Holding on

Chapter 7

Three weeks later

America's POV

Today is the day. The day when Maxon and I become king and queen. Rulers of this country. I have never been this nervous in my life. Not even on my wedding day. On my wedding day I knew that I would become queen later but I would have Maxon by my side. Now is the time and I am less sure then ever.

I see Maxon walk over in a freshly pressed suit with his sash with all his jewels on it wrapped around his body. I am dressed in a purple, long, formal that flows perfectly."Are you okay my dear?" Maxon asks sweetly.

"Yes, just nervous." I say slipping my hand through his.

"Well I can relate. If I get anymore nervous, I might explode." He says exaggeratedly.

"Yes what a sad day that would be for the cleaning crew." I tease.

"You wouldn't miss me?" He says with mock hurt.

"uh... give me a day on this." I tease back. He bows his head down in mock shame. "Of course I would miss you now come here so I can kiss you." I order. He laughs and leans over to kiss me. I can feel the nervousness wash away. Maxon is so good at calming me down.

"Your majesties? We are ready to begin." A guard says and we start to head for the door. My nervousness floods back into my body. There is so many things that can go wrong. Not just today, but my whole term as queen. Maxon looks over to me and sees that I am tense.

"It's okay, we will get through this together." He says with a reassuring voice.

"Together." I confirm and we walk into the ceremony room hand and hand.

They start the ceremony but I can barely tell what they are saying from all my nerves. The queen walks over to me with a huge smile on her face. She gracefully removes her crown and places it on my head. The king does the same with Maxon but with a more serious face on. Before I knew it, they were announcing Maxon and I as the new crowned king and queen. There is a loud applause and we are ushered out of the ceremony room.

We enter the ballroom and there is a large crowd sitting down. I look around and it looks amazing. There is a huge selection of gourmet food, wonderful musicians, and the decor looks wonderful.

We sit down at the head table and I smile up at Maxon. I am about to start to talk, but a tall, skinny man comes up to our table. "May I speak to you a second king Maxon?" The man asks.

"Of course." Maxon replies politely. He mouths 'duty calls' and walks off.

I look over and I see Amberly walk over to me. "May I sit here for a second?" She politely asks.

"Yes you can." I reply.

"I just wanted to say how proud I am of you. I really think that you will be a wonderful queen. You have not only stolen Maxon's heart, but you have really helped the country so far and that was just when you were a princess. Who knows all the wonderful things you will do in your term. I have always wanted a daughter, and you have really been like a daughter to me." I feel tears prick at my eyes.

"You really don't know how much that means to me. I feel the same way. These past years you have really been like a second mother to me and for that I am grateful." I say meaning every word.

"Make me even more proud. Make the country more proud." She says and walks off back to her seat.

I start to eat my dinner and someone I never thought would come to talk to me came up. Clarkson. "Hello America." He says formally.

"Hello." I answer back.

"I just wanted to say... that I really thought you would be a horrible queen and horrible for this country."

"Thank you for the wonderful advice." I say sarcastically

"You didn't let me finish." He says and I motion for him to continue. " You have proved me wrong. You have actually helped the country a lot this past couple of years. Keep proving me wrong." He says leaving me speechless.

Maxon walks back over to the table. "What was here for?" He asks making sure he didn't say anything bad.

"I think he actually tried to complement me." I say shocked.

"Well that's a first." He says then laughs. The servers come over with a plate of strawberry tarts. I smile.

"I bet you had something to do with this didn't you?" I ask pointing at the tarts.

"What's with you and betting when strawberry tarts are around?" He asks and we both start laughing. "I just wanted to get the best for my dear."

"Who said I was your dear?"

Okay guys! Hope you liked that chapter! Happy mothers day!

Here is just some background information if you were wondering.

America and Maxon got married when she was 20 and he was 22. They became king and queen two years later and she is 22 and he is 24.

I will try and get another chapter up after I get another chapter of drafted up.

THE ONE SPOILER ALERT

I warned you

you can still turn back now

this is your last chance

if you haven't read it, you are just ruining the book for yourself.

Okay, so I didn't want to kill off queen Amberly and Clarkson because I started this before the one and I really wanted to do that one part with them talking to America.

Hope you liked it!