Ch. 18
THEO'S POV
I'm walking towards the palace, late as always but at least this time I was actually doing something important.
As I approach the palace, I see something weird. It looks like somebody is carrying some girl, who is slumped over her shoulder-motionless.
I pick up my pace to get a better look. When I am close enough to see who the people are, I gasp and stop dead in my tracks.
Kriss seems to be carrying a (I hope) motionless America.
"What the hell?" I mumble.
I see then some muscular man in ratty clothes come up and take America from Kriss.
"Hey!" I yell running towards them without thinking.
"What the?" Kriss says before seeing me and taking off towards the woods.
"Put her down!" I growl.
"Go!" She screams at the man. He then takes off into the woods.
I run up and knock her hard in the jaw causing her to stumble back, but she just runs towards the gates, like it didn't even bother her.
Who do I go after?
By now the man and America are already in the woods and Kriss is now through the gates.
I choose to go after the man and America.
I bolt towards the woods not even looking back.
AMERICA'S POV.
Darkness.
It's all I can see. Why can't I escape it?
I hear a subtle beeping noise in the back ground.
'What is that?
I try to find light, but I can't I'm surrounded by it.
'Why'd the hell you hit her so hard?" I hear an angry voice say.
"I don't know. I've been waiting a long time to do it, I guess I got carried away." I hear another voice say.
Why can I hear them but not see anything?
"Well, good job. She's been unconscious for days. And now we have her sung our medical supplies!" The angry voice says
"Oh so sad, were using this shit place we call a hospital on somebody for once" the other voice says. "Just be happy we got her here"
"I guess your right. But my god was that a close one at the end. How'd we lose him anyways" the once angry voice asks.
"We split up and ran separate ways" the other voice asks.
Just then I see a person in my mind. I don't know how but I do. I see somebody with chocolate brown Eyes and golden blonde hair. For some reason I have a feeling that if I escape this darkness, it's for whoever this person is.
I finally see light seek through somewhere and I follow it out.
I feel my heavy eyelids lift and I can now see a very blurry picture.
"What the hell, how the hell?" I hear a voice say stunned.
"She's awake!" A female voice says.
"How he was just in major a coma!"
"W-where a-am I?" I hear myself say.
"Your in the rebel base camp, and now that your awake we're going to ask you some questions." A male voice says. Who the heck are the rebels?
"Then it's my turn' I hear the female say.
"Shhh" I hear the male say shushing her.
"Okay, America, what do you remember?' The male asks.
"Why are you asking that?' The girl spits.
"Well you hit her pretty hard" he says "so?" He finishes looking back At me.
'What?" I ask.
"Oh my god America! Tell us what we want!" The girl screams.
"What's that?" I ask now genuinely confused.
"Where are the diaries?" He man asks. What diaries? Why would they care about diaries?
"Huh?" I say
"Gosh darn it!" The girl says pulling out a gun and pointing it at me. "Tell us or I will dispose of you quicker."
"I don't think that'll be necessary." A confident male voice says
I look around as my eyes land on a new man that has entered the room, he's dressed in all black. He has black hair and blue eyes.
"Damn it!" The girl shrieks. "Get the hell out!"
"Nah, now put the gun Down let and release her." The mystery man says. .
"Ha! In your dreams!" The girls says, then loading the gun and shooting it towards him, he easily dodges it.
"Nice try cupcake" he says punching the other man square n the face, knocking him out easily. He then grabs his gun, points it at her and says
"Do I have to? Or is she free?"
"Like I said" she snicker "in your dreams."
"Ok" says the mystery man loading the bullet, making the bullet the gun ready to go off the second he pulls the trigger.
"Besides" the girl starts "you aren't going to shoot me"
"Just watch me" he says putting the gun down other thigh and pulling the trigger.
"Ahhhhhh!" The girl screams falling to the floor in pain. I let out a gasp at the horrific scene that just went down before me.
