Illéa high

Chapter 2

    This chapter is dedicated to: dontknkwyihere
I walked with Marlee as we got an official tour of the school and got our scheduals. We had to then go to the office and get our dorm room numbers and keys. "Name and province please" the older woman said. "America singer Carolina" "room 2007 here's your keys and a map. If you need any help, the gentleman over there will help you. Next."
     I found Marlee writing for me outside the office door and we walked together to the dorms. " what room number are you? Do you think we'll be close by? I hope my roommates nice." "Slow down Marlee" I laughed "I'm number 2007, I hope we're close by and have nice roommates too." "Hey! My room number is 2007!!" Yay me and my bestie are roommates! "Here we are!" My jaw touched the floor when we opened the door. The walls were a light lilac purple with cream crown molding. There was a kitchen with two counters, a sink, tons of cabinets, a microwave, oven, and a fridge/freezer. There was a bar counter attached to the kitchen with 6 bar stools. There was also a table with 4 chairs by the glass wall with a view of the gardens in the middle of the school. There was a light gray couch with a glass coffee table and a wooden tv stand with a tv on it. My room was a navy blue since I requested it. The king sized bed was in the middle of the room and a window going the length of the wall above my bed at the top. The closet was already full with my outfits from home and dresses and heels. My worst enemy. The bathroom was luxurious. A grand bath tub, a glass stand up shower with at least 20 different soaps to choose from. The marble floors with a small red carpet by the tub, shower, vanity and toilet.
"America!" I raced to see what was wrong with my friend. "What's wrong Marlee?!" " Girl, calm down." She laughed at me. "We just have a guest." I walked closer to the door and saw an all to familiar man. "Your highness" I mumbled and bowed. "America we don't need to be formal around Maxi, we've been friends since we were born." He chuckled while she laughed. "Hello miss America, I'm maxon." "Please I don't need to be called anything except America." "Ok America, I was talking to Marlee and we were wondering if you would like to come hangout with us tonight ." "Sure what time?" "8:00?" "Perfect." Then he left and Marlee couldn't stop talking about the way he looked at me and she thinks he likes me.
              "Marlee! Which one is hot water and which one is cold!?" "The one on the right is hot water!" "Thanks!"  I started the shower and went to go get clothes for after my shower. A navy blue and purple shiny dress that went to the middle of my leg with some silver heels. "Marlee!!!!"  She came running and mocking on my bathroom door since it was locked. "America! Can you hear me?! What's wrong!?" I was laughing so hard. "This is freezing" The water was so cold!! "You said right was hot water!" I said as I put my robe on and opened the door. "No i said right was cold water" she said laughing. "Just get out so I can take my shower." I said laughing as well. I turned the handle to the left and used a rose and vanilla shampoo, conditioner, and body wash with a honey face wash. I had started coming up with lyrics to my new song in the shower so if course I started singing them.
"Ooh look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do
Ooh look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you made me do
I don't like your kingdom keys
They once belonged to me
You asked me for a place to sleep
Locked me out and through a feast
The world moves on another day another drama, drama
But not for me not for me all I think about is karma
But one things for sure
Maybe I've got mine but you'll all get yours
But I've got smarter I've got harder in the nick of time
Honey I rose up from the dead I do it all the time
I've got a list of names and yours is in red underlined
I check it once I check it twice, oh!
Ooh look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
look what you made me do
Ooh look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do"
I think the song would be good with maybe a guitar or drums. I then got out of the shower with my robe. I brushed out my hair and put some mascara on. Maybe I'll put my hair in a French braid. I walked out of my bathroom wearing my robe to my bed where the blue dress was and it was replaced with a black one that went above my knees. black 3 inch heels! And some eyeliner. Marlee must have came in here so she could pick my outfit. I then changed into the dress in my bathroom and got ready while still singing the song.
