Chapter 3
Hey guys! Emma here! I thought the last chapter was absolutely AMAZING! So let's see if I can try to top that! :)
[[Emma's POV]]
After the reaping, Effie herds us through the heavy mahogany (movie reference :D) doors and into a large, intricately decorated room. She leaves me and Mabry in a room by ourselves to say goodbye to our families. Killing multiple teenagers was going to be the easy part. Saying goodbye to my mother was going to be the real challenge. I barely had time to turn to look at Mabry before the doors opened and our Mom ran in, clutching a soggy handkerchief to her chest. She whimpered a few inaudible sentences before pulling us both close. Our Dad ran in after her, followed by Lauren, Braden, Joseph, Ben, Jackson, and his wife Kiera. They all hugged us until the Peacekeepers pulled them all out except for Joseph. He looked at us with eyes that seemed a thousand years old and said "You guys will win this. I absolutely know it." I smiled weakly and waited until they where out of the room to start bawling my eyes out. Mabry stared blankly at the wall ahead of her. We stayed like this until Effie came to get us. She led us through the heavy doors and out to the train station, where Ren and Jordan met us there. Mabry seemed to perk up a little at the sight of Ren, and vise versa, but me and Jordan just looked at each other. We boarded the train and where escorted to a lavish sitting room where Effie promptly left to "Use the lavatories." I sat down next to Mabry and across from Jordan. The look on his face made me want to cry. Why? Why is this happening to us? It's bad enough me and Mabry got chosen, but throwing the crushes in was just a mean move on Fate's part. Mabry resumed talking to Ren, and I looked out the window. Until Jordan spoke.
"Well this sucks." He said. My highly intellectual answer came out something like this:
"Uhh...yeah."
I've never been good with boys. That was Mabry's job. She's had a couple boyfriends, but my relationships never expanded past secret crush. I've had a crush on Jordan for a while, and the only person that knew was Mabry. I was wracking my brain for something to say when Effie came to my rescue, pulling a petite brunette lady at her side. Effie cleared her throat softly, so that Mabry and Ren finished talking and turned to Effie.
"This," Effie said in the ridiculous Capitol accent, "Is Cara, your mentor." Cara looked at us with big, brown doe eyes.
"I'll leave you guys to discussing Hunger Games..stuff." said Effie, and promptly left the room. I think she's already tired of us. As soon as Effie left however, Cara looked at us and said, "I'm so sorry." Then sat down on the expensive furniture and looked madly out the window. "Huh, weird." I thought. The train stopped and we where herded to a large, ornately decorated building. The boys where rushed off to a large stairwell, where they where greeted by a smiley woman with bubble-gum pink hair. Effie led us to a dark blue room with creamy white furniture and told us to wait for our stylist. Mabry then turned, looked at me for a second and asked, "Have you been blushing?" with a little smile on her face. "Uhh...no." I lied, knowing she could see right through me. I was just about to point out that her cheeks where shaded pink too, when the doors opened, and our stylist walked in.
Oooh clifty! Have fun with the stylist Mabry! :)