I was gazing into his eyes and for a moment I felt so insecure like he was going to steal me from Maxon. I felt my heart throbbing against my chest and I just couldn't help but think about him during what was happening.

"America…I just needed to apologize for that day." Daniel spoke awakening me from my thoughts.

I knew at first that he was talking about my birthday.

"Yeah…you should be. It was so wrong." I spoke in a rude tone.

My thoughts about him were flowing in a calm and supple way but he seemed to have changed the course.

"Hey…you didn't get my point." he spoke grinning.

"What are you talking about?" I asked confusingly.

"I didn't apologize because I was wrong…it was just because you didn't like the way." He spoke.

"What? How could you even say that? That was clearly wrong. I just…." I spoke but stopped in the way because of what he did….

He pulled me in with much greater force as if somebody else was pulling me from the other side and he was going to lose me. His brows arched in tension and his blue shimmering eyes glared at me.

"I did the RIGHT thing." he spoke

Now, we were on the spinning part and in this one I had to spin around till I fall and he catches me up. My short dress was spinning as hard as I was. I was sure that it must be looking perfect and beautiful from the audience view.

"Well…not according to my point of view." I spoke.

"You too will understand after sometime." He spoke.

Now the song was about to end and I could see an irresistible urge growing inside his eyes and he started speaking to me again.

"I need to tell you something." He spoke.

"But…." I didn't want this to be a headache for me.

"NOW" this time he spoke a bit louder as if nothing was going to stop him from speaking.

"Go on." I spoke finally.

"Meeting you was my fate." With this sentence he gave me a twirl and my hair spun around with me.

"Yeah…then." I spoke.

"Becoming your friend was my choice." He spoke by supporting my back.

Now the last dance step came….

I went far away from him but in a minute…real close.

We were not at all apart…NOT AT ALL. Even our lips were touching. I could feel the taste of his breath.

"But falling in love with you was out of my control." He whispered to me the last sentence and I stood there dumbstruck.

The whole thing stayed in my mind the whole time. I felt tears coming and I couldn't stand there for a single minute and ran backstage. All the people present over there kept watching me but I just didn't want to think about anybody. I knew Daniel was coming behind me. Whoa…wait, America. Are you depressed? I asked myself.

Was I really depressed? Yes…of course, I was. So, I should have slapped Daniel in front of everyone and should have told the truth. Or…I could just refuse to dance with him. I was the one who agreed to dance with him after all that happened on my birthday. Yeah…I did a blunder thing by accepting his offer of dancing. If I wouldn't have danced with him then he wouldn't have uttered any of this. But if I would have refuse then I could get disqualified and that means bad reputation in front of audience and the king and queen. Have I ever cared about my reputation in front of king and the queen? So, leave the reputation. I should have just refused after what he did on my birthday and I really developed a strong hatred feeling for him. But…if I hated him now also, then, why did I like dancing the way he wanted me to. Why did I agree in the first place and why did my heartbeats raced when he came closer. Was my hatred going away? Or has it come back by what he spoke today. Or, was it never there? Maybe…I never hated him.

So why tears did came up in my eyes.