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Sometimes I feel so stupid. I feel stupid because sometimes I will be in a situation and my brain will pause for a second and then I will just shake my head and be like what the hell am I doing here. This would be one of those times.

I stood grouped up with my little clique of 16 year old girls. Like I had said before, I was pretty popular in District 1 because I was pretty and my family had won the games. The problem was that I was funny too. So maybe I had a few things going for me, my like sarcastic personality helped a lot when it came to giving people the negatives in a situation. I wasn't much of an optimist, I was a realist. I wasn't going to sugar cote telling you the sky was falling I would tell you it was falling and chances are you were going to die. Hence my realistism. I wasn't mean, I was honest.

So one of those moments was now when I was standing with my friends talking about capitol fashion and excitement, which mite I add I didn't have, for the upcoming games. Then I felt soft hands upon my waist and a smile danced across my pink lips.

"Guess who?" the voice sing songed. I knew it was one of my guy friends, I had a lot of them.

"Hmm..." I said playfully pondering. And my friends in front of me turned and were giggling, grinning at me. Even when I didn't want to, I was the freckin center of attention. Great. "Liam?"

I turned around before meeting face to face with smirking Liam Handon. Liam grabbed my waist from the front grinning. "Laci Laci Laci, you've gotten better at this game" he joked, looking at me.

"Your right I have, you excited for the games?" I asked him. Liam shook his head,"Im excited to watch you win" he said to me laughing at my sudden pout. I hated it when everyone said I was going to win this year, seriously did they all think I could turn into a cold-blooded killer that fast?

"Seriously Lee, I may not even be in them this year." I pointed out frowning, because he was laughing at me. Then Brendon came up behind us slapping Liam in the head smirking.

"Hey Liam, that's my girlfriend you've got your hands all over." He said before turning to me with a grin. His blue eyes were already dancing in mischief. "Hey my favorite Victor" he said pinching my lower back smirking. I punched him, not hard but enough to get the message. It was just that him, along with probably every guy from a career district had at the least a 6 pack.

"Oh my gosh stop bugging me!" I dramatically wined, deciding if they wanted to make a scene then I would play along. I internally smirked as my friends grinned and I could almost make out money exchanging hands, as if they were betting on my actions.

"Aw come on Miss Kingsly what color are you wearing on your upcoming Victory tour?" Liam teased, doing a comedic imitation of a capitol accent.

"Yes yes, Miss Kingsly how did it feel when you got the highest training score in the history of the games? Your 13 was quite impressive" Brendon asked laughing.

"Shut up" I said to both of them, with a cute glare that only made them laugh harder.

"Wait wait, Miss Kingsly do you feel accomplished bringing on the family history of victors?" Liam asked me smirking.

"Miss Kingsly, do you feel as if you did a better job then your family, you did make more kills then both your dad and brother."

I seriously didn't like that one. I knew they were just joking or whatever but that one was a bit much.

"Ok you two that's enough now." I said getting a bit grumpy, crossing my arms.

"Or what?" Brendon challenged, leaning in close to me. Close enough we would've probably started making out but sometimes having an older Victor brother was conveint.

"Or her brother's going to have to do something about it." Leather came up behind, arm around his unofficial girlfriend Spark's shoulder. Spark also won the games, particularly last year. He had an adorable crush on her and she's going along with it. Maybe she likes him, maybe for the cameras. But the capitol loves a good romance.

I smirked watching Brendon get startled and back up into my brother, turning around and moving out of the way.

"Don't all of you have somewhere to be?" I asked all of them, raising a perfect eyebrow the boys should be with the other 16 year old boys and my brother should be with the other Victors.

Liam was obviously intimiated by Leather because he shrugged and quickly said, "Just wanted to wish you luck Lace," before giving me a hug and turned to leave with a small wave and a wink.

Then I shook my head and raised my eyebrow at Leather, who raised his hands in mock defense. "Ok Ok, I can't wait to see you in the Victor's club." he said to me smirking, before leaving with Spark, who made a funny face at me. She was like the older sister I wished I had. Ok maybe not, Spark could be f***in mean.

I sighed and looked to Brendon. Brendon leaning in and kissed me on he cheek, brushing back some of my golden hair. Then he whispered in my delicate ear. "If you get reaped I'll protect you I swear. I love you."'

I gave him a sad smile. "I love you more, now go."I said wanting to make sure he was in the right spot at the right time. And I could hear my annoying friends sighing at me and Brendon. I swore the whole district knew we were dating. I hit his butt as he left to stand with the other 16 year olds. I guess this was the end of it all. The end of my so-called perfect life. If this was like New Years Eve and the countdown to midnight, I could here the seconds counting down. Squeeshing my eyes shut when I mentally heard 1, and opening on 0. Happy New Year Laci. New Years Resolution? Don't mess this one up too.