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Chapter 44: Connors pov

The girls were giving there presentations on the report tonight and they were all still angry with one another (excluding Autumn and Kayleigh) that aside I think there presentations will be great and I'm excited to see what they come up with.

I have nothing on my schedule for before the report so I figured this would be a great time to go on another date. I think it would be nice to go on a date with Kayleigh because she wasn't part of the drama and she's an amazing girl.

It was a little past noon now so maybe we could have a lunch date, that would be fun. I walked down to her room and as I got there I saw Midna leaving her room. I said a quick hello and she went off to wherever she was going.

I knocked on Kayleigh's door and she looked stunning. Her dark colored hair was curled down and she was wearing a gorgeous deep purple dress. It was like she knew I would ask her on a date. "Oh hi Connor" she said as she saw me.

"Would you like to join me for a lunch date this afternoon?" I ask. She nods and we walk out to the garden. I had a maid set up a picnic for us. It was beautiful, under neath two willow trees in the corner of the gardens to give us some privacy. The while palace was crawling with press and media since the girls would be giving there presentations in a matter of hours.

We were quietly eating some sandwiches and talking about Kayleigh's family when a rather rude reporter barged into the clearing we were sitting in and started snapping pictures and shouting at us. Kayleigh looked frightened by him and I was trying to make him leave.

"Just a few shots please prince Connor!" He yelled. "Pose with the lady!" I told him to leave and he wouldn't go away. "The prince and lady Kayleigh are over here!" He yelled to about 20 reporters waiting near the garden gate.

They all rushed over and soon there was tons of camera flashes flying into our eyes. I quickly helped Kayleigh up and we bolted for the gate. They were all following us as we ran straight to the first stair case. I knew we needed to get up to the third floor because nobody was permitted up there without my permission or my family's so the guards would stop them all.

Kayleigh looked confused as I pulled her along up the stairs. I stopped briefly and told the guards at the top of the stairs to not let any reporters up. He nodded and stood there with the other guard.

I led her to my room and we sat down. It was weird, nobody was ever in my room let alone a selected. She looked around at everything and her eyes landed on a small framed picture in the corner of my room.

It was a picture of my entire family. They all came when Kamri and Noah were born.

I smiled at the memory and I returned to the real world to see Kayleigh staring at me. I probably looked crazy. "That's a nice picture" she said kindly.

She looked curious about everything and I couldn't blame her, to anyone but me it looked like total chaos. I had lots of paper work scattered around and books were lying carelessly.

"Sorry, I wasn't expecting company." I said and she giggled a little. "What's that?" She asked pointing to the large French doors in the middle of my wall.

"Oh that's the princess suite they are building for after I get married. Who ever I end up with will live right through there." I said pointing at it as well. She nodded and then her eyes fell on something else.

It was a bright orange folder marked selected. Oh I remember that those are all the girls applications. She looked at me and I nodded indicating she could open the folder.

She walked over and opened it up. She looked frightened by what she might find. The elites were the only ones left in the folder because I got rid of the rest, they were gone now anyways. She looked at the first name and cringed slightly.

It fell out and I saw it was Diamonds application. That was probably why she was cringing Diamond tried to kill one of her friends after all. She looked through all the applications and hers was the last one.

She read through it throughly and I saw her smile or laugh at some of the answers. After she was done she set it back on my desk and said quietly under her breath "of course prudence would write that." I looked at her confused "who's prudence?" I ask.

She looked over at me and said "oh right you have no idea what I'm talking about! Well I didn't really care to enter so I tossed my application in the bin but my sister rummaged through it and filled it out for me. I was interested to see what she wrote down for me." Ouch that kinda hurt. She just threw away the application like that.

I guess she could see the disappointment on my face when she said that because she quickly said "oh I'm sorry! I didn't mean it like that Connor! I love it here and all but I never saw myself doing any of this. I didn't think I could do this. But I'm happy to be here now and I love you."

I smiled lightly before saying "really? You love me?" That was the nicest thing I've heard in a long time. She nodded and I felt like my heart was going to explode. She came over and sat next to me on my bed and I put my arm around her shoulder. I was absolutely beaming.

We just sat there for a while. It was comfortable. After like half an hour she said "I think the camera people might be gone by now." I nodded but I didn't want to get up.

