Chapter three Love

I wake to Effie saying "Come on get up it is going to be a busy busy day". With sleep in my eyes I dress in a gray t-shirt and black jeggings and head to breakfast. I see Griffin wearing a similar outfit only he has dark blue jeans. I fill my plate exotic fruit, an egg Omelette,with fresh squeezed orange juice. I eat as Effie tells us the plan for today

"Today we are going to arrive at the capitol early so in about two hours you will find you prep team in you room to help get you ready for the tribute parade tonight".

I finish eating and head back to my room and see three people clearly from the capital because they all have brightly colored skin and crazy colored hair dos. As soon as I walk in the door they strip me and put me in the shower to get cleaned up. I finish my shower and they do many other things be for putting on makeup and doing my hair. My prep team introduces them selves as they begin the one doing my hair his name is Van and he puts my hair in a curly bun, Shasta who is painting black nail paint on my nails. And lastly Aravis who is putting on light neutral makeup.

"How do you like it" Van asks?

"I love it never been so pampered" I answer politely.

They leave when a man with brown hair and brown eyes comes in, he introduces his self as Darin, he touches up my make up and hair and Puts a flowly black velvet high-low dress with red flames with glitter, Red lace halter top, capped sleeves, and the lace as well showing on the bottom, I also have a coal necklace and bracelet, and black boots.

"all right there you and when you are in the parade I would like you to wave, hold hands with Griffin, blow kisses".

"Okay I will."

I head to loading pad for the chariots, I see Griffin in a Black skinny jeans, a red short sleeve shirt, black tie, and a black sport jacket, with flames matching mine, and he too has black boots matching mine . " you look nice" he tells me,

"you too" I answer. We reach the chariot and see the costumers of district one, district two, and district four at least this year we don't look drab next to them.

The parade starts we climb on our chariot I see there are lights at the bottom probably to make the glitter sparkle. Our chariot starts to move and we enter the capital square. I look into the crowed and gasp. Griffin grabs my hand or may be I garbed his hand the excitement of it all made my head whirl and I don't remember much except waving and look like I'm having the time of my life,which I was not, and the end with President snow's speech and that is it.

I head to supper waiting to be bombarded my questions about the parade and I would not be able to answer but when I arrive no one asks any so we eat in silence until Brie speaks up "how about we go watch the recap of the parade"

"alright" Griffin answers "how about you Swan"?

" I guess I'll come".

In the training center there are two chairs and one love seat, Effie and Brie sit on the chairs so Griffin and I sit on the love seat. We watch the screen waiting for our chariot to come by to see what I missed being out of it and all. When I see Griffin and I on the screen I gasp I hope it was just in my head but it must have been out loud for Griffin looks at me and pulls me close. I lie my head on his chest and listen to his heart beat. Effie and Brie look at us confused but I don't care I wanted this ever since I met him I wanted him close to me. I fall asleep my head on his chest and listening to his heart beat.

I'm soon awaken my some one carrying me in their arms so I fall back asleep. I awake to see Griffin sleeping at the end of my bed. Why would he be doing this with me now? Now that we are going to our deaths. I hear the door open and a gasp. The gasp was from Effie clearly. I look and and see Effie say " come on time for training" she walks out the door. Griffin gets up and leaves to change into his training clothes. So I head to breakfast.I fill my plate with fruit and sit next to Griffin. When I sit down Griffin puts his arm around me and says " I will get you out alive".

I'm in so much shock I loose my appetite and push my plate away, but Effie tells me to eat so I don't get tired in training so I finish my plate of food. We arrive at training exactly at nine am just in time to for an attendant giving a speech about the different stations. After the speech my head is in blur there are many stations and see many of the career tributes in the wrestling, sword fighting, and bow and arrow stations so I head straight to the knot tying stations were there is know one there. The trainer is happy to have me at one of the unpopular stations. After about an hour I master the mooring hitch knot a quick release knot which will be helpful if I have to make a quick escape from other tributes. When I look up at the trainer to get reassurance that I did it right when I realize another tribute has shown up. I smile a halfhearted smile at her which I guess in in international single for "it is okay to talk to me" for after I smile the tribute girl looks at me and introduces herself that her name is Fawn and she if from district Ten. I being polite just like Effie keeps telling over again I answer " Hi I'm Swan from twelve" Fawn smiles and continues on the knot which she is struggling with so I walk to the edible plant station not wanting to make friend before the games and kill them or them kill me if it came down to that but I might have just accidentally made one a few seconds ago.

At the end of the day I'm back in my room in the training center. I lie on my back on my bed my fingers raw from practicing knots. I hear a knock at the door, I get up and am surprised to see Griffin standing at the door. Before I have a chance to ask him what he is doing here he grabs my hand and as he is leading some he says "were almost there".

Almost there? Almost there to what? I'm let my self be dragged till I see a door marked roof it will most likely be locked but when we near the door I notice there is no lock on the door. Griffin leads me onto the roof and I gasp in astonishment by the lights and the sky right there. I look at Griffin and ask " so any one can come up here can't they just jump"?

" there is a force filed around it so you can't jump even if you tried" he answers.

" well why did you bring me up here than"? I ask

" I thought we could talk".Griffin sits me down on the ground he sits me down next to me looks at me with his big brown eyes his short shaggy light brown hair and than looks away."So what did you do in training today"? I ask trying to lighten the mood.

" I met some of the tributes"

"who did you meet"?"I met Ashby from eight Gilmore and Lark from four and You"

Before I can answer he kisses me straight on the lips I am in much shock but I'm also losing my self in his warmth, his warm arms around my shoulders, his silky soft lips on mine I never want this moment to end but besides breaking for air we stayed in the same position leaning on each other until Brie walks in "what are you" our mentor asks

" getting to know each other better I guess" I answer

"Fine come time for dinner" she retorts. when Brie is gone Griffin plants one last kiss on my forehead we head off to the dinning room.

At dinner Griffin and I sit quietly waiting questions from Effie seeing us sleeping together and from Brie catching us kissing on the roof but no questions are asked so we eat in silence until we are done eating and Effie tells us the plans for tomorrow we listen until we are excused to leave Griffin rises to leave he asks " would you like to go back to the roof"?

"sure why not" I say. We sit down on a ledge and Griffin says" I told you what I did to day now you tell me what you did today"?

" Alright, I learned to tie a mooring hitch knot I also learned the difference between blue berries and Night lock, I met Fawn but she was the only I met I just didn't want to make any friend and have me kill the or the other way around ya know"

" I know exactly what you mean" and again he kisses me on the lips the same feeling of shock and warmth rush though my body but then dissipates and I'm left with only the the warmth. After we sit on the roof watching the lights of the capital and we hum the valley song together. I rest my head on his lap and listen to his breathing and fall asleep to that sound and the warmth of his arms.

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