I stood at the Reaping of District 4 watching, waiting, and hoping. Hoping to god that I'd be picked for the Games. If not, I'd volunteer. For sure. I'm sixteen and I need to show up Districts 1 and 2. I waited in the crowd rocking back and forth on my heels and picking my nails. My friend, Allison, glanced at me and smiled. I flashed a smile back and watched the stupid movie of why the Games existed. All of it was a lie.

Then, our over joyed District Head (Which is what people in District 4 called them) named Vallonti Macer came through the doors. She was insane with electric blue hair, skin with a slit green tint, and purple eyes. Creepy, purple eyes.

"And now…for the ladies! DANIELLE MARAY!" I smiled, happy that she had called my name and I ran up to the stage and shot my hands up in the air. Vallonti laughed.

"And now for the gentlemen…ADDREN CADE!" I rolled my eyes. Addren was the most annoying person at the Academy. He was a waste of space and time and effort. "Now…shake hands." I shook his hand and glared at him. He smirked and I wanted to smack the living crap out of him. I held back and walked stiffly back to the train. Vallonti went to get Myles Jury, our mentor. He was gorgeous. Myles came in and sat next to me. My heart fluttered.

"Ok, guys, what are your names?" He asked.

"Danielle Maray." I said, looking down his body. His smoking hot body.

"Addren Cade." Addren muttered and couldn't keep his eyes off my boobs.

I'm shy around most people, but I can be outspoken. "Unless you want to die now, I suggest you keep your eyes off my boobs because I can arrange your death to be right now." I snarled.

He smirked and Myles kicked him in the shin.

"Leave her alone, dude." Myles said. Addren sat there, completely speechless. I smirked and he looked away.

"Anyway, so let's talk other Districts. One's very flighty this year and unskilled. Two…oh god… they're tough, the guy is huge and the girl, she's skilled. Three…uh…I don't really know about them." He explained a little more and went into detail on 5, 11, and 12. I stared at the reruns of the Reaping. Glimmer, the One girl, was a slut. But god, the boy from Two was hot! I wouldn't know what to say to him though. Heck, he was hotter then Myles. No. He wasn't. Never mind.

The days passed uneventfully except for me shoving Addren through a wall, which was comical.

I went into the training hall and a grabbed a knife.

"You good with knives?" Said Clove, the girl from 2.

"Yeah, you?" I said quietly.

"Yep." She flung a knife at the target and hit it dead on.

"Nice."

She shrugged. "Four, right?"

"Yep. You're from 2."

"I'm Clove." She said.

"Danielle." We shook hands. "Who's your partner?"

"Cato." She pointed to the hot blond. "You?"

"Addren." I pointed.

"Ew."

"I know." We laughed.

"CLOVE!" Glimmer shrieked. Clove groaned and rolled her eyes.

"What happened to my bow?" She snapped.

"Do I look like I know?" Clove hissed.

Glimmer rolled her eyes and stormed off and Cato rolled his eyes.

"I can't stand her." Clove muttered.

"I see why."

"I'll be right back." Clove walked over to Marvel and began to complain to him. I snickered and threw and knife at the target and hit it dead on.

"Good job." I froze and spun around. Cato. My heart did a back flip.

"Uh…thanks."

"I'm Cato, from 2."

"Danielle, from 4."

He nodded and crossed his arms over his chest. "Was Glimmer giving you a hard time?" He asked.

I shook my head. "She didn't talk to me. She just yelled at Clove."

"I don't like her." Cato murmured.

"I don't blame you." I muttered.

"Can you keep a secret?" He asked, looking around.

I nodded.

"I want District 4 to have more of an alliance with Clove and me more than 1." He whispered in my ear. I couldn't breathe, I had forgotten how.

"Really?" I asked.

He nodded.

"I-I got to go." I didn't but I was running out of things to say. He nodded and I ran to my water bottle. I gulped down my water and Clove came over to me.

"Hey." She said quietly, glancing at the girl from 12.

I nodded once.

"What'd Cato want?"

"Nothing." I lied. She nodded.

"I swear I'm gonna chop Glimmer's head off." She hissed.

"Why?"