"Look what you made me do"
I zipped up the dress
"Look what you just made me do"
I applied mascara and eyeliner
"Look what you just made me do"
I walked out of the bathroom trying not to fall over and screamed when someone was in my room. Marlee came running in holding up a pan with soap on it and squinted her eyes before busting up laughing and dropping it. "Maxon what are you doing in here?" She said more serious "I heard singing and I came to see who it was and then the bathroom door opened and America came out in her robe. She was so pretty I didn't move or say anything." He said blushing and looking down. "I was about to leave but I was stunned by her beauty and I couldn't move until now." He blushed more if it was possible and he walked out but not before he could apologize over and over again before leaving the whole dorm. I felt really bad now. I just stood there with wide eyes. "I have to go to the store." I said quickly and grabbed my purse not even bothering to change my barley above the knee dress or heels. I ran faster than I thought I could up and down the halls until I found a guard. "Could you please help me find prince Maxon?" "I'm sorry Miss, I'm not allowed to let anyone past this door to his highness." He chuckled in his deep voice. "Ok I'll just be on my way then." Marlee walked out at that time and saw me leaving so I whispered "distract the guard." She gave me a thumbs up. " hey mr. guard. Ow.ow!ow!" She fake fell and the guard ran to catch her while I snuck into the door to a maxon asleep in his chair with his suit still on. I decided to put him on his bed. I took off my heels and his coat. I carefully picked him up and layed him on his bed and pulled his blankets up to his chin. He instantly moved to the side and curled up. I moved to his desk quietly and grabbed a piece of paper and a pen. In my nicest cursive I wrote:
August, 3      Dear, prince Maxon,
          I'm very sorry for yesterday. I shouldn't have reacted that way and I'm very sorry for making you feel bad. I hope you can forgive me and join me and Marlee at our room tonight or tomorrow night at 7:30 if possible.
           Love,     A.R.S
As I signed the letter, I hope he would know it was from me. I think that will make him feel better and not be too mad at me. I need to get some rest and tell Marlee about my idea.
     On my way back to my room, I heard glass shattering and two girls yelling. "Paige! He was my boyfriend! How could you go behind my back and date him!?" "Celeste, you know you two broke up three years ago! I love him more than you could think you even know with your big head!" She fired back and ran out the door. Into me. "Oh my gosh I'm so sorry I was just passing by are you ok?" "Yea I'm fine but me and my roommate are in a really bad fight and I have nowhere to stay." "You can stay with me and my roommate Marlee if you want. I'm America by the way" "thanks I'm Paige." We walked and talked until we reached the dorm. "Marlee! We are going to have a girls night!" "Ooh yay!" We walked in and set the couch up like a spa with rom coms on and tubs at the bottom for our feet and we painted each others nails. "Paige you can sleep in my room tonight. I've been dying to sleep on the couch so I can get late night snacks without scaring Marlee." We laughed and got into our pjs. "How about we watch one more movie before we go to bed?" I asked hopefully "YES!!" They shouted together. We grabbed a bunch of blankets and some pillows while we decided on an old action movie called the Avengers. We must have fallen asleep during the movie since I woke up to sunlight coming through the window wall and someone cooking on the stove. Who was it? Marlee and Paige are next to me and no one else has a key I think. I grabbed the closest thing I could find which happened to be the tv remote and carefully walked twards the person. As I was about to hit them with the remote, "America wait!" He whisper yelled at me. "Maxon?" "Yes now put whatever that is down and can you grab some plates please?" He asked and I obliged. "What are you doing here so early?" "I woke up in my bed but I thought I had fallen asleep in my chair at my desk and I woke up with my suit minus my coat on still so.  