Part 36
I jump out of my chair and into her arms. I don't know why I go to her first but I do. Effie wraps her arms around me and says, "I knew I would see you again." Peeta comes over and she hugs both of us. Haymitch is behind her and I'm trying to get out of their embrace to get to him, but he comes over and hugs us all. There are about 10 cameras that take pictures of our reunion. This picture will be on every newspaper, TV, and magazine in all of Panem. It will be there perfect picture too. When the cameras are done we walk of the roof into the apartments. Even though we just got out of the Games, the interview with Ceaser Flickerman is tonight. It's about 2 p.m. right now and we don't go until 8 p.m. Six hours for Cinna to make my outfit and to eat and shower and get rested. When we get to the dining room, I see that we will have plenty to eat. There is a buffet of different chicken, beefs, fish, soup, cookies, cakes, and a lot more. We start our way around the table and Effie says, "Now, be careful how much you eat. They don't want to see it on stage again tonight, so not too much. Tomorrow, before we go home and on the train you can eat as much as you want." Peeta and I were well fed during the games, so we are able to eat a little more. But with this rich food, I'm still very careful. I'm going back to the table to get what is called a smoothie, when I see Haymitch talking into Peeta's ear. I want to go over and ask what it's about, but Effie starts talking to me. She goes on about stupid Capitol stuff and I just nod my head and smile. When she finally is done and I'm about to go to Peeta, Cinna walks in. "Hello beautiful. How are you?" He asks me. "Well, I just won the Hunger Games. I'm alive and going home to Katniss tomorrow. So I'm pretty good." I say with a smile. "That's wonderful. So, would you like to see your dress?" I say, but I tell him I would love to. Whatever Haymitch and Peeta were talking about will have to wait. Cinna walks me down to my room and he tells me to close my eyes. I do and I walk through the door. Then he says, "Prim, what's your favorite color?" I'm a little confused but I tell him, "Pink. Bright hot pink." Usually I don't like things that stand out, but hot pink is an exception. "Okay, open your eyes." He says and I do. In front of me is the most beautiful dress I have ever seen. It's hot pink too. Like he already knew. It will go down to about my knees and is a spaghetti strap. It has a black belt around the waist and a design of flowers going up the side. I love it. "Cinna, this is amazing! How did you know I liked hot pink?" I ask him. "I didn't, here." He hands me a small remote with different colored buttons on them. When you click one, it changes the color of the dress. I hit the green one and the design changes too. "This is my sister's favorite color." I smile. "Well Prim, I kind of lied." He says. "About what?" I ask confused. "This isn't what you will wear to the interview, this is your homecoming dress. This, is your interview dress." He pulls a bag off my bed and opens it. It's a muted orange color, like the sunset. It is flat on the top and puffy on the bottom. "Wow, what made you think of that color?" I ask him. "Well, Peeta told me before the Games that sunset orange was his favorite color. I thought maybe this would go well with what he is wearing." He says. "What is Peeta wearing?" I ask him. He smiles and says, "You'll find out."