Hey guys! I'm bacckkkkkkk! Thanks so much for waiting! I had sooo much fun on my cruise I was so sad it ended! But on the bright side, I can write again! :)

OMG I just downloaded The Hunger Games and I have been watching it nonstop a thoasand times! hahaha!

Finally,,,,,, CHAPTER 11! :P

Dahlia's POV:

I got a 7! It's not as good as Coltin nor did I live up to my mom's score, 11. But in my own personal category, I think I did pretty decent!

"Good job," I tell Coltin and he smiles.

"You too!" He says back. I go over to my parents who are smiling as well. I would expect my mom to be upset since she taught me myself and everything. I even got lower than my dad. But then again, they were 16 and I'm younger.

"Nice work, sweetheart," My dad says, bringing me into a hug. Then my mom gives me a hug.

"I wish I got a higher score…" I say and my mom shakes her head.

"No, Dahlia. You got a very good score considering your age." She says but I can tell that she's not finished. "When I was in the games, there was a little girl, Rue, who was you're age. She was the bravest little girl I ever met and she reminded me so much of Aunt Prim. But her training score was 7," My mom says.

"Wow" I say and just from that, I wish I would have met Rue. I look over to my dad who is nodding his head. My mom's eyes start to water and my dad kisses her forehead. She pulls herself together and gives me a hug.

"Well we better have dinner so that you will have plenty of time for the interviews tonight." My dad says. I totally forgot about the interviews. I'm not that nervous. Ceaser just asks me questions and I just have to answer them. Easy. Except I have to make people like me so I will have sponsors. Not so easy.

We go to the dinner room to have dinner. I don't talk much because I am too busy thinking about what I'm going to say and how I should make people like me. Maybe Cinna can help me. So after dinner, Effie guides Coltin and I down to the remake center to get ready.

I meet my prep team and they go to work right away. First they do my makeup naturally so I have a beautiful, soft glow. They put lavender color eye shadow and gold eye liner. Then they cover my lips in a pink gloss. Next they do my nails the same color as my eye shadow. A lighter lavender color with small gold gems on them. I'm guessing the color scheme of the dress is purple and gold. They curl my long brown hair put in a sparkly gold head band in. Finally I am ready for my dress.

My prep team leaves the room and Cinna comes in. "You are going to look beautiful in your dress," he tells me.

"I hope so!" I say with a smile. Then he reveals the dress from the bag in his hand. It's dark purple, perfectly contrasting my nails and eye shadow. There is a high collar and no sleeves. It's floor length, sure to cover my feet if I fall in my heels. It has see through material at the top of my chest with little gold gems everywhere including the collar and the hem has sparkly gild gems as well. The rest of the dress is plain, with its shimmery purple color. I bring my hand to the satin fabric which is so soft and think but there are many layers of it. It's truly the perfect dress.

"Oh Cinna!" I say, basically speechless. He helps me into my dress that fits me perfectly and I slid my 4 in heels on.

"Beautiful," Cinna tells me.

"Thank you so much Cinna," I reply looking at myself in the mirror. I love the dress so much, I almost forget to ask Cinna for advice. "How do I get people to like me?" I ask him.

"Your mother was like this too." He says and smiles. "And you know what I told her? Don't try. Just be yourself," He finishes.

"Thanks," I reply and he takes my hand and guides me out the door. I get in line with the other tributes in district order. Coltin is in a silver suit with a black shirt.

"You look beautiful," He whispers to me in line.

"Thanks, and you look good too," I tell him with a small smile.

The other interviews go by quickly and suddenly, it's my turn. I walk up the stairs to the stage and wait behind the curtain. Once I hear Ceaser Flickerman announce my name, I walk onto the stage to meet Ceaser in the center where two chairs are set up. One for me and one for him.

"Dahlia! So you're the girl on fire's daughter?" He asks me and somehow I knew this question would come up.

"Yes," I answer plainly, not knowing what else to say. And it was a dumb question. If anyone didn't known I was the daughter of the girl on fire, they must have been living under a rock.

"I bet you're as good as your mother with archery," He tells me.

"Well, not as good," I reply modestly. Ceaser laughs and if Ceaser laughs, the crowd does the same. Once the crowd settles down, he asks me another question.

"Did you know that President Hawthorne came from your district? What do you think about that?" He asks me. I really don't want to answer this one. What am I supposed to say? Yes, my mom was best friends with Gale but she married Peeta so when I was a baby, he kidnapped me to win Katniss back. But Gale was arrested and now I'm in the games for his revenge. Like I'm actually going to say that. Maybe I should just act like I didn't know that.

"Wow, I did not know that!" I reply 'honestly'. Once again, everyone laughs and I smile.

"Now, I have one more question for you…" He pauses. "Do you know Aria? The girl who volunteered for you at the reaping?"

I take a shaky breath, not wanting to talk about Aria, Coltin's cousin.

"No, she volunteered for me because she was Coltin's cousin," I say. Ceaser has a confused look on his face.

"Was Coltin's cousin? Is she not anymore?" He asks me. I shouldn't have said that but I have to tell them. Or should I make something up?

"She… died," I tell them. I hear gasps everywhere in the crowd. I try to hold back my tears and luckily, I'm successful.

"That's terrible," He says and the crowd agrees with him. "Well I wish you the best of luck," He tells me and we stand up. "Ladies and gentlemen! Dahlia Mellark!" He announces and everybody goes wild. I give one last smile before walking off stage. I pass Coltin and he gives me a reinsuring smile. I go over to a small lounge room to meet my parents and watch the rest of the interviews.

Coltin walks on stage with a bright smile on his face, hiding the hurt he feels from mentioning Aria. Ceaser asks about Aria, of course and I see the hurt in Coltin's face. They talk about his training score and what he did to earn such an 'outstanding score' as Ceaser said. Then his 5 minutes are up and Ceaser announces his name one last time and a few minutes later, Coltin is in the small lounge for district 12.

"Good job," He tells me.

"You too. I know it was hard to talk to Aria like that," I tell him and I see the sadness in his face. He brings me into a hug and I hug him back. I know he needed a reinsuring hug. He didn't hug me because liked me. We both had been through a lot. We break apart and he gives me a smile, telling me he's okay.

Then we both head to our floor to get some sleep because tomorrow is a big, big day. The Hunger Games.

There! I made it even longer for you guys becuase I felt bad I have't updated in a while sooo...! :)

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