"I'm sorry Kayleigh they shouldn't have done that. The date was ruined." She looked into my eyes and said sincerely "it's fine, I still had fun with you." It was pretty fun.

She looked all around my room again as she took it in. "So am I the first one up here?" She asked and I nodded a little. It was weird that she was here. But I'm glad it was her because she's so kind and curious.

After a minute our eyes locked and I leaned in. Our lips met and it felt like fireworks. We kept kissing passionately and then she pulled away. She was blushing and I knew I was too.

She looked down at her feet then said "I should probably go now, I'm not even supposed to be here." She got up and walked away and I felt sad to see her go. It would be so hard to decide who I would marry.

I loved her but I also loved two other girls here. I should probably eliminate the other three soon because I really don't feel a strong connection with them. It's just hard and I don't want to hurt there feelings.

I sighed and got up. My lunch date had been ruined but at least we had a good time. The only problem is that I didn't get much food before the reporter showed up so now I'm starving.

I laid back on my bed and thought for a while before one of my maids came in to do the cleaning. "Excuse me miss? Could you please inform some maids that the picnic outside needs to be cleaned up and could you please bring me some lunch up?"

She nodded and I thanked her. Then she ran off and I was back to my thoughts.

Aubrey's pov

Daniel has told me that he will be leaving tomorrow because his father needs him for some meetings about a war or something. I really need to make up my mind but I just can't. It's so difficult and it really shouldn't be. It's just for a visit right?

But then I think about how long Daniel has stayed here. I don't think I can be away from my family that long. Connor is still dealing with his selection and I don't want him to get married while I'm away.

I think I know the right thing to do though, I'm just not sure. Especially since most decisions I've had to do with dating turned out pretty cruddy.

Connors pov

After a while it was time for dinner, after that we would all head off to the report. All the girls have said there projects are done. I think I will do an elimination after the projects. I have prepared my little introduction speech for the girls and that's all I need to do.

As I walked down to the dining hall I found myself nervous for the girls. They have probably never had to speak in front of all of Illea before.

When I walked into the dining hall I could practically smell the tension between all the girls. They were all nervous just as I suspected.

I sat down in my seat next to Aubrey and she seemed tense as well. As far as I knew she still hadn't made up her mind about staying with Daniel in Notenson. It's a pretty big deal since its so far away.

"Are you ok?" I whispered out of the side of my mouth to her. "I don't know what to do" she whispered back. I nodded and squeezed her hand reassuringly. We ate most of the meal in silence and right before dessert came out I stood and announced.

"ladies, tonight as you know you will be giving presentations on your philanthropy projects. I believe I will have an elimination afterwards. Thank you." The room got even quieter then before and everyone was quiet. I really didn't seem to be helping there nerves.

Maybe I shouldn't have told them. Then I thought of how I promised I would always warn them ahead of time about eliminations. It felt right to give them a heads up.

When dessert was carried out Haven, Kayleigh, and Annie all politely declined the food. Where as Emmalee, Autumn, and Midna all accepted eagerly. They were probably trying to distract themselves for the time being.

After dinner we all walked down to the report room where we had our original interviews, which seemed like ages ago. We all came in and the girls all took seats in the back while me and my family, along with Daniel all sat on the thrones set up in the front.

Xander introduced me and asked me to come up and say a few words about the philanthropy projects and what I plan to do.

"Now folks let's give a warm welcome to prince Connor! He will be telling us about what these ladies have prepared and then they will share what they have worked on!" He said enthusiastically.

I stood and walked to the center of the room. "Hello everyone" I began.

"As you know these 6 lovely ladies are here for the selection. In my fathers selection he had the ladies prepare presentations to see what they would like to do as Queen. I think this is a brilliant idea and I'm very excited to see what they have come up with. I would like to put all there ideas into action so we can better this wonderful country."

There was clapping and I sat back down. Xander carried off of what I said and then he chose a girl to go first. "Lady Midna! Would you do us the honor of starting off the projects?" She nodded and said "of course."

She walked off camera for a moment and grabbed a big chart. She set it up on an easel and started her speech.

