Chapter 3: Someday
A/N: Sorry it took me so long to get this up, and sorry all my chapters are so short. Please let me know what you think in the comments. Thanks, I hope you like it!
Today is my birthday. Today I turn twelve. It should be a happy day, but I'm too terrified to try to celebrate. All I can think about is that this year my name will be in that reaping bowl. My parents tried to make the day special, and went to a lot of trouble, but they're just as scared as me. Maybe more.
Someday things will be different, though. Someday kids won't have to be scared of growing up. I don't want to be the kid watching people go off to their deaths every year, just waiting until I might have to go. I don't want to waste my time that I've been given, because I am not sure how much longer I actually have. I want to know what it is like to really live. I'm so tired of being afraid.