So I go to the reaping and head to the area with the 15 year olds and find Goog. We stand there waiting for them to call this years tributes for district 10 Finally our district escort Petunia comes on stage "hello and welcome to the 85th annual hunger games reaping!, ladies first!"
She walks over to the bowl with my name on 15 of those strips, Goog' s 45, and Gloria's 2. She reaches in swishes it around a little bit and plucks a name out walks back to the microphone opens it up and says "Gabrielle Henelle". She stands there shocked at what she just heard so I shoot out of line and shout "I VOLUNTEER, I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!" "No you can't go" she says "yes I have to, I'm an only child you have 4 other siblings they shouldn't have to lose you" I reply. And I go take my place up on stage I stand there with a blank expression on my face "and what is your name miss?" She asks me "Emerald Peabody" "and now for the boys"
She walks over to the bowl which has Nicks name in there 30 times I hold my breath as she picks one walks back over to the microphone opens it and says "Nicklaus Swernie" and there he is standing with the 13 year old boys with the same look on his face as Goog had and I stand there just as stunned as he is and then I realize I have to go in there and fight my best friend/running buddy/in a fight to the death.