Johanna and the others lead me to the theatre as I have not been to that area of the school before. We enter to a room that could fit around 1000 people seated. I look up to the stage, it is massive. Me and the others walk down the aisle in between the row of seats. We make it near to the front and start to take our seats. I am seated in between Peeta and Annie. I look behind me to see more people coming into the theatre. There's around 100 students.
I look back round to the stage to see Headmaster Snow enter. The theatre is suddenly quiet. So its not just Annie, Johanna, Finnick or Peeta that is scared of him, but the whole school. That is just wrong. "Good afternoon everyone. I have called you all here to let you know about the dance show that will be taking place in two month's. It was originally planed that only certain people will have to perform, but a slight... rule change has come about." This worries me, as everyone else I bet. "Everyone will have to give a performance, whether in a group, duet or solo, it will happen. Those who have to prepare a dance in the dance classes will still have to perform their routine at the end the month. The once that are picked to perform will have to prepare 2 dances instead of one. I expect everyone to put their best efforts into this. We wouldn't want any trouble, would we?" The whole theatre is silence. This gives me shivers up my spine. "That is all. You all may return to your sessions."
So I have to perform a dance no matter what now? Is he serious? Why did this all of a sudden happen? I look around to see everyone is standing up, ready to get out of the theatre. I quickly get up myself and follow Annie out of the theatre. Once we are all out Johanna looses it.
"Is that guy for really? Like seriously! What a whole lot of crap!" Johanna yells.
"Johanna calm down-!" Finnick starts to say, but she doesn't.
"No Finnick I won't! The only reason he is doing this is because he will get more people wanting to come as there will be more acts." That makes sense. They did say he used the students to get more money.
"Johanna lets talk about this later okay?" Peeta says stepping up to her. Johanna takes a deep breath.
"We have to get to our session guys." Annie say looking back at us, after looking at the wall. I look over to the clock on the wall to see that our therapy session starts around now. Johanna calms down enough to go to the session. We make our way to the room where the session is held.
My first thought when arriving at the closed door would be to knock, but that wasn't to Finnick. He opened the door and made his way into the room, like it was his bedroom. I enter the room just before Peeta. The room is the same as it was before. All 7 chairs at sat in a circle in the middle of the room. I see Effie and Haymitch are already in the room.
"Hello everyone. How is everyone doing today?" Effie asks with a happy tone. Johanna looks at her like 'are you really asking that?' Effie gets the hint and get a bit awkward for a second, but she carries on. "Alright everyone, take a seat and lets get started." I sit down in between Johanna and Peeta. I look over to Haymitch who is next to Effie and almost directly in front of me. He is holding a glass of what looks like water, but by the way his is sitting, he looks drunk.
"Okay so today we are going to be talking about how to deal with flashbacks of past events." Effie explains to us. This I was not looking forward to, as I was worried she was going to want us to think of a bad time in our lives, which I really did not want to do. "Now, I want each of you to write down what helps you deal with a flashback." Effie says standing up and handing each of us a piece of paper and pen. I take the paper and pen and think what helps me with a flashback. The answer: I don't know. I haven't experienced a flashback, apart from them being in my dreams, and I haven't been able to cope with them either.
"Now let me just tell you kids something." I look up to see Haymitch sitting up more than he was pointing to each of us. "When ever you feel like you guys are having a flashback, just stamp your feet so you remember you have feet, and remember to breath." He does hand movement while speaking, but when he finishes he just slumps back into his chair. Effie then takes the piece of paper from us and sits back down. She looks through them nodding at the answers.
"Ahh, I see one of you didn't put down a answer." I look down, embarrassed. "No matter, that is why we are here, to help you deal with them. Now then lets- Peeta are you okay?" Effie is quickly cut of my Peeta who is jigging his feet on the floor looking down. He shakes his head. What's wrong with him?
"Do you need to leave kid?" Haymitch asks him. I see Peeta nod his head. Haymitch stands up and walks him out of the room. He then arrives back about 30 seconds later. The session carries on, but I can't concentrate. What's happened to him? By the end of the session I get up a leave the room to go and find him, but Johanna stops me.
"Hey Brainless, you going after Peeta?" She says walking up to me.
"Yeah, just to check up on him." I say to her. She shakes her head.
"No, he need some time to himself. Do you want to come with me, Finnick and Annie to the 'Spots Centre'?" I think for a moment. Should I? I am about to say yes, when I remember a certain room I was to go to.
"Um, maybe later, there's a place I just want to go to first." Johanna nods and walks over to Finnick and Annie and they all walk of in the opposite direction. I let out a breath and start to walk to the Music Room.
Its about a 2 minute walk by the time I get there. I look through the window, just to check if anyone was in there. There wasn't. I open the door and walk into the room. I close the door behind me and take in the surroundings. The piano is still where it was left, in the middle of the room. I walk over to it and sit down. I think of a song to sing as I place my fingers on the keys. I slightly push down on random notes. I then hears the notes I am play. I carry on and soon start to sing.
'There was a time
I used to look into my father's eyes.
In a happy home
I was a queen, I had a golden throne.
Those days are gone,
Now the memory's on the wall.
I hear the songs
From the places where I was born.
Upon a hill across a blue lake,
That's where I had my first heartbreak.
I still remember how it all changed.
My father said,
"Don't you worry, don't you worry, child.
See heaven's got a plan for you.
Don't you worry, don't you worry now."
Yeah!'
I end the song with the final notes. I have tears in my eye's but I try and not let them fall, but I fail. I wipe my eyes and stand up. Just at that moment I hear the door open. I turn at see Peeta standing in the doorway.
"I didn't know you could sing like that." He say staring at me.
"How much did you hear?" I ask shyly.
"All of it." I look down embarrassed. "I didn't mean to hear it all, its just that I was walking past when I heard you singing. I pretty sure the whole world would have gone quiet to hear you." I blush slightly. I then remember what happened earlier.
"Are you okay?" I ask him. He looks confused. "Earlier, in the session, you-" I start to say but he cuts me of.
"Oh that. Umm, yeah I'm okay. I just started to feel a bit uncomfortable. I just had to get out of there I guess." I nod and look down. Now I'm starting to feel a bit uncomfortable.
"I told Johanna I might meet up with her and the others in the Spots Centre, so I guess I will see you later." I say to Peeta as I am about to walk past him.
"Hey, wait." He calls out. I turn to him. "Do you, urr, want to start practising our duet dance together? We only have about 3 week to do it, so I figured you know..." He seems unsure of what to say. I nod to him.
"That's good with me." He looks at me with a surprised face.
"Cool, this way Johanna won't go mad at us for not starting yet."
"About Johanna, is she like the group leader or something?" I say with a little chuckle. Peeta smiles.
"I guess you could say that." We both laugh a little. Peeta puts his left arm out as a signal of letting me out the door first. I nod my head and walk out of the door. We then head to the dance studio with us both talking about the group.