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one time when i was 6 my mom caught me trying to eat pure sugar out of the container so she stopped and said "Would you like to have something even sweeter?" and of course little naive 6 year old me said yes yes i would so she said "smell it first and then decide" and handed me a bottle of straight vanilla extract and of course it smelled like the tears of jesus so i said YES give me and she let me take a huge swig and this is why i have trust issues


Katniss' POV


It was a pretty gloomy day and rain was pouring down the tinted glass windows of the initiates' room.

"Katniss! Katniss for the sake of Dauntless muffins get UP!"

Someone was shaking me by the shoulders furiously. I shot up, worried and came face to face with Isabelle.

"What happened? What time is it?" I frowned.

"Uhm, I need a lil' HELP? It's five, so get up, get up, get up!"

"FIVE?! Why the hell would you wake me up at five in the morning? I thought we were due in the training room at eight!"

"Katniss, I need you help me do my makeup, duh! There's a reason I brought my makeup bag with me on Choosing day!" Isabelle rolled her eyes and dragged me out of bed.

I got changed and had to tolerate Isabelle for the next hour. It was not the most entertaining activity that was available, but it would suffice for now.

After Isabelle had cleaned off and re-applied her makeup over a hundred times, I decided to go exploring and maybe find some new rooms.


I made the decision to head towards the Pit, a lively and bustling cave with many shops and facilities built into the walls. Peeta was there, leaning on the fence. I wondered how strong the fence actually was.

Peeta tore his eyes away from the roaring water below us, and smiles at me warmly, inviting me over to join him.

"Hi." I say.

"Hi."

For a few minutes we are staring into each other's eyes, an awkward silence between us.

"So... um... what are you doing up this early?" he asks me.

'Isabelle woke me up.'

"Oh." he replies.

"Oh."

"Oh." I smile and look into the actual Pit. The rocks are sharp and jagged, the water is crashing against them with such force, if someone jumped in thy would have absolutely no chance of surviving. It's beautiful yet deadly at the same time.

I remember how two days ago I was soft and kindhearted, but here I am, able to shoot a gun which is against Amity beliefs.

"Hey, you remember when we were first introduced to the Pit? When Isabelle giggled at the Pit-" Peeta starts.

"Yeah. Four was kind of scary when he was just looking into her eyes like he could see into her soul."

"It's that scary calm voice. It sends shivers down your spine and makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Like my father whenever he found out we were lying. In Candor, lying's a serious thing." Peeta shudders and it makes me wonder what kind of punishments they had in Candor.

In Amity, if we were found being cruel to a person or creature, we would get injected with this sort of peace serum, which makes you go bonkers. It makes you feel all light and happy, but at the same time, trapped. Trapped in feeling an emotion you don't want to feel.

"Do you... um... want to get a tattoo?" Peeta suggests. This is strange coming from Peeta, likes he's almost shy to get a tattoo.

"Sure." We smile and walk each other to the tattoo parlour.

Peeta, on his left arm, gets a tattoo of the waves crashing against the rocks like in the Pit. I consider this for a second, but change my mind as I notice a rather unique design in the book.

It is of a mockingjay, a crossbreed between a jabberjay and a mockingbird, taking flight.

"Hey, Katniss, is it? Decided to go with Dauntless? Interesting." I hear a familiar voice and whip my head around; It's Tori.

"Hi Tori. You work here?" I ask her.

'Yup. Do you want a tattoo like your good friend," she nods toward Peeta, who's literally shaking at the whirrring machine used to ink tattoos into skin "Or would you like something different?"

"This one. The mockingjay, please. Here." I reply, tapping a spot on my collarbone.

I try to tolerate the excrutiating pain the machine makes as it penetrates my skin. My face is scrunched up in agony, try not to cry. Peeta is doing the same, although he is managing to keep a perfectly straight face, staring into nothingness.

Tori slaps a bandage onto the tattoo to let it set, and waves me off to attend to her next customer.

"That hurt. A lot." Peeta winces.

"How do the Dauntless even get through that multiple times?" I reply.

"I don't know. Shall we go to training?" Peeta asks.

"Okay."

"Oh." he says.

"Oh."

"God, stop flirting with me!" Peeta chuckles.

"Oh."

We walk side by side, and enter the training room just in time. Clove doesn't seem normal.

She is being extremely hostile and snappy to everyone around her.

"Hi Clove!" Annie says.

No reply.

"Hello, Clove." Finnick says in a seductive deep voice.

"Shut up."

Finnick is very taken aback by this. He is usually swarmed with girls instantly whenever he uses that voice, even if they're mad at him.

"Alright, today we will be continuing from shooting! You know what to do..." Four barks.


Tris' POV


After training, it is 7:00 the initiates are allowed to go back to their rooms, have a little bit of free time.

Tobias disappears to his own room, mumbling something about work, which is a very unnatural thing he has been doing since a week ago. I ignore this.

I decide to head over to the cafeteria and grab a muffin, since I had barely eaten since our lunch break.

Before I do so, I walk to a busy stall run by a woman called Greasy Sae. She got that name because she's always got grease on her handsfrom making a delicious soup that only her family knows the recipe to.

I'm glad they fired Eric after finding out he was planning a war with Jeanine Matthews and changed the rules so the eldery could stay, especially Greasy Sae.

Greasy Sae hands me a nice, warm bowl of soup and a spoon. Once again, she has made it to perfection: the carrots are sweet and at their carrotiest best, the coup is hot, but not so hot it burns your tongue.

"Might want to watch out." She says.

"For what?"

"That no-good boyfriend of yours. I've got a bad feeling about him."

She's right, he has been very suspicious lately, especially since he hasn't been acting very affectionate in the past week. All he's been doing is act like a brother, a best friend.

"I'd do best to find out what he's up to. Sometimes men are not what they seem to be." Greasy Sae shakes her head disapprovingly.

We exchange friendly small-talk about the gossip around town.

Asha, a nurse that works with Christina, has broken up with her hunky boyfriend (for no reason at all)

Stefan, a top-quality policeman, was found in possesion of morphling, an addictive drug that acts as a powerful painkiller.

I drink up the last of my delicious soup, thank her, put a few coins on the table, and make a beeline for the cafeteria. I could use a muffin as dessert.

But then I think, Mm, better not.

I go into the training room, empty and deserted, and pratice punching a sandbag until it leaks sand out of the side.

It's 11:24 PM by the time I am exhausted and dripping with sweat. I take a few swigs of water, and head back to my/Tobias' apartment.

Whilst unlocking the door, I make sure to do it quietly so as to not wake up a sleeping Tobias.

Well, I thought he was sleeping.

Peeking in, I find him in bed with another girl. There seems to be some seriously pleasuring process going on between them, from the moaning they're both making.

Tobias and I never did this, I still haven't gotten over my seventh fear.

I cover my mouth to prevent a squeak escaping my lips.

I shut the door silently, and run towards Christina's apartment, tears rolling down my cheeks.

Whilst running, I let the facts sink in:

Tobias.

Is.

Cheating.

On me.


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