First off, thanks to anyone who's still reading this! Second, who saw the finale of Glee? I hated it so much, it was confusing, boring, there was NOT enough Klaine, and Kurt didn't get in! How did the stalking choking girl get in, but not the boy who rocked his audition? I mean really, that was the worst episode Glee has ever done in my opinion!
Again, I'm so, SO sorry for taking so long. I've been extremely busy along with the torture of a little thing called a writer's block. I hope to eventually get to updating once a week, but I'm going to doubt it right now.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything of Glee or the HG.
Blaine's POV
I go to District 11's floor and pretty much run straight into Mercedes. She whirls around and is about to go all diva mode when she realizes it's me. She then helps me regain my balance since I'm about to fall straight on my face. She grabs my shoulders and steers me into a storage closet. Somewhat confused, I go without any complaint.
"Is Kurt okay? What had happened to him?" Mercedes goes right to her point. "If anyone had been mean to him they are going DOWN!" I shake her gently to get her to quiet down. Thank goodness Kurt had said I was allowed to tell Mercedes. I don't know what I would've done if he said that I couldn't.
"Kurt's okay now, don't worry" I decide to give her the good news first, and then explain what had happened to him. "The guy from District 2 decided to bully Kurt since he thought Kurt is gay; which he is, but still. Kurt had been bullied like I had in District 1. Even though 1 is one of the most accepting districts, it's not perfect. Karofsky; the guy from 2, decided to push Kurt around, Kurt froze and could only remember the bullies from district 1. He tried again at the elevator. Thankfully this time Kurt stood up for himself." I decide not to tell Mercedes about Sebastian and the Careers inviting me into their alliance.
"Blaine… what are you hiding from me?" Mercedes has a confused expression on her face. Crap, I should've known that she would be able to tell I'm hiding something. When I don't answer she stares at me pleadingly. "Please Blaine, I want to know." She even does puppy dog eyes at me.
"Fine… Mercedes please stop doing those eyes!" I really hate those eyes; I can never win any argument when she does that. To be fair, I can do them too. I have a secret belief that a District 11 trait is puppy dog eyes. "At the elevators, I defended Kurt from the bullies. Karofsky was about to attack me when the guy from 10 stopped him. The rest of the Careers had come and circled us, so neither of us could have left. Sebastian; the guy from 10 told Kurt that he could leave if I stayed to 'talk'" I put as much emphasis on talk as I can. She groans and walks over to me. With a quick arm movement, Mercedes gestures for me to continue. "It wasn't that bad, they invited me to join the Careers. They didn't hurt me at least" She lets out a loud gasp of surprise. Her mouth opens even wider and no sound comes out. She must still think that it's the usual districts in the Careers, not the ones that make up the Careers this year.
"What! They invited you to join them!" she paces the hallway with shock and suspicion clear on her face. "Why would they do that? What did you say?"
"I told them that I would answer them tomorrow" I say. She takes a quick breath. "I'm not really sure why they invited me, but the districts the Careers are from this year are very different. It's all from 2 and 10, and the boy from 8. So this year, I don't think Districts matter when it comes to Career tributes."
"WHAT!" Mercedes almost brings out every person in this hall. "I've never heard Career tributes not being from 1, 2, and 4 with the occasional 3, but 10 and 8? That's insane."
"I feel like the girl from one will join too" I say. Now Will and Emma have come out to see who's causing the all of the ruckus. They see Mercedes and me and come up to us.
"What's going on?" Will asks.
"Blaine was invited to join the Careers" Mercedes steps in front of me, her fiery temper making her seem harsh, and jealous. Maybe she is, I don't know.
"Wow… that's a first" Will says. "It's so rare that someone from 11 will be asked to join. What did you say Blaine?"
"I said that I would answer tomorrow" putting my hand on Mercedes shoulder, I move right next to her. "Also, this year, there are no 'typical' Career tributes. From what I know, it's the tributes from 10 and 2, and the boy from 8."
"In all of my years as both a tribute and a mentor I have never heard of anything like that" Will's expression proves exactly how shocked he is, and even though his voice is filled with surprise and shock, his expression shows so much more. "Almost every year, it's one and two, and then sometimes three and four. Once in a while there will be an odd district in there, but I've never heard of both in a district like 10, unless, and they're just a tool… well then, Mercedes and Blaine, you need to watch your backs. It looks like anyone could be a Career this year."
"It's not just that Schue, the boy from 2 and the boy from 10 seemed like the leaders of the group" Will's words worry me; is there anyone I can trust this year? Right now, it seems like Mercedes is the only trustable one. I hope that there is something, or really ANYTHING that can help me out with this without joining the Careers. What am I going to do about Kurt? I trust him so much right now, and I won't deny to myself that I have a huge crush on him right now. What if he is actually joined with the Careers, and today was just an act?
"Well, that's bad" Will paces the floor, and my fears are conformed. "So be on your guard with everyone. Do either of you know anyone who could potentially join the Careers? Anyone that you don't think will at all?"
"I feel like the girl from 1 will join, and possibly the tributes from 5" I find a piece of scrap paper floating around and Emma; who'd already figured out what I was doing gives me her pencil. I make three columns and name them. One is for the possible (and already) Careers. The middle is for people we aren't sure about, and the last one is for people that in no way would ever join the Careers unless it was life or death. Maybe not even that. "Just tell me who you think; we should keep track of this on paper instead of in our minds."
