The Selection (Where the King is Nice)

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(Maxon's POV)
I drop my eyes down to the floor. I was thinking that in my head; I didn't actually mean for it to come out.
"I-I'm-" America cuts me off by placing her lips on mine. It's short and sweet and to the point, and when we pull away, America says,
"I-I do, too.. I, just.. need more time." My eyebrows raise in confusion and she explains.
"It's not that I don't have feelings for you, I do. But remember when you were interviewing all the girls on the first day?" I nodded.
"Remember when I said there's still someone.. at home?" She said the last part softly.
"Yes..."
"Well, I just... Need more time to get over the breakup I had. But, I-I do l-l-" I cut America off by saying,
"Shhh.. You don't need to say it now if you don't want to. I know what you want to say." She gives me a grateful smile and looks at the ground. I lift her chin and say,
"I can end this competition whenever you're ready." She nods, and with that, I walk out of the gardens. When I reach the door, I look back and see America happily staring into the sky. My father stops me in the corridors.
"Hi dad!" I say cheerfully.
"Son." He sounds concerned. Immediately I drop my cheerful tone.
"What's wrong dad?"
"For some reason I feel like something bad is going to happen today. I don't know why. And if it's not today, I'm worried its going to happen while the foreign royal families are here. The French royal family is coming in two days."
"That's bad," I say.
"I'm going to hold a meeting on it, but you don't have to come. I want you to stay and keep the girls safe. The next elimination you do should be, well, a bit... larger than usual." I nod and say,
"Good luck dad." He nods and walks off. I change course and go to the Ladies' Room instead. When I get there, I see Silvia murmuring to herself.
"Hi Silvia. Which of the royal families are coming for this banquet?" She turns and says,
"The French, English, German, and Italian." Great, 4 times we have to worry about a rebel attack, I think.
"The girls are planning all of this?"
"There's four groups, Prince Maxon. Each group gets a banquet." Ah, that makes sense.
"Thanks Silvia!" I decide my first order of business is to go to the security cameras again. Ever since the last incident, my father has let me go to them whenever I want. The only reason I'm actually going to this room is to turn on a few more cameras. If my dad's suspicions are right, we need to be prepared for a rebel attack. I'm so sick of them. Every time we get attacked, I worry that a girl will get hurt. Especially America. Don't get me wrong, I don't want any of the girls to get hurt. It's just that, well, America is my... favorite. I really hope that soon she makes the decision that she wants to stay at the castle and marry me. She is honestly the only person I would ever want to marry. If anything ever happened to her, I would never love anyone again or forgive myself. When I get to the security room, I turn the extra cameras on. As I walk out of the room, I think, I can't believe we are almost at the Elite. It's only been 2 and a half weeks! Speaking of the Elite, as I round the corner, I run into America. Literally.
"Maxon! Hi!" She smiles.
"Hello Miss Lady America!"
"Why, you are in a good mood." I laugh and say,
"Yes, I feel like I could answer any question in the world!!" Yes, it was a little random. But it was truthful.
"Oh... Can I ask you something?"
"Of course!" I'm expecting something really easy. Instead, she asks,
"What's Halloween?" I stare at her, dumbfounded. I honestly have no idea.
"Ummmmm...." America chuckles.
"Can you keep a secret?" She nods and I say,
"Follow me." I bring her through the corridors and then we get to a special wall. I press my hand against it and the wall rotates, revealing the secret room that only my parents, me, and a few trusted guards know about. It's the secret library that has super rare books from all of Illéa. The wall closes behind us and America gasps. Oh, and did I mention it's soundproof?
"Are these.. rare books of Illéa?" She asks.
"Yup! This is where we can look up what Halloween is. But you have to promise to keep this place an absolute secret. Only me and my parents and a few guards know about this place." Her eyes widen a lot and she nods. I go into the computer database and search Halloween while America cruises through the books.
"Wow.." I keep hearing her murmur. I trust her to keep the secret safe. Then finally I find a result.
"America! Come here!" She walks over and takes a look at the screen. Her eyes scan the text and she looks up at me.
"So Halloween was basically just a huge party that people threw around this time of the year for the heck of it?"
"Pretty much, yeah." Then I get an idea.
"America?" I ask.
"Yes?"
"How would you like it if we held our very own Halloween party here in the castle? All of the girls' families could come and everything! We could have it in two weeks!" I exclaim.
"You could do that?"
"Yea. I'd just have to ask my father but he'd must likely say yes." America throws her arms around me and squeals,
"I'd love it!! Thank you so much!!!!"
"But remember, we have to stay sworn to secrecy until I tell you." She smiles and says,
"Definitely! I'm so excited. I haven't seen my family in forever!" She sighs contently.
"Well, lemme go ask my father and I'll tell you what he says." She nods and we head out of the room. I start to walk up to my father's room. I really hope he says yes, I'd like to meet America's family and get to know them. Hopefully they become royals soon...

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