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ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A PRETTY PRINCESS. SHE WROTE A FANFIC BUT DIDN'T GIVE A DISCLAIMER. THE COMPANIES THAT PUBLISHED THE STORY SUED HER FOR EVERYTHING SHE OWNED. THEN SHE DIED. HONOR HER LEGACY BY ADDING A DISCLAIMER SO YOU WON'T DIE AFTER BEING SUED.

I won't own The Hunger Games. If I did, this would've been a cannon pairing.

This is the part of me

That you're never gonna ever take away from me

Katy Perry

Chapter 17- Realization

Delly

On the first night Clove was heartbroken over the size of our audience. Every night after was a full house with people standing in the back and sneaking in. They laughed at us and cried with us. The local newspaper published a raving review. We still have four shows left, but only because we added two matinees to our last two days.

The pop of the champagne cork sends shouts and cheers throughout our group. Clove kisses Marvel on the mouth as he pours her a glass. We all stand and sit around in the Green Room. Four hours till showtime, but we know the drill by now. Clove takes a seat on Marvel's lap as she passes the bottle to Glimmer. The bottle makes its way around and I take tiny sips from the small glass I have. This is what it's like to drink the stars. Cato and Thresh fiddle with the radio and Peeta enters carrying a tray of tiny floral frosted cookies and a newspaper. He hands the newspaper to Foxface and sets the tray down on the table. Peeta hugs me from behind the waist and rests his chin in my shoulder.

"Do you want my alcohol big brother?" I ask. "I'm underage."

"I know you are." He says taking my glass and downing it in one gulp. "Here." Peeta hands me three different cookies that I know must be vegan.

"Best. Brother. Ever." I say. Peeta kisses me on the cheek and sits by Glimmer who eyes the cookies. Cato sits down and pulls me into his lap.

"Babe, we don't see each other enough." He says.

"We don't." I agree. "So have you asked her to the wedding yet?"

"No." Cato says. "I'm just so... Playboy and she's so Felicia."

"You'll never know if you don't ask her." I say. Cato shrugs.

"Listen up people!" Marvel says in his Quentin voice. "The front page news story from theatre critic Caesar Flickerman,

'Faireality Tales Is Funny With A Dose Of Nostalgia

While we've seen several movies that put a dark twist on Fairy Tales, none of them amount to this. A play written by college student Clove Fuhrman about our favorite characters essentially in rehab talking about problems. The story follows no particular plot, but makes perfect sense. The first night I saw it, I fell in love. The second night some of my favorite jokes were missing replaced by new ones that were- in some cases- better. The play is mostly improv while following the same idea each night. The actors have their characters nailed down to a point. In particular, I have to say great job to Marvel Quaid who plays Quentin Coler. Quentin is the very gay shrink and Quaid knows how to be funny, crisp, and doesn't overdo it. He is real and seems to understand the fairy tale characters, which makes you relate to them through him. The body language of Delilah Cartwright- who plays a drug addicted Alice in Wonderland- is spectacular. At some points I wondered if she did drugs in real life. Fuhrman also acts in her play, as Snow White, and knows how to keep things balanced. The casting is divine with superb costumes and makeup. We open with the flashy romantic outfits that little girls would love to wear on Halloween and the closing contains everyday clothes in the style of each character. It made me wonder if Fuhrman was trying to show that the princesses and such weren't really characters, but real people. This would explain why each character had a regular name. But that should remain a mystery I believe. All in all, the play makes you rethink what the brothers Grimm might have been trying to say. Anyone who goes to see it will have a happily ever after to their night. Only four words are necessary here, 'Bravo. Take a bow.' "

"Wow." Clove says. "They love us."

"They love you." Marvel says hugging her. "And me and Delly."

"Congrats you two." Thresh says.

"It's a team effort." I say raising my (newly refilled) glass. "To theatre."

"To theatre!" Everyone else shouts. We clink glasses.

My costume is on and I'm next in line for makeup as I finish straightening my hair. Cashmere waves me over. I look up for eyeliner, close my eyes for eyeshadow, pout my lips for the gloss, and make a fishy face for blush. I apply my false eyelashes. Rue runs over to me.

"Gale's here again." She says.

"He's seen it every night so far." I state. "I know he's here."

"That's not all." Rue bites her ruby lip. "Madge is here with him."

"What?" I almost shout.

"He must've called her today or something." Rue says. "He's not coming back to the hotel room tonight. She's staying here until noon tomorrow. They've got a room together one floor above us."

"Oh." I say. She's staying. He asked her here. They have a room together. They're having sex. They are having sex. Either they are or tonight will be the first of many times. Gale and Madge are going to make love to each other. It hits me for the first time that they like each other. Maybe he's said "I love you" already. He probably tells her she's beautiful.

"Delly?" Rue asks.

"I'm fine." I say. "I mean really, it wasn't going to happen anyways. He's too old for me. And he's really hot. Gale's a ten and I'm maybe a seven or six. Eight if I'm wearing the right dress." Rue hugs me. "Thanks." I say.

"No problem." She says. "Forget him. We're going to be seniors next year. And you're super hot now. Getting a guy will be easy." The idea makes me feel better. Marvel walks in.

"We just ran out of t-shirts. There's almost nothing left to sell. Thank God Clove insisted on taping the dress rehearsals. People love us."

"So do we." Says a deep voice from behind. Marvel turns around.

"Dads!" He screams. Hugging Brutus and Gloss, his adoptive gay parents. "You guys said you weren't coming until tomorrow!"

"We decided to come today." Brutus says. Marvel hugs them again.

"I called them." Clove says walking into the room. "If random people are coming to see you night after night, I think your dads should too."

"Thanks Clove." Marvel says kissing her.

"No PDA in front of the parents." Gloss says jokingly. He hands Marvel flowers. "We know you're going to do tests o we got you these. Sorry there isn't anything more manly." Marvel smiles.

"I love flowers!" He says in his Quentin voice.

"We need to get in our seats. Break a leg son." Brutus says.

"Bring pride to the gay community!" Gloss shouts as they exit. Seeing Marvel get excited reminds me how much I love this. The show is fun and it's why I'm here. So who cares if Gale brought his girlfriend here? This is what I love doing. So I'm going to have fun with it.

Yeah, fillers suck. I know. But I bet you didn't see that coming! I was trying to think of different parent setups that I haven't seen in any other AUs I've read, and then that happened. Haha. Next chapter soon and it will be a double update! And it will be good.