You just have to wait things out

Disclaimer - I do not nor will i ever (unfortunately) Own the Hunger Games Trilogy or any of the character in this story, unless otherwise told that they are OC :) I hope you enjoy this story :)

Chapter Eight

Taking the measurements was as bad as Katniss thought, it wasn't awkward in the fact that there was a guy measuring just about everything on her, it was bad because he kept looking at her in pity. And she knew why. You could see every single rib on her, her hip bones jutted out badly, he breast wern't that big obviously and she was shorter than she should be at her age, much shorter. Other than that though, it didn;t go that bad. His hands never lingered, he made small talk to distract her and he was quite funny when you got to know him.

Once the measurements were done, he wrote them down on the same piece of paper. Looking at them, she realized that her's wern't that far off, but what made it wore was that the accurate ones were lower than her predicted ones.

"Alright, i have all your measurements, now we need to figure out your clothing choices. When models first join, they have to do a fashion shoot in front of cameras then a cat walk session, so we can get a feel at what your best at and what looks best on you. That's what were focusing on, on the next 7 days. You have until this time next week to get together what your clothing style is, your edge, how you approach things, how to look the part. Also, you may need training to do interviews, because new models sometimes get one and if you become that popular then definitely, they will want one. Shall we start?" He talked non-stop, and she listened, taking it all in. She knew that she's be straight to work and she's so glad that she was getting to the part of the job she enjoyed.

Stepping off the podium she was stood on she redressed and followed Cinna through the doors and into another room. Once she saw what was inside the room, she stopped dead with wide eye's. Inside was racks and racks of clothing of all different colours, shapes and sizes. There were rows and rows of shoes and boxes and boxes of accessories. Cinna turned around, arms wide and smiling at her.

"This, is where were going to be spending most of our time. We can choose clothing from here. We can change it or we can create something totally different! Where do you want to start?" His grin never dissapeared, as she twirled in circles looking at all the types of clothing.

"How about... We start with the dresses? Because that's mostly of what i'd wear. Then with long tops and leggings/tights with it. Then skirts and tops and then trousers. And we go with the shoes with each outfit? Of course accessories are coming with everything as it is."

She was in her element, Cinna could see that. She categorically looked through everything she could see, sorting through which she's like to try, which she thinks she could change and the things you wont catch her in. She started off by going towards the dresses on the far side and looking at them.

"Where should i put the outfits that i like or want to try? And arn't you meant to be the one picking the outfits for me? Because from what i've seen, you base the outfits on what districts there from and go from there..."

She turned toward Cinna, quietly asking whether he knew or not He nodded, and she sagged slightly in relief that someone knows the truth. "Since your from district 12, we'd usually do something around Coal, but now your in 2 which is masonry, we want to do something that combines the both, but is unique to you. I would go with something like... Fire. The girl on Fire! That sounds like it would fit your image..."

She mulled over the possibility of fire. Loads of images came to her mind, and all of them she'd wear and get away with... She even thought about synthetic fire being attached to the outfit or dress somehow.

Looking around she saw paper and pencil, and so she sat down and started to draw her designs. With Cinna watching over her shoulder he started collecting outfits similar or materials and other pieces of clothing. It was 4 hours later when Marvel, Cato and 2 other people walked into the room, only to stop at what seemed like a whirlwind had happened in the room. Shoes, clothes, accessories were lying in piles all over the place and Katniss was in the middle of pulling on a pair of black strappy high heels shoes. Both her and Cinna looked up when the door opened and their eye's widened when they realized how much time had passed.

Marvel and Cato were speechless. The dress Katniss was wearing was basically strapless and over one shoulder it was a thin see through strap over the shoulder that you could tell wasn't holding anything up. The dress was red at the top and very tight but as it got past the waste, it started to flare out and different colours were brought in. Blacks, grey's, dark reds and the occasional brown were in there. You wouldn't notice that they were in there because of the way the layers folded into each other.

Cinna started laughing at their expressions and they both snapped out of their shock, blushing slightly and looking away. Behind them, the two girls shared looks and didn't seem very impressed.

"Erm, do you know what time it is? I know we don't mind people working over time, but you have to let us know so we know not to lock you inside." Marvel gained his voice first and asked the question.

"Sorry Marvel, Katniss here is the best model i've ever worked with. Almost immediately, we had an idea on what we wanted her to look like, what he theme is and what kind of clothes she would and wouldn't wear. Then she started drawing up design she could think of and trying on clothes that are similar. Do you like the ones she's wearing? It's similar to the one she wants designing, but with he colours changing slightly." He turned to Katniss and made a spinning motion with his finger. She nodded, and took a deep breath before starting to twirl on the spot. The dress was backless, totally backless, and the dress re-started again just above her underwear. It was obvious to everyone she wasn't wearing a bra underneath it. When the dress flared out, the colours in it made it seem like it was on fire, smoldering and yet had just been put out at the same time and smoke was going up.

