I cannot believe Prim and Madge convinced me to come here.
I finish packing for the long journey ahead, for my trip to a whole different state than where I live now. The house I will be staying at is in Dallas, Texas. It will become my home for the next couple of months, and I'm sure it will be bigger than I will ever need. Most of these shows give you things way bigger than you could ever imagine, or at least that's what Madge told me.
Madge is my best friend, has been ever since freshman year. Since she is the governors daughter, she knows a lot of actors and actresses. It's actually her father who knows them, being the governor for the state of Kentucky and all. He tends to meet actors and actressess, and Madge couldn't be happier about that. Just last week she met Zac Effron and Dave Franco when she went to see 'The Neighbors' premier.
She's the reason I'm loading my things into a big limo to go to a house halfway across the country. Madge found out that 'The Bachelorette' would be having interviews only a half hour from where we live and basically forced me to go to them. Since she is the governors daughter in a very well liked state by the producer, she pulled a few strings and for me to become the next Bachelorette.
My best friend first convinced my sister to let me go, which wasn't too hard considering Prim loves the show. After a few weeks of them begging me to agree to come on the show, I finally gave in. I may not be into these things, but I figure this will be a good experience. After all, I am 26 and single.
It's not like guys pay me no mind. Oh no, not that at all. I've had boyfriends before, but they were all looking for too much. I decided, about three years ago, to stop dating until Prim heads off to college. She is 16 now and will be a senior after this summer, so she only has one more year. Though every time I go to town I get attention from men, I turn them down. All I know is that I need to take care of my family.
You see, my father passed when I was young; Eleven years old to be exact. After that my mother kind of shut down, still is shut down to this day. My fathers death hit her harder than me or Prim. My mother rarely talks, never applies for a job, and never puts money or food on the table. Resulting in all that being up to me, I once had three jobs to maintain. I'm lucky I even made it through high school, and I only lasted two years of college before it became too expensive. I had gone to a local college so that I would be able to stay home and take care of Prim.
Guys just aren't a priority in my life, never have been.
I've had many an argument with Madge, telling her that I can't leave Prim home because my mother won't be able to provide for her. She insisted, told me that she could watch over Prim and that it would be okay. Prim is 16 after all. She told me I need and deserve this, and honestly I believe her.
After I load everything into the car, we are off to begin this crazy adventure ahead of me. It will be a short car ride to the train station, then from there I will be making my way to Dallas to meet my awaiting home.
Tomorrow night I, hopefully, meet my future husband.
Time skip to when she arrives at the house.
We only just pull into a driveway when I finally wake up, opening my eyes to an enourmus castle standing tall outside my window. My jaw drops at my sight-
I am staying here?
I mean how many rooms does one girl need? This place looks like it has at least 100.
The whole place is made of brick with a grand fountain in the front, there are oodles of windows scattered around the walls. I avert my gaze from the mansion in front of me and take my bag from the man who is unloading the car. I thank him and jump when I feel a hand on my shoulder.
"Katniss Everdeen?" A gruff voice asks.
I turn to look at the man whom the voice belongs to, and as I turn I am met with the smell of cheep liquor. The man my eyes land on has dirty blond hair that is all messed up and is sticking up in all places, making it look as if he just woke up. He is wearing a suit that is wrinkled and has stains littereing its faberic, and he even has a five o'clock shadow covering his face.
"Yes sir, that's me," I say politely.
"Haymitch," he introduces himself, sticking out his hand for me to shake.
I take it hesitantly as he gives it a firm shake.
"Nice to meet ya, now come on. I need to show you to your room and get you ready for tonight." He says taking my bag from me rather roughly.
"What's tonight?" I ask confusedly.
He turns his head to look at me and smirks, "Tonight you meet the fellows."
"Tonight? I thought I would be meeting them tomorrow night..." I trail off, looking at him in absolute confusion.
"Nope, sorry sweetheart. Someone must've misinformed ya. You will be meeting the lucky fellas tonight." He looks at his watch. "Three hours to be exact. Now come on, we gotta get you ready."
