Chapter 1 Lex
The morning heat burned through the window, as the ole tattered blinds are ripped open. Lex groaned as she rubbed her sleepy eyes. Did Bax always have to do that?
"Wake up," Bax commanded
"Why? It's Saturday," lex moaned in to her pillow.
Bax plopped down on the mattress, shaking it. "It's the reaping," Bax said flatly.
The reaping, the days Lex had feared her whole, the day all of district 1 would gather and whiteness the 28th hunger games. This was Lex's first year in the bowl. Anxiety bargain to fill her chest, what would happen? What if Bax was taken? She would be all alone. No parents, no family, and no one to turn to. "Bax?" Lex began but her voice catches. As if he could read her mind, he began stroking her tangled blond hair and hums softly.
" You okay?" He asked, Lex shock her head, Bax patted her "oh yes you are." He stood up to go, "see you in a minute."
Lex stat up, stretched, got dressed, and headed to the other room for a snack. Bex tossed her an apple. He leaned against the main support beam as if every thing was okay. His messy hair, the twinkle in his bright blue eyes, his mussels showing through his dingy shirt that he wore almost every day. Lex could see way people gave them strange looks when they were in town, her being a good six inches shorter then him, tangly hair, over all not vary attractive, but its not like they were dating. They the brother and sister. She was thinking of this when Bex tapped her on the shoulder, reminding her that she needed to get ready, as he ducked to the bedroom to change.
With in a few minutes they are ready to go they sat, clutching each other for security. "Oh,I nearly for got you this," as he pulls out a small bracelet, and clips it on Lex's wrist. It's a thin silvery chain, with small pearl pendent.
She lest out a gasp, "how did you get this."
"Oh, it was nothing," Bax's voice drops to a whisper, "I swiped it off the conveyer belt at work. Don't worry they wont miss it, apparently their is a small defect in the perl so they were getting rid of it." Lex starred at him perplexed.
"Well I got you some thing but not a nice," Lex said as she hopped. She ren into the other room, opening the dresser,and pulled out the pitcher. Slowly she walked back heading the photo carefully to Bex. He takes it and a sign of recognition passed across his face.
"How?" He began.
"When I was cleaning the Whitickers house it fell out of an old book, when I picked it up, Mary, the oldest, said it was our mum and to keep it. I thought it would mean more to you since you knew her for a little while," Lex says this, head pointed down, eyes cast up a little embarrassed.
"Oh, thank you," Bex utters almost a whisper.
The whistles sounds, she rapped her armies around him, fear swelled in her chest. Bex pulled away giving her that knowing smiles that makes girls drool over him, and they headed to the main square.
They, the children of district 1, stood as the heat beat down, on them. Zayden, the capital escort that would pick the names of the of the tributes, stood tall and proud, in his fancy tailored suit. Lex stood fingering the perl that hung from her wrist. Who would be picked? Would she know them? The clock struck 8 o'clock, the ding rung through out the crowd, starting up murmuring, of who would be picked? Zayden walks over to the mic, sort calculative steps, landing on the right foot directly in front of mic.
"Welcome to the 28th annual Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favor. Here is a vary special film brought all the way from the capital," Zayden waved his hand and the film that plays every year began. The film said what the Hunger Games represented a time when the districts rebelled from the capital, and the Hunger Games is what reminds us of the past, and how we safeguard our fetcher, bla, bla. "We'll wan't that a riveting film, and now the pick the young man and woman with the honor of representing district 1, ladies first," Zayden hand danced over the names, the lives of the children picking 1 that would, go in probably to die in the end.
"Lex Mairhart," she stood stunned, it was her. Her legs wouldn't move, someone pushed her from behind, sending her slowly up the long steps to stand next to Zayden. "Now for the boys," with out thinking he grabbed one from the bottom and read, "Bex Mairhart"
"No!" With out thinking Lex screamed. How? It was bad enough that she had to go in, but Bex too? Bex came to a stop in front of her. He mouthed 'are you okay?' Lex shock her head.
Zayden said, "well you two, shake hands." Lex jumps forward rapping her arms around Bex pulling him into a hug. The crowd gasped, two peacekeepers raced forward pulling her from him, dragging the kicking and screaming girl in to the justice building, where no one said good bye.