haylo pretties! a suprising twist in this one people! btw...i am obsessed with the song the saltwater room by owl city...in case you havent noticed yet... 3 thanks for reading this :) its my first fanfic and i was really excited about it to begin with.

im going to add a few Victor's prospectives once he enters the games, so you get to see a few hints i hinted at be hinted more into being major hints that HINT at some hinty things...( i hinted at a few things in this)

I shift uneasily on my feet, looking down at the dress I'm wearing. Sadly, it was my mothers and its all read…I hate red…to much thoughts of blood. I locked eyes with victor, and yawned, remembering how much we talked and laughed last night. He had to leave around three or four to make sure we both got enough sleep and time to get ready. I got to know him, and really liked him. he was sweet, funny, and absolutely perfect in every way. I'm glad that we decided to be friends.

I caught his eyes, and he smiled reassuringly at me, I did the same before flattening my dress around my stomach. I did this constantly, feeling as if It wouldn't lay flat, and make me look stupid, fat and wrinkly… and tell me, who the hell wants that?

"hello district three!" squealed the escort as she bounded on stage. I observed her thoughtfully, looking at her bright purple swirly hair and her yellow clothes that seemed to glow. I wouldn't be surprised if they actually ARE glowing right now. I saw the looks of disgust on everyone's faces, thinking about how "well" they were hiding it from everyone.

"AS you all SHOULD know-" she giggled childishly, "-today is the REAPING!" her words were followed by silence, a few people laughed a little, but other than that, silence…a hurtful, funny silence.

A grin spread across my face at her stupidity, but appearently, she didn't find herself stupid in any way, and kept talking with that feverish smile plastered fakely onto her face.

"so! Ladies first!-" I held my breath, biting my tongue and wincing as her nails scratched the glass bowl, grasping for the unlucky girls name…

"the lucky girl is-…" most of the girls shied away from her as she spoke, but I was trying to be strong for once. I didn't want to shy away from everything anymore. I do from everything, my dad, brother, people… I cant do anything strong…but I'll change that. I decided to start practicing with weapons, district three needs more victors, if I get reaped, I'll be ready for it.

"autumn llayla!" I looked in the girls direction, her face was pure horror, and I felt horrible for her, she was a fifteen, a whole year younger than me. I thought about volunteering, but I would surely die as well, I have seen her a lot in the factories. She works hard, and is really smart. She could probably kill you with a scrap piece of metal or wire about 500 different ways. I observed her features quickly she was sort of odd like me, with her lighter colored hair and blue eyes. I have only seen a few people like me, she was beautiful, and I wondered if I looked like that too. It stunned me that The second she touched that stage, the escort didn't ask for volunteers, she just pulled out the boys name quickly. She must have just figured that a small petite little odd girl wouldn't have a volunteer. That was really sad.

"Victor romandly!" I shook my head, feeling bad for the unlucky soul… but…WAIT! Its VICTOR!

"no!" I whispered, watching him look at me sadly, I couldn't loose someone like that once I literally JUST met them and got a friend. He stared at me sadly, obviously remembering last night and how much we figured out about eachother. Tears welled up in my eyes, threatening to leak out.

"and now, lets hear it for the district three tributes, victor and autumn!" I decided to talk to autumn too, they both needed a little bit of joy or something before they went to their doom. One or both could die, and I at least could tell her about him, give them some ideas quickly. I realized I was clapping numbly, and victor had his eyes on me the whole time, brushing back his black hair uneasily.

They were ushered off stage quickly and into the justice building, where they disappeared inside, but not before he looked at me sadly once more. People started to talk, saying sad things, others were happy that they would be rid of another odd person. I heard she loved art, and even noticed blue stains on her hands a few times at school.

The escort smiled at us toothily, and then said whoever wanted to visit them could go and we were dismissed to go home and watch the hunger games.

I turned and ran to the justice building, his family was already there, and went in before me. But when they came out, I could see all the disappointment and sorrow in their faces. hanging my head, I went past them, drawing the eyes of his extremely good-looking older brother who smiled and nodded at me in a way I wasn't comfortable with.

When I walked in, he sat there on the couch, his head in his hands, and his body jerking with soft sobs. I walked up to him, and touched his shoulder, making him jump, and swiftly wipe his tears.

"you came!-" he gasped, his eyes puffy and tears still streaming down his cheeks.

"yeah… I kind of had too…your my friend-" he suddenly pulled me into a hug. I was extremely uncomfortable, he was sitting in that manly pose people sit in, with their legs open, and he pulled me directly in between them, still sitting and pressing me close to his chest. My knees were on the ground, and my hands placed delicately on his chest next to my head.

"I'm so glad you came….so glad," he whispered to me, making me shift around uneasily… but I couldn't help and smile, dispite the horrible situation me were in.

"…victor," I whispered, wiggling around a little. He got the message, letting me go, I stood up and sat next to him, "don't cry victor, please," I noticed new tears forming in his eyes.

"royal…I'm scared," he focused on his lap sadly, and to tell you the truth it broke my heart.

"victor…I'm scared too, but you have to try, okay? Please?" he looked up at me, and we locked eyes for a moment.

"what should I do?" he looked away uncomfortably, I smiled a little, noticing that I'm always the one like this, and it felt good to not be it for once.

"you tell them some stuff that they would enjoy hearing. He funny, romantic, friendly, sweet, sexy…do something to make them bet on you and like you. You are really fast victor, I've seen you in gym. You have good aim, get your hands on some wire or a knife…win," the last word came out as a whisper, but he heard it and turned to me once again, taking my hands in his.

"I will…I will try my hardest to come home, I promise," this time I drew him into another hug, and let him cry.

"TIME TO GO! OTHER VISITORS NEED TO BE ABLE TO-" he broke away from me and turned to the peacekeeper, interrupting him:

"there isn't supposed to be any more visitors! I don't have any more friends!" the peacekeeper looked taken aback, and nodded, telling us we had five minutes left.

We stared at eachother for a few minutes, but suddenly he asked me something that I never thought I would hear from him.

"can you sing for me?" sadly I nodded, and began to sing…

Time together is just never quite enough… when you and I are alone, I never felt so at home…

What will it take to make or break this hint of love?... we need time, only time..

When we're apart whatever are you thinking of?... if this is what I call home why does it feel so alone?...

So tell me darling d you wish we'd fall in love?...all the time, all the time..

He started to cry, hysterically. I gasped and hugged him tight, feeling his body rack with sobs. After about a minute, he pulled away and grabbed my hands in his.

"I need to tell you something-" the peacekeeper barged in, and grabbed him, he looked at me sadly once more, and was about to tell me but the peacekeepers dragged him out the door.

"royal!" I reached out a desperate hand, but stayed in place, feeling tears trickle out of my eyes as he looked at me once, finally, before disappearing through the doorway completely.

he is gone! i just know it! through the door without ever telling her what he wanted to say ( HINT HINT?) keep reading guys, i'll update later 3

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