I'm sitting on the beach waiting for my friends. Today is reaping and I feel its best if we are all here for each other, especially because we are eligible to be picked.

I have four friends. Dylan, Leo, Tray, and April. Dylan is 17, Leo and Tray are 16 along with me, and April is 13. i don't have any friends outside of them and they don't have any other friends either. I think its because people think we're weird. I wait for another 10 minutes and finally they get here.

"Hey." I say. "Hi." april says giving me a hug. April is almost as tall as me. She used to be short and have no figure but now she's getting very tall. I've kind of wanted to look like her. She has bronze hair, very tan skin, and Sea green eyes. You might actually mistake her as Finnick Odair's sister if she hadn't told you otherwise. She tells me that I'm beautiful And I guess that I am being a little insecure. I have chocolate brown hair, not too tan skin, and sea green eyes. sea green eyes are pretty common in district 4.

We just sit for a while. When its time to leave we all get up and hug. I'm fighting the tears but they come. When I look at April her eyes are flooding with tears. I hug her tightly and give her a kiss on the forehead. we all leave. When I get home I take a bath.

once I'm finished I put on a white dress. I slip on some white flats and split a piece of bread with my little brother, Jonathan. Luckily he's not eligible for the reaping. When my dad comes to the kitchen he eats a bread roll. After around half an hour we we get there I get my finger pricked and stand in the 16 year old girl area. I wait for a little longer.

finally Lashandra, our district escort comes up on stage. She has dark skin and brown hair that transitions to blonde. Her face has little makeup. She's wearing a black high low dress with a floral design on the skirt with black five inch heels.

i like her better than other escorts. She seems real. She speaks without a Capitol accent. "Welcome, today we are going to pick two tributes to represent our district for the 70th annual Hunger Games. First the girls." Lashandra digs her hand into the reaping bowl. She picks out nape ice of paper and unfolds it. "Annie Cresta." Her name booms out through the microphone.

I don't move. I stand there with wide eyes threatening with flood with tears any moment. Peacekeepers grab my arms and drag me to the stage. As they drag me my shoes make a scratchy noise. They push me up the stairs but I fall in the middle of the stairs. I let a tear escape from my eye and heave myself up and walk up the stairs. I stand next to Lashandra as she asks for volunteers. Nobody volunteers. I can tell April was about to but I shook my head at her. Lashandra picks a boy. "Bryce Wilson." she says. a tall muscular body walks up. We shake hands and are escorted to to the justice building.

while I sit in a room alone I let out all the tears. Suddenly my little brother and dad come in. I run to them for a hug. They're both crying. Jonathan, while I'm gone hang out with Dylan, Leo, Tray, and April. They'll keep you company." I tell my little brother. "Dad, don't stop working. Act like its a normal day." I say. Soon they have to Leave. When they have to leave I hug them and I'm left crying. Soon Dylan, Leo, and Tray come in. We hug. I let more and more tears spill out.

"you have to come out." Leo says. "We all know I won-" I'm cut off by Dylan. "Yes you will." He says with tears spilling down his cheeks. I hug him. "If I don't make it I have a note under my pillow at my house. Read it ok?" I ask. "Ok." Dylan says crying. When they have to leave give them one last hug.

April is the last to come in. Her eyes are red and puffy and tears spill down her cheeks like a waterfall. I hug her tightly. "Your like a sister to me, you know that?" I ask. She nods her head. "I just wanted to let you know that I cared." I say hugging her and crying as much as she did. When she has to leave she resists. The peacekeepers have to drag her away.i run after her and hug her one last time. It's a tight Hug. I kiss her on the forehead and whisper I love you. She's practically family. She walks away crying loudly in her sister, Daisy's arms. I walk back in the room and cry.