Chapter 1

AN: This is my first fanfic and I decided to do a selection one since the elite is coming out in a few days and there aren't that many of them out there. Kota and Kenna will not be in the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own The Selection. Kiera Cass does and I envy her for that.

"Stop! I'm going to get back at you!" I screamed while my boyfriend Aspen tickled me to no end. He's my boyfriend of two years now and I am completely in love with him. He's like the best friend that I never had, but better because I can kiss him. Summer is just ending and school starts soon. Which means I will have to leave Aspen. I had been given a full ride scholarship to go to school in the Capital and I'm leaving Carolina in 5 days. The school is supposedly the best school in the entire country and I am so blessed to be able to go considering my family is quite poor. The scholarship that I got is a music scholarship. I'm going to miss my family so much, especially Aspen, May, and Gerad.

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I'm meeting Aspen in an hour up in the old tree house which is way to small but we both love it so much. As I'm getting ready I hear a groan next-door.

"UGH! I DON'T WANT TO PAINT! I WANNA PLAY BALL!" screams a frustrated Gerad at the empty canvas.

You see, my family has a tradition where everyone in the family has to take up a skill that has to do with art. Mine is music but poor Gerad, he hasn't even figured out what he wants to do. All he ever wants to do is play ball.

"Well Gerad, I know that you don't like to but it's a family tradition that's been going on for years and you wouldn't want to be the one to break it would you?"

"I guess not…"

"You can always try something else, like sculpting. That would be fun."

"Yeah, sure. I ca-" Gerad was interrupted by a knock on the door.

I went over to the door and Aspen walked in looking as lovely as ever. I say a quick goodbye to Gerad then hurried of to finish getting ready for our date. When I'm finished I am wearing a green tunic top with khaki shorts. I also put on a very little amount of makeup since I don't own very much. I say goodbye to my parents and head out with Aspen to our spot, the tree house. In the tree house Aspen and I have a long make out session but stopping before we did something we were going to regret. The school I'm going to states that you have to be a virgin to be able to attend the school because it has to do with purity and some other shit that I don't really care about. Aspen and I talk for a bit until he mentions that I am leaving in 2 days.

"I know that I'm leaving but I want us to still keep in touch although I know that the long distance thing is really hard"

He looks down and looks up but his eyes are filled with sadness and a hint of guilt.

"I think we should break up, I want you to know that I love you and that is why I am leaving you, so you can focus on your studies while being at the best school in the country"

I burst out crying and he just leaves me sitting in the tree house bawling my eyes out. I can't believe what just happened. I am too shocked to even say anything to try and get him back.

After a good 30 minutes I slowly walk back home with tear stained cheeks and start crying once again when I'm in my room. I guess leaving is a good way to get over a break up, so I re-book my flights to tonight and get ready to leave.

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I have just landed in the Capital and am headed to Shreave Boarding School. The school is huge and I have a feeling that I'm going to have a great time here. I head over to the front desk and ask the lady for my timetable, room number, and room key. I am in room 52 and when I walk in I see that I have a roommate. She introduces herself as Marlee. We have so much in common and I think that we are going to become best friends.

Since it's still quite hot out, we decided that we are going to go to pool and see if there are any hot guys at this school. I put on a blue bikini while she puts on a yellow bikini. We get to the pool and it's already really crowded, I guess other people had the same idea as us. I see a lot of guys there but only one guy seems to stick out to me. I glance over to him a lot and every time I look over, he's looking back at me. I decide to go over and see what his deal is. He's in orange swim trunks and is wearing white ray bans. I decided to be the first one to start the conversation.

"Hi, I'm America."

After a long pause he finally says…

"Hi, my name is Maxon."

AN: What do you guys think? Was it long enough? It was about 900 words. Please review and follow if you would like me to continue the story.

Thanks,

RaJang xoxo