"Ladies and gentlemen this years tributes for district four!"
We are whisked behind the stage, and forced onto the train right away. Nobody waits for us, nobody to say goodbye to. I was going to say goodbye to Malcom and my father, since my mother died when I was born, but there's no way to, now.
I just have to hope that I can win, but I don't know how I will, I won't be able to force myself to kill Percy. I Can't do that. He means to much to me.
Speaking of Percy, we have a weird relationship. We call each other best friends, but we do things that most best friends don't. We hold hands a lot, and we sit so close I'm practically on his lap sometimes, sometimes I literally sit on his lap, and I would be lying if I said that we've never kissed before.
As we get on the train, the doors close right after us, and I finally let my tears go, I can make myself look presentable tonight, since its an overnight ride. "Percy why'd you volunteer?" I asked, looking up at him.
"Because nobody else was going to. He said, looking into my eyes. I felt his thumbs brushing against my cheeks, wiping away my tears, "Smile a little, it makes you twenty times more attractive." He mumbled, and I could help but laugh a little and whack him in the arm.
"Can we like sit down and watch the other reapings or something?" I ask, wiping the rest of my tears from my face.
"Yeah, sure thing." He says, and we walk over to one of the plush couches and sit down. I curl up into his side, and stretch my legs across his, to anyone else we probably look like some couple who's been dating for a while, we've just known each other since we were twelve.
We watch the reapings, and as usual tributes from districts one and two look incredibly fierce, and tributes from the outer districts look incredibly not.
"What do you think the other tributes think of us?" I looked at Percy, questioning him.
"Well we're from district four, so we're already somewhat part of the careers if we want. And I think volunteering is pretty intimidating, especially since Malcom was your brother," He said, looking at me, "Trust me, we are going to get out alive."
"But there's only one winner." I said, confused of his tactics.
"We'll find a way." He said in his most confident voice I couldn't argue with.
"Okay." I said quietly.
Just then, the escort, Julia Grafy came into the room, "You two ought to be hungry, theres food on the- oh! I see you two must have been acquainted before the reaping." She says, and we both try to untangle ourselves from each other.
I feel my cheeks get hot, I must be as red as a tomato. "Yeah. I'm hungry." I say, and stand up, smoothing down my sundress before walking into the dining area.
(AN: I'm not going to talk about them eating because I would rather get to training and everything faster)
After we ate, I went into my room, showering and getting ready for bed. I tied my hair up wet, used to sleeping with wet hair after years of midnight swims in the ocean and walking home in the pouring rain, not bothering to dry my hair afterwards.
Sleep comes quickly, next thing I know it's the morning, and Julia Grafy is at my door, yelling "Wake up we have a big big day planned!"
I groan and wake up, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. I pull on a white dress, that reaches my mid thigh and slip on gladiator sandals -the first shoes i find- then walk out of the door, leaving my hair in its natural curls.
When I walk into the dining area, Percy is talking with one of our mentors, and he stops and stares at me when he first sees me.
My cheeks turn red, "What are you looking at?" I ask, "Is something wrong? Should I go change? Do I look stupid or something?"
"No. You look like a Greek Goddess." Percy says, smiling at me. He's obsessed with Greek mythology, and I would be lying if I said it wasn't interesting, but this kid, it's the only thing you can make him read.
"Oh." I manage to say, then I sit at the table with them, and eat my breakfast.
Soon the Capitol comes into view. "You'll meet with your stylists today, they'll tell you what to wear, and everything for the parade tonight. Training starts tomorrow morning."