The sound of birds chirping is all could be heard in the old woman's home, the old woman hums along with her birds, while she sews buttons onto a shirt for her clothes shop. At sixty-nine years old, she has achieved much in her life, at the age of six, she began sewing with her mother. By the age of sixteen, she won her Hunger Games, by eighteen, she had opened her own clothes shop on her own. Only two years later, she married her high school sweet heart, together, they had four daughters and one son. The Capital had never called her for monthly duties, everything was going well. Thirty years into their marriage, her husband had died from a heart attack, she misses him dearly but she never let it get in her way of living her life.
The sound of her front door being opened catches her attention, she leans forward seeing her children walk into the house. She smiles brightly and moves to set her things down, she carefully stands up and walks into the main living room. "Mom!" Her oldest chimes with a smile, the old woman wraps her arms around her oldest daughter, before moving down the line of siblings. "What are you all doing?" She asks curiously, it's not she doesn't like her children visiting, it's just odd for them all to be over at the same time when it isn't for a special meal. The oldest, Marie looks at her with slight sadness, "We thought it would be great to visit, you know in case you're reaped again." Marie admits, the second oldest, Hannah nods along with Marie. The old woman bites her lip, she had forgotten about reaping today, she had been so wrapped up in her sewing, she had forgotten. She'd hate to not show up and get her own named reaped.
The youngest, Daryl looks at his twin sister, Jessie. Watching the twins interact is one of the old woman's favorite things, they are two of the sweetest people you'd ever meet. Daryl and Jessie are surprisingly very identical, especially when Jessie has her hair down, their shaggy, mud, blonde hair makes it hard to tell them apart. "Mama," Jessie starts, "If you are reaped, we'd gladly take over your shop for you." Daryl finishes Jessie's sentence as usual. "Thank you, I'd like that." Their mother responds with a smile, the sister older than Jessie looks at them with teary eyes, "Don't say that, you're acting as if she will be reaped." Leda says with a lump in her throat. Jessie looks at Leda with slight annoyance, "We just want her to know, it isn't like we want her to be reaped!" Jessie snaps, Daryl grabs onto Jessie's arm and squeezes. Leda lets out a whimper before she starts crying, Leda growing up was always the one to start crying over something as simple as spilt milk. It drove the twins crazy, which caused them to play outside majority of the time, Marie and Hannah was always there for Leda, they would pick up the pieces and help her put them back together.
"Now stop it you two, why don't we take our minds off this by eating a nice hot bowl of soup?" The old woman suggests, she doesn't wait for an answer, she instead walks into the kitchen and goes through her cabinets. In all honesty, she wasn't worried about it, she figures if it happens, it happens. She just wished Leda would understand that. "Would you like some help?" Hannah asks. "That would be wonderful." The old woman smiled.
The old woman sat on stage at the beginning of the row of chairs, she studied the patterns on the Escort, Lenox's dress. She has always loved the patterns on their clothes, it is such a unique thing. "Now, your second time tribute is." Lenox pauses to open the slip of paper. "Button Jones." Lenox announces, a loud sob erupted from the crowd, the old woman, now named Buttons, doesn't have to look to know it was Leda. Buttons walks across the stage to stand with Lenox, she stares out in the crowd to see Marie and Hannah holding onto a sobbing Leda, beside them stood the twins who looked sad yet hopeful. Buttons kisses her hand and waves to her children, doing that it shows her love for them, they know this gesture from a poster they had once seen.
Train Ride
"I noticed that gesture you did, was it for your family?" Lenox asks while passing Buttons the teapot of hot chocolate, Buttons smiles, "Yes, my children and I have been doing it for years." She admits, Lenox chuckles. Lenox felt honored to be with Buttons, the woman has an amazing personality. Lenox couldn't wait for the video ceremony to see exactly how this woman won her Hunger Games.