"You don't really know about my position. The condition in which I am stuck is totally inflexible." I spoke.

"Ditch the Selection, ditch this palace, and ditch this pathetic shit condition of yours and your prince too. All I know is that if you have any right feelings for me then no one is going to ever stop you from this. You know nothing about me. I love you more than words can show, I think about you more than you could ever know, until forever this will be true, because there is no one I would ever love the way I LOVE YOU." He spoke in a single breath and was panting when he finished off like this all was exhausting him of his energy.

"It's not what you are thinking. I never thought to break your heart…." I spoke.

Although, I wanted to speak a lot but I didn't have a choice. I can't just go on expressing my feelings for him. I was stuck in a dilemma. I so much wanted him to know that I was pathetically in love with him but on the other hand, I also wanted him to know that I had Maxon in my life too and I was part of this competition. I never really knew when I fell in love with him.

"America…if you are not in love with me…then, you are going to break my heart eventually. You have a choice." He spoke.

His voice was getting coarse and the matter seems to go out of control. I don't know what to do to calm him down.

"Daniel you need to calm down." I spoke softly.

"How can you…America. After all of which has happened to me. How can I calm down?" he spoke.

The matter was going totally out of my reach and he was the verge on turning it into a fierce argument. It was getting so irritating.

"I need you to be quiet." I spoke as if giving him a last warning.

"Why should I be quiet? If someone needs to shut up then it's you. You have broken my heart a million times and now you want me to obey your orders. Sorry, America….I can't." he spoke but I interrupted in between.

"Shut up…Daniel. No single word you are allowed to speak. Now I will speak and you will hear." I spoke.

He stood there quietly as I shouted on him.

"You think that I am a selfish girl and just think about this competition and all other advantages and not about anybody else. Well, you are absolutely wrong. When I entered this palace, there was seriously no one whom I loved. During the course of months, Maxon's charm got heavy on me and I had fallen for him since then. Then, you came up. At first sight, I didn't like much that of you. But you seemed faster than Maxon in impressing me. Our first meeting totally shivered me to the roots. Probably, you don't know but when I am with you I feel so comfortable and at the same time lively. My every nerve in the body is so awake. When you touch me, my heartbeats starts racing through my body and your gaze can send butterflies through my body. When I met you in the garden, it was so much special than any other meeting with anyone in this whole world. From that day on…one thing was clear.

I don't know where I stand with you. And I even didn't know what I mean to you. But every time I think of you, I want to be with you…." I spoke with so much effort that I sighed in the end.

I sat on the bench and lowered my head down in embarrassment because of what I have spoken. He sat beside me and lifted me up by my chin and looked into my eyes. Both of our eyes were shimmering because of tears in them. He cupped my face in his hands and in that moment everything seemed so much falling apart from our hand except each other. I looked in his eyes and they seemed to falter over me, like he was getting dizzy. He lifted his hand gently and brought it to my cheek and brushed it with his thumb softly. I giggled and he smiled and kept watching me. There was something unusual in his stare.

"Know this: I am addicted to you. I have tasted your mind and I can't forget its taste. If you just give me a single chance, I will prove it to you that I will be one of the best choices you will ever make in your life." He spoke touching my lips gently and leaned in forward for a kiss.

My lips parted and we kissed and in slow motion and even laughed on ourselves. After kissing I felt like a betrayer. Although, it was good but all I could think about was Maxon because he is reason why I am here and I can't betray him.

"But you do understand my problem. Don't you." I spoke miserably.

"Sometimes, two people who are truly best for each other have to struggle really hard to be with each other. So, we don't have to give up." he spoke bringing my head closer and kissed on my forehead as a sign of assurance.

"Yeah…that's true but I can't deny that I also have strong feelings for Maxon." I spoke.

I saw him getting hurt with this sentence. He tried to keep him up.

"So, it's up to you. Who do you choose?" he asked in grave tone.

"Hey…I don't need you or anybody else to be tensed." I tried to calm him down.

"It's just that I need some time to analyze the things happening around me." I spoke.

He nodded, stood up and started moving without even saying good bye. I knew he was hurt but at least he should have understood my problem.

"Daniel…wait." I spoke from behind.

He turned and looked at me. I walked towards him and kissed him on the cheek to say good bye. Then, we stood face to face and stared at each other. I could see him opening his eyes gently which he had closed while I kissed on the cheek. I looked in his eyes that were opening gently.

I felt something more than what I have been feeling recently for anyone. In his eyes, like I discovered something; like it was my world; like I wanted to escape in that world. His eyes directed me a signal:

I have fallen for him ONCE AGAIN.