Sorry for not updating (to any of you who are interested in this story). I needed to check my grammar and spelling, but again if you see anything that slips through, tell me! I actually have had this chapter for a while, but I'm always a little scared to post. I hope you like this chapter and enjoy!

Chapter 3

Dustin and I had watched that one game strait into the night, giving our two cents and commentating in the silences. I had even fallen asleep with him there on the couch. Surprisingly, no haunting dreams about my death, Dustin's death, or just death in general. We woke up to Yula cooing over how "cute " we are.

I squinted my eyes and asked, "Yula, why wake me up at this ungodly hour?"

"Ungodly?" She squeaked, "It's already 9:30! We should have been to breakfast five minutes ago!"

"Oh no! Not five minutes!" I yelled sarcastically, "We better get going or we'll be...ten minutes late!"

Dustin apparently was awake and heard our conversation when he said "Dun. Dun. Duuuhh!" And we burst out laughing.

"Fine then!" Yula huffed, "Take all the time in the world!" And with that, she stomped away.

We were silent for a second before we had another laugh attack.

"Better get dressed soon," Dustin told me, "or else Yula's head may explode!"

Snorting, I got up and headed to my room, sat down in the abandoned bed, and grabbed some clothes from the wardrobe. When I got to the table, Dustin was already scarfing his meal down while Yula gave us dirty looks.

It was silent until the end of breakfast where Ramon started conversation, "So, I see you guys were watching previous games, learn anything?"

"Nope. Other than stick away from careers, but I knew that already," I told him.

" You guys should check out Tess's game. It has some pretty interesting tributes." Ramon said to me, though I could see Tess shuddering.

"So by interesting, you mean scary, eat-your-face-of-to-kill-you tribute?" Dustin asked.

"Yes," Ramon said, "watch with caution."

So after when we finished, Dustin and I wrapped up what was left of the games we were previously watching (the monster of a man won) and popped in Tess's games, the 29th Annual hunger games. Although that was twenty-four years ago, she was only thirteen at the time.

It was very intriguing I must say. And Ramon was right; the male and female tributes were huge, looming far over poor Tess. Not only from the usual career districts, but from several others too. Once again Yula came when we were on day 7 of the actual games to make sure we're 'on time for this meal!'

Once we finished or rich lunch, Dustin and I headed back to watch the rest. Around the end, which was day eleven, Tess entered our viewing room. She blankly stared at the screen shivering at the sight of the flat desert on the screen. It finally got to the final fight, Tess and one man who was pretty large, actually not the largest of them all. Tess had energy from an oasis she had found on day seven, but the guy had only cactus juice.

She dashed around the parched boy, confusing him. Finally, he fell to the ground with a thud, where Tess walked to him and gave him a final drink of water whispering, "You played valiantly, but only one of us can win." And with a short stab of a dagger, she put him out of his misery and the screen went black.

"Hey-" I started to say until I saw Tess with the cords of the television monitor in her hands.

She took a deep breath and whispered, "I was a monster. There is nothing to learn from that video." Then she turned around and walked back to her room.

Cliffhanger! I have a lot of these at ends of chapters so hang in there! (Insert cat hanging on a tree picture here.)