Hello everyone! I really wanted to write more about Haymitch/Allie, especially with the great response their story got. If you haven't read it, please do!
Well, my idea is to write the 100ThemesChallenge...about Haymitch and Allie. One chapter for every theme. :) Wish me luck! Point of views will alternate and I'll let you all know whose PoV each chapter takes place in.
Theme #1-Introduction. Allie's Point of View
"M-Mommy! I d-don't want to stay here! Why are you leaving?" I clutch at the folds of Mama's skirt and cry. She's leaving me at this strange building with all the other kids.
"Allie! You're a big girl, go talk to those girls over there! Those are the neighbors. Good-bye, honey!" She kisses the top of my head and wrenches her skirt from my grasp, smoothing out the wrinkles. I run after her and stumble, landing on my hands and knees. She doesn't turn back. I look over at the girls that she pointed out. I recognize them from down the street but I'm too shy to go and talk to them. A group of bigger kids gathers at the fence, seeing who can throw rocks the farthest. The girls my age skip over to the swingset and try pushing each other, but the swings are too high. I slump down next to the wall and curl my arms around my knees.
I can't believe Mama left me! I don't know anybody here! This is stupid! I look around for a moment, scared, because Daddy says that 'stupid' is a bad word. Kindergarten's stupid. I don't know anybody. Why can't Mama and Daddy teach me how to read! I start to cry again and curl into a tighter ball.
"Are you okay?" I look up and there's one of the bigger boys standing over me, hands on his hips. He has dark hair that flops over his eyes and freckles. I rub my eyes and squint up at him.
"N-no! My mommy left me here!" He squats down next to me and pats my shoulder awkwardly.
"Are you in kindygarten? You prob'ly are, that's why you're cryin'." I nod. "I'm in firs' grade. What's your name? Want to be friends?"
"I'm Allie. And sure, okay!"
"Hi Allie! I'm Haymish. So why're you cryin'? Don't you have friends here yet?"
"Today's my first day and Mommy and Daddy left me!" I scrub at my eyes. Big girls don't cry, after all, and here I am crying.
"Won't you see them later?" I nod, and he shrugs. "So what's the problem?"
"B-because...because I am, that's why!" He laughs and tells me that that isn't a very good reason. I stick my tongue out and realize that I'm not crying anymore.
"See? Y'shouldn't cry anymore, okay?" He gets up and goes back over to his friends. I sniffle and wipe under my nose. The kindergarten teacher comes into the yard and I go to her with the other children my age.
"Bye, Allie!" I look behind me and see Haymitch waving at me. I wave back.
I don't know how long the chapters will be, this one is kind of short though. Review! Should I even continue this?
