The doors slide shut as Mahic walks through

I look for Noah and he is sitting across the room opposite me and giving me the 'so you and him eh' look

i just give a smirk back and look down at my feet

I have decided to go will archery and strength

corrie has been working with me on strength and says I should do it so yeah

this time I try look for corrie and can't find him

I start getting really panicked and then realise he is in doing his assessment

i sit back and watch everyone go in one by one

eventually it's just Noah and I

"willow mellark" the loud speaker booms

i walk in as I walk past noha he whispers good luck I smile

" you too" I say and walk in

It's a big room, it's got nothing in it except my choice in weapon, body action (strength) and a table

I look up and there is a glass floor with a couple people looking down

"Whenever your ready ms mellark" the speaker says

first I grab the bow and I start trembling

Come on willow

breathe

in

out

i calm down and point the arrow at the targets

I shoot the first arrow and it hits the middle of the target

"yasss" I whisper under my breath

I got the next 4 arrows in the middle too

"thankyou ms mellark, can you please move on now to body action which you chose strength, start when you are ready"

i pick up the large steel ball and move it to the meter line

i through it as far as I can and it lands and the 3 meter mark

i threw the other two and it got further each time

"You may leave" the speaker booms once again

I turn and exit with a smile on my face knowing I did well than I expected

when Noah walks out he is smiling to, I run and give him a massive hug and thankfully he did one back

"Wel how did you do" I say smiling that my cheeks start hurting

"I think I did quite good actually" he says smiling aswell

I squeal and give him another hug

i am so happy

a guard escorts us to a room with all the other tributes

I see corrie and Robbie walk towards me and I run and give them a hug

"your happy, wil, take it you did good?" Robbie says happily

"well I hope so" I said almost bouncing up and down

"I knew you would" corrie says

"what about you guys?" I say

"crap phaha" Robbie says "forgot what I was doing half way through"

"meh" corrie adds "could have been better"

i look around the room and there's chairs and sofas circling the outside of the room and in the middle there is bean bags and a carpet, on the walls there is two TVs showing the same stuff

"what is this, social club?" I say really puzzled

"yup" Robbie says

"Gillian has decided to do it this year, she says it will make the games more fun if we all knew each other we are in here for 3 days, food gets delivered" corrie sighs

"are you having a laugh?" I say in shock

for gods sake man

I already have enough friends in these games

I scan the room and the careers are in the corner

they are all talking, except Mahic who is lying on a sofa staring at the ceiling

I decide to go say hello

" so we meet again" I say and pull a chair next to the sofa

Mahic sits up "I believe so mellark" he smiles

"how did your assessment go" I smile

"pretty decent, I think anyway. You can't see what there thinking since they a liturlly right Above you" he laughs

"yeah ahaha, I just want to get my results to be honest"

"yeah me too" he replys

then there is this silence but it's not awkward it's just quiet

"so, mellark why did you start talking to me? I'm a career"

"well you honestly didn't seem like it, when you were sitting in the waiting room, I'd never seen a career be so nervous, you answered back which careers never do to a "twelvie" as you guys say" and I laugh "your different Mahic and I like different"

he smiles " thanks mellark, honestly no one has ever said anything nice to me like that before"

"well your welcome"

we have a conversation and i have never laughed so hard in my life

I have tears coming out my eyes and my sides hurt from all the laughing

hours have gone by and before we new it everyone was asleep

"oh I didn't even realise that everyone was asleep" I laugh

" me either, hey mellark come sit here, must be much more comfortable that that chair" he says and pats the space of sofa besides him

I sit down and look around, all the sofas are taken and all the bean bags

all of a sudden I get really cold and Mahic obviously knows this cause he takes his jacket off and gives it to me

"thankyou" I say and smile

"no problem, if you want to sleep I can sleep on the floor?" Mahic says

" no we can share, the floor will be freezing" I laugh and I place my head on his shoulder

by the time we are both comfy, we are practically spooning

he makes me feel safe