Due to reviews I am changing what happens! Here is Chapter 4!
Just then the doctor walks in, "I'm glad to say those were not your test results, and in-fact you just had a severe case of food poisoning." My dad and mother, and especially Rhoda, looked so relieved and I was too. As we walked out to the hovercraft, I heard my mother whisper to my father, "I am so glad those weren't her test results, we can't afford to lose another one, especially with the little one on the way." Apparently Rhoda heard it too because she gave me a Oh-my-god-what-just-happened-look.
When we get home, I confront my parents on what I heard. My mother gives my father a look, and then she says, "You're right, I am pregnant." Things come flying at me; I have a million questions in my head. "Is it a boy or a girl?" I ask, because right then, that was truly the most important thing. If I knew what was going to happen next, it wouldn't have been.
2 days later, when I was painting a crib, I hear gasps and sobs coming from my parents' room. My first reaction is to run to their room, and check if the baby is okay. "What happened, is the baby alright?" My mother silently nods her head. What could be the problem? Just then, I notice a letter sitting on the bed next to them. I assume this is the cause of the distress. I read it, and I am in utter shock, this can't be happening. Not right now.
Dear District 12,
The president has died, and a new president has been called in. The president has decided to bring back the yearly Hunger Games event. The people of the capitol have voted yes, just as before, a boy and a girl will be chosen of the ages 12-18. The reaping will be next week, and anyone can be reaped. Nothing has been changed from before, except that two people may be eligible to win, any to districts may pair up, or you may form an alliance with your own district.
My father pulls me in, and I can't help but sob into his shoulder. "It'll be okay honey, you can win this thing, we did, and your much stronger than we ever were. "How do you know, I'll be picked?" I ask. "Sweetie, they have already picked the contestants, these were only sent out to the families of the tributes. Didn't you read the back if the letter?" I had one thought in my mind, that I couldn't get rid of. Who was the other tribute?
I slipped of my clothes, and put a silky night gown on, and crawled. I got out my textpad, and called Rhoda. When I told her what had happened, I almost felt as if she was taking it worse than I was. Rhoda and her mother started sobbing, and then she I heard her whisper something to her mother. "Hun," she said to me, "I got a call from Gale, and Haustiff was reaped too." "What about the baby?" She's going to grow up without a sister." I say, as I choke up. "Prim, I'm going to come over." "But I'm in my PJs! "I don't care, I'm coming over."
I hear a knock at the door, that was fast! I think, but it's not Rhoda. It's Haustiff. When I open up the door, I slightly look away. "I was reaped," I hear him say quietly. "So was I," I say my voice threatening to choke up again. He wraps his arms around me, and I sob on his on his shoulder.
Was the part where Haustiff is reaped predictable? Haha, you don't have to answer that, I know it was.
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