Alright, well this chapter is a little short, but it's just a bit of a filler chapter. I admit I really didn't have much of a plan for this chapter. Here it is, it's not going to be the best chapter I've ever written, but it's something. It didn't feel right to go straight from the last chapter into my next one. Too much would have happened in too little of writing, so there's this in between.

Enjoy it!

Everdeen's POV

After a few minutes of sitting there with my eyes closed, I heard something off to my right. Like footsteps.

I opened my eyes and sat up to find Seth walking toward me.

He smiled. "Hey Everdeen."

I couldn't help but smile back. "Hey Seth. What's up?"

He shrugged. "Not much. Just got out of school." He rolled his eyes. "Sam still makes me go to school."

I looked at him confused for a second. "Why wouldn't you go?"

Her seemed startled by the question and then seemed to realize something. "Oh, just that he babies me since I'm the youngest besides Brady and Collin."

I didn't quite get it, but I continued on. "Got it." I nodded.

"What about you? Where were you been all day? I didn't see you at school."

I nodded. "I skipped." I said seriously. What can I say, it's fun to mess with people. I'd tell him right after anyways.

"Wait, really? You skipped your first day of school?" He asked giving me exactly the reaction I was looking for.

I laughed and shook my head. "Just kidding. I was in Seattle at the rink. I do online school."

He nodded. "Got it. Well how'd it go?"

I shrugged. "Not awful. I had some trouble on the usual jumps, but that was to be expected."

He nodded. "So are you like, so good that you do quadruple toe axels or something?"

I laughed. It amused me how little people knew about figure skating. I put my hands on my hips and sat up as straight as I could. "Why yes. Yes I can." I tried to keep my expression serious, but I just couldn't keep myself from bursting out laughing. "No, I can't do them because there's no such thing." I told him.

He laughed along with me. "That makes sense. Well, how good are you?"

I smiled. "I'm the fourteenth best in the country." I said. It felt so good to be able to say that. It was amazing knowing that I had accomplished so much in my short life.

His eyes widened. "Seriously?"

I nodded and smiled even wider. "Yeah. Nationals was in the winter this year. I had a clean short, but I fell once in my long."

"Wow."

I laughed. "Yeah. It's not every day you meet a National competitor."

He nodded. "You got that right."

There was a soft wolf howl in the distance.

"Sh*t." Seth muttered.

"What?" I asked.

"Huh? Oh, nothing, I just um... I have to go. I'll talk to you later though alright? Bye Everdeen!" He said quickly, getting up and running as I barely had time to shout a goodbye after him.

I sighed and went back to lying down on the beach again.

A single drop of water hit my cheek and my eyes flew open. A few seconds later, I felt another one hit my left hand.

I sighed. Just my luck. It's raining.

I stood up and started walking home.

By the time I got two blocks, it was raining much more steadily.

I had to go all the way around a section of woods to get to my house and I really didn't want to be that wet.

I stood under the cover of the trees for a moment before deciding to cut through the forest. I knew they weren't that deep, and if I kept in a straight line, then I should get right back to somewhere I was familiar.

About thirty seconds in, I looked back to be able to see exactly where I'd come from.

When I was satisfied that I could see the other side just fine, I continued walking. Another thirty seconds, and I had no idea where the exit was.

Alright, I'm just going to admit it. I'm a little bit afraid of the dark. Slightly.

So the deeper I went into the woods, the darker it got.

I grit my teeth and told myself that I'd be home sooner if I go this way, so I put my unreasonable fear behind me, and kept walking. Though it was to be expected, the further in I got, the jumpier I got.

I cracked a few twigs and jumped at least three inches in the air. I heard some kind of animal in the bushes about twenty feet to my left and I just about jumped out of my skin. An owl hooted and reflexively, I went toward a tree and grabbed the trunk tightly before realizing how stupid I was being.

I sighed and kept walking.

I felt so stupid for being worried at all as I saw the light in front of me. I burst into a run for it and when I made it out I found that I had indeed gotten turned around a little and I had to walk in the rain for a while before I finally made it home.

I walked through the door to find Kayla on the couch.

"Dinner's on the table. It might be a little cold. You know where the microwave is though. Make sure you get a good night's sleep tonight though. Tomorrow we'll work more with your triples." She told me without looking up from her book.

I nodded. "Alright."

I walked to the kitchen, grabbed the plate and stuck it in the microwave for about thirty seconds or so and and ate it pretty quickly.

Once I felt full, I did the dishes and headed upstairs. I listened to my music on my laptop and did a little bit more off ice training.

I stretched out for a long time afterwards and worked on my flexibility.

I did my splits and my forward fold. I couldn't quite get my frog position anymore, and I couldn't get my butterfly as well as I usually could either.

After stretching, I took another shower and got into pajamas before turning out the light and heading to bed.

I've been really tired lately, so I fell asleep really quickly.

Like I said, not super great. But hey, it's something. This chapter was really hard to write, mostly because I really didn't know what to have happen in it, and that probably showed. I'm sorry it's so short, I just couldn't stand the awfulness of the writing and I didn't want to drag it out any further than I had to.

Please review. Yell at me about the length, or reassure me about my writing. I don't really care, just give me some kind of feedback because I don't exactly know what to think of this chapter.

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