My Mom crys of joy, and I chuckle "It's only been one year!" "Seems like forever too me" I see Peeta stare at the corner of my eye and push Mom away. "Sorry Peeta" I say, "Oh no its fine. Would you like some break Mrs. Everdeen" my mother nods "Sure" I ho,d my Mom's shoulders and walk her the small dining table. "What happened to Peeta?" Mom's says. "Peeta's parents died in the war. Now let's stop talking about this it makes me feel guilty." I mumble.

Peeta comes in and puts the wooden tray on the table. The smell of bread fills my nose, and reminds me of the time Peeta gave me the bread.

"I'll go get the kids" I say " Kids? I didn't know you had kids!" So I ignore my Mom's joy in the backround and leave to go get Susan and Basil. When I come back my Mom's is so brightened, so brightened I've never seen her face like that before. She looks at Susan and the corner of her lips curl. "She l-looks like P-Prim.." "Not now Mom please"

I hear a knock on the door and when I open it I see Effie, and the Prep Team is there. On the side is Octavia holding a picture of Cinna as a "gift" but it makes me tear up. While I cry everyone trys calming me down while the Prep Team gets me prepared. On the corner of my eye I see Basil staring and me in a frown. I try to remove the tears and smile, but I just make an ugly face and can tell cause everyone looks at me awkwardly.

When I am done I wear the same dress I wore on the choosing ceremony. The blue dress with the little ruffles on it. It doesn't make me feel good, but I dont tell anyone. We set the kids to sleep and get a baby sitter. The next thing you know we are out the door.

When we get to the Capitol I sit down where Snow used to, also because Plutarch didn't care even though he is currently president.They made another throne made for Peeta. After we checked that all citizens of the Capitol were in the stadium, twenty-four contestants were called. Twelve girls, twelve guys, from the age of 12-18.

The list of contestants were:

Female:

Emily Falcon

Charlotte Riverdale

Ashley Falcon

Presley Oxford

Lola Shirley

Frances Smith

Sofia Johnson

Ema Williams

Olivia Jones

Scarlett Martinez

MacKenzie Garcia

Kayla Williams

Male:

Oliver Lee

Elijah Young

Grayson Rodriguez

Jacob Thompson

Jackson Harris

Aiden Wilson

Noah Miller

Mason Davis

Lucas Brown

Michael Jones

Ethan Johnson

Cater Smith