[ It feels more to her that she has to steel herself to seeing more of him, if he does end up on the student council. He wouldn't be the worst person to have— he has passion and work ethic in spades, and his voice would carry in the student council room or in the auditorium where Maya struggles to raise her voice loud enough to be heard.

Still, the person she needs on the student council isn't a good student, necessarily, but a fitting one, and she stares at him for a long moment as if scrutinizing. ]

Your application is your statement of intent; you needn't come here to tell me in person. The decision doesn't rest upon me either, so you're better off campaigning to the rest of the student body. Bake them cookies or something.

[ It's not bribery, it's campaigning. ]