Summary of chapter 1: America finds out that Maxon might be cheating on her, but then, Maxon walks in.

(I don't own the characters, Kiera Cass made them! :)

Maxon's pov:

I spot America sitting on a bed, chatting with Mary. Well- I think it's Mary…

"America?" I ask. She turns.

"Hi!" she says, "What brings you here?"

"Well, I couldn't find you, so I decided to show a new maid to her room!" I motioned to Laura. I

was really surprised she showed up, saying that she wanted to be around me, so i told her that

America won't suspect a thing if she were a maid, but keeping a secret from America is…well,

Hard. "Well, hi! I'm America." She greets brightly. Boy, she's going to have a hard time being

nice to If she found out, well, she's my mistress.

"You can be my new maid! Mary and Paige would love to hang out with you!" America says.

Laura can't really say no to this, so she agrees.

"My name is Laura. It would be an honor." she says shyly with a curtsy. America creases her

forehead. I freeze, does she know something?

"Isn't she the Queen of New Asia? That's what you said." She asks, explaining her confusion.

"No, she just has the same name!" I say. I'm getting uncomfortable now. "Well, I'll leave you

guys to get to know each other!" I say and quickly exit the room. What a wimp.

America's pov

Even though I'm beyond upset that Laura's in the palace, I've got to get to know her, pretend

that she doesn't have a connection with Maxon. She's going to be serving me for.. Who knows

when. I sigh, and take her up to my room. She better not touch anything. And by anything, I

Mean not stealing from me. EVER. Gosh, way to go America, try to be nice! I chastise myself.

I walk over to Maxon's room, and guess what? Laura's in there too! I swear, she was in my room

a second ago!

"Hey Maxon!" I say with fake cheerfulness. I've gotten good at lying, for when i stole bits of food

back in Carolina, so there is a 2% chance Maxon would find out that I'm faking my own happiness. It's getting really hard to keep a

straight face when talking to them. Gosh.

"Hi America! Laura was just helping me re-decorate my room."

"But… I thought WE were going to do that!" i say, "Even yesterday, you won't show up at

breakfast, lunch, OR dinner! And whenever I come here, you shoo me away! I know what you

are going to say, you're going to blame it on work, acting like i don't do anything! I'm not

useless, I work too! And guess what. I make time for us. I do half of the work you are supposed

to do, And mine! I stay up till 3 in the morning, and I barely get any sleep, while you doze off.

Some days I don't even get sleep! You probably never noticed, because you have to much

'work' to do, and just because I wear makeup to cover the dark circles it's not like i don't do

anything. You never make time for us. If you were going to be like this, why did you even marry

me?" I snap, finally losing it. I huff, and slam the door shut behind me. I finally let the tears flow,

and go to the queen's suit, and Mary and Paige are there waiting for me. With a bath of course,

waiting for me, and that small

a gesture of kindness makes me cry.

"Girls! You guys are so kind, thank you so much!" I sniffle. And they take me to the bath. After

I'm done, I rinse off all the makeup, i send my girls away, because i wanted to be alone, and as

I'm preparing to dab some concealer to cover the dark circles, Maxon barges in. I pretend not to

hear him, and unscrew the concealer cap, and dab them on. I'm thankful that i'm in the

bathroom, so he can't see me without opening the door. Just as i'm done with one eye, the

the bathroom door opens, and Maxon comes in. Damm it! I drop the tube, and it shatters into a

million pieces. "No!" I mumble, sounding like I was whining. Careful not to touch the glass, i got

a bit of concealer, and dab it under my eyes. After i'm done, i grab a bunch of toilet paper and

clean up the mess i've made when i'm done, i'm still ignoring Maxon. I stride out of the room

without acknowledging him. I grab some paper and pen and stride into my office. As soon as i'm

in, I lock ALL the doors. I flop onto my chair, and sigh. I rub my tired eyes, and get back to work.