"She's over there 'OH CATO!' and all that then she said that she didn't have any underwear on. It's nasty."

"What'd he do?"

"Rolled his eyes. Actually, it was funny, seeing her get rejected." She giggled. Myles came in and motioned for us to go.

"I'll see you." I waved and Clove waved back as I ran up to the door. Addren was staring at Glimmer's butt, the pervert. Hey, slut and pervert, perfect match!

"Why don't you go ask her to get in bed with you? I'm sure she'll accept." I sneered. Clove heard me and tried to muffle her laughs.

He narrowed his eyes. "I just might. You should go ask Cato to get in bed with you, because I know you have a thing for him. Oh, and maybe Myles could join you."

"SHUT UP!" I screeched and slammed him up against the wall with my knife at his throat.

"Hey, hey, calm down." Clove said, pulling at my arm.

"Danielle, leave him be. You'll have your time in the arena." It was Cato. I took the knife from his throat and stormed away.

"I'm going to go talk to her." Clove said. I sank down against a wall and cried into my hands. It was the alternative to beating someone up.

Clove sat down next to me. "What'd he say?" She asked gently.

I sniffled. "He…told me to have a threesome with Cato and Myles." I sobbed.

"Don't listen to him! You're a strong girl, Danielle. You don't have to take his crap. From what I know, you wouldn't do that."

"I wouldn't."

"Then you have nothing to worry about, Danielle. Look, just kill him and slice him open in the arena. It's simple."

I smiled at her. "Thanks. I need to go." I hugged her and went out to the balcony where I found Myles staring out into the city. I sat down next to him.

"I heard what Addren said, and I'm sorry about that." He glanced at me.

"Not your fault." I muttered. "I'm just going to kill him in the arena."

He smirked. "Nice. I don't blame you, Danielle. I'm going to have a chat with him tomorrow, anyway."

"You don't?"

"Nope. Just because I have to train him, doesn't mean I have to like him."

I laughed a little. "So, how is it? Being a trainer."

He shrugged. "Not bad, I guess. You seem like a good kid, compared to Addren."

I blushed and scooted over next to him.

"Thanks." I said.

"Have you made any friends?"

"I guess. She's from District 2, her name's Clove."

He nodded. "She nice?"

"Duh." I giggled.

He smirked and put his arm around my shoulders. I smiled and rested my head on his shoulder. "I hope you win." He murmured.

"I will, trust me."

Myles pulled me in closer and I put my arms around him.

"I'm going to bed." I stood up and stared down at Myles. "What?"

He stood up and towered over me by about six inches.

"There's just one thing I want to do first, Danielle." He ran his fingers down the side of my face and kissed me. He took his lips from mine.

"Goodnight." I said quietly, smiling. I kissed him again and went into my room and flung myself on my bed.

I was smiling still. I had just confirmed that he liked me. My life's mission was complete. I stopped smiling as one named flashed through my brain: Cato. He seemed to like me a lot because he wanted me for an alliance and not the useless District 1 tributes, Glimmer and Marvel. Marvel wasn't entirely useless, he was just retarded. Glimmer was a slut, plain and simple. The way Cato looked at me though. It made me so hot. But, seriously, the hottest guy from all of the Districts having a crush on me. Yeah right. I knew Myles did because he freaking kissed me, and he made the first move. Not me. Myles was a charming, hot, knight in shining armor. And, Cato was the hot, mysterious bad boy. Great, I was faced with bad boy and knight in shining armor. I was screwed. Cato actually came to talk to me though, not Clove or anyone else. That's a sign, right? I rolled my eyes and slammed a pillow down on my face as images of Cato and Myles flooded my head.
"Ow." I muttered. This sucked rocks. But at the same time it was amazing. Part of me wanted Myles, but the other part wanted Cato. That was the suck-y part. The amazing part was they both seemed to like me.

How was I supposed to train when I'm to busy thinking about them, though? I'll figure that out in the morning, I guess. I took the pillow of may face and went over to my closet. My extravagant closet, that is. I took out a navy blue silk nightgown and changed into it, throwing my training close on the floor. I crawled under the covers and closed my eyes, praying to god that I would go to sleep.