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Dallas' Point of View

After Dr. Reddington left, I looked at America. She turned away to hide her blush. Then her eyes met mine. I didn't want to speak because I was afraid I would say the wrong thing. Luckily she bet me to it. "Soo," America began ,"How long was I out?" Oh umm god I can't think straight! I can't remember! How long was she out? "Dallas," she said waving her hand in front of me. "Ohh, umm," I began. I was stalling. I didn't know what to say! So I made up a number. Hopefully she didn't notice. "You were out for only a couple hours," I answered hesitantly. "Oh ok and I was wondering what-" America started.

She was interrupted my a loud knock on the door. "Dallas, are you in there?" Asked the man at the door. "Ya, come in," I said. "We have a meeting in 5 minutes and you better be there," the loud voice stated. That loud voice belonged to Carter, the leader of the southern district.

"Sorry America. I really have to attend this meeting. I'll tell the guard to get you something to eat and rest. I'll see you later," I said as I walked to the door.

America's Point of View

Yes, food! I'm starving. I can't remember the last time I ate. Then my eyes wandered to the man at the door and I couldn't believe me eyes. No! This can't be right. Him?

"Oh my god! Carter! It's you. It's all you," she said shocked. "Yup, it's me," he said calmly. "Does Marlee know?" I asked hesitantly.

"Of course she knows," he stated like it was obvious. Why wouldn't she tell me? We were best friends. Don't you think that something like that might come up in one of our conversations?! She probably has some explanation. She has to!

"America," Dallas said, taking me out of my own world of thoughts, "Do you know this man?"

"Yes, I do know Carter, or at least I thought I knew him, but apparently not! He isn't the Carter I thought I knew," I said outraged.

"I can explain myself!" Carter said.

"Well, I hope so, because you have a lot of explaining to do," I said folding my arms in frustration.

"Ok, so I am an orphan. Both of my parents died in a house fire when I was a baby. The palace took me in. I was a guard in training. Brian, the guard outside Dallas' room, trained me. I've known Dallas for as long as I can remember. One day Amberly came up to me and told me about the king's plan to kill Dallas. I couldn't let my friend die! So I helped Amberly fake Dallas' death. Then one day, he called me up and told me about this group he was forming. I was all for it! Dallas was a genius and so was his ideas. He deserves to rule someday. It's not that I don't like Maxon. Don't get me wrong, Maxon nice and all. I would never do anything to hurt him; but Dallas has something in him that Maxon lacks. He is powerful, passionate, opinionated, and unlike Maxon, he's not afraid to share his ideas. He will get the job done. So that's why I joined the rebels. They needed someone on the inside. Dallas promoted me to leader of the southern rebels. It's truely an honor," Carter finished. Carter and Dallas both turned to face me, waiting for my reaction. "Ok Carter, so I understand why you joined them. It makes sense, but that still doesn't make it ok! Even if the intentions are good, killing innocent people isn't right," I said. Then Dallas spoke up," Well, originally that wasn't the plan. But we had to, or else people wouldn't see us as a treat. Now, I'm sorry but I have a meeting that we will now be late to. Bye America," Dallas said as he walked out the door. On his way out he whispered something to the guard outside the door.

Minutes later, after Carter and Dallas left, the guard came out with a plate of food, as promised. I devoured it in minutes. The food was good, not as good as the palace food, but food was food, and that's all I needed right now. I was left along in this little room. I sat on the cot and thought about what Carter had said. It made me wonder what other people 'work from inside', are they all rebels? Who can I trust? If there are rebels inside the palace that would explain a lot!

Dallas' Point of View

I left Americas room and headed down the the meeting. I had a reputation for being late, and I dint want it to stick. Now that I was getting older, people looked up to me more. I wanted to be a good role model. If I wanted others to be in time, I should be on time too. Carter and I raced there. To my surprise, we were two minutes early! That's a first.

Once we got to the doors where the meeting was held, Carter was panting like a dog. "Haha Carter, you tired from our little jog," I teased.

"Very funny Dallas. I'm sorry, but unlike you, we don't all have the extra time on our hands to spend at the gym," he stated. We both laughed. "So Dallas, you and America huh?" He said lifting an eyebrow and giving me a smirk. The same smirk that Dr. Reddington gave me earlier. I blushed. I really need to learn how to control that.

