American History

I am a Five, dressed as a Three, who entered this castle without desiring the heart of Illea's prince. Well, I pursued this to get over from the heartbreak my ex-boyfriend gave me. But above all of my schemes, is to help my family have enough finance to support my other siblings. I am living the life of what May, my younger sister, wished she had. I know she loves food so much and that she's really into dressing herself. I bet jealousy is such an understatement of what she will feel if I show her all the gowns my maids made for me.

I am living in this palace with three amazing and gracious maids. They make gowns that can really dazzle outstandingly without anyone wearing them. And 34 other girls who are, I guess, deeply longing for the embrace of this prince that I lack interest for. Yes, I came here for 2 F's - fun and food - that'll make me forget what I had left back home. Just when I thought I can spare myself from Aspen, he showed his green eyes behind a metallic mask, yes, as a guard.

He showed up when Maxon and I had started deeply understanding each other. And from then, I began to confuse my feelings for Maxon and my longing for Aspen’s embrace – that familiarity and comfort of a family. Many people in the castle, according to my maids, have me as a bet to be the next princess of Illea. They get the tingles whenever they see us together, they say. I say, I wish he tells me that commitment – to love me, only me, with all his heart.

You were the Philippines but I was not your Spain. You were the Philippines but this time, I am America. Maxon's whole being is what I colonized, he said it so, I may not be the first but I'm surely well prepared to be his last. Follow my history, as America, as it leads to Maxon’s sovereignty over my being. I am in a series of the Selection.