Chapter 10

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Lea's POV

The next day, Lea woke up in Finnick's arms. She thought back on her magical night with Finnick. It truly was amazing. Lea stood up and walked over to her dresser and pulled out some sweatpants and a crop top. She didn't have to dress that well, cause in the evening they would come and get her to prepare her for the tribute parade. Before she went to the bathroom so saw the clock on her nightstand. "Crap it's alright 3 pm, Finnick get up, they are coming to get me for the parade in 2 hours," Lea screamed which woke Finnick up. 

"Don't worry baby, you still have 2 hours, no need to panic. Why don't we get some breakfast first." Finnick said as he got off the bed and gave her a kiss

"No, I have to take a shower first, I'll eat breakfast or rather lunch later. Do you want to join me?" Lea asked Finnick. 

"You don't have to ask me twice," Finnick smirked as he followed her into the bathroom. 

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A few hours later, they went down to meet her stylist and get her ready for the tribute parade. Finnick and Tyler just dropped off Louis at his stylist and were now bringing Lea to hers. When Lea walked into the room, she was met by a woman, who looked like a cat. Which made a lot of sense, given that her name was Tigris. 

Tigris? Lea thought to herself. That name sounded so familiar, she heard that name before and then it hit her, she was the cousin of President Snow, her Grandmother told her that. So that means that Tigris was her great aunt. She couldn't tell her cause she didn't know how close she and her cousin still were and whether or not she was going to tell her so for now she had to keep quiet. 

"Hello, my name is Tigris, and I will be your stylist for these games, My my you are a very pretty girl. It will be very easy to make you look good," Tigres said 

"Thank you," Lea said. 

"Now, what is the look that we are going to go for?" Tigris asked

"We need to make her look desirable, so I think it best to show a bit of skin, she needs to flirt with the public," Tyler said

"No way," Finnick spat

"Finnick, calm down, you know it's our best option, She's a pretty young girl, in that way, she will get the most sponsors," Tyler said

"Yeah and then what happens when she wins?" Finnick said angrily, "Huh what happens then Tyler?" He spat. 

"Finnick please don't overreact," Tyler warned. 

"Why not, it's the reality, you and I both know that better than anyone." Finnick snapped as he made his way out of the room

"Well, I will leave you ladies to it then," Tyler said as he went after Finnick.

"So, I was thinking about this blue shaded skirt with a split at the right side combined with this blue top, along with their hair in big curls and blue eyeshadow. In that way, we are still showing some skin but we are not exhilarating," Tigris said. 

After an hour she was ready for the parade, her make-up was done so perfectly. Her eyelids were covered in different shades of blue eyeshadow with some glitter and her cheeks had this silver highlight on them. Her hair was pulled back in thick curls. She was wearing a beautiful long blue skirt and a see-through copped long-sleeved glittery top with a blue bra underneath. 

"I love it Tigris, thank you so much," Lea said

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"I love it Tigris, thank you so much," Lea said. 

"No problem sweety, normally I try not to get attached to my tributes but I have a feeling you and I are going to be different, I believe you can win this," Tigris said as she walked out of the room. 

Lea then walked out of the room to the back where all the carriages were lined up, she saw Louis already standing there. "Waaw, Lea you look amazing," Louis said. "You don't look too bad yourself Louis, come on we have to get on the chariot. 

Both tributes stepped onto the chariot and the parade started. The chariot was moving through the streets of the Capitol and Lea was smiling at the crown enthusiastically, blowing kisses at them. The crowd cheered and clapped very loudly. Suddenly Louis grabbed her hand. "Trust me, they love it when district partners unite," he said before taking her hand and throwing it in the air. As soon as they did, the crowd became wild and started cheering even louder. 

"Claudius look, there is a chariot from District 4, still my favorite district of all time, I think they put something in the water there cause waaw those kids are getting more beautiful by the year," Caeser said. "The female tribute is certainly getting lots of attention," Claudius said. 

Eventually, all the chariots stopped in front of the President's mansion. President Snow gave them a welcome speech and wished all of them good luck in the games. The Panem anthem started playing and the chariots were making their way back to the training center. 

Once the chariots stopped, Louis immediately got off and grabbed Lea by her waist to help her off. Finnick was watching and even though he knew that Lea was all his, he couldn't help but feel a little jealous. 

"Hey, great job you guys. I have already tons of people who want to sponsor you," Tyler said. 

"Where is Finnick?" Lea asked Tyler. "I sent him upstairs, we cannot let people see that you are together, it would be very bad for your image and sponsors would back down," Tyler said

"Why would you assume that me and Finnick are together, we are simply," Lea said but Tyler interrupted her, "Please Lea, I'm not stupid. The walls may be soundproof but you guys are not very discrete," Tyler said. 

Lea simply laughed as she didn't really know what to say. 

As they all got back up to District 4's flour, it was already pretty late and the next day they had to wake up early for training. "Well, Children, I will leave you here, please get a good night's rest so you are prepared for tomorrow, Goodnight," Ella said before she went to her room to get ready for the ceremony party. 

"You guys before you go to bed, I want to talk a bit about our strategy," Tyler said. "First of all, the hand-holding, very good idea, that is exactly what we are going for, two tributes who unite," Tyler said. 

"My idea, it thought it would be good," Louis smiled very proudly. 

"Yes it was a very good idea," Lea agrees

"I can say that you two looked the best out of all tributes and you really charmed the crowd, so getting sponsors shouldn't be a problem. You also should not be worried about districts 3,5, 8, 9, 11 and 12. They don't pose a threat to you guys. The girl from 7 is also not a threat but the male tribute from 7 is her big brother, who volunteered simply to protect his little sister so he will do everything to protect her and then of course the careers from 1 and 2 but you already knew that, so try to charm them tomorrow during training. Use those training sessions, to analyze everyone a bit better, and get to know some of their weaknesses. But for now, the most important thing is to sleep well tonight, you will need it," Tyler said as he walked away to the elevator, he was going to the ceremony party to charm some more sponsors for Lea and Louis. Finnick was already at the party. 

After Tyler and Ella left, Lea went back to her room, got ready for bed, and immediately went to sleep but she couldn't fall asleep, she was so used to sleeping in Finnick's arms that she simply could not fall asleep without him near. 

After a few hours, she heard sounds coming out of the living room, meaning that Finnick, Tyler, and Ella got back to the apartment. After everyone got to their rooms, she sneaked out of hers and went to Finnick's room. She opened the door to his room and he was already lying on the bed. 

"I can't fall asleep, can I please stay with you Finn," Lea asked 

"Of course, you can baby, I was waiting for you, hop in," Finnick said while Lea jumped in his arms. 

When she was in Finnick's arms, she was at home, Finnick was her home. 


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