Hi, I'm Rosewood. Right now, I'm doing my local job in district 7. Basically what most people do after they finish school, Lumberjack, but I'm doing this for my extra credit points. Chopping down trees is hard, I don't understand how people can continue this every day without taking a break for at least four hours. Even though this bothers me, I'm an optimistic person and won't let it bring me down. I was watching all the Hunger Games reapings yesterday, and to be honest, I was quite interested in the tributes who were decided. I don't know the persons name, but the one girl from district one and the boy from district two, lunging forward out of no where to volunteer. Another boy caught my eye too, the one from district three, he seems really smart, and could use his brain power to outsmart all the other opponents. Wouldn't that be something? District 7 is really actually happy about the Hunger Games, the reason why is because ever since we were babies, everyone has learned to use heavy objects like axes. When everyone was one, we would play with small twenty-pound hammers, and once we got to three, we would start using throwing hammers. Once we were seven, we finally used real heavy weapons like actual hammers, scythes, and axes. My favorite weapon out of them was the hammer, it was just a nice weapon to pick up and smash onto the ground heh. I hear my friend and someone else talking about a girl that describes me so I sit back and listen.
''Hey man, you've been quiet and staring at that girl for at least an hour now. What's your name?''
''I'm Ewan, who're you?'' He said.
''I'm Yelven.'' The other boy said. ''Why are you staring at that girl?''
''Why not? She looks amazing, even in that lumberjack outfit. She looks like she has it all, a beautiful smile, that amazing curly brunette hair. Her face is clean, and her body. It's just magnificent.'' He said.
''You like her?'' He said.
''I guess.'' He said.
''Hey, Rosewood. Come over here.'' My friend said.
''Comiiiiing.'' I sang while skipping there.
''Woah... Why'd you call her over here?'' Ewan said shakingly.
''Why are you so nervous? She's human like all of us.'' My friend said.
''Hey Jasper.'' I said.
''Hey, meet Ewan. He says that he likes hammers just like you.'' Jasper said.
''Really?! Wow, that's awesome.'' I said while smiling.
I love meeting new people, it's just another opportunity to make new friends. Even in the worst situations, I try to make someone feel good about themselves. I do that all the time with my brother Cedar. I ask Ewan what he likes about hammers, and he says some very interesting things... We all sit and talk for a while and all decide to go home. We all split up different ways, and I run home before it gets too dark. District seven is a really bright place, but when it hits six o' clock, it gets really dark and all the wild animals come out. I was chased home by a ravenous dog, and it scared everything out of me. Luckily, I had a hammer on me, and was able to use it on the dog. I went to take a shower after greeting my family and the guests that they had over. After a clean shower, I went to bed after watching some district seven television. I woke up and everybody in my family was all dressed yelling at me to get up. The Hunger Games reapings was today. It was too late for me get dressed so I quickly brushed my shower and ran out of the house with my brother in my pajamas. My all fuzzy and messed up which made me kind of mad, but I ignored it. Once getting there, I saw Ewan and Yelven standing next to each other and I waved. Our escorts name was Saxia Levith, and she called my name from the girls bin. I was still kind of sleepy, and didn't really hear it. Everybody looked at me and my brother was just yelling. He tried to stop them from bringing me up, but there was no point in doing so. I didn't know what I wanted to do. I wasn't sure if I wanted to cry, shout, yell, scream, and smile. It was a blur to me. They later called up a boys name, and it was Ewan. Nobody volunteered for him, and I heard my brother yell ''I'm sorry.'' ''Sorry for what,'' was what I thought to myself so I just yelled out that it was ok. I felt like I looked stupid in front of the crowd, I was speaking in a slump tone, and looked like I didn't know what I was talking about, and I hate feeling stupid. I heard Ewan whisper to himself, ''She looks good without makeup on, and with her hair messed up.'' I was up on the stage with my cartoon pajamas and flip flops on with my toe nails panted red. It felt awkward being in front of everyone, but I embraced it. Our escort looked at Ewan and smiled at the thought of a thirteen year old liking a fifteen year old. I thought that it was cute. When she told us to shake hands and show sportsmanship, I held onto Ewans hand tightly gripped, and raised our hands up far into the sky. District seven was cheering and yelling happily. I thought to myself that we could be the first district to win a Hunger Games even though that only one of us will survive. Even with the thought of that, I smiled as much as I could.