So, I finished a lab. updated this chapter, took a nap, went to work twice AND decorated the christmas tree. It's been a pretty hectic freaking day.
Also, how the hell am I at 140 reviews? Like what earth is this? You guys are beautiful. Also, Brooke, I'm sorry for how much I changed Andifer.
Brushing my hair, do I look perfect?
I forgot what to do to fit the mold, yeah
The more I try the less it's working, yeah,
'Cause everything inside me screams, no,
Andifer "Willie" Jones- District 7 Female
It's late. Like really late. So exponentially late that if I were to get caught right now I would probably die.
"Guys are you sure we should be here?" I say as we walk into the park and my friends run to sit on the swings.
"Calm Down Princess." says Lilac, "It's not like we are walking into a dangerous murder zone. It's a freaking park."
She sits on the swing next to Theo, my boyfriend who just happens to be her older brother. Timothy is also with us, but he sits on top of the bridge that is connected to the swings via the jungle gym. I'm standing with my feet planted firmly on the ground, refusing to move any farther.
"I'm just saying this place gives me the willies." I say as I wrap my arms around my waist
"Babe, did you just say this place gives you the Willies?" says Theo as he looks up from his swing and smiles.
"Isn't that a thing?" I ask confused
"I'm so calling you willie from now on." says Lilac as she starts to laugh really hard.
"Lilac lay off." says Timothy.
I've never seen Tim actually hate someone, but if I have Lilac is the closest one. He is so catastrophically optimistic it's annoying. Like an earthquake could be happening, and he'd be all "No it's not! It's a dance party from the earth!" and the earth would probably turn it into a dance party.
"No one asked you Tiny Tim." says Lilac
"Li, you really should back off." says Theo.
Gosh he literally is perfect. Like totally astronomically perfect. He's beautiful, and talented, and he draws better than I breathe.
"I agree with Theo." I say as I wave my hand at him and wink.
"Thanks Willie!" he says chuckling.
He did not just Willie me. Ugh, I don't think I'm ever going to live this down.
"Are you guys nervous for the reapings later this morning?" asked Timothy as he jumps down from the jungle gym, and starts climbing onto the pole that holds up the swings.
"Have we really been out that late?" ask Theo looking at his watch, "holy crap it's 3 AM! Where are the Peacekeepers?!"
"Maybe this place gives them the Willies." says Lilac with a wink.
"Enough with the Willie talk!" I say angrily.
"Woah, hot head. Calm the heck down." says Lilac rolling her eyes. "Always so dramatic."
"I am not dramatic." I protest
"You kind of are babe." says Theo as he looks at me apologetically.
"You're supposed to be on my side!" I say
"She's my sister…"
"I don't care if she's the queen of freaking Sheeba. I'm your girlfriend."
"Wait, what?" he said confused.
My whole world stopped turning at this precise moment. Everything that I thought was true about my relationship with Theo was wrong. Just wrong.
"What do you mean…" I said.
He takes me to the side of the jungle gym, where the other two won't be able to hear me.
"I just thought we were makeout buddies.." he said
"Excuse me?"
He's not even a good kisser. He kisses like a fish. Like I was drowning when we would. This is just stupid. I feel like the sky is falling out of the atmosphere and into my life. Smushing me.
"I didn't know I was your "boyfriend,""
He put boyfriend in quotation marks with his fingers. Did he really just quotation marks with his fingers?
"You know what. I don't need this." I say as I walk out of the park and towards my house.
"Where's Willie going?" ask Lilac as she is swinging.
"I don't know." says Theo.
I start to cry when I'm a good distance away. I cry until I get home.
In a moment, everything can change,
Feel the wind on your shoulder,
For a minute, all the world can wait,
Let go of your yesterday.
Michale Thomson- District 7 Male
Everything is black. I've been fading in and out for the past hour, and I don't know what's going on. I see the faint outline of a nurse as she looks down at me.
"Sir, I need you to squeeze my fingers." she says
"What?" I ask in the haze and confusion
"Sir, I need you to squeeze my fingers." I squeeze, and I look up at her. My vision is becoming clearer now.
"Like that?" I ask
"That's perfect." she says, I hear her turn to her partner and whisper. It sounded a lot like we need to get him to the hospital now.
"Am I going to lose my arm?" I ask noticing how much blood is around me. I have no idea why I'm not hyperventilating, or freaking out even. Everything in me is just calm though.
"Not if we have anything to do with it." says the medic as they put a mask over my face.
"Sir we need you to breathe this in."
I start to inhale, and as I do everything goes black.
2 hours later
I wake up in a white room. There is a curtain around me and a chair next to me. It's empty. About 5 minutes after I stir my sister Ashley walks in and sits down. When she notices I'm awake she freaks out.
"Michale...don't freak out."
"What are you talking about."
