Chapter 3:

POV Evelynn

Dinner that evening went by without a conversation, except Delilah went back to talking about the U.S I had just finished my chicken and roll when I excused myself from the table, I went upstairs and brought the bow back in my room, I turned around to see my parents standing in the doorway, I gave my mother her bow and she leaves the room my father looks around my room.

"You haven't started packing yet, Evelynn'

"I was going to start tonight, Tulip will be over in an hour"

"I talked to Delly cause your mother came by and said that Tulip wasn't coming over tonight, Delly complied said Tulip has the stuff to do at their house'

"Oh"

"Evelynn, I love you, but your mother and I had a talk earlier, we decided we expect a lot out of you and some of the things we do expect is that you will pass a course that your mother and I lived through we also expect you won't steal valuable one of a kind weapon. We expect you will not lie when you go hunting and you bring the family back food."

The entire time he was talking my head was somewhere else. He then said something about the neighbours packing my room with Delilah and Wes, well I do something, I wasn't quite sure of.

I re-entered the world when mom came back in with boxes. We all just kinda stared at each other, it was awkward the tension in the room could be cut with a knife. Suddenly the doorbell rings and the door opened. My mother dropped the boxes the time it takes to say wait she was gone down the stairs. As I process what's going on I look to dad who I realize has joined mom downstairs. I peer down the stairs to the front door. My mom reaches out to hug him, he excepts, he does one of those manly hugs with my dad,

"Hey Haymitch, thanks for coming on short notice" my mothers with a really happy tone but a hint of apology.

"Ya Effie's visiting the kids reuniting her self with Ellie and hunter"

"Guess you didn't think about taking a shower before you came over"

"Good to see you too sweetheart"

My mother laughs at the comment, the man pauses and says

"What do you need me to do watch the games with you guys"

"Oh no, we need you to help pack Ev's room, really Peeta and I decided it would be best if we watched the games with the kids but…."

"you don't want to set off Peeta"

Why would dad be set off, he's so chill if anything it would be mom, I think to myself I know I'd be in more trouble then I already am if I said that.

"Ya he's normally fine, but we've never sat down and watched the games or anything from the rebellion" My mother is fiddling with her hand.

"Thank you, Haymitch,"

"Anything to get away from Effie"

I knew the neighbour was once married he and his spouse had children, although they had a tough time getting pregnant so they used a helping system. They ended up having quads within, were two sets of identical twins. After the pregnancy they got a divorce they split the children up one child from each set of twins each.

Mom and dad quickly came up the stairs, I was waiting in my room dad placed his hands on my shoulders and guided me to the master bedroom. Mom gave Maxon and me a notepad and pencil.

Maxon and I got on the bed, dad was on the outside of me, mom was in the middle of me and Maxon, they Turned on the TV, a title came up 74th hunger games reaping, we go through all of the districts one and two are very interesting but the further the number the more boring it gets. Then it gets to district twelve. My parents both get very tense so is Maxon. I'm watching women pick names out of the bowl

"As always ladies first" She reaches in and pulls out a slip of paper. "Primrose Everdeen" A blonde girl steps out into the crowd she's trembling, another person yells I volunteer as tribute, the camera zooms to my mother I didn't realize but my mother and father are holding hands above me. I stopped paying attention, to the women talking but look at my parents who are so focused on each other and then I hear Peeta Mellark, apparently, it zaps my parents back into reality two. We finished everything up to the games mom says we'll study it more when we move.

That night as I enter my washroom, I undo my braid, I can't help but wonder where was moms sister and why isn't she here or close to us at all, because they seem close or why would have mom volunteered for her. When I was little she told me about her father and how he died in the coal mine. She told me her mother shut everyone out she told me about the bread incident with dad. But never about Aunt Primrose. But I think along the side of our house their primrose. Is that why? I thought she was obsessed because it's my middle name. Why would mom not tell me or even dad? I leave my bathroom I put on my pyjamas aka shorts and sweatshirt, my mom thinks I'm crazy cause I sleep in shorts she says it's a million degrees out, but she does too.

I walk out into the hallway, dads tucking in the twins Delilah says moms nightmare game really helps. That I agree I used to use the game all the time when I was little. Mom stands next to me I apologize for taking her bow she says it fine but don't do it again. I ask her about what the neighbour said about dad. She says you'll learn when you're older much older. I attempt to protest I was her age when she volunteered. She dismisses the idea. I move on to my next question

"who was primrose, why don't you talk about her or tell us about her or let us see her"

"I would like to see her too Evelynn"

We stood in silence for a while watching dad with Delilah and Wesley.

"you remember the cat'

"Buttercup, you hated that cat"

"it was Prim's cat"

"prim?"

"Primrose, it was her nickname"

"Oh, why don't we see her"

"She died during the rebellion"

"how"

I realize my mistake as soon as I said it.

"Madame coin used her as bait, to try to sway me to her side, blaming the bombings on snow"

Mom had started to get louder and By that time dad had noticed he shut Delilah and Wes' door. I was to focused on dad I hadn't realized mom started crying. Dad had embraced her and calming her down. I let them do their thing and just headed back to my room. I looked around everything was almost gone the only thing left was my clothing a sleeping bag and a pillow.