Rebecca Ch 4
Au Note: Who's going to see Catching Fire Thursday? Raise of hands? Well, not me, unfortunately, I have to wait til Saturday.
The day I met America Singer I knew that she was exactly what Sam had called her. She was a piece of work.
After Sam had been called away, she had dragged me to the couch and we had sat down telling stories about each other the whole day. She told me about her four siblings and how they would go mattress sliding down the stairs in their house, how they would pull pranks on all the guards when they were younger. She told me how the girls in her family seemed to take more from their mother than their father with their stubbornness and fiery temper, but she also claimed that all of the kids had bits of their father in them. She said May had his way of dreaming to the end of the world and back, that Kenna had his strength, even in hard times. Jerad had his cool temperament and Kota had his artistic ability.
She had smiled when she talked about her family, a sad but content smile that told everyone she loved them and missed them with everything she had. To me, that was pretty amazing. I was ready for everything she had said on television to be false, but she was exactly the same.
"You really don't lie about who you are, do you?" I asked suddenly.
She looked surprised, then seemed to start measuring her words, "No, I don't see a reason to change who I am to please someone else. IT seems kind of foolish to me. I mean, there are some things I'm not allowed to say on television, which I'm guessing is what you're talking about. I will never say my personal opinion of another girl and I will never say something that can get me into more political trouble. My philanthropy project already got me enough of that."
"Everyone loved your project though!"
"I'm guessing you don't know very many politicians? They got incredibly mad over it. I almost lost Maxon."
"I'm sorry, I didn't realize." Actually, I didn't realize anything really, she hadn't told me why they didn't like something that would benefit the country, but I thought that was a topic for another day.
Today, I was here to gain her trust, not to start asing questions, that came later.
"I just realized I have totally been neglecting my duties," I said, "Is there anything I can do for you ma'am?"
"Well, I have some books to put away before dinner, would you like to help me?"
AU Note: So, I think enough intro to characters, yes? Do you think my portrayal of America is accurate? Are you ready for the secret spilling to start? I am! Next chapter major introduction to the other girls and some down time with America, (Meaning questions) then the next two chapters will be getting to know the other girls as well as getting a glimpse into how they see things. Then we start with big events that are going to BLOW your mind, once they pop into mine