Chapter 7: District 7 Reaping

Jonathan got out of bed grumbling, he hated having to get up early. He went to the streets and began to pick up spare coins out of the gutter. A small penny here and there, it took him weeks to come up with even five dollars for bread, but of course no one would hire him not with his 'love' of the capitol. It was all an act of course because he knew they would be interviewed when he went in the games, and he would get more sponsors if he 'loved' the capitol.

He returned to his shack, it really couldn't be called anything else, to get dressed. He had some nice clothes that Isabella had gotten him for his birthday a few years before. He smiled at the thought of her and rushed to be ready in time. He glanced at his father's old watch and saw that it was 1:50.

The reaping started at 2.

He broke into a full out run to the town square and arrived just as the church bell rang out the hour. He tried to catch his breath as some blond lady read her speech, he looked in the crowd and spotted Isabella smiling at him, he flashed a grin back.

"Lizzy waky!" Yelled a small voice, Isabella awoke to find little Cythnthia on her bed look at her with her big brown eyes, Lizzy laughed and then got dressed, she had overslept and only had an hour to get ready, which really was not enough time to try and make herself look presentable. She shoved Cythnthia out of her way as she dressed in a stunning black dress and walked to the square. She looked around anxiously for Jay but couldn't find him in the crowd square.

"Please don't be late again." She thought, he had been late when they were twelve and been whipped on TV in front of the entire nation before they would begin the reaping.

He came running in right as the clock struck two and she smiled at him, he just grinned back. They listened to the blond ladies speech, and then held their breath as she called the girl tributes name.

"Isabella Waters." Lizzy froze and Jay had to push her, the lady plowed on though and was already reading out the boy's name.

"Jonathan Snake."

"The snake." The crowd whispered, Jay and Lizzy walked up the stairs silently, clutching each other for support. The lady smiled and Lizzy wanted to slap her as the peacekeepers lead them away, but they had no family to see them.

Okay guys, so I better start getting some reviews because this is getting annoying, I've had over 50 visitors, over 100 hits...but not a single review? I don't want to sound mean and be one of those authors who won't update until they get a certain number of reviews, but I really need the feedback so I can make this story better.

So I'm going to do a sponsor points for this chapter.

Tell me what you think so far of the story and you get 50 points for your district, I'll count this once I have all 12 reapings up. So just say now, and then either pick a tribute to sponsor or just leave it there until you find one you like.

Until next time (which I hope will be in the review section)

~Amanda