"Don't underestimate me Kriss" the man says, so the girl who kidnapped me name is Kriss. He walks over to me and says "come on, lets get you out of here, America"
"No!" I scream "get away from me!" I finished scared he's going to hurt me.
"I'm not going to hurt you!" He says now seeming scared himself. "I'm the good guy, there the bad ones! There the ones who kidnapped you! I'm here to save you America!"
I let out a sigh of relief
"Oh Im sorry" I say No longer screaming.
"Yes, thank you. Now can we get out of here before more of them come." He says.
I attempt to stand, but get dizzy and stumble.
"Whoa! Watch it there" he says grabbing my arm and helping me back up "don't worry I'll carry you."
He then throws me into his arms.
"Thanks" I mumble.
"No problem America, I'm glad I got here in time though." He says
"Me too" I say "by the way, who Are you?" I ask.
I see a look of shock wash over his face.
"Y-you don't remember me?" He says
"No. Am I supposed too?" I reply confused
"Yes! I'm Theo!" He nearly yells in shock.
"Theo?" I ask
"Yes, did what happened? What did they do?"
"Uh I don't know, I just woke up." I say. "Besides what could they have done to me, in a few hours?" I finish.
"It wasn't a few hours. It was 3 days." Theo says.
"What?" I say.
"Yea they had to change the date of the ball to Christmas Eve" he says
"The ball?" I ask
"The Christmas ball, you were to perform." He says answering my question.
"Oh. What?" I say
"What?" He questions
"What was I to perform?" I ask
"A song, you were supposed to sing. And you still might be able to." He answers
"Oh" I say.
"Don't worry once we're back to the palace they'll explain it all to you." Theo says with a warm smile.
"Okay" I say finally relaxing.
After a long moment of silence I hear him say
"America? What do you remember?"
"Uh I don't know. What's America anyways? A bird or something?" I say having no idea why everyone has been saying America.
"It's your name" he says looking upset.
"Oh" I Say "America." I finish testing the words on my tongue.
"Yes" he says smiling again
"I like it" I say liking how it sounds
"Yea, I thought you would." He answers laughing.
MAXON'S POV.
"Sir!" I hear a frantic voice say
"Yes." I say not really worrying about it, only about America.
It's been neatly five days since she's gone missing, and Theo is nowhere to be found either.
"There here!" The maid says smiling now.
"What?!" I say jumping up.
"She's back! With Theo!"
"Where?" I ask running towards the door, needing to see her.
"Down stairs in the hospital." She says.
I run right towards the door,and before I leave I spin around and say gradually "thank you"
"Of course. And just between us, I was supposed to tell Josh first, but I figured you cared more."
I smile hearing this. "I'll remember that" I say.
"No need" she says returning the smile. "I think you two are better together anyways. America will thank me one day."
"I bet she will, I should go now but thank you!"
"Of course go!" She yells after me pushing me through the door.
I make amazing time to the hospital. It takes me nearly a minute together there, running at top speed .
When I get there I see her mother and mine talking.
"Dear!" My mother says.
"Mom!" I say "is she okay? Is she hurt?" I ask frantically.
"Not to bad " she says.
"What happened?" I asks scared to death
"She just got hit pretty hard in the head-was out for 3 days according to Theo." America's mother says,
"No' I say
"Yes, but thankfully theo found them just in time, before they did any real damage to her. Bless that boy. Anyways he shot Kriss and grab america..." i cut her off
"Kriss did this?" I snarl.
"Yes I afraid so, but theo got her back and it took him two days to walk back with her! He's a hero!" My mother says.
"Would've been me but I wasn't aloud out." I mumble.
"Ya, ya" my mother says shaking her head.
"Can I see her?" I ask.
"Of course. I mean no one is In there now, and I suppose you want to talk to her" my mother says.
"Thank god!" I say walking towards the door, as I pull it open America mother cuts me off and says.
