HI! HOW ARE YOU FACES DOIN'? I OWN NOTHING!
EVES POV
"W-what?" asked Eli.
"Your sister has been electrocuted. She is alive right now, we are taking her to a hospital for one day and then we will let her out, if she survives," said the Peacekeeper.
"Where is she?" I asked, finally.
The Peacekeeper pointed over to a stretcher with a body on it. The body didn't look like it was breathing.
"You children need to go now," said the Peacekeeper. And, so we left.
xXx
"What's going to happen to her?" whispered Eli. Neither of us could sleep.
"I have no idea," I said, rolling over to face him. Both of us were trying not to cry. "I think she'll survive. She's strong," I said. I remembered Vivian coming back from the power plant every day, a smile on her face so we wouldn't worry about her.
"I hope so, because we'll have to go to the orphanage if she doesn't survive," said Eli. The orphanage was just a small house crammed with children and barley any people that cared at all about the children.
I grabbed Eli's hand and squeezed it, reassuring him. We held each others hand until we fell asleep.
xXx
Eli and I waited at home, not talking. We were waiting for Vivian to come home. Or not come. I pushed that thought out of my head.
The door opened and Vivian came in, limping a little, with the smile on her face that she always wore when she came back from the plant.
"Hello," she said. I noticed the dark circles under her eyes. Eli and I rushed up to her and hugged her.
"You survived!" I practically yelled.
"Of course I survived! I couldn't die on you two," she said.
"You were the one who got electrocuted and you were worried about us?" asked Eli, laughing.
"Of course! You two are like my children," said Vivian.
I smiled. Vivian really cared about me and Eli.
"I'm just glad that you're back!" said Eli. "But you need to eat more to recover," he said.
"No, I'll be fine," she said.
"No, he's right," I said. "We'll give you part of our bread every day."
"No, I-" she said, but I cut her off.
"YOU NEED TO EAT THE BREAD OR YOU WILL DIE!" I yelled. Vivian looked surprised. I was even a little surprised, myself at how loud I had yelled.
"Fine," she said. Then, we heard a knock on our door.
"I'll get it!" I said, jumping up. I swung pen the door. I saw Lydia standing there.
"Hi," she said. "I heard what happened. I brought you some bread." she said, holding out two loaves of bread.
"Wait how do you what happened?" I asked.
"Word spreads," she said simply.
"Well thank you for the bread," I said.
"No problem," said Lydia, starting to walk away.
"Wait! Stay!" I said, remembering our conversation from earlier.
Lydia turned around and smiled a little and came into the house.
Lydia kept coming over. All of us enjoyed her company a lot. I was sure that she was happier with some friends. Eli and I gave Vivian half of our bread each day. The stolen bread, Lydia's bread, the tesserae and the little bread that we bought with the money that Vivian earned. Whenever I got hungry, I just remembered that Vivian needed food more than I did. After a week, Vivian got strong again.
"Hey, isn't tonight the night when the tributes dress up and ride in chariots?" asked Eli.
"Oh yeah! said Lydia. "I can't wait to see the weird costume that District 12 has this year."
Vivian smiled. "The weirdest one was when they were covered in coal dust with nothing on," she said.
"I wonder what our districts costume will be," I said.
Our district. I would be able to see Finch again, even if she couldn't see me, and she might not be able to see me ever again.
HEHEHEHE! OKAY, THE ENDING TO THE CHAPTER SUCKED, I KNOW! I AM REALLY SORRY FOR THE SHORT CHAPTERS! I'M TRYING TO MAKE THEM LONGER, I SWEAR! IF YOU GIVE ME SOME IDEAS, I'LL TRY TO PUT THEM IN THE STORY! REVIEWS PLEASE! STAY PIEFACEINGLY!
