Fredrick Odair

I flopped onto my bed. Where was Elise? I have to tell her about this! Oh, she is probably still mingling. I cleared my head, as I heard a knock on the door. Not Elise, she would have a key.

"Who is it?" I called.

"Me." A familiar voice chirped back. Kelsey.

"Okay, one second, dear." I said in a teasing tone.

She rolled her eyes when I opened the door.

"You wanted to see me?" I ask as she walks in and sits on my bed. My bed!

"Yeah, it's getting boring. My parents are having this weird, dance thing going on. Oh, I saw Elise, is it? Yeah, I saw her with some guys. There were like four. She left with one of them." Kelsey said, calmly.

"What? And she didn't tell me?" I was fuming. I was the older twin, and I needed to keep an eye on her. What am I going to do? She's probably just having some fun. Nothing much, nothing at all. That boy better not touch her! I was on some sort of adrenaline rush...

"Calm down. I'm sure she's fine. Just relax." Kelsey grabbed my hand and pulled me gently onto the bed with her. She was a few inches shorter then me, but still held my head to her chest like I was her child. I was starting to calm down, I mean, oh my, Kelsey just saw me in my worst hour...And she's taking it all in her stride.

"Yeah, your right." I say, pulling away and looking into her soft gray eyes. "Hey, is your hair naturally strawberry-blond?"

"Um, yes it is. Why?"

"If you had brown hair, you'd look like Katniss."

"I know."

I kissed her, just as a apology for acting that way toward her. For her calming me down. How does she do that? Even Elise can't do that! I licked her lips and she smiled.

"What was that for?" She looked at me curiously.

"Just to say I'm sorry for almost punching through the wall." I said sheepishly.

"You wouldn't have."

"Your probably right." I got up and moved a picture frame from the wall to show her a punch I did.

"Never mind, forget I said that."

I laughed. "I've got a bit of your dad in me from spending all that time with him."

She groaned. "I can't date my dad!"

"Why not?"

"Because, he's my dad!"

"So..."

"So, it'd just be weird."

"Does that mean we're dating?"

"What?"

"You said you can't date you dad. Does that mean we're dating?"

She shrugged. "I don't know."

"Stop teasing me!" I turned to glower at her.

"Down tiger." She said, laying fully on my bed, she had her eyes closed.

"Are you just going to fall asleep on my bed?" I looked at her perplexed.

"Yep."

"Okay, I'm going to go out to the party."

"Alright."

I walked over to the door, opening it then pretended to walk out and closed it. I snuck over to where she was laying. Quietly, I got on top of her. Putting my hands on either side of her head and my body raised slightly over hers. I looked at her bright red lips and licked my own. Leaning in, she opened her eyes. She screamed and I kissed her to shut her up. Shocked still, she screamed into the kiss trying to push me off. I rolled so she was on top of me and kissed her again. Only then did she realize that it was me and started to kiss back. After I let up, she slapped me. It didn't hurt but it startled me.

Looking at her with wide eyes, she grinned. Is that what they do in two? Hurt each other? Being a Capitol does not have all the perks. I don't even know why she hit me...Thinking of "she"...Where's Elise? Those boys better not hurt her.

"What was that for?" I pouted.

"You scared me!" She pouted right back.

"If you hadn't been..."

At that moment Elise walked through the door. Her eyes widened, then she covered her eyes with her hands.

"Bad timing, bad, bad, timing!" Elise called out.

Kelsey, startled, jumped clear off me and landed sprawled on the floor. I, too, sat straight up. I got off the bed and helped Kelsey off the floor.

"Elise, calm down! We weren't doing anything wrong!" I called to her.

"He's right, we weren't. Or maybe we were going to..." I nudged Kelsey's arm. "Ouch." She said rubbing her arm. I shot her a Don't even start with that. Your too young for that.

She stuck her tongue out at me in an Am not! Gesture.

"Uh, I was just here to..." Elise started.

