The second Chapter of awesomness. Check out my other story, Finnick and Annie
Lena
I walk downstairs with Jacob. Today is the reaping day. The terrible reaping day.
"Good morning, Mom, dad, Clio," I say.
"It's not such a good morning," Clio murmurs. Mom gives her a look.
"Good morning, Annie. I made eggs, bacon and fish with tartar sauce," Mom says. My stomach is growling. What a wonderful breakfast. I go upstairs and grab my reaping outfit. I put it on so I am ready just in time. I wash my face and run downstairs. We have a brief conversation at breakfast.
"So, Annie. I heard Finnick Odair is going to be a mentor this year," Clio says.
"Yes, he is. I actually talked to him a little last night," I say.
"What did he say?" Mom says, worried.
"Oh, nothing much. I gave him my fish pin," I say.
"You WHAT?" Dad slams his hands on the table.
"For, you know, good luck at mentoring," I say.
"Annie Cresta, I gave you that pin to keep it! Not to give it to some stranger who does who knows what to girls!"
"D-dad I'm sorry! I just thought since he's a mentor…"
"Dear, it's not time to be getting mad," Mom says.
"Excuse me," Dad says and gets up from the table. So much for a "Brief" Conversation.
"Now, we should get going, shouldn't we," Mother says and drags dad from the bedroom. My reaping dress shines in the sunlight. I wonder if Finnick still has his pin. Or maybe he gave it to his capitol lovers.
"Clio," I whisper. She holds my hands. I squeeze it. I make my way to the crowd of sixteen year olds. There, I find the two sister you could never tear apart- Franny and Franny. I call them Franny one and Franny two.
"Hey, Annie," Franny one whispers.
"Hey," I say.
"Finnick is this year's new mentor," Franny two says.
"Yeah, I don't really care," I say.
"You don't care? Annie, there is NO way you can't care," Franny one says.
"Mm-hmm. Shh… Be quiet. They're announcing the tributes," I say. A gigantic capitol woman appears and gives Finnick a wink.
"Welcome, welcome to the 70th annual hunger games," The capitol woman says. "Before we start, the mayor would like to give a speech, as usual," She says. "Please give it up for Mayor M.!" Nobody claps. The mayor gives a speech about the history of panem and stuff like that. He ends his speech, and the lady walks up again. "Thank you, Mayor M for your wonderful speech! Now, let's start with ladies first!" She walks over to a big bowl, filled with my name in it. She picks a name and walks over to a microphone.
"Annie Cresta!" What did she just say? The two Franny's are crying. Clio is screaming. I walk up, slowly with the peacekeepers. I'm not scared. Annie Cresta is never scared. I'm going to die, and I'm not scared. My mentor is Finnick Odair, and I'm not scared. My family won't survive without me, and I'm not scared. "Now, for the boys," The lady says. "Felix Jaxson!" The 13 year old boy walks up. He looks strong, but shy. We shake hands. I find myself sitting on a couch in a room. First, Clio, Mom, dad and Jacob come and visit me.
"An-an-an." Clio can barely finish her sentence.
"Shh… It's Okay, Clio. You're going to be Okay," I say. She hugs me and cries like a baby.
"Win for me," She whimpers.
"I'll win for you." That was one of the things NOT on my list. T
"Time's up," A peacekeeper says.
"Mom! Take care of the family! Don't let them starve! Take care of Jacob! I love you!" Mom nods and Clio screams. Next, Franny one and Franny two come in. The tears are in their eyes.
"Oh, Annie! Why does this have to happen?" Franny one exclaims. I shrug.
"I promised my sister I would win," I murmur. Franny two is just frozen. I never knew they care about me this much until now. We only hang out at school. Well, we did.
"Win. For us. For your family. For yourself," Franny one says. Franny two is frozen.
"Fran, you better say something or the peacekeepers will come and this might be the last time we see her," Franny one says. Franny two comes and gives me a hug.
"You have to win. I believe in you, Annie. You're going to come back, no matter what," Franny two says. I smile.
"Time's up," The peacekeeper escort's the sisters out of my room.
"Bye, Annie," Franny one says with a week smile. The peacekeepers take me to the train.
"Oh, Annie. You've finally arrived. We were waiting," The big capitol lady says.
"I was having a moment with my family," I murmur.
"My name is Matilda," The big capitol lady says. "You guys took the time to meet each other?" Matilda says with a smile. We all nod. "Well, I'm off to bed," Matilda says.
"Me, too," Mags says. We all know there tired.
"I'm going to take a shower," Felix says. That leaves me and Finnick.
"I really like this fish pin," Finnick says. I nod. We do nothing or say nothing until Felix arrives from his shower and Mags and Matilda wake up.
"Look, we have arrived in the capitol," Finnick says. I smile. It's really beautiful.
"It's beautiful," I say. Felix nods. And we arrive in the beautiful capitol.
I've kind of fallen in love with my story Finnick's. I also love Franny one and Franny two. Please review!
Lena