Peeta. Back at home he was most likely just settling in to watch what was happening in the wonderful world of the Hunger Games right about now. Trying to tell my sisters that I would be coming home in a few weeks, and that we were all going to be on, big happy family. Not having any clue how I was using the boys around me for sponsors or how they were doing the same with me. I wonder if he would believe any of the things that I was saying to him on the television, how much I really just want to be with him right now. How much I yearn for his body to be near mine, how much I want to be laying in bed with him right now, or going to the ocean for an after hour swim. Peeta had always been the smart of the two of us and knew when people were just playing friends for sponsor and when they had really made friends. I hope that he knew because even here, I had no clue who was playing friends and who was just acting.
Peeta, I remember every single inch of his face. During the summer, his hair was a nice light brown with little curls coming from the top of his hair, but in the winter it was a very dark brown. Only in the summer could you ever see his freckles coming from just under his eyes, like they were almost highlighting them. They were there only to make sure that you would notice those sea green eyes, the ones that always captivated me. I could spend hours at a time, just staring into them. His strong jaw, square and solid, but could drop at a moment when something was shocking. And that one little freckle that he had on the right side of his neck, right below his ear. The way that when he smiled, it could light up a whole room, he always seemed so full of life. But Peeta was back in district four, safe and sound, like I had left him.
" We have to get you ready for the big party!" Remo said as he hustled me into my room.
" I know, I know." I sighed as I sat down on my bed as he unzipped my dress and started to rush to get it off.
" So how do you think that you did with the interview?" Remo asked as he slipped around with another plastic bag that he brought in with him.
" Well I had no clue that Marvel and Caron were going to do something like that! I have no honest clue! But I think that I played in off pretty well, don't you?" I asked, looking over at the man.
" It surely has caused a lot more attention to you then almost anyone else out there. The only two people that could ever complete with that are Katniss and Peeta, but we all know that would happen." Remo smiled as he unzipped his bag.
" If that's anything that has blue in it, I will scream!" I smile as he just rolls his eyes. " Yeah, I guess that we all knew it would happen. But then again, that's one of the reasons why I wanted them so badly." I laughed, knowing that is not the answer at all.
" Well it's not blue!" Remo smiled as he pulled out a fiery red dress. " District twelve's stylist and I have been talking about the two girls on the night to make sure that they would not be clashing too much. She will be in blue and you in red!"
" Oh how cleaver of you!" I laughed a little as he helps me into the very short dress.
When I say short, I really mean short. This thing only comes up to my mid-thigh. I am almost leaving nothing to the imagination and I really have to make sure how I sit, if I can sit in this thing. It was a very pretty dress, yes, but it was also very small and revealing. To ass onto the shortness, it was a halter top that had a neckline that went all the way to where my torso meets my chest! There was really nothing left for the wondering eye, everything was almost out in the open for all to look at if they wanted to. I smiled a little after thinking about what had happened today, I was supposed to be the sexy girl, now I looked the part to go with it.
My make-up was redone, but this time with red instead of blues and my nails were re-painted for red. They looked like they were on fire, just like the rest of me looked in this dress. But there was some elegance to the dress as well, or that's what Remo keeps saying. This time they place my in higher heels, I know that I will have Marvel and Caron around me all night, so I try not to worry about the shoes too much, knowing that I can lean on them for help. I feel different then I ever have before, for a moment, I feel like I could have any person in the world that I have ever wanted, but really, there is only one person I want right now. Peeta. I feel myself almost sink right into my dress, into my body, and deep down into my soul. I hurt because of how much I want to be back home with that boy. I keep it all inside though.
" Have fun tonight, just make sure that you don't take a single drink of anything that I have not told you to drink from." Remo said as he helped me out of my room and down the hall.
" You will be there?" I almost shrieked.
" Well yes, my crew are most likely already over there getting wasted as we speak!" He laughed. " Sometimes I really hate the people that I have been placed with. But then again, I did hand pick them."
" You look amazing baby girl." My dad said from the door.
" Thanks Dad." I laughed as I wrap my arms around him.