Midna's pov

I was a nervous wreck while Connor did the short introduction thing. I tried to be calm but I couldn't. Millions of people were watching this right now. Soon Xander picked the first girl and lucky it was me. I was so nervous as I walked off camera and grabbed my large chart that I had prepared.

I memorized my speech ages ago but I found myself spacing on some of the words. When I finally got the darned easel set up I put on my chart and began.

"hello everyone, for my project I would like to set up essentially a soup kitchen for the less fortunate. As you might know my parents own a semi-famous restaurant in Waverly. I would always see beggars on the street while working there and I always wanted to help them. My idea consists of restaurants giving up there leftovers for the day and instead of tossing them they open there doors for about an hour and let people come eat for free."

I took a deep breath before continuing. "This charts shows that restaurants throw away around 4 tons of perfectly good food each year. That food could be fed to someone in need of a warm meal. Families could come and fill there bellies so for just once they can go to bed full." I concluded.

Before I grabbed my graph and ran off stage I said a quick thank you and disappeared out of the cameras eye to put away my presentation. It was over finally. It seemed to drag on forever.

As I sat back down next to Haven she whispered into my ear "good job." And I found myself bursting with pride from the complement. Finally Xander picked the next girl.

Annie's pov

After Midna finished her seemingly perfect presentation Xander thought it would be brilliant to pick on me. I quietly stood up and grabbed a picture form under my chair. I moved to the center of the room and began.

"Good evening everyone. For my project I chose something very close to my heart. Just last year my father died tragically in the war with New Asia. He was among the last few to help settle the war and I couldn't be more proud of him."

I breathed and re-composed myself as I fought off the tears that came with his memory. "When me and my mother were informed of his death the officials striped us of the caste my father gave us from his duty as a guard. They also took his name from us."

Deep breath. "We were a happy family of two's with the wonderful name of "Ledger" but when he died our caste if two was are placed with six because that was my mothers original caste. We were also forced to change our last name to my mothers maiden name of "Cohan" it hit us both financially and emotionally."

I stopped again then continued. "We were left to fend without a house, any money, and no supporter. My goal with this project is to change that so if a man or women dies in battle for this country that there family should be rewarded for there deeds not hurt by them."

After my speech I pulled out the picture and held it up. "This was my father. He was a wonderful man and I miss him dearly, I don't want any child to go through what I did."

Then I graciously left the center of the room and headed back to my seat. I could finally breath again and I let out a huge breath I was holding in.

Xander moved on to the next girl and I relaxed a little now that to was over.

Kayleighs pov

I was praying Xander wouldn't pick me to go next but sadly my prayers were ignored and I was chosen to go. I quickly stood and grabbed a photo and a sheet of paper form under my chair.

I hurriedly walked to the middle of the room and before I started I looked over at Connor. He winked and mouthed "good luck" to me. It made me feel calmer and I instantly felt all the tension float off my shoulders. It wasn't the end of the world of this didn't go well because Connor wasn't so shallow as to eliminate me because I mess up a little.

I smiled brightly before beginning. "hello everyone! As you know I was asked to do a project stating what I would like to do to help this country. I instantly had lots of ideas when I heard about this project but one stuck out. For about the past three years I have been volunteering at a daycare in my spare time and it has been one of the best experiences."

I stopped and breathed for a minute before I went on.

"My idea consists of having each province set up multiple daycare centers so that busy parents that must go to work each day to provide for there families, can go to work knowing there children will be fine. There will be meals and supervision at all times. I think it would be very fun and it would help the children to become more social and there would of course be education involved."

I took a breather and pictured Miss Kivett, the lady I volunteered for sitting at home smiling as she watched me.

"On this sheet of paper I have a list of all the children that have ever passed through the daycare I worked at. At one point one very sweet women was carrying for 15 young children for free so there parents could go to work. Here is a picture of them all. They are such innocent and sweet children and I'm sure that we can help them have a better childhood. Thank you all so much."

I walked back to my seat and I felt like I was floating on air. That was much easier then I'd imagined. Xander chose the next girl and I couldn't hear him because I was so caught up in a daydream.

Havens pov

Xander asked me to go next and I obliged. I had a folder full of photos, which seemed to be a common trend. I also had an X-Ray of my skull and some statistics written on a piece of paper.