Someone moved me and I found a letter on my desk but I don't know who it was from. I also came to return these nice heels." He handed me the black heels I forgot last night. "Do you have an idea on who it's from?" I ask non-chalontely. "Well, she apologized for something I did and she signed it with three letters. A.R.S. Do you know who that could be?" He asked with a smile. I think I'm starting to like him as a friend not a stuck up brat prince. "I might know who it is. Would you like some coffee or something?" "Sure I'll take some water. Thank you. I made some toast, eggs, bacon, and pancakes for breakfast." "How long have you been here?" "A few hours. I've cleaned up a bit around the kitchen and I put blankets back on y'all. I got here around 6:00 so 3 hours I think." He replied. I suddenly realized what I was wearing and I suddenly feel cold. I decide to go get my cardigan from home and put it on. I also realize my hair is in a messy bun but my nails look really good. The lavender polish with a crown in jewels on the thumbs. "Knock knock" I heard someone say and maxon was holding some coffee for me and his glass of water. "Ames?" "Marlee's awake." I walked out to Marlee to see her with an arm over her eyes and the blankets only on her feet. "Hey Marlee. Sleep well? We fell asleep watching the action movie." "Is Paige awake yet?" "No she slept on the couch since we fell to the floor with most of the blankets so she slept on the cough where you don't need blankets. Want some coffee?" "Sure." She couldn't keep in her yawn any longer so she yawned right when maxon came out of my room and said: "Hey Marlee." She had a priceless look on her face when he said that. "Ames! What is he doing here so early?! I mean hey maxon what are you doing here so early?" "I found a letter on my desk in my room which is normally protected by a guard so I don't know how she got in or knew it was my room. "Itwas meandMarlee. IwantedtotalktoyousoIwanderedaroundtheschoolfor hourslastnightbutI didn't find anything until I found a guard who said no one is allowed in except you so Marlee distracted him while I snuck in and carried you from your desk and took off your suit coat and put the blankets on you and wrote the note which you should know since my name is America Rose Singer and room 2007!" I was now starting to yell for being so relived. "I need to go to the store so I'll see you in a few hours and I'm taking Paige with me unless she wants to stay here with you two" "I'll stay but thanks america." "I'll get dressed while everyone else stays here." I walked out of the main room and into my room with an unexpected angry wave washing over me. I grabbed my tie dye tank top and a pair of ripped high waisted jeans, my blue vans, and my white and blue purse and walked out ignoring everyone as I did so. I walked down the street and finally got to the store. I knew that we still had a month for school to start so I grabbed some milk, eggs, and some cake mixes. I walked across the street to a small shop and got May a ring with a pink heart, Marlee a blue bracelet, Paige a pink one and me a red and purple mixed one. It had been a few hours since I left and I thought I should come home to make dinner. But as I opened the door, I found the best thing ever.
         "Aaahhhh!!!!!!" The girls and I screamed together. "Anne!! Lucy!! Miles!! Aspen!! What are y'all doing here!? I'm so happy to see y'all! I was coming home to make some dinner and dessert. Please stay for dinner." I begged them and they nodded their heads. I hadn't even noticed maxon, Marlee and Paige still in the room when I was talking to them. "For dinner I am going to make some Italian meatballs and homemade sauce with garlic and bread. For dessert, a lemon cake with fresh blueberries and lemon icing. Dinner should be ready in half an hour. Oh yeah, Aspen, miles, Anne and Lucy, meet my friends, Maxon, Marlee and Paige. Y'all can talk while I make dinner or y'all can help me make dinner."   