Always Have, Always Will🌿Greenhouse Academy Love Story🍃

The Harvest Fair

Camila's pov

"Welcome to the Harvest Fair. With the money you're gonna collect today, 20 kids are gonna get to spend the summer at an amazing STEM summer camp program. And you're gonna do this by selling 200 delicious gourmet cupcakes." Louis stated as we all arrived at the annual harvest fair.

"But, Mr. Osmond, those scholarships are really expensive.You're gonna have to sell way more than 200 cupcakes to fund them." Max exclaimed.

"Maybe Louis baked them in gold." Parker joked causing me to giggle a little as the Eagles erupted into laughter.

"I did not. And, Max, you're right, this camp costs a lot of money. But fortunately for us, we have an alumni who recently sold his startup to Apple, and has agreed to help us out. For every cupcake that you guys sell, our anonymous friend's gonna donate. One thousand dollars. Each time you sell a cupcake, you ring the bell at your booth and more cash will be injected into the sphere." Louis cheered 

"Even if we only sell 'em for a dollar?" Daniel asked.

"Theoretically, yes. But there's also a twist. A good leader is also a creative marketer. You must be able to sell your ideas to the public. So that's why there's also going to be a competition between the two houses to see who can earn the most money selling the same number of cupcakes. The winner will get to choose the theme for the Greenhouse Halloween dance party. However, the losing team has the pleasure of cleaning up the mess by itself after the party."

"We are not losing this." I quickly told Leo, remembering last time we had to clean up after a party, the Eagles sprayed cheese all over the walls.

"You gotta admit, this challenge is a bit pathetic."
"You know what's pathetic? Staying after the dance to clean up everyone else's mess." I grumbled 

"Not gonna happen. So let's focus, come up with a strategy." Leo stated

"Strategy? What, are we invading Russia? I mean, all we gotta do is sell a bunch of cupcakes. A third-grader could do this. I mean, not as well as me." Hayley commented.

"Get your red and blue Raven cupcakes! Come on! Help support our STEM scholarship fund! Wanna get a cupcake? One cupcake could save the world!" Hayley yelled out to the people walking by.

"What's your problem, Woods?" Leo asked

"I don't know. It's idiotic."

"Hey. Uh, how much are these?" Alady asked walking over.

"There's no price on these cupcakes. This is for charity. We are raising money for disadvantaged kids to go to a summer science camp. So we trust you to pay what you feel is fair." I smiled

"What are you doing?" Leo whispered harshly to me.

"Well you and Hayley aren't coming up with any great ideas, so I thought I'd give democratic socialism a try." I shrugged.

"Did you know that one of our STEM scholarship students from 10 years ago went to Caltech and was part of the group that invented Siri for the iPhone?" I asked the lady now trying the cupcake.

"Well, I'm gonna give you $10 for the cupcake and $10 for the scholarship." She smiled handing over $20.

"Thank you very much. You are donating to a great cause."

"Wow, appealing to the customer's emotions. Good job, Cami." Leo praised.

"Thank you. I know, I'm a genius."

"Captain, if we win, I thought of a good concept for the Halloween dance. Back to the Future costume dance party. I know Emma would back me up on this, but she's not here. Where is Emma?" Max spoke quickly to Leo.

"She stayed at the clubhouse. She had a headache or something." Leo stated.

Brookes pov
"So you get your cupcake and a free shirt." Daniel smiled selling a cupcake.

"What do you think you're doing?" I asked once the customer left.

"I'm just trying to help us win." He shrugged.

"By going behind Sophie's back with your idea that she rejected?"

"Why are you always criticizing me? You see what you did? And I thought we were done fighting." He whined.

"I thought we were done lying."

Cami's pov
"Oh. I didn't realize I ran out of cash." A lady who was going to buy a cupcake stated

"It's fine. Enjoy the fair." Hayley told the lady handing her a cupcake.

"What? Who cares? We almost sold out." Hayley said when she noticed the look Leo was giving her.

"We better win" I mumbled, walking away from our stall to where louis was going to announce the results. 

"Both teams chose unconventional and gutsy marketing strategies to sell their cupcakes for charity. The total amount raised was $150,000! We're gonna be able to send 20 kids to summer camp this year. And as to your own little challenge, the winning team outsold the losing team by merely $34. The winners winner of the Harvest Fair challenge, the Eagles." Louis announce causing me to groan.

"Hey. We tried our best." Leo comforted me, seeing my deep frown.

"I have one more exciting announcement. Our anonymous donor has a partner. And when I told her about our charity, she agreed to match our $150,000 with another $150,000, which means we can provide 40 STEM scholarships instead of 20. There is only one condition. Our anonymous donor's partner is also one of the top clothing designers for the fashion industry. And she has challenged our students to put on an impromptu fashion show, right now, featuring the Greenhouse clothing line. If you can pull this off, she will match our donations." Louis stated.

"I'm sorry we lost. It's all my fault. Socialism doesn't work." Hayley frowned.

"Don't worry about it Hales, we'll get them next time" I reassured.