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Chpt. 4
We get off the car and are quickly ushered to the train. After safely making it into the train Peeta storms off, Haymitch is taken to his room, and Effie excuses herself to get freshen up for dinner. I'm left by myself until a train attendant tells me which room is mine. When I enter I take in the room. In it is a bed that Prim, my mother, Buttercup, and I would fit in without even touching each other, a dresser that I open that's full of beautiful clothes that I could never afford, and a bathroom that's bigger than my living room and kitchen put together. I bathe and when I'm changing into an evergreen long sleeve blouse and dark pants Effie knocks on the door tell me that dinner is being served.
By the time I get to the table everyone is there. "Well dear it's nice of you to join us" Effie says. I try to hide how annoyed I am by her accent to no avail. "Well sweetheart that was a very brave thing you did by volunteering." Haymitch says and I flinch at the name of endearment he uses. "That is because she is a great citizen she knows how important the Mayors are and she wanted to take place for the mayor's daughter to show her bravery." She says. "Now Effie dear I highly doubt she volunteered for the mayor's daughter to win the 'Citizenship Award'." He glares at her. "Sweetheart now we know you didn't do it to win the 'Citizenship Award' and I doubt it was for the fame so why did you do it?" he asks. I feel everyone looking at me waiting for my answer. Even Peeta has his beautiful eyes on me waiting for my answer. "I did it for love" I whisper. "Now if you'll excuse me I seem to have lost my appetite I'm going to my room" as I get up Peeta rushes towards me and hugs me. "Katniss I would've done anything and everything possible to return to you and give you everything you needed." He says. "Yeah Peeta how did you plan on doing that? In a coffin or as an unattainable Victor?" I shout. "Katniss what good is it to me if I return as a victor if you are not there anymore?" he calmly asks me. Effie and Haymitch stare at us and I see that Haymitch might be coming up with an idea. Peeta begins to walk me to my room and when we reach it I tell him "Peeta I'm sorry for what I said. I don't doubt that you could made I back I just want to make sure that you do make it back." "Katniss yet again what good will it do me to return if you are not there?" he asks. "It'll do you good you'll know how grateful I am for you saving my life, for being my best friend, and for showing me that I know how to love." I tell him. With this I go to my room and close the door behind me. Now after sharing my feelings for him I know for sure that I'll do everything to get the boy with bread home.
We reach the Capitol and are quickly taken to the Remake Center to be prepared for our stylist. After about four hours of being tortured or as my prep team would call 'Beauty Base Zero' I am left in a room with only a thin paper robe to wait for my stylist. Before I have any more time to begin fidgeting a young man enters and I am taken aback by how normal he looks. He is a medium build man not too thin and not too built, I would say he is about 5' 7'', with short black hair, and the only make up he wears is a thin line of gold eyeliner. "Hello, Katniss. I'm Cinna, your stylist." He says and I hear no hint of the Capitol accent in his voice. He asks me for a minute and goes around my body to take me in, after he compliments my braid and my mother's cleverness to make something so intricate, classic, and beautiful he begins to tell me how he and his fellow stylist Portia have decided on doing complimentary costumes for Peeta and me. He tells me of their plans for Peeta and I to become 'District Twelves Unforgettable Tributes', and all I can think of is that we are most likely going to be naked. A few hours later I am dressed in an all-black unitard and so is Peeta. As the Opening Ceremony is about to begin we are all whisked away to our chariots. When District Eleven is rolling out Cinna joins us again and begins to light our capes and headpieces.
I turn to see Peeta and he looks beautiful with the flames dancing on his strong features even his eyes look more beautiful if that's even possible. "Katniss you ok?" he asks me and I immediately return to my senses. "I'm fine I was just worried that we would be charred to death before the games even began." I lie. "Katniss you look… There is not a big enough word to describe how amazing, beautiful, and gorgeous you look" he says I can't help my blush and with that he takes my hand and we begin our journey to the center of the City Circle. As we are riding our way to the City Circle our possible be sponsors are in awe by our flaming costumes and I can't help but feel grateful for our stylist mad minds. They throw us kisses and roses and they actually know our names. They chant our names like if we were Gods. I would like to know how long they love us and how fast they want us dead. After the Opening Ceremony we are taken to the Training Center where we will of course train and live in before the games begin. The basement is the actual training center and each floor serves a district so we are taken to the twelfth floor which is also the last floor.
***I really want to hear you guys comments on the story so far. And tell me what 'What ifs' of the story you'd like to read about****
***Some of the lines of the chapter are from the book and we do not like plagiarism so I am going to cite my work. They are from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins on Chapter 5 pg. 61-72***