I angrily wiped the tears out of my eyes. Em would be fine, the peacekeepers wouldn't hurt her, I needed to worry about other things. "Finch?" Mindy looked at me expectantly. "Uhm...what?" I said confused. She sighed. "How am I supposed to teach you proper manners and all about how wonderful the Games are if you don't even bother pa
ying attention!" she threw her hands up in the air exasperated. "I'm sure she was just worried about her sister, right?" the boy tribute said. "Uh..yeah. I was just worried." I smiled at him gratefully. "Well don't worry about your sister,dear." Mindy said sitting down next to me. "I'm sure the peacekeepers won't hurt a hair on her pretty little head!" I smiled at her. I wasn't exactly reassured by that but, they had to interview our families so it gave me a bit of relief. "Now, why don't you two get to know each other, and later you'll be meeting with your mentors." said Mindy rising from the couch and walking briskly toward the door, "If you need anything don't be shy to ask the help." she turned on her heels and left. I stared out the window. I wasn't exactly the best at making new friends. Especially not ones that might kill me later. "I'm Kristopher." the boy tribute said. "I'm..I'm Finch." I said a bit awkwardly. He smiled and chuckled to himself. "What?" I said defensively. "Nothing it's just that, you kind of remind of something." he replied. I raised an eyebrow, "And what is that exactly?" "A fox, actually." he said looking away. "A...a fox?" I stared dumbfounded at him. "Well yeah," he said shrugging, " you're sly, and you've got the hair for it." I touched my hair subconsciously. I burst out laughing. "A fox! That's the funniest thing I've ever heard! No one's said that to me before!" I said wiping a tear from my eye. "Well it's true!" he laughed. "Might as well call you Foxface!" he said still chuckling slightly. "You know..I like the sound of that actually." I was relieved to have my mind off the games, if only for a little while. "Well, then call me Foxface!" I smiled at him. Just when he was about to say something else, Mindy walked in the room again. My smile dropped. I wasn't about to let these people see I was actually happy. I wouldn't give them that satisfaction. It seemed Kristopher felt the same because he hid his smile too. "Ladies and gentlemen, if you would please look out your window, you will see that you are entering the LOVELY Capitol! she said clapping her hands. Kristopher and I stood up and walked toward the door. Mindy placed a hand on my shoulder, "Wouldn't you like to see the Capitol Finch? It sure is a lovely place." I stared her straight in the eye, " No I do not want to see the Capitol. It's what took my father away." and shook her hand off my shoulder. I went to go stand beside Kristopher and he stared at me. "What?" I said shrugging. He shook his head smiling, and I smiled back.