Emma comes up to us, and the four of us organize all of our fellow tributes into the three categories. Will shares what he saw for the reapings since he remembers them more than the rest of us, and any other details he can remember. Emma tells us all of the gossip we heard the past couple of days. I end up getting another piece of paper to mark down everything I hear about each of the fellow tributes. Mercedes and I rack our brains to remember anything we had noticed about every tribute. For a reason I think I know, Mercedes barely hides a flush at the mention of the boy from district 4, and she defends him if we ever say anything bad about him. I eventually put him in the category that contains the people that we don't know about, but not because of his personality or actions, but because I'm almost positive that Mercedes has a huge crush on him. We aren't doing ordering the tributes in their district order, but instead by anyone we can think of. I make a fourth column for the actual Careers, and Mercedes helps me out with the writing. Some people like the girl from 12 get put in a column right away while others like the girl from 4 take longer to decide. We move to my room to gain a bit more privacy.
Soon Kurt comes up, and Mercedes gives me a very knowing look. I silently reply by glaring at her until Will looks at us. We both glance back at the floor; unwilling to share the information we know about him.
"He's from 1, so there's a good chance he can become a Career, but at the rate this year's going, I'm scared to judge anyone for being or not being a Career" Will's remark gets a smile out of both of us even though I'm not that sure if he meant that to be a joke or not. "He doesn't look that intimidating, but I'm not sure. Emma?"
"From what I've heard, he's not really that much of a favorite to win" At the rate she's been going about the other tributes, I wouldn't be too surprised now if she pulled out a personal computer or something and searched every tribute up. "People say that he is known in 1 for his fashion skill. Personally, I think he's one of those tributes from 1 that have been too pampered in his life to have a chance at winning."
Mercedes and I glance at each other at these words. I refuse on my own pride and experiences to tell Will and Emma about Kurt. Mercedes tilts her head to indicate that it's my choice if we should tell or not. I give a tiny shake to tell her that we shouldn't tell at all. I then notice that Will and Emma are staring at us. We both blush and look away.
"Is there anything either of you know about Kurt that would be helpful?" Will attempts to break the tension between the four of us, but only happens to make more. Mercedes and I look into each other's eyes as we try desperately to figure out something to say; anything but the truth.
"Not that much, but he's an expert when it comes to fighting with swords" I offer weakly. Will nods and motions for me to put that down on the paper. I shakily attempt to write. I don't think Will believes me; or really us when we say that we don't know much. He knows were hiding something and I don't want him to find out.
"Okay, that's good to know, anything else?" Will just stares at us while the two of us try not to squirm or let any type of blush enter our cheeks. We both give a small shake to indicate that we don't. Will sighs and thankfully looks down.
"Okay, let's put him on the list that we don't know much about, and please tell me if you find out anything else" Will moves on, giving me a chance to let out a quick breath of relief I tune out the conversation for a couple seconds, trying to calm down from the fact that I almost had to tell Kurt's secret, and I'm sure I wouldn't be able to hide from Will that I have a crush if that happens. I come back into focus when Mercedes snaps her hand right in front of my eyes. I scoot back, startled.
"Blaine, are you tired?" Emma asks. Thank you Emma, I might be able to get out of this.
"Yea, I think I'm going off to bed now" I fake a huge yawn. Mercedes murmurs her agreement and heads out with me. She motions that we need to talk. I nod and begin walking toward my room. She follows me and shuts the door behind her when we both get inside. We sit next to each other, just like how we always do when we talk… before we were picked. Everything was so much easier in 11. Even though the Peacekeepers are harsh, and food is rare, I was somewhat safe. I had my family, my friends, and there are no barriers in between love there.
"You like him, don't you?" Mercedes is being her typical self; she is right to the point. I groan and put my head in my arms. She takes that as a yes and both smiles and sighs at the same time.
"You like the boy from four though" I retort, sounding a bit harsher than I meant to. I clear my throat and continue. "I've seen how you look at him; you're kind of obvious sometimes. Not that I really should be saying anything I guess…" My voice trails off… we both sigh.
"Wow… our luck" Mercedes says, breaking the silence growing between us. "We came here to either die or kill, and we both fall in love. I don't think we're the only ones too… what's going to happen now? There's no way I can kill Sam, same with you with Kurt. Don't even try to deny it, you know it's true." Mercedes is definitely an expert when it comes to people and crushes. I wish I was that good at figuring people out. I also just learned the District 4 boy's name. "What are we going to do now?"
"We're going to enjoy our last few days in the Capitol. We will keep a watch on ourselves, and on everyone. We will help each other out the best we can. If our crushes want to ally up, or talk to us, we will. If they ever say that they love us, then we will tell and enjoy each other the best we can. There is nothing we can do about this. Even if we don't have that big of a chance at winning, lets enjoy these days the best we can." I feel like I'm giving a dramatic speech by saying all of that. Mercedes seems to brighten up at my words though. I feel better too, like I had just given myself a big pep talk too.
"Let's make a deal with each other though, we help each other out through this no matter what" Mercedes holds her hand out. We shake, and burst out laughing because were in the Hunger Games… deals are like something you don't do. To be fair, you don't fall for people too.
"Well… goodnight Blaine" Mercedes moves to the door. She is almost out of the door when I answer.
"Goodnight Mercedes"
Thank you to anyone who's still reading this! I meant to have the private session in this chapter, but that didn't happen of course.
If anyone wants me to put the list of where each tribute is, I can post it up. For now, it will be hidden. I might post it up later.
Please, PLEASE review!