After a couple of hours we are taken back to our floor on the tribute building. I miss dinner and go straight to my bedroom. I stuff my face in the pillow. It dampens from my tears. Soon there's a knock at the door. I'm silent. The door opens and in comes Nick.
"Hey," he says, sitting on the side of my bed. "What's wrong?"
I stay silent, my head still in my pillow. I wish he would leave.
"You don't know how petrified I am," I say after a while. "The girl from district 4. I bet I'm her first target. Lucas. How can we trust him? He could be pretending."
"We'll see," he says. "We have to make allies. Not enemies. He could help us."
"I'm just so scared," I say. I turn around and look at him. "I'm the youngest. What are the chances of me living?"
The tears come out again. I try to stop crying but I can't. Nick puts his arm around me.
"I'm so sorry," I say. My voice is wobbly. "I haven't been fair to you."
"I'm the one who should be apologizing," he replies. "I've been mean to you, because of how I've felt about the whole situation. I know it's hard. Trust me; we'll get through this together."
After a while I stop crying and wipe my tears away. I only leave my room once I'm certain that I don't look like I've been crying. Nick follows me into the main room where Danielle and Dale are. From the looks on their faces I'm pretty sure they've guessed what's happened. I sit down and eat my dinner. Everyone's silent. I decide to ask some questions, get some tips on what to do tomorrow.
"So tomorrow's going to be pretty busy," I say. "Anything else we need to know?"
"Well," Danielle replies. "I'll tell you your schedule first. Then Dale can tell you some tips on what to do. You will wake up early and we will eat our breakfast together and discuss anything that needs to be discussed. You are required at the training centre at eight and the personal training sessions will start at ten. You guys will be last so once you've finished you have to come back here straight away and have lunch. After that your stylists will get you ready for the opening ceremony. Before you put your outfits on you will come and sit down and quickly find out the training scores. Then you will put your outfits on and wait for your interview. That will take a long time so I suggest that when you come back you go straight to bed so that you're ready for the Hunger Games. They start just after lunch but there is a process to be done beforehand."
"In your personal training sessions you will need to make an impression," Dale says. "You need to make sure they don't forget you. Do whatever you want. Anything that will be unforgettable but amazing. For your interviews be yourself. People will like you for who you are. That's all I can tell you. I think you guys are capable of winning."
I quickly finish my dinner and go to my room. I think that it's a good idea to get some sleep. Tomorrow I'll have to wake up early and it'll be a pretty busy day. I lie down on my bed and close my eyes. I hope and pray that those dreaded dreams won't haunt me tonight.