I stare blankly up at Cilee; I soon get to my senses and walk up on the platform. From that second onward I decide to play timid, no one could harm a small shy girl from district seven could they? Mother looks up heartbroken, Jake looks as if he were to cry and Shane, well, he's Shane however looking at Mother's horrified expression makes him nearly cry too.
"And now for our male tribute," says Cilee, "Antonio Jackson"
I'm not that familiar with Antonia, I know a few things; he's seventeen and is a fat slob who gets loads to eat and is really greedy. He is from the richest part of district seven, his uncle is the mayor.
"Go on then," says Cilee loudly, "shake hands!"
We nervously shake hands; I look back down at the people I will never see again. We are rush to the Justice Building where we say goodbye to our loved ones. Mother, Jake and Shane come in first.
"Jo-jo," cries Shane, "why do you have to go?"
"We'll miss you," says Jake "but you will come back won't you?"
"I-I..." I manage to say, my throat hurts from trying not to cry.
"Won't you!" repeats Jake
"I'll try," I reply, "my very hardest"
They both give me a big hug; I feel tears rolling down my face. I know I won't come back, but I can't tell them. I look over to Mother.
"Look after yourself," I say to her "look after them too."
Mother starts to cry too, I give her a hug.
"I love you," I tell her, "I'll miss you sooooo much"
"We'll miss you too," she's says, "We love you!"
I whisper to her "You do know that I won't come back"
Just as she's about to reply, the peacekeepers come in to take them away. They struggle but I tell them not to
"I love you!" I call just as they leave.
My next visitor is Kia; she gives me a hug, my tears splashing on her shoulders.
"I'm going to miss you sooooo much," she tells me "you have to win, you have to!"
"I'll try," I tell her, "I promise."
"Here," she gives me a charm necklace "I've got one too. I got it this morning and I was going to give it to you after the reaping. Yeah. You're allowed to have one thing in the games."
"Okay," I say "I will!"
Before she can say anything else, the peacekeepers take her away. I wave her off as more tears spill out of my eyes. I miss her already.
I sit down to wait for the peacekeepers, not expecting anyone else, when Harry Linston, the butcher's son, comes though the door and I stop crying. I know him a bit, he's in my class, and we sometimes have to work in partners. I didn't expect him to come, not at all.
"Right," he begins, "erm, well, this is awkward."
I nod "Yeah, I suppose. So what do you want?"
"I, erm," he stutters "I love you, I have developed a crush you. Your beautiful, long, brown hair, your lovely, dark eyes.
"Wow," I whisper, "I'm flattered, really."
"I don't want you to die, I don't want you do go." he replies.
"Yeah," I say, "me neither."
I open my arms for a hug; he makes no hesitation and pulls me in. For the first time in my life, I feel something, something different to anything else. I think that it's love.
The peacekeeper comes in to take him away, I smile at him, he returns it with a wave, and I begin to cry, again.
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