So this is the apology. I left you on kind of a cliff hanger and this one is one too. Sorry. Jk not.

Chapter 15

Over the next week, I just sit in my room and go to some meals. Aunt Nicoletta and Uncle Arnold decided to stay here and try to get their son back. Bella just tried to keep calm. Eli never left her side. Matt and Val stayed with me and tried to comfort me. Cass had to go back home, so she couldn't help me. My mom's entire family decided to stay a bit longer.

A week after Ty had been taken by the rebels, I had gone down to lunch. His family had been taking all of their meals in their rooms.

I decided that I needed to get out of my head for a little while. I had just been pushing Dad to find him. Obviously, because Ty is the heir of the country, the Italian Army had been helping. So I walked down to the Dining Hall, I hadn't dressed up. I just wore casual clothes. Nobody said anything when I entered.

I sat down in my seat and started eating without saying anything to anyone. After about 2 minutes, my family and friends started to whisper again. I heard my grandma and Aunt May's whisper conversation.

'It's nice to see her up and about.'

'Mom give her a break, her best friend is gone. Just imagine how she feels. I know that you know, but this is her first time losing somebody.'

I got angry, I shouldn't have gotten angry but I did. It was such an overreaction but my mom's traits decided that this was the time to show through. I knew everybody was talking about how I feel. I couldn't take it. My hands smacked the table. I stood up and screamed.

'EVERYBODY STOP. You all say that you know what I am feeling. But you don't. I love him.' I could see Val's face pale. My mom put her hand on mine across the table.

'We know you love him. He is your best friend. I could never imagine losing mine.' I pulled my hand away.

'No you don't know.' I put a finger to my chest when I said, 'I am in love with him!' I stormed out of the room. I ran to my room. I collapsed onto my bed, I just sobbed. I heard somebody come into my room. I looked up to see my dad. He sat on my bed, I got up and curled into his lap. He rubbed my back.

'I am in love with him, Daddy. I need him.' He nodded and kissed the top of my head.

'I know honey, I know. If he loves you too, then he will be back. We are trying so hard to get him back for you.' I let out a choked sob into his chest. He rubbed my back. I fell asleep in my father's loving arms.

I wake up in my parents' room. I am wrapped up in my father's arms. My mom is on my right, she is snuggled right next to me. I assume that my dad brought me here after I fell asleep. My mom stirs right next to me.

'Hi sweetie. How are you?' My tears flowed down my cheeks. I shook my head. She pulled me into her chest. My dad woke up and joined into the hug. I just sob as my parents wrap around me. I pulled myself out from between them.

'I'm going to go get ready and I will be down for breakfast.'

They both nodded and let me go. I went to my room and just cleaned my face and put on lip balm and mascara. I was not in the mood to get ready. Plus, my family left last night, so I have less people to impress. I just put on a simple red dress. The sleeves go down to my elbows and knees.

Once I get down to breakfast, I see that Laura and Kathryn were not here. I sit down next to Matt. I lean towards him.

'Where are Laura and Kathryn?' He looked at me and sighed.

'I eliminated them last night.' I was so confused it seemed so out of the blue.

'Why?' He took a deep breath.

'They were talking about you. I overheard them in the hallway. I couldn't stand it.' I patted his arm.

'Thank you, Matt. I know it is important to you that everybody gets along with the girl you marry.' I go back to eating in silence. Since my outbreak tomorrow, I am a little embarrassed. It is only a matter of time before the whole country knows. Especially with two of the Selected going home.

I finished my breakfast and walked over to Val. She looked up from her food to look at me.

'Can you meet me in my room today?' She gave me a sad smile.

'Of course Charlie, but I have plans this morning so I can for lunch.'

'That works perfectly.' I could see out of the corner of my eyes the other girls staring at us. I could see the jealousy. I had a close relationship with Val, I knew she was going to be my sister.

I walked out of the hall and to my room. I heard footsteps running after me. I turned to see Eli chasing me. He ran right to me.

'Can I spend the morning with you?' I nodded and put my arm around him. Eli had been lonely since the Italians decided to go back home last night. I had learned this news from my maids when I got back to my room. Eli walked with me to my room. We sat down on the bed. He turned and faced me. There was question in his eyes.

'What is it like to be in love?' That broke my heart. He came to me to ask me that. I smiled at him.

'You have this feeling in your chest that wouldn't go away. When you are with the person, you have a flutter in your stomach and you can't help but smile. When you aren't with them, all you want is to be with them. That person cannot be hurt or in pain because it kills you on the inside to see them that way, and you experience the pain of seeing them in that way… Why do you ask?' He shrugged his shoulders.

'I wanted proof.' He gave me a grin. I was confused of what he meant. 'Mom said the same this about Dad. I wanted to make sure that you really love Ty.' That broke my heart. My baby brother was taking care of me when I should be doing that for him. I pulled him in for a hug. After he pulled away, I tensed from all the stress.

'Let's go to the gym.' I nodded and he ran off to get changed. It had been a month or so since I had been. I went to change into black leggings and black sports bra. I threw on a loose but fitted long sleeved, blue, off the shoulder shirt. I grabbed my sneakers and ran to Eli's room as I threw my hair into a ponytail. I knocked on the door and he answered right away. He wore his little basketball shorts and a t-shirt.

The walk to the gym was silent. The second I opened the door, I got straight to work. I ran on the treadmill for an hour. I just listened to the music in my ears.

I moved onto the weights, I did my squats. When I moved to normal lifting, one of the officers training came to spot me. I noticed Eli getting tired, so I started my cool down. I did some lunges and reaches. I sat on the ground at one point and didn't get up. The tears ran down faster than I thought possible. Eli ran over to help me up. My arms just clung onto my younger brother.

'Can you get back up the stairs?' I shook my head, the pain in my heart and muscles was too much. Eli had one of the officers go to get Matt. The officer came back,

'He is not here your highness.' I looked up to see the officer.

'Could you help me Officer Axton?' He came over and put an arm around me. My tears stopped and the sobbed came over me. Axton made the decision just to pick me up. He brought me to my room and placed me on my bed. Eli was close behind us.

'Thank you Officer.'

'Eli, I am meeting Val soon. I am just going to get showered and changed. So I am sure that you would like to go. I will be fine.' He came and gave me a kiss on the cheek and ran off.

Val knocked on my door right as I was finished. I opened the door to a really happy Val.

'Ready for some fun.' I sighed.

'Please distract me.' I hugged her.

'Gardens it is. Calm and fun.' We walked down and just sat in the relaxing gardens. We talked for hours. After a while, Val had to go to her lesson. My mom had been doing the lessons for me for the past week.

I walked towards the edge of the garden. I had guards close and watching close. I looked into the woods and saw something move. It was a person.

Soooooo. Who is it? Please review peeps. The reviews so far have made me smile. I did not think that I would actually get good reactions out of this. In school, most of the time I was proud of my writings but it is nice to get these comments from people who I don't know and who don't know me. Thanks, all the love towards you guys. UMMMMMMM BYE.

~cari