POV Sofia
Mom immediately comes over and hugs me. I gingerly return the hug, slightly embarrassed until I realize Toby is doing the same to Madge. Haymitch sits down rather amused and goes to pour himself a drink of alcohol before Mom shoots him a glare.
"Haymitch no. You promised Effie."
Haymitch groans, but he puts the drink down. He leans back in his recliner and closes his eyes. Soon the room is full of snores. We sit there in silence. Tinkera suddenly bursts through the door. "Congratulations!" she screams. Haymitch's eyes fly open. "Gah! Effie! What no, I wasn't drink- Oh it's just you." And he falls back asleep. Tinkera gives a repulsed shudder and tiptoes in a wide circle around Haymitch. Sh grabs my arm and Toby's with her claw like fingers and yanks us out of our seats. She peers at my face. "Hmmm." She looks over at Toby. Or rather his dick, but whatever. I'm pretty sure she's not. Because Toby is mine. Wait, what?!
POV Toby
Tinkera is looking at me like a piece of meat. "Hey." She says. She let's go of Sofia's hand. "You're definitely attractive enough for sponsors. I am also pretty sure you're a gentleman after you volunteered for your brother. Don't see to many men like those in the Capitol." She licks her lips. Mom stands up. "Get your hands off of my son right now, you bitch." Tinkera releases her grip on my arm. "Just trying to be helpful. And trust me honey, these two need all the help they can get if they want to come home." And she flounces out the door, but not before turning and giving me a wink.
POV Sofia
Jesus. Did that just happen? I want to kill her. And besides, why should it matter? I'm only going to end up killing more people anyway.
POV Toby
I'm shaking. Christ, what was that?
POV Sofia
I clear my throat. "Uh, Mom, why don't we watch the recaps of the reapings?" Madge looks up at the suggestion. "Oh, good idea." she pushes some sort of button on her armrest and one of the walls transforms to a screen. "Here," she says. "It just started."
POV Toby
I'm still shaken by Tinkera but I'm eager to see what the competition looks like. I watch as child after child is called to the stage. A few stand out in my mind. The girl from 5, Paige. 10 years old. Blind in one eye. Siblings from 3, named Spark and Thunder. The very cute boy from District four who shyly volunteers. The 97 year old man from 9.
POV Sofia
The careers tributes look so strong this year. I don't want to die. This game is sick.
POV Toby
Wait. Did I just call the boy from Four CUTE? What the hell?
POV Sofia
I'm shaking like a mouse cornered by a rabid cat. God. I am going to die.
POV Toby
Am I gay? Maybe? No? Yes? Maybe it's just Tinkera. But have I ever liked a girl? No. I can't remember. Does it matter? No. To me? Maybe. No. Crap. It doesn't matter. I am going to die anyway. But damn. He's cute.
POV Sofia
Toby looks so cute when he's nervous. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME?
Tribute list:
Velvet,(Age 20) (Cashmere) and Charming (Age 17) (Gloss)
Rainbow (27) (Brutus) and Bear (34)(Enobaria)
Spark (20)(Wiress and Betee) Thunder (22)(Wiress and Betee)
Bethany (54) and Andrew (16)(Annie and Finnick)
Paige(10) and Johnny (66)
Elizabeth (47)and Jay (72)
Annika (13) and Ben (51)
Evelyn (29) (Cecelia) and Josh (80)
Zoe (44) and Will (97)
Chiara (19) and Liam (66)
Olivia (50) (Chaff) and Sam (94) (Seeder)
Sofia (13)(Katniss) and Toby (15)(Madge)
