"Let's get going towards the Cornucopia. The faster we can find a good hiding place the easier it will be to end this thing," Silk said as she was packing the last of the supplies into her bag.
"Emory and I will take the lead," Glint said pushing his friend to the front of the group. "Jasper, you stay near Garnet."
"I know what you are doing," Jasper yelled back.
"Yeah, making sure that Garnet is well protected!" Glint yelled back.
"Ok alpha males, let's get this show on the road," Pearl yelled as she pushed Glint forward. The rest of the group just nodded to agree.
Garnet watched them closely. The walk gave him time to think, something he tried desperately not to do that night. He had always looked at Jasper as a brother. He grew up in the house next door. For years they had been inseperatable. Did he love him the same way that Jasper seemed to love him? Glint seemed to think that there was a possibility.
Garnet forced himself to think about love. All of his life he had tried not to think about falling in love with someone. It would only lead to heartbreak. If he fell in love with someone they would be forced to enter the games to be with him. While it was not unheard of to have two victors in a row from District 1, the odds were never in their favor.
Garnet looked over to Jasper, was his love for him more than just one of friendship? Was it normal to want to Jasper to be the first person he spoke with in the morning, and the very last one he spoke to at night? Was it normal to care for someone so much that he would do anything for him? What would his family think if he felt for Jasper the way that Jasper felt for him? Would they act like Jasper's father? There were only a few gay couples in District 1, and Garnet could not remember his family even addressing the situation before.
A snapping sound shook Garnet from his contemplation. It took a few moments for Garnet to process what happened. A deafen sound followed. Garnet watched as the ground around where Amaze and Glint were standing explodes. The force of the blast blew Garnet a few feet back from where he was standing.
"Glint?" Silk yelled as she fell to the ground over a body.
"Silk, get away from him. That entire area is booby trapped."
"But!"
"No they are both gone!" Pearl yelled as he pointed to another body in a tree, that was once Amaze.
"Oh my God!" Silk yelled as she noticed the body. Two cannon shots confirmed what Garnet already suspected.
"I should have been up front," Jasper whispered.
"No, if you were with them, you would be in the same position as them. But Glint only wanted me near you to..."
"I know what he wanted. I heard your conversation last night. Now is not the time to talk about it. We have to get to the Cornucopia. The sooner we finish these games, the sooner we can get home."
"We have to pay close attention to where we are walking from now on. District 3 could have boobie trapped anything out here. Is anyone hurt?" Garnet said as he regained his composure. He had been too busy thinking about what could have been, and not watching what was going on around him.