even butting into a discussion between Lawson, Jason, and another man who appears to be well versed in Lawson’s campaign. I listen and mentally critique Lawson’s platforms. I compare them to what he always said he would push for in the past and I notice how some of his standpoints have changed. He’s entitled to that. His campaign is a little brash, cut and dry. It lacks emotion in my eyes, focusing solely on budget and legislature that benefits the upper class. Maybe being out of college, he’s lost touch with the world and exposed to greater problems.

I dance with Reece a few times and notice how terrible I am. I’ve never done ballroom dancing and I’m not as graceful as when I normally take a dance floor. Reece leads me well though and assures me from the outside looking in that no one notices. We do this a few times throughout the night and slowly find our rhythm.

Lawson gives a speech, we all clap, entranced and I’m a little surprised when he joins me over by the bar. Reece is talking with another man across the room and I felt like this was a safe place to stand while I waited for him, but apparently, I’m wrong.

“You don’t like my policies,” Lawson states.

“That’s not true.”

“In your words from this afternoon, bullshit.”

“Fine. They aren’t what I would choose but I think if anyone can pull them off, it’s you. Plus, I’m not the one running so it doesn’t really matter what I think.”

“It does. I’m sure there are other voters out there that I’d like to have on my side who feel the same as you.

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