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Grace POV

I sighed as I sat in my bedroom that night. Dad and I had discussed it and he thought it would be good, but wasn't going to be mad if I chose not to participate in the upcoming circus. I knew that it would be good, but I didn't want to be put on display to the whole country. I also didn't know why I was so worried about it… I wouldn't get it anyways. I was deep in thought when something tapped on my window. I quickly scrambled over and opened it; I already knew who it was. I smiled when he crawled into the window.

"Justin." I said and smiled at him.

"You are beautiful, Grace." he said and I smiled. I had been dating Justin behind our parents backs. I really liked him, but I knew what people would say. He wasn't from a well to do family. He wasn't an artist or anything deemed successful in our society. They were laborers; he worked in a factory. He never had a chance of moving up, unless he joined the military. I hoped he never did that… I didn't want to lose him.

"Thank you." I whispered back as he kissed me. I pulled out some bread and cookies that I had managed to save from dinner. We barely had enough, but I always wanted to make sure that he had food. I didn't know the last time he ate; he usually gave his food to his siblings. He was from a family of 10.

We whispered to each other and enjoyed the time together. We talked about everything, including the selection. Justin wanted me to put in for it just to appease my mother; I didn't want to. It was always stolen moments and things that I could never share with my sisters or best friend, Rosa. He left before the sun was up and I fell asleep for only a few hours before my mother woke me up.

"Grace, it's time to get up." she said.

"I don't feel good." I whined as she sat beside me.

"Come on, I wanted to talk to you about things." she said and I rolled over to look at her. She looked like she was conflicted about what she was going to tell me.

"Grace, I think that it wouldn't hurt you to put in for this, but I know you aren't thrilled about it. I will make a compromise. You can start to chose your work and go by yourself if you will please just put your name in for me. I also will let you find a husband that you want, if you don't get chosen." she said and I sighed. I hated most of the jobs she chose, and going by myself meant meeting new people. I was thrilled to hear that I could start my personal journey to find my husband; I already knew who I wanted.

"Fine." I said with a small nod. She looked so happy; I hadn't seen her this happy in a long time.

I got cleaned up, put on some of my mother's make up, and filled out the paperwork. We had to take it down to the city office. She got ready, got June ready for school, and we left. We dropped June off and headed for the office. We were met by lot of other girls and their families who had also gotten the letters. I was shocked when I had to take a picture, but went through with it. I probably looked goofy because I was smiling so big; I had seen Justin the moment before my picture was snapped. I knew I wasn't going to get picked, so I didn't really care how it looked.

Justin POV

I was happy when my mother invited June, Grace, and her mother over for 'girl time' as they called it. I had a job, but I knew that it would be done before they left. I was so happy that day; I couldn't wait to get home. I never wanted to go home, but today I did. I walked in to find them all talking in our living room. It wasn't much of a living room since three of us slept in there.

"Justin, it's so nice to see you." Grace's mother said. I smiled and caught Grace's eye as I walked inside. I spoke with them before excusing myself outside. I offered for Grace to join me; we walked outside to sit under our tree. We lived at the only house with a tree in their yard; I felt special because of it.

"You look so beautiful." I said as I quickly kissed her cheek.

"Justin, you can't! You know if anyone even thinks we are doing anything we can be arrested." she said and I had to smile because she cared so much about my safety. I knew that she was right though… you weren't supposed to have sex until you were married. They could arrest you and inprision you if you were caught or if a girl got pregnant outside of marriage. I knew that it helped with diseases and other things, but looking at Grace made me not care.

"Get in here…. they are having a special report on the girls who have been selected." my mother said and we ran inside. We knew that we were required to act like we cared.

"I didn't think they would chose this soon." I said and they all nodded.

They started to announce the different girls selected. They were only choosing 6, so I honestly wasn't worried that Grace would get chosen. She was beautiful enough, but we were from the southern parts of the country… no one really cared about us. They named off the first five girls; they were upper class. They girls were models, writers, an actress, a rich bitch from an elite family, and another model. They were all elite compared to us.

"The last girl must be there for pity since they said she wasn't an elite." Grace's mother said and we all nodded in agreement.

"The last girl is… Grace Savage." the report said and we all stared in shock at the TV. We were looking at Grace's picture on the screen. She looked beautiful with her reddish-blonde hair, light make up, and a huge smile. I couldn't stop her as she bolted out the door; her mother had fainted at the news. I wanted to do many things at that moment… scream was at the top of the list.

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