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Chapter Two
I knew it was coming, but that didn't make it any better when it actually happened. The axe soared up form the pit and rammed right into her. The cannon sounds in the distance and I try to act excited, but I all I feel is numbness spreading through my entire body as I lift myself to my feet.
"Ladies and Gentleman! I give you the victor of the 50th annual Hunger Games, Haymitch Abernathy!"
I stand-alone in this huge arena, this damn arena that took some many lives these past few days.
The hovercraft materializes above my head and I grab the rope that pulls me up.
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The next few days are a blur or waking, eating sleeping, greeting, dressing, interviewing and leaving. Leaving was definitely the best part of that whole process. The train back was painfully long. All I wanted was to get home, to crawl into my own bed and stay there forever. No, that's not what I want to do. I really want to wrap Adeline in my arms and make sure she's real. That we're real, that what happened before I left was real.
The train finally pulls into the District 12 station and I see my home before my own eyes. Impossible, I think, I must be dead and this is just my dead selves dreams'.
The door opens and flashes over take my eyes, making me blind for a minute. My name is sounding from all directions and I smile a little. The try to usher me towards my family, but that's when I see her. Adeline. She is pushing through the crowds, trying to get to me.
That's my girl, I think to myself as she gets closer and I can see her more clearly. The next thing I know she is standing right in front of me, staring into my eyes. Her hair was messier than ever and she had dark circles under her eyes. Before she can say anything, and before the peacekeepers can drag me away I engulf her in a hug. Squeezing her so tightly my arms hurt a little, but she doesn't protest she hugs right back. I can her crying into my shoulder and I have to will myself not to cry as well.
It was real alright.