The Capitol Pt.2

After that dream, I don't sleep very well. Every time I closed my eyes, I would see Cato bringing me the orange juice with nothing but his underwear on. And I don't know why, but every time I saw him in my head, I would get a weird feeling, and have to open my eyes.

You have to focus. There is no time to be thinking about things like that.

After what seems like forever, it's finally morning time. I get up, take a quick shower, brush my teeth, and look through the drawers to find something to wear. I find a pale pink shirt and a pair of white shorts and quickly throw them on. I don't know why, but it seems weird wearing clothes that aren't mine. Of course, my clothes back at home are not a great as these, but still, it makes me miss home and my family a lot more.

I quickly let go of the thoughts and walk to the dining car. There I find Effie and Peeta eating breakfast. There's no sign of Haymitch.

As I sit down, and am starting to gather food on my plate, Effie starts to ramble on about the things we have to do that day.

"First," Effie says, "we will start with getting you to the building where you will be prepped for your first entrance. You will have to hurry along and eat, or we will be late, and I will not fathom well with that. Well now, I am going to my room and I will leave you to your eating until we arrive. Cheerio!"

I'm left alone with Peeta. I focus on the foods in front of me. I get an array of smells and I am just in heaven. Then I realize that the Capitol is just pleasuring us until we die and I let the thoughts go.

"So," Peeta starts, "how did you sleep?"

"Not well," I say, "I had a bad dream and couldn't sleep much after that. How about you?"

"I couldn't really sleep." He says. "I'm going to be honest with you. I was thinking about home. About Katniss. And about you. I know how hard this must be for you. I mean, you're just a little girl-"

"I can handle it. I'm going to try as hard as I can." I blurt out. "I'm sorry. Just don't underestimate me so fast."

"Sorry. I just... Sorry." He got up fast and went towards his room.

"Peeta I'm-" but he was already gone.

I finished my food and went to my room as well. I lay on the bed and just thought about every thing that had happened so fast in my life. I was still young. I didn't want to die. I wanted to be alive, live long, get married, and have kids. I wanted more than anything to see Katniss, my mom, and Buttercup again. I longed for it so much that at that moment, I vowed to try my hardest no matter what to win the Games, even though I knew that it was going to take everything that I have and even more. I would make alliances and plan out strategies. I would make it or die trying. However no matter what, I could not get my mind of the boy called Cato. His muscles, his height, hair, eyes, everything. As bad as I wanted to win the Games, I wanted to be with him. He was way older than me, and I shouldn't have been thinking about him, but he appealed to me.

About an hour or so passed and Effie finally told us we had arrived to the hotel we would be staying in. Effie, Peeta, and I walked silently into the big building. Before we got to the rooms, I quickly whispered an "I'm sorry" to Peeta. He looked at me with forgiving and I felt better.

When we get to the rooms, it's just as exquisite as the one in the train car. I lay on the king size bed. It must have been four times my size. I rested there until Effie practically dragged me out of the bed and into a room with a single hospital looking bed. Three people come in and basically rip my skin apart until I feel like a raw chicken. They plucked my eyebrows and put makeup on me, and when they were done, they scurried out the room.

I lay on the bed and a man walks in.

His face is gentle and plain, not like the rest of the people in this city. His skin looked dark, and on his eyes was simple gold eyeliner. He looked at me and smiled.

"Primrose. You are a very beautiful girl." He said.

"T-t-thank you." I muttered. My stutter was back.

"My name is Cinna, and I'm going to be your stylist." He smiled a small smile.

Darn it.

"Now I know that every year, your district goes as coal miners, but I want you to shine like the star that you are. Now, how do feel about fire?"

"W-what? FIRE?" I blurted. "I cannot go out there burning my clothes off."

"I wouldn't do that. This is the one time where you will out stand the rest of everyone. It's fake fire and with not burn you one bit. Now, let's get you started."

Cinna started with my makeup, but he didn't let me see it when he was done. Then he slipped me into clothing that was soft, but a little tight against my skin. Last was a pair of comfy shoes I couldn't see either.

"Now when you get out there, you and Peeta will turn on each other's fire and you will be beautiful. Trust me. I won't let you down."

"Thank you Cinna." He hugged me and led me out to Peeta and a chariot. Peeta was wearing the same thing I was, and it all looked plain. Peeta gave me a small smile, and I noticed the other participants in the game. I was just looking around for Cato when someone stopped short in front of me from their walk. The boy sized me up while I registered his features. Orange muscles, tall, beautiful features. He had a sly grin on his face as he looked at me and then he strutted away,

I could only register one thought.

It's him. It's really him.