Rebecca Ch 12

Au Note: So, I didn't get it up two days ago, so here it is now. I owe you two today.

NewAsianGal, I didn't get what you were disappointed about. The kiss? What happened after? That they actually had the kiss? That it didn't last very long? I don't know. I saw JLaw at Wal-Mart one time. I didn't talk to her though. AcademicGirl and MusicManiac could be the same person, you should see their reviews, they have similar writing in the reviews, but you can't because I took them down. I think.

Lily, my girl, thanks. That was awkward, but thanks for the update. I handled the problem.

Violet Violins I love your name. I play violin so that just made my day.

AcademicGirl, seems legit my dear. Maybe you, MusicManiac, and I are all the same person.

Sparklysparkle, you've been waiting for someone to put KC in his place, I've been waiting for someone to kick him in the balls. I think America hit the wrong person.

I think I hit everyone…yeah, I think. Anyway…I think we're going to spend some time with Elise.

Btw, I saw Frozen today. Oh my gosh, that was awesome. One of the best Disney movies ever. Like, up there with Tangled and the Lion King, no joke. I loved it.

Without further ado, Rebecca Ch 12, my dearies.

Elise asked if she could have me the next day. America and Kriss said that that was okay, they didn't have anything going on that day. America said goodbye to the Italians, there were some tears shed there, but besides that they didn't have anything going on. Which made me suspicious, why didshe need me if she didn't have anything going on today? America said that was okay, she probably just needed someone to talk to. Being a journalist that was okay with me, I loved talking to people, especially in times of distress.

Fortunately, I had listened to tons of stories America told me, and she had told the other girls about how great of a listener I was. She told them that I wouldn't tell a soul anything that they talked to me about. Which I wouldn't, I would just show them the footage. Loopholes, America was the one that taught me those so she could get around and understand what the politicians wanted her to hear to what they really meant. She had used them a couple times herself, but this time she had used it unknowingly.

I went into Elise's room at about noon. She was sitting in the dark on a chair in the corner. She didn't look up at me, didn't acknowledge me besides patting the chair next to her.

We sat there for a while in silence. She was holding a picture, but I couldn't see what was on it. She seemed to be softly humming a song under her breath. Don't get me wrong, America sings under her breath all the time, but she didn't sing what sounded like a funeral progression.

"Lady Elise? Is there something I can do for you?" I asked, hoping to break the eerie silence.

"His name was Handom. His parents had come over to Illea right before the war. Once they were settled down the war broke out. They started sending supplies over to the families there when times got hard, they were just Sixes. My parents found them when Handom's mom was pregnant with him and my mom pregnant with me. My parents were Twos and they took them to their house. Gave them a job, a place to stay, clothes, and food. We treated them well and the treated us well. Handom was born a week before me and we were best friends ever since them.

"When I got Selected Handom got mad. I guess he thought if he worked hard enough my parents would give him permission to marry me, but they never would. They never would have let us marry. They signed me up and I came here.

"I got a letter from his mother last week. He got sick a couple months ago. My father wouldn't let her contact me because I would have wanted to come back…He was right I would have.

"He died November 23, 2314 at 7:34 am. The last words I ever said to him were, "I'm going to the Selection…I have no future with you." I left him, I didn't even say goodbye to him."

There was silence for a minute, "That's why you're work for the Italians coming was so bad. You were grieving. Does anyone else know about this? Does Maxon know? I'm sure he'd think of something. Something to help you."

"He doesn't know. No one else does. I want him to think that I'm just slacking in my work. That I'm not fit to be princess."

"Why?"

"I spent all that time trying to persuade him that I loved him, tried to do everything he wanted me to do, conformed to his ways, played the perfect part. In reality, if I had told him I hated his guts but still acted the way I did he wouldn't have noticed. The only way to get him to eliminate you this far into the competition is to be a danger to his country, himself, or the other girls. I know I'm only here because of my ties to New Asia. Known it from the day I got here. Exploited it even. Rebecca, it didn't matter what you said to him, he wouldn't send you home unless some outside force knocked you out. If I was irresponsible, well, you can't have an irresponsible princess. It just doesn't add up.

"Besides, you and I both know the only one that he would listen to was America. I mean, that's how we got those soup kitchens. She told him what it was like to starve and he couldn't bear the thought of being able to see America's ribs, of listening to her stomach growl all night. She's the reason we got them, everyone here knew it the moment he announced that it was going to happen.

"Although, Kriss and Celeste are delusional in thinking that they're the ones that have Prince Maxon's heart." She laughed, "I bet if you put those couple's on the couch together he would know nothing about them. "What's their favorite color?" "Hell if I know" It'd be hilarious and he would know every single thing about America. He's got eyes for only her. Not for those two. As for me, well, I can't wait to go home.

AU Note: well my dearies, I think we're going to postpone Kriss's chapter for a while. After all, Rebecca has been there for 12 days now and she hasn't seen a Report yet. So we're going to do one of those. The countdown has four chapters, so if I get another chapter up today I'll be done by Monday. If not then Tuesday.