He looks pretty good right now. He is in an all black suit, but there are little specks of blue flickering from all over his suit, it looked like the ocean. Looks like his stylist did not get the memo about wearing all red tonight, or he was not going for the sexy look. Either way he did look very nice. He looked a little older then he had at the interview, which was good for me, but he still looked very handsome. His hair was slicked back and all of the aging marks had disappeared from sight with some types of make-up they had used on my fathers face. I think that he had looked just fine before they did all of this to him, but he even seemed to glow right now. We were being treated like royalty in the capitol, there was not much to complain about. Besides the fact that we would be dying within the next month, maybe even a little more if they really wanted to drag out the games.
" Smile!" Mina said with a camera in her hands. " I want to make sure that I have a picture of my first winning tributes!" We do what she said.
" Mina, would you mind making a copy of that and giving it to Finnick for me?" I asked, looking over at Fin.
" What do you need that for?" Mina asked in her high pitched tone.
" I just want to make sure that a boy at home has one, just incase we are not the winners after all." I frowned, but Finnick knew what I was asking for and just nodded.
" Have fun tonight you guys." Finnick waved as the elevator opened.
" You are not coming?" I asked as I got in.
" No, I have some calls to make since my tributes will be gone." He looked into his room. " I will make sure that they know that you are safe and almost happy. I'll make sure that Peeta knows that Marvel and Caron are just acting too." He whispered
" Thank you." I whispered. All I wanted do was stay, go into his room, and talk to Peeta all night long.
I should have remembered that there was such things as phone calls in the training area. Dad would always call around nine at night to make sure that we were all settled in at Annie's house and we were all safe and sound! He would do it every night until he could come home and see us once again. Finnick would call soon after that to check on his two kids, but we would all talk on the phone to the two of them, it was really just like having a call with five kids and two adults. I wish that I would have thought about that earlier and just knocked down Finnick's door and called home. I know the number by heart, I could have called, should have called. Just to have a few more minutes to hear his voice would have been so much better then what I was left with.
Remo, my father, and I were all escorted outside and into a big black vehicle. I had no clue where we were going, all I really wanted to do was look out and see the Capitol. It was one of the only things that I could do right now. It was beautiful, so big and grand. We sped along long roads that had many people onto it. But the kept becoming fewer and fewer until it's just our car and a few behind us – the other districts. We come to the biggest house that I have ever seen in my life before! It is the size of my whole part of district four plus the whole ocean around us! It was one of the biggest things I have ever laid eyes on! It was the most important person in the world's house. The president's house.
" I have not been here in quite a long time." My father smiled as we were greeted with a peacemaker opening the door.
" Since you have won?" Remo asked.
" Yes." My father said as he helped me out of the car. We were now at the back of the house.
" But I know that you have had top qualifying tributes before, why have none of them ever come here before?" Remo asked.
" Because I did not want any of them to mess up their game by coming here the night before a big day like tomorrow." My father whispered as we waited for the other cars to drive up.
" Why come tonight then?" Remo asked.
" Because all I have to worry about is making sure that one person stays alive and I know that she is smarter then the other tributes I have had before. Besides, the sponsors will be here, they will want to see the love triangle." He laughed as Marvel steps out of his car, holding his hand out for his mother.
Marvel was wearing a golden shirt and the rest was an all black suit. But somehow his stylist had gotten him to get a little bit of gold eye-liner on the boy. It made my giggle a little that he was even wearing it, but then again, it did make his eyes look much better. He still looked strong though, standing so tall with his mother, who was wearing a short black dress. Marvel was wearing a red rose on his chest, it was attached to his shirt, right above his heart. They both looked so different as they walked over to our group, Cashmere having no problem with walking in her heel, which were as big as mine. She even laughed a little when she was me holding onto my father so tightly. It was my first and most likely last time every in heels. I wanted to just tell her to leave me the hell alone, but I knew that it was all out of fun.
" Marvel, go help your date out." Cashmere hissed as she moved a little closer to the adults.
" You look amazing tonight." Marvel smiled as he took my arm from my father and wrapped it around his own.
" So do you." I laugh a little as Caron's car pulls up.
