Day 1.
It was noon time and I had just come from my lunch with Vivian. After agreeing to go on a date with him yesterday, I started to doubt my decision again. I mean I could get out of this if I wanted to now but for some reason I wanted to give this a shot. Without actually knowing me, he stood up for me in front of mom. That counts for something. Besides, he really did want to make this work and with all the effort he was willing to put in it, I didn't want to turn him down.

So yeah. We went for lunch today. Since we were still practically strangers we decided to play 21 questions so we could know more about each other.

So this is what I know of Vivian:
He has two sisters both younger than him.
His mom is a single parent since his dad left them when he was young.
Income in his family comes from two means- his mom who works as a painter and sells her pieces in the market and he himself works as a chef in a restaurant.
His favorite color is blue(so is mine)
He absolutely loves the Kardashians
He has only been in one serious relationship before.

It felt nice to talk to someone openly after a long time. He asked me what I thought about the announcement made yesterday and I told him that I didn't think of it as a bad idea. He knows quite a lot about me now however I still haven't told him about my meet with Damon. I figured he wouldn't be all too excited to hear about it.

After I came back though, I found the house to be empty. There was a note on the refrigerator which said that mom and dad had gone out to meet some of their friends and will be back in about 2 hours.

I changed into something comfortable, sweatpants and a t-shirt, my all time favorite.
After about 10 minutes though there was a knock on the door. I figured that mom and dad must have come home early but when I opened the door, I saw the last person I expected.

"Damon," I looked at him shocked. "W-what are you d-doing here?" I couldn't even speak properly. God, that's so embarrassing.

Damon though found this funny and smirked, "I'm not shocked. Most girls have that reaction when they see me."

"Well I'm not most girls though. I'm just shocked that you are here in the first place. And how did you know where I live?"

"Amelia," of course, he knew my name now, "I'm the Prince for Gods sake. I think I can easily do some digging and find out where you live."

"So are you here to showoff? If yes then I honestly have no time for all this-"

"Come to the palace with me."

I stared at him, open mouthed.
"What?"

"You are different, just like you said, and I like it. You aren't afraid to speak your mind and you aren't afraid to own up to what you do. So here I am, Prince Damon of Aldrin, asking if you would come with me to my palace and spend some time with me. I'm sure you won't be disappointed. Oh and Vivian needs to come too. I personally wouldn't want that but since it's in the rules-"

"No." This time I was the one to cut him off. "I won't come to the palace with you."

"Pardon?" He didn't seem to hear it right so I elaborated.

"I don't like you that way Damon. Besides, even if I did, you know how I feel about the King and his rules. I want to stay far away from it and you are getting me right at its core. I'm sorry."

"But I changed that rule didn't I?"

"That's only one. You have no idea about the things we are forced to do here. What about those? You can't change those too. Rebellion is in my blood, Damon. I'm not meant to be there."

"There is got to be another way. I know I may seem reckless to you, wanting you to come to my palace on the basis of one meet but I trust my instincts Amelia and my instincts say that leaving this here isn't right."

"I'm sorry Damon, I just think its too soon."

Damon looked at me in a way that I felt like caving in. But I didn't even like him in the first place and if his instincts told him that, my instincts told me that getting close to Damon Holden is bad news.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he smirked.

"I have a proposal."

"A proposal?"

"Yes. In the coming two weeks I shall go around finding the other nine girls.  If I liked someone I'd ask them to come to the palace. Everyday, though, I would come to meet you. We would get to know each other better and instead of a few minutes you have the entire two weeks to give me an answer to my question. In the end, if you feel that this is worth giving a shot, you would agree and say yes. If you say no though, I promise to leave you alone and never ask you about this ever again."

"Why do I agree to this in the first place though?"

"Because one meet with you and I realised what some people actually think about the things going on in the country and I acted on it. You can be the voice of many whose thoughts and opinions don't reach us and maybe we can do something for them. You can make a difference Amelia."

This seemed appealing and even though I knew that convincing people was exactly what Damon was good at, I for some reason could not bring myself to say no to this. Even though he acted like a jerk when I first met him, even though I knew that this would be unfair towards Vivian, even though I knew that I might regret my decision, the sheer fact that despite being the Prince he was willing to do so much and that he didn't get me arrested or something despite me speaking crap about him got me to say yes.

"Fine, but we can only meet at night. I don't want anyone to know about this and someone will definitely see us during the day."

He smiled, he actually smiled and looked genuinely happy.
"Done."

"Also, if you try to take advantage of me I will cut you into pieces and feed them to the birds. I know how to use a knife and I won't hesitate. You got it?"

He laughed and nodded.
Damon then extended his arm and said, "Deal?"

I shook it and replied, "Deal."

*****

//Hey guys!
We are 5 chapters down and I'm having a lot of fun writing this book.
It'll be great though if you guys leave comments and tell me what do you think of the story and characters so far.
Also, on the basis of these 5 chapters, whom do you ship Amelia with - Damon or Vivian?
Do let me know.

Until next time. //