AMERICA POV

I was getting sick of waiting for Maxon to come. Maybe he wouldn't come. I started throwing myself into training to try and forget my feelings. It worked, sometimes. I moved up a status, as did Summer. Christie was still Valley, but she was a good enough fighter that that would soon change. I leaned that I was a good fighter. No, better than good, I was great. I moved fast, but I was agile. I was also flexible, and talented and the stunts and tumbling skills I had to learn. Lauren told me I could move up anotother status, maybe even become a Fire in a few months, but I turned down the offer. I didn't want to fight front line at the castle. I didn't want to kill people. Besides, I had friends in Valley. Along with Summer, I hung out with Lila, Remy, Meg, Beth, Kay, Ali, Kat, and Margo. I guess I had enemies too, though. For starters, there was a group of girls, Leslie, Jessie, Marcie, and Johanna, that absolutely HATED me. I wasn't a big fan of them either.
MAXON POV
I needed to find America. Desperately. My father forced me to go on a date with Kriss today, and it was awful. I decided that we could go to the movie theatre and watch a movie called Out of the Forest. It was an old movie, but it looked good. During the movie, Kriss grabbed my hand and turned my head towards her. This wasn't bad, and I kissed her because I had to, but when she started to put her tongue near my mouth, I jerked apart and abruptly left. She ran outside into the hall and walked quickly behind me.
"Maxon, I-" I cut her off.
"I don't want to hear in Kriss. Just so you know, you will be eating dinner in your room tonight and I hope you will have your stuff packed by eight, you're leaving first thing tomorrow." She stared at me with wide eyes.
"Kriss, you shouldn't be blaming anyone but yourself. Please go to your room now, I have work to do."
"Maxon, please, I'm sor-"
"Kriss!" I shout, "Your room, now, and did you just try to argue with the crown prince of Illea? The punishment for that is 4 months in jail. Now do you hear me? Do you want to go to jail? GO!" She lowered her head.
"Yes your majesty." She started walking away.
"You know what Kriss? I've changed my mind." She looked back at me hopefully.
"You're letting me stay?" I laugh.
"Of course not, I just decided I was giving you too much time, you will be gone before dinner, understood?" Tears ran down her face as she walked to her room. I hadn't meant to be cruel, it's just, Kriss was the first person that I had "French kissed", I had wanted all those firsts to be with America, and she ruined that for me. God, America. I ran back to my office and resumed looking for her. "I'll find you soon, I promise Mer." I said as I gazed at the pictures of her that were all over my wall. I hoped despreately that this was a promise I could keep.