Caron get's out of the car and does nothing for his mother, who gets out and looks stronger then ever. She is already in game mode and does not need any sponsors to help her kill. She sent chills down my spine that were noticeable to the touch. Caron was wearing a blue type of follower right where Marvel's flower was. He smiled and waved over to the two of us as he waited for the next car to pull up and helped little Katniss out of their car and helped to bring her over to the group. Caron seemed to be much more relaxed then his mother, smiling and full of jokes. He was ready to have a good time, knowing it may be the last time ever for him as well.
" So when the fuck were you two going to tell me the plan?" I almost screamed as I nudged the two of them.
" Well. . . it was really our mothers ideas. We were just dragged into it and then your father said that you should not be told. Something about how you were never good at keeping secrets." Caron shrugged.
" You two are the biggest bunch of asses that I have ever met! I mean really, I could have just about died when I heard all of that crap out there!" I laughed as Marvel moved in a little closer to my frame.
" I thought that you guys did a really good job." Katniss smiled a little.
" Thanks Kat." Caron smiled down at his date.
" So have you heard what the big plan in for tomorrow?" Marvel asked.
" No, have you?" I asked, looking from the adults to the group that I was with.
" Yep." Marvel looked over and then back at us. " It sounds so stupid, being who we are and all, but they want us to run."
" Run!" Caron hissed out. " We are not going to run away from a good fight like this! Never would we ever run from something like this!" He laughed.
" Maybe it's a good idea. I mean think about it, everyone is going to be going of things. The adults know where everything is in there, we have no clue! We try to make it out with our heads intact and then we just stay near the blood bath until everyone has run away." I whispered. " We have our parents throw things while we are running off and while they are getting all of the other good stuff, we can just kill off all of the little tributes that come our way."
" Maybe, or they are just being overprotective little twits." Caron hissed.
" Either way we have to go with it, don't we?" Katniss asked.
" We never have to just go with it, but we should." I replied before the adults looked over and started to form a full group.
" Ready to go have a good time?" Cashmere asked.
" Totally!" Caron asked. " Ready to party my head off!" He laughed.
" Common." Marvel smiled as he helped me up the stairs.
We were treated like royalty the whole night! We were all greeted by all of the people there at least three times, everything seemed to be so amazing. Marvel stayed by my side the whole night, playing the boy in love the whole time. We even got to meet President Snow! She seemed to still have the presence that she has on the television. It was scary, but there was something nicer right now about her then ever before. It was only a short meet and greet, as she had others to get to, but she told us all that she would be watching and waiting to see how well we did in the games. Wishing us a happy Hunger Games, she went back into the crowd. Soon after that Remo came over with the first round of good drinks for us. A glass of apple cider.
All night sponsors were cutting into our dancers and saying how much they simply loved us and asked what type of things that we would like to be given to us for our time in the arena, what we would need for food supplies, what we liked to eat. Simple things like that. Marvel would smile ad say that he would like anything that I would like, while I would just list off things that I would most likely die to have while out there. A few times Caron even up into the dance and made his own way of showing that he could still be my one by pecking a few kisses onto my cheek or even one he kissed my neck. These boys really knew how to play the part well. I laughed a little and moved onto the next thing. The whole night was just a wonderful time.
" Miss Hael, would you mind telling me how in the world do you think that you will be able to leave these two wonderful boys!" One person asked me.
" I have no clue! I mean they are both so charming! They could most likely just smile me into staying with them, but I think that I will find a way or to around it." I giggle a little as the man kissed my hand and gave me a little wink.
" How do you think that you will be able to leave us?" Marvel asked.
" Leave? She's going to try to kill our asses! Don't forget! We are in a game!" Caron hissed as he wrapped his arm around my shoulder.
" But then again, maybe she'll just pair us against one another and just watch." We all laughed at Marvel's joke.
" Welcome to the Hunger Games." I smiled as we gave one last cheer to one another.
We all knew that come mid-day tomorrow, we would all be in another different place. One where we would be all afraid to close our eyes, or even trust one another. The Hunger Games began a little early for the four of us, the rest of the night, while I was in my room, I wondered how I would be able to kill such good guys like that. How I would be able to stick a knife deep down inside of them and end their lives. Somewhere inside I doubted that I would be able to do it. But when the light of morning came, there was no doubt. I would be killing someone today.