That's when I notice it. My arm is gone. Completely gone. The elbow down is missing.
"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!" I scream as I touch where my arm used to be.
"You were chopping wood, and the axe bounced back...you fainted because you lost a lot of blood. Someone on the job with you found you lying in a pool of blood. They say you're lucky to be alive."
I start breathing really heavy and quickly. The more I try to breathe however, the more impossible it becomes to actually receive oxygen.
A Doctor comes running in and asking my sister all sorts of questions. My sister is freaking out, and doesn't know how to answer. All of the sudden my whole body starts to shake and I begin to not be able to control the spasms that are erupting from me.
"Michale you can't die on me now." I hear the Doctor say as they are doing their best to calm me down.
The shaking gets more rough, and suddenly I'm just not shaking anymore. Everything is peaceful, and then I'm looking down at my body laying down on the bed.
"What the hell." I mumble to myself.
"CHARGE TO 120!" I hear the Doctor say as they get out the paddles. She rubs them together, and says "Clear!"
She places them on my chest, and suddenly I'm floating down back into my body.
2 more hours later
I wake up again, and this time I'm in the ICU of the hospital. My sister is sitting next to my bed, only this time she immediately called the Doctor when I woke up.
"You gave us quite a scare today...twice!" says the Doctor with a smile as she sits next to me on the edge of my bed. "How are you feeling?"
"Alive." I manage to choke out.
She smiles. "There is going to be a lot of changes for you. This isn't an easy transition."
I look down at my arm. So that wasn't a bad dream. I have no left arm.
"The reapings are in an hour however, and I have them streaming it live to you, so technically you're there. The peacekeepers agree that you're in no place to show up."
"Doctor Ramierez will be in here shortly to talk about prosthetic opportunities with you. If you have any questions call for me."
She gets up out of the bed and crosses to the door. She pauses and then turns around. "I'm Doctor Winterbottom by the way."
She leaves and my sister is there just staring at me.
"The reapings are startinig in 20 minutes. I wasn't excused like you."
"Go." I say
She gets up and kisses me on the forehead. "If mom and dad were here they would be so proud of you."
She gets up as the 18 year old she is, and walks to her last reaping ever. Here is to hoping she won't get picked.
Harris Blend- District Escort
"Hello District 7!" I say as I stand on the stage and smile.
They clap politely as I stand, I understand them not freaking out. However, at the same time this is the outer district with the highest victors.
"Ladies first!" I say as I walk over to the girl's bowl. "Andifer Jones!"
A little girl strolls up to the stage, and she can't be more than 13 years old. She's scared and really looks like she's about to cry.
"How are you feeling dear?" I ask as I try and comfort her.
She starts to laugh. Like not in the haha funny laugh, but the insane laugh you'd see on a super villain.
"Of course it's me. Everything always freaking happens to me!" she says
I usher her to the back as she's rambling on about makeout buddies and walk over to the boys bowl. I pull an envelope out and walk to the microphone.
"Michale Thomson."
"NOOOO!" screams a girl as she falls to her knees crying. Nobody walks up to the stage and a Peacekeeper comes to the front and begins to whisper in my ear.
"What do you mean he's in the hospital?!" I say loudly into the microphone by accident.
Andifer "Willie" Jones- District 7 Female
"Oh my gosh." says Lilac as she walks into the justice building room.
"What am I going to do?" I say scared
"You're probably going to die." she says and then throws her hand over her mouth. "Oh my gosh. I didn't mean that. You know I don't think before I tal-"
"Out."
"No Willie listen to me!"
I punch her in the face and push her towards the door. She stumbles back surprised and looks at me wide eyed and slack jawed.
"I said out."
She leaves the room.
Michale Thomson - District 7 Male
They transport me into the ambulance car that will bring me to the trainstation. Ashley is sitting right next to me holding my hand that is still attached to my body.
"I'm going to die." I say
"No." she says beginning to cry. "You can't leave me too. Mom and Dad already did. You have to live."
"Ash, look at me. I almost died twice today, and my arm is missing, and-"
"But you didn't die today. You were spared twice. That can't go without purpose."
The ambulance stops and opens the back door. They pull my gurney out, and load me onto the train. I see a 13 year old girl already there, a very flamboyant escort, and Micheala and Dean Bradsworth. Sibling Victors from the 13th and 14th Hunger Games.
"We're screwed this year." says Dean as he looks both me and my district partner over.
I changed both of the stories so much, but it worked, and I like it. So oops.
Also, I'm loving this #TeamParvati stuff that is happening on Ansley's story. You guys are BRILLIANT.
Lastly, Katie, I'm sorry I changed his last name. I didn't realize that they both shared the last name Jones, and I wasn't feeling that. So one changed and I had already written Andifer's POV.
Who do you like more? Michale or Willie?
Predictions?
Keep it classy,
Caleb