The wind is slashing across the window and its sounds like the wind is screaming at itself when ever it hits the window. I look over to my alarm clock and i see that its only 2:30am. great. I have school tomorrow and I really would like to get some sleep. I try to get myself to go back to sleep but of course, i can't. As soon as I get up a rush of bone chilling breeze of cold air whirls around me. The warmth of my bed was so much more inviting sense I only have shorts and a light t shirt on. So i get up out of my bed and silently creep down the stairs and into the beautiful kitchen. I walk right into the kitchen and then i try to back my way out because my dad is setting at the table, his back to me. I don't want him to know that I'm out of bed and can't sleep, it would only make him worry.
"Kai?" he says without turning around. Crap.
"yea dad?"
"What are you doing up at this time of night?" he says with such kindness in his voice. I love my dad he is very nice and a lot of people talk about him, most of the time in a good way but sometimes they speak about him with such hatred envy. I'm the complete opposite of my dad, I'm sadistic, torturous, I'm fine with killing and I guess you could say I'm scary. My dad won the 65th games when he was only 14.
"I might just ask you the same question?" he lets out a small laugh with a hint of sadness that comes to his voice. I can't quite place my finger on what is upsetting him.
"I was just thinking about the games, Kai." I pause for a second
"oh…" i trail off. I go and sit at the other end of the table as him.
"What is upsetting you about the games?"
"Well, its just that your 12 now and you could be reaped as the female tribute this year, and i don't want to lose you if you get picked." I hadn't thought about that yet. God I bet my mom and dad have been talking about the games and me going for ever.
"You promise it won't be me this year, I wanna train to be the best?"
"promise" he says laughing.
"Now you better get bed before we wake up mom." I give out a little laugh.
"Kay, night dad you go to bed to." When i get to my room the thunder has become a lot louder and the lightning is more radiant than the sun. The house starts to shake as if a monstrous giant is throwing are house like a little toy, not caring what damage is done. It feels like there could be a hurricane in District 4 tonight. I thought about the reaping and its coming soon, 2 days infact. What if i do get picked? Im sure ill be fine. But,what if someone volunteers for me? I sadisticly think of ways to kill. I try to push those thoughts out of my little creepy head and some how i fall asleep. Strangely I wake up the the sun shinning through my window but even though its beautiful and nice outside I feel cold and tiered. I get up go into my bathroom take a shower then get ready. I put my long blonde straight hair up in a bubbly pony tail. I have dark skinny jeans with pretty white gladiator shoes that have a flower on them. My shirt is a light blue flowing tank top. I go down stairs and my mom is cooking breakfast laughing and talking to my dad. My mom usual doesn't talk much and when she does she get distracted and stutters a little, I guess you could say she is a little out of it or mad after winning the 60th games.
"Morning."
"Morning mom, you cooked breakfast?" i say looking over all the food.
"Yep, you better eat before you have to go to….to um…"
"School?" my dad asks her. It looks like she was snapped back into reality. "yes! thats it!"
"Kay." I eat my breakfast then rush out the door and jog to school. Im pretty fast so it doesn't take long to get there even though its 2 miles away. My day at school is like any other, math, science, history, unraveling the mystery of why the place know as North America fell apart. As I walk home I see my friend Mavrick. He is a 14 year old but he's my best friend and he hates it when people are mean to me so let just say that people that pick on me end up with a broken bone. I don't get picked on a lot though. Half the people in the district fear me.
"Sup, Kai?" He says jogging over.
"Not much on my way back home. Hey, i have a question?"
"What?" he's a fast walker so I have to keep up my pace.
"What happens if I volunteer this year?" It looks like my question took him by surprise. "You're not going to volunteer and if you do theres a bunch of girls that are going to try to volunteer for you."
"Okay… well later bye." I say jogging home. I walk into the house and I fling my bag on the floor. I come home to my mom on the couch staring blankly at the wall and my dad whispering something into her ear. I walk up to my room and wait. When my mom does this I wait and stay in my room because it scares me when she does that. While I'm waiting I look around my room and I don't feel that grateful for all the things i have. Of course I live in the largest victors village house in District 4. But its not all full of love