Aspen and maxon both came to help me make dinner so I could talk to both of them. "So, Mer, hows angles? Marlee seems nice and I think your friends are nice but are you and maxon dating?" I can't believe he said that in front of maxon too. "Aspen, can you hand me the garlic salt please and we are just friends. Plus you know what I thought about him before I got to know him." I whispered the last part because I was ashamed about how I thought such an amazing friend was originally a stuck up spoiled brat who didn't have his own opinion. "America? Is the water supposed to have bubbles?! I've never cooked before so i don't know anything about food." I laughed. "Maxon, first you can call me Ames and second, that's what water does when you put it on heat. I boils with is the heat in the water creating bubbles and steam. You then take some pasta noodles and put them into the water. When you can cut one of the noodles with a fork, the pasta is ready. Ahh! This is so cold!" I screamed because the Meat was so cold and with the garlic salt, bread crumbs, and raw egg. "Ames? Mer? Are you ok?!" Macon and Aspen asked together "Yes maxon and Aspen, the meat was just really cold." "Maxon, can you get the colander from the cabinet by the window please and bring it to the sink with the pasta from the stove. If you can't find it have aspen help you." I had already put the meatballs in the pan and I was just putting garlic in the pan when I heard a loud crash. I truned around to see all of my new pans I bought from my saved money and from Marlee and mom and dad all over the floor with maxon looking wide eyed at them and Aspen smirking at Macon's cooking dumbness. "Maxon are you ok?" I ran over to him and hugged him. " which one is the colander?" I laughed at Macon but he knew I wasn't trying to be mean" Maxon, can I y'all to you outside for a second?" "Yes mr.?" "Aspen" my ex boyfriend and new friend that's a boy talking something out and for once Aspen isn't getting into a fight. "Mer, Maxon said he had to go or his girlfriend would be jealous of you" my heart quickened and fell about maxon having a girlfriend I haven't met yet. "Ok There will just be more food for everyone else unless someone has to leave again. So let's eat. I haven't made the cake yet so I'll make it tomorrow since it's later than I had thought." I can't believe maxon left without saying goodbye but he probably has better things to do than hangout with a five and her friends. "I'm going to bed my head hurts a little. Goodnight everyone." "Good night. Dinner was amazing" I went to my room and in the huge closet I got my black sweatpants and a tie dye green crop top, put my hair into a Dutch braid and laid in my bed. I couldn't stop thinking about maxon and I pretended to be asleep when a knock came since I wanted to be alone unless it was maxon but he had a girlfriend and a life. "America?" Aspen. Great. I don't want to talk to him so I pretended to still be asleep. I rolled over to the side of my bed that was closest to the door and I rolled right off the bed with a loud thud. "Ahh!" "Mer! Are you ok?" I groaned. I landed right onto the edge of the carpet onto the marble floor. Everyone then came into my room asking what happened and if I was ok. "I'm fine but Aspen scared me and I fell of my bed when I was rolling over to face him." They left and I decided I should probably get off the floor and go back to sleep if I could but I could only dream about maxon. What his girlfriend was like and how I didn't know he had one. Why do I care if he has a girlfriend?
I woke up early and made some eggs for all the people staying in this huge apartment dorm for the next 2 days. Maxon didn't come by at all today or yesterday. But he hasn't been at class recently either so he might have gone back to the palace.
"Have you seen maxon or heard from him recently?" I asked Marlee one day at dinner while Paige and my Carolina friends were sitting with us. They got to extend their trip. "No the last time I saw or talked to him was the day your friends came and you got mad at him. Why did you get mad at him?" She asked curiously. "I don't know. Maybe because he should have realized it was our apartment dorm number, and me since it wasn't your handwriting and you wouldn't say with me and Marlee." I was getting tired so I decided to head to bed when I ran into someone coming from the same hallway.
"Your majesty." I curtsied and apologize a lot respectfully. "I am so sorry your majesty I wasn't paying attention and I should have I'm so sorry." She just smiled and waved it off. "It's fine dear. What's your name?" "It's America singer your majesty." "Well America, can you make sure to watch over my son and check in on him every few days for me? I have to get to the palace to meet with my husband and you seem like a respectful nice young lady so here is his room key and have a nice evening lady America." "You too your majesty." I said as I curtsied and she walked away.