"Oh, by the way I figure we should tell you." She pauses "she's suffering severe Amnesia."
"What?" I whisper.
I see them look down and let out a whimper.
"Yes, she doesn't" my mom says 'remember anything"
"No" I say "oh god"
And with that I burst through the doors and see America sitting in a bed, arguing when she can leave. Well she hasn't changed much.
She looks up and sees me. The doctor walks out of the room, leaving us alone.
Her face has confusion on it.
"America" I breath out.
She just looked at me stunned. Her beautiful blue eyes looking at me. Her fiery red hair is neatly thrown in a ponytail. And she's not wearing a hospital gown, but jeans and a simple top.
She finally breaks the silence.
"So I hear that's my name"
I can't help but smile.
AMERICA'S POV
"WHEN CAN I GO?" I yell "I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE ANYMORE!"
"You can't leave until tomorrow, we have to make sure nothing else is wrong" a doctor says growing impatient
"IM FINE"
"No" the doctor says
"Yes" I yell
"No I can't let you leave" the doctor says firmly.
"Please let me leave" I plead as just then a man Burst in.
The doctor takes a quick glimpse And says "I should go now" before walking out.
I turn my head to the man who has just ran in. His hair is a gorgeous blond color and he has amazing chocolate brown eyes.
"America." He whispers so I barley hear.
I just stare at him for a while. I then remember he's the man I saw that made me wake up. He's the man I'm still alive for. I need to know who he is.
I decide to have a nice conversation, so I can learn about him and everything else.
"So I hear that's what my name is" I answer back smartly.
"I'm so glad to hear your voice again" he says
"Nice to meet you too" I say.
"Oh yea, I'm Maxon" he says. "Do you remember me?" He asks.
"Nope" I answer honestly.
"Oh" he says seeming disappointed.
"What's wrong? Where we like brother and sister or something?" I ask. Not knowing for sure who he was
"No, I wasn't your brother" he says sadly. 'Lets just says we were really close, and leave it at that"
"Oh" I say.
There's a long silence. I'm the one to break it.
"So why don't you tell me about yourself? And me?" I ask
"I'd love to" he answers smiling and coming to sit next to me.
After about probably an hour of talking and laughing a man interrupts us.
"America?" He asks frantically.
"Yes?" I ask
"Oh thank god you ok" he says
"Oh" I say
"What's wrong?" He asks
"Who are you?" I ask
"What?" He says with bug eyes
"She has major amnesia" Maxon Says to him.
"Oh. I'm josh." He says.
"Oh cool" I say not really caring and wanting to finish my conversation with Maxon.
"I should probably get going, let you two be alone." Maxon says getting up.
"No, don't. I wanna finish our conversation!" I say stopping him.
"Maybe later." He says.
"Fine" I mumble.
"Goodbye" he says walking away and nodding his head at 'josh' before leaving completely.
"Hi" I mumble.
"Hello dear" he says sitting down were Maxon had just left.
The next day I'm all filled in on what's going on. Apparently I'm still performing a song, because I can still sing well. They had moved the ball to Wednesday-Christmas eve-and I'm now am performing, not one, but two songs. One of my own (I still can't believe I wrote) and a Christmas one.
So for the next couple of days they want me memorizing these songs, which I have apparently forgotten.
I'm walking down the hall humming, when I see Maxon.
"Maxon!" I shout. He spins around and when he sees me a big smile reads across his face.
"America" he says "I was just on my way to find you."
I can't help but smile myself, what's wrong with me?
"That's good"
"Sure is. Care to take a walk in the gardens?" He asks.
"Sure."
About a half hour later we're in the middle of the gardens lying in the grass, laughing our heads off.
"I did not" I manage between laughs "kick you In the balls!"
"Yes you did, trust me I remember!" He says pretending to shudder and laughing.
"Why would I?" I laugh out.
"You tell me!" He says.
After long moments of none stop laughter we both finally stop, taking long heavy breaths.
