Chapter 7
the Final Goodbyes
Maxen and I shook hands, then we were escorted into two separate rooms to say our goodbyes. The room I was in had a wood floor, a small green rug, a lamp and a couch that had holes in it. I was sitting n the couch when my family entered the room. My mother was crying, I made the beautiful women who carried my brothers and I and raised us, cry. With that thought in my mind I ran over to her and started crying on her shoulder.
When I let go of her I walked up to my father. He is looking at me with sad eyes. "Daddy, I'm sorry, but she's my sister. Not by blood, but by heart and soul."
"I know darling, I know. It's not your fault that your sister was chosen. Aunt Katniss saved Prim from the Hunger Games, and now that's what you're doing for your sister. And it's not goodbye, we will see you when you get back, I may have more gray hair but we will always be with you, no matter what." I smiled at the thought of my daddy having MORE grey hair.
After that my family left. Right when the door closed it was opened again and Tala was standing in the doorway.
"WHY?! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS? DO YOU THINK I'M TOO WEAK TO BE IN THE GAMES? CUZ I'M NOT! LET'S BE SERIOUS WITH EACH OTHER, YOU ARE GOING TO DIE! YOU WILL DIE AND IT'S MY ENTIRE FAULT! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME? I AM GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE MY LIFE KNOWING THAT I'M THE REASON YOUR DEAD! WHENEVER SIONN OR YOUR FAMILY LOOK AT ME, ALL THEY ARE GOING TO SEE IS HOW IT SHOULD BE IN THE GROUND, NOT THEIR PURE LITTLE GIRL!" Tala was screaming at me, at me! The closest thing that she and I have ever fought about was which color looked better on whom. She had never yelled at me, not ever. Now my best friend was yelling at me because I wouldn't let her die.
"Tala, if I was the one who's name was pulled from the hat would you have volunteered? If I was going to die would you have gone up and risked your life to save mine?" I asked her knowing she would see sense now.
She laughed at me. Okay yeah I'm funny but that was not funny.
"Lily, I was never your friend. I only hung out with you because Sionn and Eko where always around you, and they're hot. I never liked you. I was going to be the first female victor of district twelve, I was going to be famous and have money. But you had to get in the way of that. Now everyone will hate me. Everyone loves you, good Lily, beautiful Lily, Smart Lily; she will have boy's lining up down the block that Lily."
"You are a spoiled brat who everyone loves and gets whatever you want. I hope you die in the games so that way I can say what an amazing friend you where and after awhile people will take pity on me." Tears where rolling down my face faster than they ever had.
"If this is what you really thought of me, why did you have to be my friend to get close to Sionn?" I asked her, reaching for air. "God, people say you're smart, Sionn loves you! How stupid do you have to be?"
"GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE TALA! I SWEAR WHEN I GO TALK TO CAESAR FLICKERMAN BEFORE THE HUNGER GAMES I'M TELLING HIM WHAT A BITCH YOU ARE! NOW GET THE HELL OUT!"
She left with a smile on her face. When the door was closed, I broke into tears. I lied down on the old couch and faced it. The door didn't open for a minute or so and then I heard footsteps coming my way. Someone sat down at the foot of the couch, I expected to look up and see the beautiful face of Sionn or one of my brothers for the last time. But instead I was greeted with the sad smile of Maxen. When he saw my face he put on a better smile, probably trying to brighten the mood.
"When I signed up for this trip, I was expecting to be with someone all perky and happy, but given everything that I heard from my room and the way your face looks right now, I'm guessing you're going to be all depressing? Cuz if you already called that mood, I'm gonna have to find a new mood."
"Go find your own mood. This one is all mines, so is moody and bitchy." I said. God my voice was husky from crying. He smiled at that. "Well, I'm not good at perky and I'm not supportive at all, I could try being funny." I couldn't deal with this right now. "Not meaning to sound rude but-"
"Rude! I could be rude!" He just cut me off! "Any way's you where saying."What do you want?" I asked him. His face grew soft and gentile. "I heard what that chick said to you, her name's Tara right? Any way's, when I realized that you actually had no idea that she was only using you I felt bad for you."
"Her name is Tala and how did you know that she was only using me?" I asked him.
"Remember back in grade eight, that day when your brother beat me up after that hoe asked you about the six-sum? Who do you think stared that rumour?"
My mind was running so fast today I thought I might have a seizure. Tala was the one starting all those rumours about me?
"I always thought that the girl was making up stuff."
He was about to say something when a Peacekeeper came in "Times up." Sionn had never come to say goodbye.