I walked into my room, took a shower, brushed my teeth and hair, and went to bed wearing my favorite fuzzy shorts and a pink tank top. I hopped into bed and fell asleep in a light state. "Marlee! We need to be less suspicious! People will know any day now!" I heard a male voice yell at my best friend so I quietly got up and grabbed a pair of heels from next to my nightstand and slowly opened the door to reveal Marley and Carter woodwork standing in their pjs and trying to quietly yell at each other. Why is carter here? Or at our apartment without maxon or is maxon here too?! No he can't if they are yelling at each other. "Marlee?" I said in my tired voice. "America what are you doing up it's 4:30?" "Why are you up at this our with carter? Is anyone else here and I was left out from this 'secret meeting'?" "See! I told you someone would find out and now we will have to tell everyone else." "Carter? Why are you so mad about this I thought you wanted to tell everyone soon." Marlee said in tears. I had to step in now. No one makes my friend cry. "Get out!" "What?" "I said get out! No one hurts Marlee and if you think you can hurt her; you've got another thing coming. Hi I'm america and I've got my best friend covered and I will heal her obviously broken heart without you so goodbye." I told him in a tone that says don't mess with me or I will kick your butt and I will win no matter what. He left shaking his head. Monday Marlee's tears still wouldn't stop and so I had to call the school saying we weren't feeling well so we would be staying in the dorm today. Paige and her roommate were on good terms again so she went back to her dorm but still visited us often. Our whole friend group besides maxon and carter. "Yeah I think  we are over but I was in love with him I think. I miss him a lot but I guess I won't go find him cause I can't think about him or I'll burst into tears. I can't imagine what seeing him would be like." She was getting quieter and by the end, she was barley audible. I hugged her. I tried to comfort her in the only I knew how for her. I hated it but it would make her feel better. "Marlee," I whispered to her. She looked at me with tears in her eyes. "Let's go shopping!" I whispered excitedly which was the complete opposite way of how I was feeling. She peeled up at this and we asked the whole group if they would come with us. It was Paige, paige's roommate Celeste, our maid Kenzie, and a guard we made friends with, Josh. "Let's go get changed then in half an hour, meet at mine and Marlee's apartment since everyone knows where it is ok?" "Yeah, sure, ok, see ya." Is what we got in response from everyone. "Marlee, why don't you go ahead I'll catch up with you in a few minuets ok?" "Ok Ames I'll see you in a few minuets" I haven't seen maxon since that day he left without saying goodbye and the a few days ago his mom, Queen Amberley, told me to check on him. As I'm walking to his room I hear his door open and a maid runs in with a bag of, ice? "Do you need anything else sir?" The girl asked with her quiet voice. "No Kaylee, you may go. And please start calling me Maxon, we might be a different caste, but we are still equals, ok?" I waited a few minuets before I knocked on the door. "Who is it? and Kaylee, you don't have to knock." "Umm it's not Kaylee. It's America singer from Carolina. I'll just leave." I said to the locked door. He obviously didn't want me. "No America! Please don't leave." He walked up and slid a key under the door for me to use. "Please don't come In until I say so ok?" "Ok" I waited 30 seconds before he yelled for me to come in.
      "Maxon? Can I ask you a question?" "Yes America?" "Why did you leave without saying goodbye when my friends came into town? Aspen said that you had to get to your girlfriend since she was jealous of you spending more time with me and the rest of my friends instead of her." "What!!?" He yelled so loud, the guards down the hall had to come check in him.  After they left, maxon said "Can I tell you a secret and show you something? If you say yes, please don't freak out. Ok?" "Ok maxon I won't freak out or tell anyone." The bathroom door slowly creaked open as maxon walked out. I gasped and ran to hug him. His left eye was black and blue and he had a deep cut on his right cheek just barely below the eye. His arm was in a cast and a splint was on his night stand. "Maxon, what happened?" I said almost crying. He walked me to his bed and sat down. I was supposed to be comforting him not the other way around. He whispered quietly to me, " Aspen ledger." I gasped. I thought he was getting better at not fighting but resolving arguments or disagreements with words. I'm going to beat the daylights out of him when I see him next time I'm in Carolina. "Between you and me, I don't have any idea on how to comfort crying women." I laughed a little at this statement/confessed. She thought this was cute but she would never admit this to anyone especially him or may. "A girl normally doesn't really want the problem solved but to be told nice things like: it's ok, everything's going to be alright. And it also helps if you rub their back or hug them." I explained to the clueless maxon. "Girls are so complicated." Was all he said for a few minuets. I laughed. Really hard and he smiled at me. "You are so beautiful." He whispered to himself and I'm sure I wasn't supposed to hear it but I did so I blushed a lot. "I'm sorry America I don't know why I said that." Now he started blushing a deep red. His face was adorable when he was embarrassed but I don't know why I couldn't stop thinking about it. "I should probably get going. I have to go shopping with Marlee and some other friends." "Mind if I come with? You could put some makeup to cover my bruises and I can say I fell down the stairs and that's why my arm is in a cast since I broke it on the way down." "Ok! Just let me go get changed and I'll meet you here in 5 minuets?" "Ok"
      I walked into mine and Marlee's apartment/ dorm and almost everyone was there already. "Hey guys I'm going to change and then I have to go get something ok? So I'm going to be a little late." "Ok be back soon and don't be gone for too long." "Ok"
    I walked into my room and decided on a more casual outfit for this trip. A pair of fitted ripped jeans, a pair of blue tie-dye vans, and a light blue blouse with a little bit of white streaks on the bottom, and a fishtail braid in my hair. I put a little waterproof mascara and lip gloss on and made sure my song bird necklace was still on and fastened it tightly so it wouldn't fall off.
