Chapter 6: Dance Prep

Sadie P.O.V

The look on Suzie's face was priceless! HAHAHA!

We explained what happened and Suzanne said "Well, Katniss, Peeta, it must've been sad to go to a different time and leave your family. So to cheer you up, I have a surprise!"

We followed her up to the neighborhood school- The Bridge- where a friend taught.

"Hello Nicole!", as a dark haired girl who seemed to be about 25 pushed open the door.

"Hi Suzanne! You're still chaperoning the school dance tomorrow night, right?", Nicole asked.

"Yes. Do you mind if I have company?"

"No. Bring whoever you'd like to. Wait are they teens too?"

"Yes. Here they are. This is Sadie, Carter, Katniss, Peeta, Skye, Walt, Jaz, Cleo, and Alyssa. I'm bringing them to help them cheer up. Something has happened with Katniss and Peeta. Felix here just turned ten. I'm pretty sure a high school dance would be a little boring for him. "

"No, I wanna come!", Felix pouted.

"Okay.", said Nicole.

Now, I'm not the girly girl type, but I was so excited to choose a dress and stuff.

"So how bout' we split up when we get to the mall. I know Sadie, Carter, Walt, Cleo, Skye, Cleo, and I have phones. We split up at the mall and meet up around 6 to have dinner. That okay with you guys?", Jaz asked.

"Yeah.", Felix grumbled. "But it's only 12. Can we have lunch first? I'm starving!", and as if right on cue, his stomach grumbled.

We all cracked up and hailed a cab to the mall. It was a short ride and Walt payed the man who drove us.

"So which way is the food court?", asked Skye. Strangely she'd been quiet. She's usually very talkative. We checked the directory and headed towards the food court which was right across Macy's.

"After we eat, could check there.", I pointed out.

I got my food at Sbarro like everyone else. Carter helped Katniss and Peeta. They had almost no idea of what most things were! I got 2 slices of pepperoni, breadsticks, and because they had no ribena, a sprite. I gobbled it up and waited for the other girls to finish. We headed on to Macy's. I ruffled through the racks and found a gorgeous strapless purple dress. It had a bow on the side, sequins on the top, and stopped near my knee. I also saw a pretty blue dress. It was strapless, and the bottom part was a little poofy and had black lace. I decided on the blue dress. It just seemed more "me". Jaz had no trouble finding the perfect dress. She immediately found an orange dress that suit her perfectly. Katniss took a little longer. After about an hour of trying on dresses, she came out of the dressing room with 3 in hand.

"I can't decide.", she said.

"Why don't you try them on?", suggested Alyssa.

The first one was yellow. The bottom part was ruffled and was floor length while the top had sequins and glitter. The second dress was an a-line. The top part was black and the bottom was poofy and pale pink. The last one was short, white and the top part was decorated. I personally liked the last one best. We voted (no peeking of course) and the first one won. Alyssa wanted something green, being the follower of Geb and chose between a flouncy emerald green dress with a glittery black belt and a black and green cocktail dress with one strap. The first option fit better though so she chose that. Cleo saw a pink dress at the back of a rack and fell in love with it. It was hot pink and had a big gold bejeweled belt. Finally Skye chose a short sky blue dress that was strapless, had ruffles, and a jeweled collar. When they were all done, they called the boys who'd been waiting for a while and they went back to Suzanne's house. By the time we got back They called Amos to tell him they would be staying with Ms. Collins for the night and they also called Zia to invite her to the dance.

"I'll go there tomorrow. But I might stop at the mall before going back to Suzanne's house, ok? Wait, can I talk to Carter?" Zia asked me.

"Sure!" , I said, but not before putting the phone on speaker.

"Will you go to the dance with me?", Carter asked. "I was gonna say the same thing!" said Zia.

And we all cheered. One of us had already found a date. Never mind, Walt had asked Jaz when we got to the mall. You see, Walt and I broke up a few months after defeating Apophis but we were still really close friends.