Hellooo just like to say in these games it's between 12 and 20 to be picked

I can't, this can't be happening, shit it is.

I look around me Rye is crying along with Gabi, Robbie looks at me worryingly. All 5 of us could be picked we are all between 12 and 20. Oh my god, oh my god

"I need to phone my parents" I say, I get up and start running. I can feel tears run down my face.

"Mell!" I here Robbie behind me he catches up with me and grabs my arm so I stop running. At this point I can't hold it in a cry and cry and cry, he pulls my into a hug and I cry.

" why are you crying?" He says stroking my hair

" what if rye is picked, or you, or Gabi, or Noha or me!?" I say sobbing "what if we die"

"look we won't die, if one of us go in we sponsor them we help them we make sure they come back alive" Robbie says calmly.

I just nod to sad too speak.

"I need to go home I need to know what happened to my parents" I say and run off

I get home and I walk in not really noticing anything around apart from The phone, I start to dial my parents number still crying.

"willow" I here someone say behind me.

i turn around and it's my dad, he has been crying, his eyes are all puffy and I run and give him a hug

"I will tell you everything okay? " he says with a smile

"what about mum"

"she is in her bed" he says really calmly

Rye enters the house and is stoked to see dad. Rye and I go sit down and my Dad goes to the cabinet.

Aunt annie walks in with papa hay and Robbie and the others. Mostly everyone is crying.

my dad gestures for them to all sit down.

Dad comes back with the book and starts right from the beginning.

its been about an hour and he only told us about the first hunger games, how mum was pretending to love him for sponsors and him joining the careers, and my mum joining with rue and fighting clove to save my dad.

He moves onto the second games, this is where Finnik come in the story and I see aunt Annie starting to cry. This time and hour and a half has past telling us about it. How the games never really ended, my mum broke the dome, my dad got taken away, Finnik joining them becoming friends, I now know about the pearl and the locket in the cabinet.

It has been another three hours till he finishes to the point where we move back to twelve when I was little. I can't believe how Finnik dies, and Boggs, and my dad being hijacked to kill my mum, Finnik and Annie, the rebellion, president snow, gale, auntie prim, my grandmother, it all makes sense.

My parents have been through so much and all I did was hassle about the nightmares that happened, i feel terrible.

My dad closes the book as we got to the end and put it back in the cabinet. I now know about papa hay and what he has been through as well and aunt Annie told us about her games and how someone volunteered for her at the quater quell. I start to tear up and everybody else already have. I walk upstairs dreading when the reaping will be.

This time everyone stays the night including papa hay and aunt Annie. I can't sleep every time I close my eyes I can see myself and all my friends in the games fighting one another so I stay awake. It's at this moment when I remember of my old friend, Cara, she is in 11 we used to be really close until her parents realised who my parents were. I don't know why they didn't like my parents, my mum saved rue.

I walk downstairs to the phone a couple years ago she made me remember her phone number.

I dial the number hoping she will pick up and she does

"hi Cara" I say feeling myself tear up

"hey girl, I heard it on the news" she says, she sounds like she can't sleep either

"can you not sleep?" I say sitting in the chair beside the phone

"nope, I miss you loads willow"

"me too Cara, it's been to long"

we sit there talking about the days when I used to go over to 11 and run through the fields and when she came here we would swing from the trees into the water. We sit there just talking about everything, and I forget, I forget about the games and the reaping times being anonced tomorrow, I forget when I am talking to Cara and I wish we stayed in touch and it made me realise how much I missed her and how good of a friend she was.

We decide to finish the conversation when we see it is getting light outside

i hang up and I'm not feeling tired, so I head to the kitchen and grab a hot chocolate and switch on the TV.

President Gillion is on, urgh I wish I never voted for her, I switch the Channels and on literally every channel she is on.

"talking about everything on TV is rubbish" I sigh

Gabi enters the room with my dressing gown on and sits beside me and rest her head on my shoulder.

"why" she asks

"I don't know Gabi, I don't know" I say and put rest my head on her shoulder.

she drinks the rest of my hot chocolate and we continue to watch president Gillion go over the rules for the hunger games for people who don't know, 24 go in only 1 comes out.

i can't believe her, how can one person be so mean, how about we put her in the games and then she will re think her decision.

President rambles on and before we know it its 8:00 in the morning and everyone saunters in, Robbie and Noha join us on the sofa the adults stand and Rye sits on the floor. We are all silent and glued to the TV, eventually it's time.

and please welcome president Gillion

hello panem, I hear you have been waiting for news, the readings will be held as usual, ladies will go first. The reaping will be in... Two days so we can start the games in two weeks, I hope to a good games this year, I will be visiting district 12 to see there reaping I have heard they have been good contestants in the years.

With that the screen goes black. Well that's it two days.

later that day aunt Annie and Robbie leave to go home as there is only tomorrow left then the reaping. Gabi and Noha leave later aswell going to see their parents.

I still can't believe it happening. The games. The hunger games. Made to entertain the Capitol.

That night I sleep knowing I still have tomorrow.