-TREECH- 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞

VIII

I open the door to no lights on other than one lamp on the other side of the hallway, I turn to open the light as i feel a presence behind me

"now what on earth do you think it's acceptable to come home at this time young lady!" I hear someone shout

My mother.

I turn around on my heel as i give me a smile "Sejanus and I had a project due, we finished it today" I lie, there was absoloutely no way I was going to tell her that I was with treech

"sejanus..who?" she questioned

"plinth. sejanus plinth." i state as she smirks

"do me a favour. flatter him, the money his father has is immaculate!" she exclaims as i cringe

what is wrong with her? she wanted me to date sejanus for his money? absoloutely not. He's the kindest soul you'd ever meet

"also put some more makeup on the next time you go, you look quite..district like." I hear

I frown walking into my room sitting on my desk, I don't find myself as pretty as Treech always says, when he compliments me I feel good about myself but maybe it's just a lie?

I sigh..maybe my mother is right, I mean sometimes i think i'm pretty but my mother really enjoys tearing my confidence down doesn't she..

I think back to when coriolanus had given lucy grey that compact..why would he do that?

Food? blankets? pillows? what could she be doing with a compact? I sigh laying on my bed falling straight into a deep slumber

TIME SKIP

I walk out of my house with some freshly baked muffins as I take the bus to the academy, my feet hurt from all the walking i've done recently

Me and the other mentors walk inside the building, though clemensia wasn't with us..i actually haven't seen clemensia recently—maybe i'll ask coriolanus where she could be! As were all greeted with the sight of the tributes lined up, i frown seeing the dirt on treeches face..we're going to get that cleaned off.

As me and pup make our way towards the pair of district 7 tributes we hear dr gaul start to speak

"MENTORS YOU HAVE 30 MINUTES TO SURVEY THE AREA AND MAKE ANY ALLIANCES WITH YOUR TRIBUTE" she shouts into the microphone

her voice honestly creeped me out a bit but what could I do? She was a the head of our school

I take my place next to the boy as we make eye contact, he smiles

"hey" he says smiling as i frown, something sounded a bit off

"oh, how could I forget! hey gorgeous" he winks as I laugh

"Hi sexy" i flirt as i cringe to my words as he lets out a laugh

"move it. boy." a peacekeeper says as i realise he heard our conversation, My eyes widen when my words register in my brain

"it's alright" he sighs slinging an arm around my shoulder as I feel my face heat up, I could sense some people judging us but for once in my life I felt safe, I felt protected

I smile as we look around "so there's not many places to hide-"

"no shit sherlock" he says as i frown, he kisses my head "joking babe, joking." i nod at his attempt of reassurance

"hey lumberjack!" I hear as Treech and I turn to see who was calling for him

Coral, Festus' tribute..the one from four with bright red hair

"lamina!" Treech calls out as we walk towards the duo from four and the newly recruited boy from ten

"no, just you..just you" she shouts back as Treech shakes his head looking at me for an opinion

I shrug, I really don't know but I don't want him to leave lamina but at the same time—if he were to stay alone he would be first on their kill list

He sighs turning his back on Lamina as he walks towards the pack as I frown walking towards the girl who's on the verge of tears, so would I if the boy who was home left me

"hey" I hug her "it's going to be alright..i'll bring you some stuff later in the night like food and-"

I feel myself getting slammed straight onto the ground as my face meets with the tiny grains of remaining sand of the arena, they feel brittle.

My head aches but not long after something drops straight onto the top half of my body, A long cut forming on my arm as I groan—TREECH!

"TREECH! TREECH!" i shout in desperation , where could this guy be?

"AURELIA! WHERE ARE YOU-" i hear that familiar voice shout

My eyes start to feel heavy as treech kneels beside me, bringing my head onto his lap "hey, hey..you'll be alright" he says

"COME ON TREECH THE GATES ARE OPEN LETS GO!" the boy from two shouts as he tightly grips Treeches arm

"I CANT GO!" Treech shouts, is he crying?

"treech please escape here.." i feel my eyes start to give up as I lay on the floor eyes closed

"NO PLEASE STAY WITH ME AURELIA—NO GET OFF ME I NEED TO SEE HER PLEASE. LET ME GO!"

then off I went..unconsious

A/N: hey guys!! sorry for the short chapter and bad updates but i'll try have a longer chapter tomorrow!!