Broken Glass
Reaping Day. That's the first thing I think when I wake up.
Being 16, my name's in the reaping bowl 12 times. "Why so many times?" You might ask. Well, my mom's dead, my dad's poor, and I have 5 siblings to feed.
The reaping isn't until 2 o'clock, so I decide to swim. My dad bought me a new two-piece for my birthday, so I swim every chance I get.
The coast is practically empty. Probably because it's Reaping day, so everyone tries to get as much sleep as they can, seeing as how District 4 is a career district.
Besides me, there is one other group of people on the coast. Finnick Odair, the 19 year old, drop dead gorgeous sex god victor, and his stalkers. They aren't actually stalkers, just girls that follow him everywhere he goes.
"Hey Cresta, going swimming for the last time before your death sentence?" One of the girls shouted at me.
Everyone in District 4 knew that my family, the Cresta's, were one of the poorest families. Maybe that's why I have no friends, why I'm an alien ot the other children.
"Just to reassure you, Cresta, my bets WON'T be going to you!" A girl, Odair's age, shouted at me while laughing.
Ignoring them, I looked at Odair. He was staring at something to the side of me, trying to avoid my gaze, lookig very uncomfortable.
'What's up with him?' I thought to myself.
A tall, blonde, slutty stalker, in nothing but a tight and revealing bikini who, might I add, was holding hands with Odair, answered my question. "Come on, Finny, let's go before someone sees us with that thing."
Wow. In 10 seconds, I went from being an alien to a thing. Wow.
I snuck a look at him. He was staring straight at me. I tried to look away, to pretend like I never even noticed him.
There was something in his eyes though, that kept me staring. It was a look of regret, pain, misery, remorse, and guilt all mixed together.
I couldn't tell if the look was because he felt sorry that his girlfriend was a bitch, or that he knew I was more than likely going to be sentenced to death in a few hours.
But there was one thing I was certain of. And that thing was that Finnick Odair cared about me, Annie Cresta. That fact had just made Reaping Day a little better.
A/N: Review! I know it sucked! Tell me what you hated about it and what you loved! I wanna make future chapters better than this one! I plan on updating weekly, maybe sometimes I might even get two chapters in a week (: R&R!