"So" I say flipping onto my side to look at him, "how did I really know you?" I finish. I see a flash of emotion flash on his face but quickly hides it and answers.
"I don't know if I should say. I don't want to ruin what had happened" he says looking away.
"Why not? What is there to ruin?" I ask very curious.
"Everything. You decisions and choices." He says.
"Well I don't care. I just want to know." I say stubbornly not letting him being able to get away again without an explanation.
"Okay" he says taking a shaky breath. " we used to be in love" he finishes.
What? Used to! Why aren't we? What?!
"Oh" is all I manage out. I don't know what I was hoping for but this sure wasn't it.
"Yea, you were in my selection" he starts. The selection-a tradition done in Illea, he had told me all about that.
"And?" I say urging him to go on.
"And you left." He says. That rips through me like a dagger.
"Why would I leave?" I say
"Because we got in a fight, you had a lot of stress from the rebels and a girl tricked you into thinking it was over.' He says not making eye contact.
"Who?" I ask.
"Kriss, the one who kidnapped you." He answers.
"Oh." I say "why didn't you stop me?" I ask.
"Because I didn't know till you were too far gone. I woke up that morning ready to apologize and make things right-the way they should be, and then I got the news you left" he says making me hurt more.
"What? What happened to me?"
"You came here." He says ushering around to the palace "became a famous singer and fell in love with Josh" he says the last words, and I know they hurt him as much as they hurt me.
"No" I say. "I don't love josh"
"America, don't say that." He says "just because you only know me and remember nothing doesn't mean you don't love him."
"No, from what I hear I don't, I don't want too" I say now realizing unknown feelings for Maxon.
"America." He try's to talk but I cut him short.
"Why would you come back?" I ask
"Cause I was trying to get you back" he says standing up. "I should go."
"No don't go!" I say
"I have to this is going to far." He says sternly.
"Maxon" I whisper
He comes up and gives me a warm hug and whispers in my ear
"I still love you".
I almost melt.
"Goodbye" he says breaking away as he begins to make his way back towards the palace.
"Maxon wait!" I shout after him.
He spins around to look at me.
"I think I love you too!" I hear the words come out of my mouth. He walks back over to me and when he's nearly inches from my face I say
"I know I only known you for two days, or that's all I remember. But I like you better, your more me" I whisper.
"Good" he says placing a kiss on my forehead.
"What does this mean for when I remember everything again?" I ask scared I'll lose maxon again.
"I don't know, it'll be up to you" he says so softly.
"Oh" I say.
"Yea and you've known me longer than two days..." I cut him off
"But I just don't remember."
He smile at me.
'Hey," he says 'How'd you wake up anyways? The doctor says the coma you were in was so deep even a bomb couldn't wake you up"
I blush furiously as I recall seeing his face and a voice telling me to wake up for him.
"Uh" I say.
"Come on spill it" he says jokingly
"Well it may have been because of you" I whisper shyly.
He doesn't say anything, he just smiles at me then says. "I know I shouldn't do this until the amnesia is gone but I can't help it."
Before I can ask what he means, he presses his lips to mine, giving me a soft kiss.
We stand there for what seems like forever, and I can't help but hope it will be.
Even though I have 'amnesia' or something and can't remember anything, I have one thing on my mind.
I'm in love with Maxon.
A/n
Ahhh! Sorry it took so long to post. But here's a chapter!
Sorry about all the Maxerica parts but I ship them so hard! I hope you enjoyed and btw which celebrity couples do you Guys ship? I totally ship TANSEL (Ansel Elgort and Taylor swift) sorry to anybody who doesn't. So ya. If you read this please review and tell me!
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DISCLAIMER:all rights go to Kiera Cass for writing and owning the selection trilogy and to Taylor Swift for the songs/quotes I use! Also to Veronica Roth I use a character of hers and some quotes. And also now to Suzanne Collins for some characters and quotes I use!