"You're marrying him," Haymitch says in a final tone.
"No," I say.
"This isn't up for discussion," Haymitch says.
"I'd rather kill myself than to get married," I say.
"Haymitch, you know you're going to far," Effie says.
"Aria, I wanted wedding dresses tried on now," Haymitch says.
"I won't be able to find anything in her size. They don't make dresses for fifteen year old brides anymore," Aria says.
"Make one," Haymitch says leaving the room.
"I can't marry him. I would be throwing my life away!" I say to Effie.
Completely distraught, I burst into tears. Effie holds me in an embrace, and I cry on her shoulder. I go to training, but my mind is elsewhere. I try to focus, for I'll be put in front of the Game makers in just a couple of days.
"What is this I hear about you being married?" Andre asks.
"It's supposed to help me get sponsors," I reply dryly.
"Who is it?" Andre asks.
"Xavier," I say through gritted teeth.
"I don't trust him..." Andre says.
"You and me both," I say.
I practice my ax swinging, and my trident throwing. I'm better with an ax than I am with a trident. Next I go to the bow and arrows. Suprisingly, I can hit a bulls eye. I blame it on beginners luck.
"Nice throws there wifey," Xavier says.
"I am not in the mood," I tell him.
"I'm just saying you're at throwing a trident," Xavier says.
"Well then try not to cross me," I say with a smirk.
"Noted," Xavier says before leaving.
Aria gives me a selection of dresses to pick through. I pick a red and white dress, with a red jeweled tiara.
"I'll have it by the end of tomorrow," Aria says.
"I looked forward to seeing it," I say.
I lay against Zeyon's shoulder as we watch footage from previous Games.
"Can't I crash the wedding," Zeyon asks.
"Unless you don't mind being killed," I reply.
"When are you getting married?" He asks.
"Due to what happened in the 74th Hunger Games, two victors are allowed. It doesn't matter age, team, or gender," I say.
"So both of you have to survive for the wedding?" Zeyon asks.
"I can't fight against your or my siblings. I can't fight against the innocent," I tell him.
"I know," He says stroking my hair.
"It's not our fault. We teen had nothing to do with the rebellion," I say.
"Don't stress to much about it," He says rubbing my arm.
I flinch when he gets to a bruised spot on my arm.
"What's with the bruise, Princess," He says.
"I don't know..it just gets bigger every day. It gives me this weird poking feeling at night though," I say.
"You might want to have that looked at...I'm not saying it's deadly, but I just want to make sure you're in tip top shape," Zeyon says.
"Well thank you for caring," I say before giving him a kiss on the cheek.
The next morning I have training off. I go with Effie and Xavier to pick out rings.
"I don't see the point of this," I say.
"Just smile and hold hands," Effie says.
" I wouldn't be surprised if we made the cover of a magazine," I say out loud.
"And why is that?" Effie asks.
"Quiet guy over here is sporting hickeys across his neck. I'm pretty sure they aren't from me," I reply.
Sorry for the short chapter, but I just really wanted to publish this chapter. I promise, next chapter will be long. Tell me what you guys think of the of the sudden love traingle! Also I will be holding a SYOC contest. Each reader can create 1-5 characters that will possibly end up in the stories.(Yes,this will end up having a sequel) I'll give you the requirements in the next chapter.