I inwardly groan and remind myself to scold Madge for giving me false information. I follow Haymitch as we walk up the stone steps to the front door and into the palace. We enter into the Fourier with a large chandelier hanging above it. As I look around I find that there is a hallway which extends all the way to what seems to be a kitchen with rooms sprinkled along it. Haymitch leads me up the stairs and into a room I assume is mine.
My jaw drops and my eyes widen as we enter the bedroom. It must be bigger than my living room at home!
"This is my room?" I ask in utter disbelief.
Haymitch nodds and throws my suitcase onto the bed with a huff, his breathing much heavier than before.
I gaze around the giant room; the bed is a queen size, a huge step up from my usual twin bed, the comforter is dark green and so are the sheets, across from the bed is a huge dresser and placed next to that is a mirror. The closet looks like a walk in, which I have only ever seen at Madge's house.
"Hurry and unpack. Be downstairs in five minutes for your hair and make-up." He tells me before stumbling out the door.
"My what?" I ask, snapping out of the trance the room has me in.
He doesn't t turn around to answer me, just keeps walking down the hall. "Hair and make-up sweetheart. Don't be late." He yells.
I groan and quickly unpack. I'm not looking forward to the make up part, I'm really not one for the whole make-up thing. I very rarely wear make-up, only on special occasions, which don't happen to often back at home. The last time I wore make-up was the senior prom, which I was forced to go to by Madge.
I rush downstairs and am greeted by Haymitch with three other people.
"Katniss!" A lady screeches before running to me and giving me a big hug.
I stand there like a deer caight in headlights, she pulls away with an award winning smile on her make-up smothered face.
"Uh, hi?" I hesitantly say.
"I'm Effie! Oh my gosh it's so wonderful to meet you!" She squeals and then hugs me again.
I look over to Haymitch who is holding back laughter, not very well I might add. Then I look at the other male in the room, he smiles politely at me and walks up to me.
"Hey Katniss, I'm Cinna. Your head hair stylist and make-up person. Don't worry, we will try as hard as possible not to torture you."
"Hi Cinna, it's nice to meet you." I say shaking his hand.
"Well, let's get to work!" Effie pipes up in her high pitched voice while clapping her hands.
After my make up and hair get finished Cinna takes me to a room to find a dress. As we enter the room I am completely shocked at what I see. The room is filled to the brim with dresses, the whole room organized like a rainbow; by color. This would be Madge's dream, really it would be any girls dream. Not mine, I don't wear dresses often, we can't really afford them. This though, this is amazing.
"Where to start?" Cinna asked himself looking around as he scanned all the colors.
I feel myself drifting towards the dark green dresses. There aren't too many of them, Cinna watches me and then his eyes avert over to the oranges and reds.
"I think we should go with one of these today, what do you think?" He asks me, holding up a long strapless light red dress. I walk up to him and examine it, it is very pretty, I have to admit. ( _ )
I nod, "I like it. And you're the expert, you know better than me." I say walking out of the room. He follows me and hands me the dress, giving me a warm smile.
"Go ahead and put it on, the boys will be here in an hour."
I smile faintly and head to my room, getting lost along the way. When I finally find my room in this maze of a house, I get changed out of my clothes and into the dress. I look at myself in the mirror and a smile appears on my face. I look myself up and down and I must admit that I feel good. I look... beautiful. This dress is phenomenally gorgeous, I'm surprised I'm able to pull it off.
I walk back downstairs and am greeted by Haymitch sneaking a flask into his coat pocket.
To pass the time we all chat and they tell me a few things about the guys, such as their ages and occupations. My mind begins to go elsewhere, going straight to my home and the fact that I already miss it.
My home. Where I can go into the woods and climb any tree. Where I can go and sit up there for hours on end, watching the sun set and the stars come out. Where I can spend countless hours thinking about anything and everything while I count the stars.
I am snapped back into reality by Effies clap.
"It's time!" She squeals.
"Okay Sweetheart, the guys will be here in about ten minutes. So get ready." Haymitch informs me while Effie runs to him to fix his suit, causing him to grumble out a few curse words.
I have to take a deep breath to calm myself. In ten minutes I will be meeting my future husband.
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