I walked up and faced the camera as I started speaking.

"Hi. My name is Haven. I'm going to get right to the point of my speech. When I was a young girl I was riding in a car with my father and I don't remember how but we got in a wreck. My father died and I was left with this huge scar."

I pointed to the scar on my face then continued.

"I would like to help people who faced traumatic experiences such as this. I know personally it would really have helped me if I had someone there to help me. It effects you long after it happens and it will change your life forever. If there was someone there to just reassure people who have been through things like attacks or fires they could get there life back on track and keep living there lives to the fullest."

"I brought a couple pictures of the car accident I was in and I also brought an X-ray of my skull. Some how I got struck by some thing and I now have this permanent scar and a gash in my skull, I was lucky to live that."

"I also have a percentage of people who have ever experienced something traumatizing and his many people it had effected. Over a million people's lives changed from these accidents. I think we can help them feel better and help them jump start there lives again. Thank you for listening, goodbye."

I swiftly walked back to my chair and sat down. I was pretty proud of what I had done.

Emmalee's pov

It was my turn after Haven sat down and I was as nervous as it gets. I didn't quit register when Xander told me it was my turn so I was sitting there for a while before my mind figured out what was going on.

I stood up and went off camera momentarily to grab my little clinic model. I carried it out and someone had placed a small table there so I could set it down. I was grateful for that person because it was starting to get heavy. I set it down and then looked at the camera and smiled.

"Hi everyone! I'm going to be honest with you. When I first heard if this project we would be doing I knew I wanted to make an impact in people's lives but I didn't know. I thought about it for a long time and I finally decided to try and help people so that they wouldn't have to live without a mother. It seems impossible I know, but hear me out. I know women will still die but I would like to knock out one of the main causes of death in women today. Child birth."

I stopped for dramatic effect then continued.

"My mom died while giving birth to me. I don't want children to grow up without a mom because it's not fun. I would love to instate a clinic in each province so that women can go and see the gender of the baby, get pregnancy tips, and to give birth. If you are in the the lower half of the caste system you are left to give birth in your home won no pain reliever except biting a stick. If these women had treatment maybe not so many babies would be born with defects of more women would survive child birth."

I stopped again and motioned towards my model.

"This is a small version of what I picture the clinics would need. There would be rooms for the women to give birth in the corner here." I pointed to the top left corner and continued. "They would have ultrasound machines and there would be doctors there to help. It would hopefully help lots of women and children. Thanks."

I walked off stage and set my model down then returned to my seat.

Autumns pov

I didn't need Xander to tell me I was next because I was the last girl. For the visual part of my presentation I had a big graph showing the amount of kids orphaned and adopted as there age goes up. It also had the amount of money each orphanage receives a year which was very little to sustain a household of kids.

I walked up and my hand immediately went to an old yarn bracelet one of the little girls had made me from the orphanage. I always fiddled with it when I was nervous.

"Hello everyone. For my project I wanted to do something of importance, something that would help many people and children and I think I've done just that."

I breathed in and out then kept going. "I grew up in an orphanage, my parents abandoned me at such a young age I don't even remember them. I like to think it was for my own good because they couldn't care for me but I'm probably just giving them the benefit of the doubt.

I never knew more then the old orphanage I was raised in."

"There were about 12 other girls there and I was oldest. As I got bigger I realized that only the little girls got adopted and nobody wanted me. At this same time I realized that it was up to me to feed those girls because they were family. We weren't getting enough money for even one meal and we had to feed 13 hungry mouths."

"I want to be able to give orphanage caretakers more money from the palace because they are housing more then 2/8 of the future population. This way there could be updated housing, enough food, and clothing for all the kids. I also want to make the adoption process easier and better so that people of higher castes may help a suffering child. It could make such a difference in a child's life."

I showed off the big chart and there numbers then sat down. It was finally over.

Ok everyone so yay! The presentations are over! Sorry this was such a long chapter and it's so late but I was busy this week again. Wow I really need a new excuse lol anyways hope you liked all the girls projects! I thought they were all super great! Thanks guys! Also please review and vote on my poll because it's still up!

1.) who's project did you like best?

2.) Who do you think will be eliminated?

3.) What and who do you want to see more of?

Thanks guys and see ya next time!