This is my first fanfic and I really hope you enjoy it. I love reading what you think so please review and a fav always makes me smile. This story is somewhat based on what I would be like if I had to enter the hunger games, you could liken the characters to my friends as well.
Enjoy ;)x
I hear the sound of my Mums voice, this only makes me slide back under the covers, I am not ready to take the 12 hour drive, I don't really want to go to Das's wedding. I don't see why we have to make this annual journey to district two to see Uncle Gale and Aunt Madge. For a boys wedding and they all know that Das and I don't get along. I will have to sit there and have to talk to a bunch of middle aged men and women who are about just as cool as my parents.
"Karis, get out of bed now!"
I hear the sound of my Mums footsteps on the stairs. I decide being shouted at is not how I want to spend my final hours of freedom. Running to the bathroom and locking the door will solve this.
"Honey you really need to hurry up we are leaving in an hour and I really want to get there on time"
"Mum, Please you know how much I hate seeing them and it being a wedding makes everything worse, I will have no one apart from Rhodes to talk to but then he is Mr optimistic."
"Karis, I thought you liked Lolly you used to love playing hide and seek with her"
Lolly is Gales daughter. She is 10 and a complete attention seeker, My mum adores her, but then anything to do with Gale and she loves it. She hates car journeys, but she can't wait to spend 12 hours in a car if Gales at the end of the road. Don't get me wrong Mum and Dad are happy together but when she is around Gale she acts like she is 16, flicking her hair and smiling showing her perfect capitol teeth.
"Mum leave me alone, I need to get ready."
"Ok Honey, but make sure you look presentable, you know your Aunty Madge doesn't like untidiness"
Uhh, Not Aunt Madge, apparently Mother puts up with her because she did some big favour for her years ago, They practically have a mansion high on the mountains of district 2, The whole family is really wealthy, and Aunt Madge feels the need to criticize everything I do, sometimes I think she is from the capitol.
"Rhodes stop playing with my phone." I shout .
We have been in the car for 10 minutes and I am fed up already.
"Be nice to your brother Karis."
I stay silent and glance out the window watch the mountains roll behind us, District 12 is a pretty gloomy place, I can't wait until I can leave home and go exploring, but thinking about it all the districts are not particularly exciting. Nothing interesting has ever happened here. Oh shit my phone just ran out of battery.
"Mum can I check your phone for the time, it just died."
Her phone is full of so much stuff, it's so slow. What the..what is this.. It's a picture of Dad when he was younger he is with my mother in some elegant dress, they both look so happy, and she looks beautiful. Not like now, stress has taken over her and as for my Dad he still has his rumpled blonde hair and stocky frame but there are not any marks, now it just looks like his face is crumpled ,it must be stress that did that I guess.
- 6 hours later –
"Karis wake up, we are here"
It's Dad he is looking at me with his warm blue eyes, but I can tell he hates it here. I have no idea why but he resents Gale. He is just as bad as me when it comes to seeing the Hawthones.
"We here already, it's only been 8 hours."
"Well you know your mother, she likes to be on time and people are staying at home so the roads were clear." He turns away frowning
We both know the reason why, we just don't want to discuss it.
It's a thing called reaping.
I get out the car and look up, this place never fails to amaze me. But today it looks even better, there are white primroses everywhere you look and the atmosphere makes me feel alive. I haven't been to a wedding before. I mean I was at my Mum and Dads but that was very simple and anyway I was 2 I can't remember it if I tried.
"Katniss its ok" I hear my Father say.
He is standing the other side of the car with my mother, she looks terrible. Why would she be upset- she has been looking forward to this day for months, it the only happy thing to look forward to before reaping day.
I see her glance over at the primroses.
Oh it reminds her of Aunty Prim.
"Katniss!"
I see my Mums face light up as she sees Gale. He looks attractive with his dark hair and tanned skin. He is different to my father in every way. He is extremely tall and is perfectly dressed in the latest Capitol fashions (that will be Aunt Madge's input) But my Dad is beautiful, His eyes can tell stories and his arms are muscular and like my brother can see the good side of everything.
"Gale!"
They embrace each other, I can see the hate in my father's eyes, but then he is an extremely good liar.
"Hello Peeta, nice to see you."
"Nice to see you Gale, congratulations are in order." Dad smiles.
They shake hands and you could never tell, how much they hate each other, my Mother knows this too well.
"Lets all go inside the church shall we." My Mother glances at me and I know this is my chance to grab Rhodes and go inside.
"Karis."
I feel a hand on my back, oh please no. It is. Its Das.
