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America: 17 years old

Maxon: 19 years old

Marlee: 17 years old

Eadlyn: 18 years old

Aspen: 19 years old

Carter: 18 years old

Disclaimer: The Selection series belongs to Kiera Cass!

MaxPOV

"Dude! What are you doing in my room?" I yelled as Aspen and Carter continued to carelessly toss a ball around.

"Dude! You slept in and missed football training!" Aspen imitated, chucking a smelly shirt at me.

"Oh man, whoops," Coach was going to kill me.

"Yes whoops, but you can deal with him later. Your dad told me to tell you to go to him after you wake up," Carter said, chucking the ball back into the cupboard.

Just as I let out a loud groan, my room door burst open.

"SUP BRO!" Eadlyn, my darling sister (sarcastic tone).

"Carter!" Marlee, the blond pixie, and Eadlyn's friend jumped into Carter's arms. He laughed and twirled her around, "Good morning to you too!"

"Alright! What do you want from me? The fridge is empty, my room is actually clean and there is five bucks under my fruit bowl," I sighed, stretching my toned arms and tossing a clean shirt on. The black shirt really brought out my awesome eyes.

"Sweet!" Aspen whistled, grabbing the five bucks before leaving my room. Damn.

"We came here to tell you about the new student...no wait...WARN. If you corrupt her brain, I will kill you. If you try to date her, I will kill you. Finally, if you flirt with her, I'll send pictures of five-year-old-Maxon-on-the-potty to the ENTIRE school. Got it?" Eadlyn demanded, lips set in a narrow line and eyes as hard as steel. Talk about bipolar.

"Sheesh! No trust AND blackmail! I always thought you were my sister," I touched my heart and feigned sadness, "anyways, why are you so worried about the new chick?"

"Because she's new and uncorrupted. The 'new chick' won't be another one of your followers, a refreshing sight to see."

"Fine! I'll leave her alone. She won't be as hot as Celeste though, why would I even bother? Can you guys get out now? I need to see Daddy Dearest," I said, shoving Eadlyn, Marlee, and Carter out of the room, "BYE!"

Finally, silence.

"Knock, knock! Your favorite son is here!" I sang.

"Come in," Father's gruff voice sounded through the door.

Striding into the extravagant office, I plonked my butt onto the velvet seats and smiled, "sup."

'We received another threat. It seems that they only want you, the heir to the Illean Royal Academy. I'm not worried about Eadlyn, once she becomes a Koskinen, she's their responsibility,"

I frowned; Eadlyn would always be part of the family, married or single.

"Why is this Academy so important to them?" I asked, leaning on the chair's arms.

"This Academy has very close relations with the palace, after all...our family does have some royal blood. I'm assuming that if they take the school down, the palace would be shaken up. Almost like a warning," Father grunted, swirling his coffee cup around, "this is a warning Maxon, no going out late in the night or fooling around with random strangers."

I stood up, saluted him and stalked out the door. Great! Now my social life is affected. Who do they think they are? What do they want from me?

As I marched up the stairwell, I caught sight of a girl. Interesting.

I followed my usual procedure with hooking up with girls. What Eadlyn can't see, won't kill her. Or...won't kill me. Getting closer, I bumped my shoulders into hers, startling her.

"Hey!" A musical voice said, causing me to whip my head around. All I could think of was ANGEL. The girl in front of me was beautiful beyond words, slim body, pale skin; red hair wrapped in a loose chignon bun and her eyes...a breathtaking kaleidoscope of blue and green. I had never seen anything so stunning.

"Watch it!" She snapped, breaking my reverie. Feisty.

I smirked and placed an arm on the wall, "You must Amelia, a lovely name for a lovely girl," I said in a smooth voice.

"Actually," the girl pushed my hand down, "the name is America." Her blue eyes rolled.

"Well...America, would you like to go outside sometime? I know...it's a yes. Obviously, no need to be shy!" Flirting was really my forte.

"Unbelievable!" The girl muttered, shoving her room door open.

"I know, I'm just irresisti..." I barely finished the sentence before the door slammed shut in my face. What the heck? She was just playing hard to get.

"The girl is too smart to fall for your little games. Get your butt out of this hallway before I actually kill you," Eadlyn tutted, closing her own room door.

Chill! I said to my mental audience. I'll grab her during dinner. She won't see what hit her.

America POV

The guy was stunning, but his looks weren't enough to make up for his foolishness. Seriously? Amelia?

I sighed; he was probably going to try to hit on me during dinner.

This was going to be one embarrassing dinner. For him.

I quickly braided my hair into a French plait, wisps of red hair framing my face. The uniform was decent, a gray skirt with a starchy royal blue blazer. It was thick at least.

I strapped a few pocket knives inside my jacket and hooked a taser under my skirt. You never know what could happen during dinner.

A knock on the door startled me and I peered through the peephole. An enlarged version of Marlee's eye stared back at me.

"America! We're ready!" I chuckled at her enthusiasm and swung the door open.

"Looking great girl!" Eadlyn and Marlee hooked both their arms around mine and grinned, " I think my brother is probably going to make a fool of himself during dinner." Eadlyn giggled.

As we walked into the dinner hall, students stopped and stared. That's right. Go ahead and stare at the new girl why don't you.

"We sit over here," My friends guided me through the throng of gawking students to a small table. A small vase of lilies stood in the middle.

"Don't mind them, our school doesn't get many new students. It's kind of a surpri..."

"Ahem!" A deep voice boomed around the hall, students jumped and scattered, returning to their seats. A tall, muscled man waited patiently, cocking an eyebrow as he watched a few more students scrambling around.

"Good evening students welcome back to semester 2. I hope you had a pleasant holiday catching up with homework," I noticed that nobody laughed. God. The man wasn't kidding, " I would like to introduce our new student, America Singer, who has transferred here from Carolina. Please make her feel very welcome."

As the man, I'm assuming was Principle Schreave, droned on, everybody's head turned around to look at me. I thought this school taught it's students' manners, obviously it wasn't effective, judging by the way they examined me. Like a new shiny toy.

Halfway through dinner, Eadlyn cleared her throat and winked at me. Whoa oh.

'Maxon is headed straight for ya," Marlee whispered, giggling through forkfuls of pasta.

I felt a hand land on my shoulder and I groaned, "Hey beautiful, I'm Maxon. I'm afraid we haven't talked before," he winked at me and I gagged, pushing my plate pasta away.

"I'm afraid we have, but the conversation ended when I slammed the door in your face," snickers and gasps arose from the mob of students.

He did not expect that. Instead of crawling back, he tried a different approach.

"I think there's something wrong with my phone, it doesn't have your number on it."

"Why? Does poor Maxon need a babysitter?" I batted my lashes at him whilst the cafeteria laughed hysterically. The consequence of using cheesy pickup lines.

Still not grabbing the hint, Maxon smirked. My heart fluttered at how devilishly handsome he looked.

"You know, you should stop playing hard to get."

"Then you should playing hard to want," I snapped, August was not going to be pleased. I was supposed to protect this guy from getting killed, that included protecting his reputation.

I snuck a glance at Georgia, she looked amused. Principal Schreave, however, was not.

Maxon finally got the hint and walked of annoyed. Definitely embarrassed.

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