How It All Goes Down
- As America is having an "I'll have what she's having" experience with a strawberry tart, she's called over by Prince Maxon. He seems amused by her obvious ecstasy.
- America responds by saying that her sister May would "cry if she tasted" this tart (12.10). Maxon suggests a wager: he'll send some tarts to May to see if she'll actually shed a tear.
- But what does America want if she wins? It's simple: she wants to be able to wear pants. Maxon agrees and sets his own stakes: if he wins, she'll have to go on a walk with him tomorrow.
- Maxon suggests that the girls write letters home, and breakfast ends.
- That night, America receives word that May, in fact, did not cry. What a sell-out. To make things a little better, however, she has received letters from her family, which she greedily reads.
- We fade into the following night, as Maxon and America walk toward the garden. They chat, and America talks about her family.
- Maxon and America reach the garden, and Maxon shoos away a very disappointed camera crew. Realizing that they're now alone, America asks Maxon what he wants with her.
- Maxon starts to move closer to America. And closer. And closer. Thinking that the prince is trying to get fresh with her, America nails him with a stiff knee to the thigh.
- After a moment, Maxon realizes what America assumed and gets disgusted that she thinks he'd stoop to such lows. He sends her back to her room and says that she'll eat dinner there tonight.
- America returns to her room to find her trio of maids huddled excitedly around a box. It's from Maxon.
- America opens it and finds three pairs of pants, along with a note telling her to only wear them on Saturdays.