A Rebellious Spirit | Book III

Chapter Six | Catching Fire in the Districts

[AUTHORS NOTE]
Extreme filler, but needed :)
Stay classy!
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As days went by, Mrs. Atkinson, the woman that had been sent to help Quinn after the small riot-- Quinn began to learn more about what had happened after she left. How much worse things had gotten in Four-- almost like they were all being punished for what Quinn had done. But then as soon as Quinn could just change the bandages for herself, and was off the steel crutches from the Justice Hall, she wasn't allowed to come back into Victors' Village. And by the time that Quinn actually could walked on it, even just a little-- she couldn't get to see Isabella or Coleman because the Victory Tour was in full swing. And District Four was next.

So Quinn dug through her clothes that Ciruss had first sent home with her, and some new ones that had just arrived. She usually just wore the plan pants and shirts, but she knew that the Capitol-- that Snow was waiting to see her as a Victor, at the Victory Tour. So Quinn dug through the clothes and decided on a white, knee length dress. It had a silver belt to go with it, its neck line was a smooth curve, and the sleeves went all the way down to her wrists. Quinn didn't examine it that much more before she found a pair of sandals to wear with it.

She got ready just as there was a knock on the house door. She slowly made it out of her room and down the hall before she got to the worst part, the stairs. Quinn gripped the railing as tight as she could, and then began to take one step at a time until she got to the bottom just as there was another knock on the door.

"I'm coming!" she said loudly as she reached for the door, and pulled it open. Leaning on the door for a moment to give her leg a small break as she looked at Finnick. "Since when do you knock?"

He rolled his eyes, "I see you're actually getting around yourself."

She scoffed, "I haven't really haven't left the house, so I guess I am."

He sighed and stepped aside, "Annie and Mags already headed to the square," he said as they began to make their way in the same direction. "Do you plan on doing anything today that could cause trouble?"

"I don't plan anything, I just go with it and I just sort of hope the best." she retorted, "So no. Besides...everyones right, I'm just gonna let things...calm down."

Because anything I do isn't helping, she thought to herself.

"Hopefully today goes well..." Finnick thought out loud.

"Hasn't it been?" she asked, she hadn't been keeping updated with what had been happening in the other District.

Finnick scoffed, as if the assumption that things had been going well was some sort of intentional joke. "They can't convince people that their little love story is real." he said, shaking his head a bit.

"You don't think it is?" she replied, raising.

"It was just a way to get them both to win," he replied. "But no one is buying, all the Districts are angry...Annie sad it was kind of like they were catching fire for the rebellion."

"Cheesy..." Quinn muttered, as the two of them approached the large crowds of people from Four waiting for this years Victors to make their appearance.