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~MiKayla
The air in the hospital smells gross. I find it strange that that is the first thing I think when I wake up. I can hear voices talking in the hallway. Wait, I can hear! The doctors must have fixed my ear. I put my hand over the other ear and I could still hear. I wanted to get up and move. People started coming in from the Capitol. First, President Snow.
"Congrats Finnick." I thank him. He seems like a horrible person.
"Do you like me?" That was the most direct question I have ever heard in my life.
"Well, yeah, sir." I don't know if I should could him sir but I decide I should.
"Can you do something?" My first response is no. It should be no. If I say no, he will kill me and then my life will be ruined. It has already been ruined enough.
"May I ask what it is?" He chuckles.
"Finnick, I know you don't normally talk like that. And, yes, you may. Many people in the Capitol are in love with you and your looks. We would like you to help us and meet them, date them…" His voice trails off. They want me to be the lover boy of the Capitol? I would be foolish to say no. I don't want to say yes but I realize I have too.
"Yeah, sure." He smiles, but his smile isn't a normal smile. He leaves with a wave of his hand. Next, my prep team. They just tell me that I did a good job and that they look forward to seeing me on the victory tour. Mags comes in. She is smiling just a grandmother would.
"You did really good Finnick. So strong and you played the game amazingly. I was so nervous up in the control room." I realize I am going to have to be a mentor. It freaks me out that now I have to do this every year. Watching people die is not high on my list of things to do. In fact, it isn't on there! She hugs me and leaves. I am now alone. I call my doctor over who has been sitting in the room the entire time.
"How much longer until home?" The train stops. I leap out of bed and over to the window. My dad's boat isn't on the water like normal. He has never taken a day off before now. I change out of the hospital gown until something that I would wear on a normal day at home, a green shirt and brown shorts. I push open the door of the train and I am swamped with people.
My family comes up first, my sister and my parents. They lead me to our new home. It reminds me of our old home but much fancier and in a new area. My mom starts crying and my dad starts a speech about how good I did. My sister even hugs me. They let me go an hour later.
As I make my way to Daniel's house, I am swamped my girls. When I make it Daniel's house, I have at least 16 girls following me. Daniel opens his door and pulls me in.
"Dude! You rocked it!" He high fives me. We go into his kitchen where his mom had cooked some pies, berry pies. I get a horrible flashback of Blair picking berries. I hold onto the back of the kitchen chair until it stops. I try and finish it because I know many of these ingredients are expensive.
"Noah's got a new girlfriend! All he had to do was say he was your best friend!" Daniel and I walk to Noah's house with Daniel ushering off many people.
Noah is already waiting on the front steps. I wave to him. Noah is the mayor's son so the mayor is standing behind him.
"Great job Finnick! You make district 4 proud!" I smile and pretend to listen while Noah is giving me hand signals just like old times. The only difference is that I am not paying attention to a speech about the games rather than about grades or my dad's ship. I just got caught up on everything that has happened since I left. When the mayor leaves, we go back to playing thumb war just like we did on reaping day.
"Is it scary?" Noah asks. I don't want to talk about it so I just give him a one word answer.
"Yes." I decide to go into the candy store and buy something for us. We didn't go in here much. Our money needed to be spent on better things. I pick up something called rock candy and lay them on the counter.
The girl starts writing the prices down on a pad. I give her the money and she makes change. She rips off the paper and hands it to me.
"Thanks, I don't know your name." I stutter the end part. I don't want to sound mean.
"It's okay. I'm Annie Cresta." She heads in the back part of the shop. We leave and suck on these rock candies. They taste like pure sugar. Flashbacks happen the entire rest of the day. I try and make it through.
I keep having a feeling about Annie Cresta. And I don't like that feeling.
Now, I'm going to skip to the 70th Hunger Games, when Annie is picked. Remember to vote and review!