Stopping her twirling slightly, she swayed and Cinna as well as Cato moved forward to hold her if she fell. She righted herself and looked expectantly at them fro their opinion.

The girls behind the boys looked on in awe. Neither of them, as much as they hate to admit it, would be able to pull off what she just did and make it look so natural. She was wearing no make up, her hair was down and looking kind of straggly with the curls that go everywhere but at the same time, it made her look all the more beautiful.

"Cinna, i am so glad we chose you for Katniss. This is absolutely perfect. But we need to know how long you expect to be here for, cus were all about to leave and were going to put it on a time lock. Oh and Katniss, these two lovely ladies behind me are your fellow model. Clove," pointing to the short but still taller than Katniss brown haired girl, who looked quite mean but that doesn't mean anything, who nodded at her. "And this is Glimmer." the other girl was the total opposite of Clove. She had long blonde haired that lay straight down her back, she had long legs and a well proportioned body. The basic look for models in other companies. She seemed nice enough, even a little dumb, but then again, she could be fooling everyone. Earning a wave off of her, she gave nods and waves back to both of them. "Clove is my fiance and Glimmer is Cato current girlfriend." Marvel said all fo this with a smile on his face, but when he got to Glimmers name, it strained slightly as if trying not to grimace. Cato's face never really changed but you could see in his eye's having the blonde cling to his arm like a limpet wasn't fun for him.

Cinna spoke for the both of them. "We only have one more outfit we need to try out to see if it fits with the image and if we can change it or not, and then we can leave. I've already packet away the designs and we were going to start working on them tomorrow. Would you like to stay and see the final idea? We dd save the best for last, after all?" he had a wicked smile on his face as he dais this, piquing the interest of everyone in the room as Katniss answered with a smiles that put the one Cinna gave to shame.

Looking around at the others they all nodded and walked over to the area where there were seats just for this purpose. Walking into the changing rooms, Cinna followed Katniss to help get the dress off of her. Hanging it back up and pulling off the heels, she looked at the last outfit. It was Black, white with different shades of grey mixed in there. Or at least that's what it looked like on the surface. Underneath there was a totally different dress. It was once again strapless but this time it had a back in it and no straps at all. At the back it was a corset style fitting and the silk pulls were in white white the whole of the top half was black. Once again, as it reached the waste it started to flare out. The underskirt type of think was a solid black colour. Over the top there was grey and white fabrics and netting. Around the waste was a big belt in grey and white with a rose on in white that had blood red tips. The secret about this dress was that when she twirls, it looked like it was being set on fire, thanks to the mechanisms underneath, and a totally new dress appearers. And when she spins the other was, the original dress comes back. Walking out of the dressing room, with black peep toe slip on high heels on, the others gasped at how beautiful it made her look and made the girls even more envious than they were.

"Katniss, twirl for us, I want to see all the colour swirling together!" Marvel sounded giddy and looking at him, you could see the actual joy on his face. Nodding, she looked slightly at Cinna and made a movement to the right, telling her the direction she needed to spin in. Spinning clockwise, the dress set of fire, scaring the other occupants of the roo and making them jump back as the flames seemed to reach out towards them. The girls screamed and fell backward, getting out of the fires reach while to boys stared in shock. Cinna was off the side, laughing at there reactions. Once the dress was finished burning, underneath there was a pure black outfit, only going to the knee's and was totally different the others. This one had both straps and had holes and rips in the fabric shocking lace and see through materials. The skirt went out to the knees and hugged her in all the right places. The simplicity of the dress made her look all the more exotic. That was in Cato's opinion anyway.

'I knew she was beautiful, just from what i saw earlier. And now, seeing her in these different dresses, all different and yet her at the same time, made me realize that she's beautiful on the outside and the inside as well as someone you want to be on their good side, because if your on her bad side, you'd be on everyone's bad side because she makes people like her just by being her. I wonder... Dating a model isn;t forbidden, look at close and Marvel and what is meant to be me and Glimmer, but she is just an annoying bitch to everyone, including me. I saw the way she looked at Katniss when her back was turned. She thinks she has competition and to be honest. She doesn't, because she will never be better than Katniss.'

Authors Note - What do you think? I know most of it is about clothes, but that is my passion! I love it.

What did you think? Review please!

~Kitty