I walked to Maxons room and applied some powdered foundation I had bought for May but it was too dark so I'm using it on Maxon to cover up his bruises and cuts. He had already put a white tee-shirt, jeans, and some gray shoes on before i arrived. I found a pair of sunglasses on his desk and handed them to maxon so he would put them on.
We walked to mine and Marlee's Dorm/ apartment and we just talked about things and life.
     "No way!" I laughed at him. "Yes, America, the worst thing I have ever done is running around the castle covering everything in flour from the kitchens and I had jumped in the pool before that so I was also leaving wet footprints and covering myself in flour and it was making a paste on me and i almost got away with it too." "But you were only 3 or 4 right?" I asked still laughing at him. "No I was 19" he said sarcastically but I still played along. I gasped loudly. "Maxon middle name currently unknown Shreave! I can't believe you! How could you do that to those wonderful staff at your grand palace!"
Four hours later
"Thanks Ames i needed a night out of my room." "Of course Maxon! I was honestly thinking that I had done something wrong or said something I shouldn't have and I spent many nights crying myself to sleep or waking up and going to bed without eating more than a few bites. So thank you for letting me take you out of your room for a night of fun with our annoying friends." I laughed at the last part a little bit he was just looking down and eventually I saw a tear drop off his face. I made him look up at me and I saw tears pooling in his eyes and trails of tears slowly rolling down his cheeks but I don't know why he was crying. Then out of no where, I got on my tiptoes and I pushed my lips to his. He was shocked at first but then I felt his hands on my waist and in my hair. We both suddenly pulled back with wide eyes. I just kissed Maxon calix Schreave. And I liked it. No. I loved it. He still hadn't processed what had happened, but I did. So I got on my top toes again and crashed my lips back onto his and his hands went to my waist holding me steady so I didn't fall. "That was one heck of a good night kiss." he mumbled to me since our faces were centimeters apart. "Yeah." I agreed wanting to breath in his scent one last time. "I guess I better get going." He sighed but he looked at me with a smile. "Unless you want to come hangout at my apartment for a while." "Sure. Let me go get in my pjs and I'll come over so we can play some games like monopoly or life or casino, or phase 10." I quickly opened and closed the door to the dorm and ran to my room. I got my favorite pair of sweatpants, some blue and white tie dye socks that had an old singer I think it was perfect by Ed Sheeran? I don't know. I grabbed my favorite lavender tank top and my red cropped hoodie. I changed in the bathroom, put my hair into a messy bun, took off all of my make up and brushed my teeth. I wrote a note that said:
Dear Marlee,
I met a really nice guy tonight and I'm going to hang out with him so I'll be back late tonight. Have fun tonight!
Love,
A.R.S
I went to the door and pulled it wide open. Oh no. It was.....

5574 words!! I'll update ASAP but it might be a while since school just started and online school will take some getting used to so I hope you enjoyed this chapter and enjoy the book so far. If you want to read my other stories, they are under jordanrocks12
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