"Haha oh my god, Dallas is in love," Carter taunted.

"No Carter I'm not in love with her," I said.

"Okayy Dallas keep telling yourself that. I saw the way you looked at her!" Carter exclaimed.

"Come on Carter! Do you hear yourself right now?! She loves Maxon! I don't stand a chance, so why should I bother trying. Let's me reasonable. To her the rebels are terrible, evil, heartless monsters that just go around killing innocent people. I'm the leader of them! That won't go over well. Maxon is the prince! I can't compete with that!" I said. "Hey Dallas you are not a heartless monster! I know you, and you are just as good, is not better than Maxon," Carter said sincerely.

"Thanks Carter, but no matter what, I won't have that prince title," I said.

"Ya, you don't have that title, not yet! Someday you will be," Carter said encouragingly.

Then Hazel opened the doors that we were standing in front of. She is the leader of the northern rebels. "Hey guys, I'm sorry to interrupt your heart to heart but the rest of us would like you to join us in the meeting," hazel said sarcastically ,"Oh and by the way, Dallas your late again."

The meeting went as normal. This is the first meeting of the month, so Karrissa gave us the monthly update. First we went over financials, then we did a head count. The was an extraordinary amount of people who joined this time. I wonder why? It was almost double! Maybe Americas presentation inspired people. America. No! Stop thinking about her. I looked back to Karrissa who was coming to a close, and hazel spoke up,"I believe Dallas has some news to share." I stood up and spoke clearly,"In the last attack on the palace, we captured Lady America. We currently have her hostage and she reviewed that the diaries to in fact exist." I heard cheers of applause filling the room. Karrissa stood up and everyone silenced ,"Now what do we do with her? She gave us what we needed no now we don't need her anymore." Jason, a trainer for the southern rebels said ,"Well since Lady America is no more use to us, should we kill her? She probably knows too much." The room was filled with people murmuring and whispering to one another.

"Let's take a vote," stated Hazel,"if u think lady America should be killed say aye."

"Aye"

"Aye"

"Aye"

How was this happening! My fingers ran through my hair. I can't let her die! There were 20 people who attended the meeting and 13 agreed. Carter and I were one of the few who didn't.

"Come on Dallas. America was Maxon's favorite but after that stunt on the Report, I doubt he is even talking to her. He will chose someone else who is weak, and that will make it easier to take them down," said Hazel.

"Ya," Jason began," he will probably chose Kriss and she won't stand in our way. She is silent and obedient, and the king's favorite. He always liked that type, remember Dallas." Oh course I remember. How could I forget? I wasn't dumb. I knew what they were trying to do. It might have worked when I was little but not anymore. "No, I'm not casting my vote, I don't think she should die," I stated with authority "Well then what else are we supposed to do with her?" Karrissa said angrily. Then I had this great idea. "America could be sent back to the palace." I said The room filled with laughter. "Good one Dallas," the head of envision planning said. "No, I'm serious! Think about this. She wants to remove the cast system. Isn't that what we want too? She can help us. The queen can be on our side." I finished talking and looked around the room. People stopped laughing and took my idea into consideration. "Dallas," Carter said with a smile ,"That's brilliant! Would America agree though?" "Haha of course she would," said Karrissa ,"What would you chose if it was a life or death situation." Whispers filled the room. "Okay does anyone object to sending America back to the palace." Heads turned around in the room. No one spoke up. Yes!

"Alright, then it's official! America will head back tomorrow morning. I'll go over the plan with her after the meeting. Carter will join me. Does anyone else have any news to share?" I waited a moment and looked around the room. No one spoke up so I called an end to a meeting,"Ok then that will conclude this meeting. Thanks for your time. The next meeting will be next Friday at noon. I'll see you then." Everyone filled out of the room. Carter was waiting for me out in the hall.

How am I going to tell America? She is really leaving. America's going back to Maxon. Part of me was happy that she wouldn't die, but another part regretted the decision. I will probably never see her again. I was jealous of Maxon. He always gets everything.

Americas POV

Dallas returned to my room full of excitement. He ran over to me and kissed me...KISSED ME! Boy, I was really going to get kicked out of the selection after this. Believe it or not I enjoyed the kiss it was gentle but full of so much passion and meaning. It seemed right when he started the door was opened. Our faces became bright red as we pulled apart and surveyed the situation.

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