America's P.O.V

As I was sitting there on the stage looking out over all the people, I thought about what would happen when I didn't win; I would go back home and try to restart my life. Just as Maxon got up to start speaking, I noticed a guard step away from the wall and take out a gun, so I yelled,

"DUCK!"

Thankfully everyone did because it looked like that bullet would have hit Celeste and even though we started out as enemies, now that Celeste isn't so mean, I would be really sad if she died. After the shot was fired it was chaos. Maxon pulled Kris and me off the stage, Kris rushed away. While everyone was rushing around, half the guards took out red bandanas and tied them around their heads. A guard rushed past us, but another one stopped he had a red bandana he took out a gun and pointed it at Maxon. that was when I remembered the story that Lucy had told me about Southern Rebels sneaking into the castle dressed as guards. The rebel was looking at Maxon and me, he moved his gun so that it was unmistakably pointed at me he pulled the trigger, but Maxon pushed me out of the way and took the bullet himself. The rebel left shouting.

"I got the prince!, find the king he can't hide forever!"

I looked at Maxon, I could see the blood staining his shirt. A guard came by looking around, he spotted us and came over. Maxon spoke,

"Leave me, take America to a safe room."

The guard nodded, pulling me away. I was in shock, but once I realized what was happening I started to fight back. "Let me go! I'm not leaving Maxon!" But the guard just pulled me along until we got to a fallen guard lying in a pool of blood., The guard holding me took the other guard's gun.

"Try and shoot any rebels that follow us!"

Once we got to the safe room he shoved me inside and locked the door.

-time skip-

After the guards came and got me out, they took me to the hospital wing. As soon as I got there, I noticed that all the selection girls were fine. I started looking for Maxon, then I saw Aspen, I ran over to him.

"Do you know where Maxon is?"

"He's the King. He is resting in his room."

"But what about King Clarkson and Queen Amberly?"

He nodded.

"King Clarkson was killed by the Southern Rebels. Queen Amberly was injured but was able to get to the Safe Room and use the first aid kit to stop the blood flow from her arm where she got hit with a bullet. It was too late for King Clarkson. Queen Amberly is also resting in her room."

I couldn't help but smile in my mind when I thought about it now Maxon and Amberly can do what they want without Clarkson to manipulate the situation. I smiled as Lucy and Aspen started talking, and raced upstairs to see Maxon.

When I got to his room, I saw all these people coming in and out , so I just slipped inside. As soon as Maxon saw me he smiled and everyone left, so it was just us.

"I have a surprise for you in the top drawer of my desk."

I went over to his desk and looked inside the drawer, but all I could see were papers. I looked closer at the papers; they were documents to take away the caste system.

"You are taking away the caste system?"

He nodded and smiled.

"One more thing."

He pulled out a small box.

"I want everything with you, America. I want the holidays and the birthdays, the busy seasons and lazy weekends. I want peanut butter fingerprints on my desk. I want inside jokes and fights and everything. I want a life with you. America will you marry me?"

6 months later Maxon and America were married. Marley was the maid of honor and Aspen walked America down the aisle in place of her father. 7 years later Maxon and America have 5 year-old twins, Emma and Adam. A 2 year-old son, Austin and a newborn daughter named Elizabeth.