After an hour or so I decide to look for what I'm going to wear tomorrow. opening my closet I look around and then spot a white sun dress made of very soft cotton and has very nice detail at the bottom of it. I've never worn this dress I believe it was a gift from my birthday that was last year in July, I'll be 16 in two months.
I look around looking for shoes for tomorrow and find some white shoes that I don't like wearing. I sit there in my room, being alone isn't something new to me as an only child I've spent the majority of my life alone. I prefer being alone but we all have our limits and I think I've reached mine a long time ago.
I decide to take a bath to pass the time, I get in the warm water and start thinking about tomorrow and think what I would do if I was reaped how would I feel, what would I say, would anybody miss me? Of course my parents would and so would aspen I'm her best friend, well I think I'm her best friend. Then the thought of aspen being reaped comes to mind and I would be heartbroken and I would be left alone if she was chosen.
I keep thinking of tomorrow until my mind goes blank and I wake up to the sound of my dad outside my bathroom door
"Karabella? Karabella are you okay?"
"I'm fine dad" I shout out I hate my name I say to myself as I force body out of the water and dry my body with a towel.
He must have been worried, he never calls me by my full name only except when he's worried about me or upset. I must have fallen sleep, I dry myself off and get dressed in some pajamas before going downstairs.
"Sorry I fell asleep in the tub" I explain to my parents
"It's fine Kara, dinner will be ready in a bit sweetie" my mom responds. As an only child I don't have the relationship most people expect, mainly because they're more dedicated to their job at the factory than they are to me, my parents are the owners of a solar power plant that powers most of district 5.
I sit at table and serve myself a small serving of some pasta, which I'm not a fan of but it's what my mom makes on nights they work late. The talk about the plant between my parents doesn't interest me until my dad brings up the reaping tomorrow then my dad ask me
"Excited for tomorrow?"
"Why would I be excited?" I respond with an angered tone
"Well it's the reaping"
"That's nothing to be exited about dad some poor person is being chosen to be killed for entertainment! how would I ever be excited if anything I should be pissed!"
the table turns silent faster than I can blink and I can feel the tension in the air
"Can I be excused" I mutter as I leave to go to my room.
I don't know what happened down there, I never yell at my parents no matter how mad i am i always hold all my frustration in, but the fact that my dad though I was excited about the reaping tomorrow made me lose it. I get into my bed and the thoughts of two people being chosen tomorrow to fight to the death scares me but I try to ignore those horrible thoughts and try my best to go to sleep.
Fixed the dialogue the best i could. hope you like the story and thanks for reading :D