"Where have you been? What have you been doing? Please tell me those boys didn't touch you! Elise, four really?" I started to grill her.

"I've been with Silver, Xander, Jace, and Alaek. We have been hanging out. They did touch me, but only hand holding or carrying me down the stairs because of these annoying heels. And we did not do a five-some!" She shot back.

"Stop challenging me!"

"Fredrick, gets his pleasures. Fredrick, gets what he wants. Fredrick this, Fredrick that! I'm sick of it, Fredrick, I don't grill you I can handle myself. Maybe I should grill you, because I'm not the one doing all this-" She gestured to me and Kelsey. "All the time!" She shouted.

We usually never fight. We've always been the model twins. Never fighting, never hitting, always the good kids, always the proper kids, always, always. Elise and I have always had a good relationship, that was until I started to get my reputation. They wanted another Finnick, I gave them a Fredrick. I told her everything I'd done, and she did as well. After awhile I kept the reputation alive, and our relationship started to slip. It was my fault.

"I'm sorry Elise." I looked down at Kelsey, who just didn't know where to look.

"That's it. That's all you have to say! Stop being my dad go back to being my brother!" Elise was hysterical now.

"Kelsey, I think we need sometime to sort this out." I leaned down to murmur into her ear.

"I'll be back, just give me a ring." She winked and left. I stared at the door far after it had closed. Elise, clearly wanting my attention, stepped into my view of the door, crossing her arms.

"I'm mad at you."

"I realized that, dear sister."

"I want you to get rid of that damn reputation, I just want my big brother back." She was on the verge of tears.

"Elise, calm down. Please." I raked my hand through my hair.

"Why am I the only one being questioned? Why? I was the forgotten one, why can't anyone just accept me as Elise instead of 'Fredrick's twin sister' or 'Annie's second child' or even 'Finnick's bundle of joy, second version'? Its so unfair! I can't have fun, I can't get out of the shadow you only lengthened from the previous owner, father's." She sniffed.

"Elise, everyone knows you as more. They all know you just as much as me. Sure, I have a reputation. Sure, I should have kept our relationship strong. Sure, they didn't know about you. Sure, people may call you that. Sure, your only my little sister. But, the only shadow I'm casting is the reputation I have. You have your own. I mean, they always said I should be more like Elise. Elise is better. Elise knows how to act. Elise, Elise, Elise. How do you think that makes me feel?" I knew for sure, I hit home.

"That was before you got that reputation, now its all about you. I miss the spotlight, but I missed my brother more." She ran at me, hugging me tightly.

"I didn't know I ever left." I murmured into her hair.

I hugged her back tighter. She doesn't know the effect she can have on people, she has this huge thing for all of Panem, that no one knows about. Its sad, they don't even know the real her, they should. It gets quite good when you truly get to meet her. She's quite like Peeta in a way, she has that way with words, and the charm of him as well. It only makes sense of course, she was constantly at his side. Peeta was her dad, where as Cato was mine. That sure does make a huge difference, seeing as she came to be much better with words then I. Where as, I learned to hide emotions and stay strong. Peeta and Cato don't know the effect they have had on us. All I know, is that one of these days I'm just going to have to tell them both. I love the way they raised us differently, we are completely different people because of it. I like that Elise can show her emotions, she's lucky. Most of mine are hidden. I'm not sure how to pull them out of hiding to show them off. Where as I hide away my heart, Elise wears her's proudly on her arm for everyone to see. She's so immune to everything, she can't get hurt. She's lucky, I can have my insides explode and show nothing. She can let it show, and everyone just gives her space. Unlike me, they all suffocate me.

"Elise, its late. You should get to bed, mostly because I'm tired." I grinned when she looked at me like I was drunk.

"Alright, I'll tell you what I did, in details, when we wake up sleepy head." She rolled her eyes and went off to change.

When she came back, I was just perked. "Can you tell me now?"

"No, now I'm tired." She walked over and jumped into bed.

I went to change and when I came back she was fast asleep. Agh, why did I say that!? I wanted to know!