Chapter 2
Remember Me
Soon there is a knock on my door. "Little girl it's time to eat,"came an unfamiliar voice from the door. I'm still wearing my pale green reaping outfit and like most things in this district there are small patches of mud.
"I'll be a couple of minutes,"I say back. I hear footsteps going down the train. There is a chest of drawers and a wardrobe. I go to the drawers and find some jeans and t-shirts. I take off the dress but keep my woven grass necklace with the wooden flower charm on because it's the only thing that reminds me of home. The jeans are a bit baggy and the t-shirt is a bit big.
I slip off my sandles and walked bear foot to the dining car. The sweet scent of different foods hits me before I even walk through the door my mouth begins to water. I haven't eaten very well all my life even though District 11 is Agriculture and my job is picking fruits in trees. I can climb thi highest because I'm the lightest person working the feilds so I reach the highest branches. I wish I was there right now I feel so alive when I'm in the trees and the wind is blowing and the mockingjays are flying beside me as I leap through the trees.
When I walk in Thresh is shoving a loaf of bread in his mouth, Laufeia is looking at him in discused and Seeder and Chaff are trying unsuccessfully to stop themselves from laughing. Thresh only stops eating when he sees me in the door. Everyone looks at me. Laufeia looks like she will faint.
"What?" I ask innocently.
"Why are you wearing jeans this is a day to be celebrated,"Laufeia chokes out.
I see Thresh pretending to choke her behind her back. I start giggling and Laufeia whips around just after he puts his hands on his lap. He looks at her innocently. Seeder, Chaff and I burst out laughing and Laufeia storms out of the room. She pushes me out of the way and I fall into a soft chair.
"What's with her?"I ask.
"She thinks all the tributes celebrate being taken from their homes and forced to kill," Seeder explains sorrow in her voice.
"Eat something little girl you should be hungry," Thresh says smiling.
"Well I'm used to it,"I say.
I sit down beside Thresh and eat some berries I recognize them but the Capitol seem to have enhanced the flavour. I eat a dark cresent shaped bread roll from our district. The I drink something called 'hot chocolate' it was delicous. I haven't eaten so much in ages. The Peacekeepers are really strict in our district and if take any of the harvest even if it's a small berry we get fifty lashes. Once a thirteen year old boy did but when he passed out after 20 everyone left because they knew he would die.
"Thresh, Rue before weget to the Capitol we need to discuss strategy for the arena,"Seeder starts.
"Yeah or you might end up like me,"Chaff says waving his arm stump in the air.
"Don't do that Chaff. You where just lookig for a fight. If they don't aggrivate the loose cannons in the Carrers they should be fine,"Seeder says. Chaff gives her a toothy grin. Seeder was his mentor after all. "Any way what are your strengths," Seeder asks looking at Thresh.
"I'm strong and use rocks for weapons,"he states simply,"What about you little girl?"
"Well I can climb and make sling shots,"I reply a little on edge.
"That would keep you out of the Careers reach because they're always too heavy to climb very far up trees,"Chaff says with a throaty laugh.
"Little girl will be like the birds,"Thresh says. He works in the orchards too sometimes but mostly heharvests grain. He must have seen me jumping through the trees one time. I couldn't help but blush no one has ever told me I looked like a bird.
"Thanks Thresh,"I say.
"The recaps are about to begin we should watch them,"Seeder says.
We go into another car with a TV, sofa and two chairs. I sit on the floor in front of the TV. The seal of Panem show and the anthem plays. Districts 1,2 and 4 are all huge tributes but none as tall as Thresh. The District 2 male Cato or something looks like a bit of a loose cannon. I'll be sure to avoid him. The one that catches my attention is District 12. A girl my age and height is chosen. She isn't even on the stage when her sister goes mad chasing after her and when she can't reach her sister she volenteers. Katniss was her name. The boy for twelve looks as if he's about to cry for some reason. Only he knows why but I'm sure we will find out in time.
"I'm going to bed,"I mumble tierd from todays events. Thresh follows me.
"Sweet dreams little bird,"Thresh says as I go into my room.
"You too Thresh. And my name's Rue,"I say. He just goes into his room which is opposite mine. He is like the older brother I never had. I take off my clothes and pull on some cotton pyjamas. The bed is too soft for me so I ask some one to bring me a hotwaterbottle. I pull a sheet onto the ground and put the bottle into a pillow and curl up on the floor. It almost feels as if I'm home in bed with little Aviva snuggled up beside me. The only difference is that my brothers aren't snoring in the background and mother isn't thrashing having a nightmare about how father died again.
Tell me what you think about Rue and Thresh's relationship.