A/N: Hi I'm new to writing. I hope you guys like it! Sorry I haven't been posting lately. I'll probably update once a week if I can, maybe more. :D
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Hunger Games or Hunger Games ideas.
After the speech from the Capitol, I didn't have any new dreams. I just had the same one. I guess you could say they were different dream, but only slightly. These dreams I kept seeing only one person I knew. His name escapes me, but I've seen him in school before. I had to go to school with Jelly and Mika, Kane went to work at the fishing yards. Me and Mika tried our hardest to stay together for the last 2 months until the day of the reaping. No one could wait, they were so excited. Me and Mika were not, for I kept having nightmares of murder, of people I don't even know.
I can only assume that these people are from the other districts.
Mika was always trying his hardest to help me get through those dreams. Since we live so close sometimes he would come to my house in the night and we'd sit on the couch until I fell asleep again.
Tomorrow was the day of the reaping. People were getting ready, my brother was one of the most excited out of everyone. I think Jelly knew that I was not excited for this because she wasn't that excited about it either, or at least not while I'm around.
Mika, Jelly, and I went to school that day only to notice that school has been cancelled until after the reaping. Unfortunately for us that only gave us today and tomorrow to be off.
"Yay!" Jelly said.
"Yes, yay!" I repeated with no enthusiasm. "Come on Jelly, let's take you back home."
As we got home Kane was already there. I think they must have cancelled everything for the reaping.
"Go on Jelly, I don't think I'm coming in." I said
"Why not?"
"I'm going to take a walk with Mika. Tell Kane that I'll be home in time for dinner, or maybe sooner. Who knows."
Jelly looked so sad. "Come on Jelly, don't be sad. We don't have any school today! You have the whole day to do whatever you want!" Mika said.
"Okay…" She didn't looked any less convinced, but walked inside and closed the door.
"Where are we going?" Mika asked. By the look of my face he didn't need an answer. Lately I've been swimming through the lake to get to a small island in the middle of it. It was where my parents got engaged, so it's a very sentimental place. I get to think really well there. And I usually go alone, but I really need Mika right now.
"Oh…" was all he said in reply.
It wasn't particularly far from our house, but I wanted to get there as soon as I could. So I ran. I figured that Mika was following me, but I didn't turn around to see if he was still there, until I got to the edge of the lake and noticed he was right behind me, which made me feel protected. "Let's go in" I said. He nodded and now he said,"Race ya?" and jumped in to the lake. That's one of the reasons I love Mika, because even when I feel very sad and serious, he makes me laugh.
As I'm thinking about this I realize he's already got a huge head start, so I jump in after him and swim as fast as I can. When I get to the edge of the island's beach he's waiting for me. Even though I knew he just meant a swimming race to the edge of the island, when I get out of the water I dash to my favorite thinking place. I just laughed at him as I ran out of sight. I ran so hard I got to my favorite place here, the spring my mother named me after. This is the site where my father proposed to my mother.
Mika finally caught up with me, he was so out of breath. I laughed. He just stared with his blue eyes and smiled at me. After he was done panting, I kissed him like we'd never see each other again. He kissed me back and then after that long kiss we were both out of breath.
"Mika, tomorrow's the big day."
"I know…" Mika stared at me, serious this time.
"Stop!" I said. He was shocked, he didn't know what I was saying. He stared confused but not at me."You-I-…I'm…I'm sorry, Mika I'm sorry. Your eyes, they're just intimidating. I don't know why I brought you here. I just need arms."
He didn't hesitate, he walked right over to me and put his warm arms around me. I started crying, I didn't know why. I just put my face in his chest and cried.
"Don't worry Spring, I'm here. I'll always be here for you. Please stop crying." (This is what I meant earlier. I didn't really want to stop crying, but he makes people do things he wants. But this time he wasn't trying to make me do what he wants, he just doesn't like to see me upset.) "Come out now and sit with me."
I did and we just sat there in the middle of the island just sitting with his arms around me. I felt like nothing bad could happen to me, like I was invincible.
After awhile, we got up not saying a word, but we both knew we should get home. So we walked to the lake and swam back to shore. We went to our own houses and said we'd see each other in the morning, a kiss goodnight and we went inside. Kane and Jelly were preparing dinner. The rest of the night wasn't eventful so basically we ate dinner and I went to sleep because I was so tired from the races.
When I woke up, I almost forgot that today was the day of the reaping and even though I didn't know yet, the last time I'd ever see Mika, Kane, and Jelly.