Disclaimer: I do not own The Hunger Games.
A/N: There will be twenty-four oneshots in all, going in district order, boy/girl. Each one will feature a different person and their reason for sponsoring the designated tribute. Updates will hopefully be one a day, with one exception. Please, enjoy and thanks for the very kind reviews :) By the by, if you have any concrit or anything, please feel free to tell me. It's always appreciated.
11) Rodery Stem – District Six (Boy)
My friends are crap. I mean it. There are twenty-four of us and you know what Julius' great idea is? Only for each of us to put some money forward, pick a kid from the Games and sponsor them. The person with the winning kid gets all the money. And what's worse is: all the other idiots go along with him.
This is how we spend our free time – making stupid bets.
See, it's all right for Julius and Ossian and a few others. They got the ones like Cato or Marvel or the girl who was on fire. Me? I had to pick near the end and got some boy from District Six who is so lame that I can't even remember his name – and I keep watching re-caps of him so that I can remember it. At least Leto agrees with me; he got the cripple.
Soon, it's only me and Leto who haven't made the call. Julius hands the phone to me with an evil smirk.
"Can't I just hand in my money now?" I whine. "My kid's a loser."
My crap excuse for a friend shakes his head. "Nope. Make the call and meet with the mentor. Rodery Stem's his name."
"Stupid name," I mutter before dialling the number. I sigh.
"Yeah? I guess I'm interested in sponsoring … what's-his-name-again … guy from Six … yeah, Rodery Stem sounds familiar."
