Okay, so bit of a longer A/N than usual. I'm sorry about the super long delay between the chapters lately. I'll try and work on it, but I've been super busy-I have both circus and volleyball, plus I have a huge school project starting-I'm designing and creating clothes for mine, which I love, but also takes up a ton of time. So I'm really sorry about the delay between chapters.

Also, this scene is very similar to the one from the Elite.

Thanks to 4Love4Love, HestiaAbnegation11, and GodessofDestiny97 for being amazing reviewers! Special thanks to GodessofDestiny97 for suggesting the poll!

Noah's POV

Noah waited a moment as chatter rose. He cleared his throat, and it all died down, the room completely silent.

"If I call your name, you will be staying. To the rest of you, I'm very sorry, but now that the danger here has been highlighted, I can't keep you here if I don't think I have a future with you." Or if the advisors don't think you have enough value, he thought. He looked at his list. Most of the girls were his, but a few were the advisors as well. They all had a number, by which they'd made it into the Elite. He started from the bottom.

"Lady Jessamine." He said. He saw her smile.

"Lady Colette." He saw her smirk.

"Lady Holly."

"Lady Riley."

"Lady Lucinda." He saw no change in the self-assured expression she wore.

"Lady Anastasia."

"Lady Shaylienne."

"Lady Sally."

"Lady Grace." He saw her relax, and the other girls becoming increasingly tense. There was one spot left, and he was pretty sure most of them wanted it.

"Lady Summer."

"To the rest of you, I'm very sorry. If you need to talk to me, any of you, I'll be in the Gardens." He said. He walked out of the room as quickly as he could, hearing some of the girls already breaking down.

Noah looked up as he heard footsteps approaching. He wasn't surprised. He saw several girls at the door. He looked at them.

"Ladies, if I could talk to you individually please." He said, shifting uncomfortably from foot to foot. He watched, and saw a blonde head detach from the group, and walked towards him. He recognized it as Summer, and was surprised. He started slowly walking away from her, and she joined him. Once they were out of earshot, she began talking.

"Why did you keep me? I mean, I'm really happy to be here, but I guess, like, I though you were going to pick girls who you thought you might have a romantic future with. Also, why are Lucinda and Colette in the Elite?" She said. Noah smiled.

"So many questions. I kept you because it's nice to have someone I'm not romantically involved with, and a bunch of the girls I sent home I just didn't see a romantic future with. And Colette and Lucinda are still here, along with one other, because they were the advisor's picks on who to keep because they thought them important to keep here." He said. She nodded.

"Okay. Well, I'm really glad to still be here, but I think there's some other girls who want to talk to you." She said, smiling. With that, she went back inside.

Okay, super short chapter, I know.

I'm really sorry to those of you who had characters I cut! I loved all of the characters, but in the end, I had to make some tough decisions.

RQOTD-Big Question-How do you eat you oreos and what's the best part?

I twist them in half so the cream and one of the cookies are together, and there's a cookie separate. I eat the cookie with the cream first, and then the plain cookie. Because the cookie is best. Obviously.