I stand up dusting myself down
I look up and thankfully no one has noticed
i think about telling them about the letter and debate wether to tell them or not
robbie see this
"willow what's up?" He says bending down to my level
"eh nothing, why would you think that?" I say more quickly than usuall
"Come on will" Noah buts in
they all know something is up
"there is this letter, I went to my room after the parade and the room had been turned upside down, there was the dresser on the floor, mattress off the bed, and on the chair hat had been untouched, there was this letter" I carried on and told them what the letter says
"look" corrie says "it's probably a joke or a prank, and if they are being serious then we stick together and work as a team and kill the person who ever try's to kill us"
i shudder at the word 'kill'
I'm going to be a murderer
the next few days we train a lot more and I feel much more comfortable going into the games
about a week has gone by and time couldn't be going slower
i suppose it's a good thing, but I'm bored out my mind
I walk through to get breakfast and then corrie walks in
this obviously cause me to smile but I try to hide it
"Oh, willow just in time come sit, there is a big day ahead of us" effie squeals
I am so tired of hearing 'you have a big day a head of you' I hear it everyday at least 3 times
I sit next to corrie, we have become really close in the last week
I'm not complaining, but it also makes me one more friend that I'll loose
"guys eat up, your getting tested today" papa hay says across the table
corrie, Noah and I drop our everything and stare at haymitch
"what?!" We all say in unison
"oh didn't I tell you" papa hay in some way shocked "if I didn't I was supposed to tell you couple days ago"
"for fucks say haymitch" corrie says
"thanks for telling us" Noah adds
i laugh and go to my room to have a shower
As I walk in the shower, I start to think, a lot
i think about what's happening at home, I wounder how Gabi is holding up, I wounded about Cara, I wounder about our cat
i think about everything
when I get out the shower I don't bother putting any makeup on
i put my hair in a pony tail and put my outfit on and grabbed a book from the shelf since I still have time left
The book is about a family who are falling apart, the children always fight with the parents and the dog is scared. The children ended up getting abused and they go to a place they call 'the hell hole' where they send them and it's a place where they also get punished
reminds a bit of the Capitol, you are living on basic rations in the districts, if you go to the games in three weeks there is a highly chance you won't come back alive.
I hear a knock at the door and I jump
Noah walks in and sits opposite me
"allies" he sighs "who do you want?"
"Well definitely district 5, and you can choose the other" I reply
" ummm I think district 11" Noah says looking up hopefully
"yes, I like that idea" I say quite excited "so 5 and 11, I think we could all be a good team" I laugh and so does Noah
i havnt seen Noah laugh in ages and it feels good
we sit a talk for a while, while we wait for the time to go by.
When the time came we got in the lift be headed down.
we went straight to the assoring waiting room where you go assigned seats. I was next to Mahic from district 2, he was already sitting there looking really nervous
i quietly sit next to him and he looked up and straightened himself out hoping I didn't see him looking nervous
"Nervous?" I say trying to start a convastation
Mahic sighs "yes" and smirks
"your willow arnt you? Willow mellark?" He continues
"yeah I'm am, and your Mahic Brims?"
" yup that's me, you know I had family in 12, grandparents died in the bombing there"
"oh I'm sorry, so did grandparents and my parents siblings"
"it's horrible, the Capitol has already taken so many innocent lives and now there taking more"
"district 1, Rose Giden" I loud voice booms out the speakers above our heads
"well it's started" Mahic laughs
"Yup aha, so your part of the careers" I say emphasiseing the career
"yeah unfortunately" he says quieter and looks around
"Do you not want to?"
"No, I was made to volunteer to save my sister, they were going to take her to the Capitol if I didn't volenteer, they said I was strong"
"oh I'm so sorry, I volenteered too if that makes you feel any better"
"really? They never showed that on TV, why?"
"well the girl that got reaped was homeless and had her wee brother to look after her, her parents died of shine"
"I like you" he says and laughs
"really? What makes you think that?"
"Well you volenteered for someone who you knew wouldn't be able to come back, we need more people like you"
i just smile
" District 2, Mahic brims" the speaker booms
I watch Mahic walk off
"mahic" I call after him
He turns round
"good luck" I add
"no, good luck to you mellark" he says and walks through the doors