"You only talk when you have something to say that's smart"
"Or to someone I like"
In which the quiet girl from Five finds herself falling for the opinionated girl from Four all while trying to survive the Hunger Games
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THE TRIBUTES FROM FIVE are quickly escorted to a car that is waiting outside of the Justice Building, a Peacekeeper opens the doors on both sides and allows the Tributes to get in before the doors are slammed shut, Raelyn nearly gets her fingers trapped in the door but quickly moves them in time.
"Asshole"Raelyn says her voice barely above a whisper as she stares out the window.
A small chuckle is heard from next to her and she turns to see Hy, the older boy laughing whilst looking at her, and a look of confusion washes over the Watts girl's face.
"So you can talk?"The older boy asks and he notices Raelyn's face grow even more confused. "Most people didn't think you could talk"
Raelyn sighs before turning her head away from him and watches out the window as District Five passes by them. "I talk when I want to"Raelyn tells him.
A look of embarrassment falls on Hy's face. "I'm sorry"Hy tells her.
Raelyn doesn't respond instead she looks down at the watch still attached to her wrist if her dad was here now he'd know what to do he was just like that he could solve any problem you gave him no matter what it was.
Raelyn turns her head to the window and focuses on the district around her everything was changing so quickly her brain could barely keep up. Worry for her mother began to creep inside her mind she wasn't at The Reaping today and if she was caught then in a matter of weeks the entire Watts family could be wiped out.
A gentle nudge pulls her out of her spiral and turns her head to look at Hy the only person capable of doing it, that is when she noticed the car stopped.
The doors on both sides of the car are pulled open and the newly reaped tributes are roughly dragged out of the car, they are then escorted inside of the train station.
The District Five train station was probably the second nicest place in five after the Justice Building, due to being the place that produced the majority of Panem's power Five is quite a wealthy District this however didn't mean the people were, living in Five was hard long hours for barely any money.
The wealth of Five went back into maintaining the many power stations in Five, the pair were taken inside to an old and abandoned looking office dust covered the majority of very surface no matter how small.
Raelyn was roughly shoved down into a chair a small table was seated in front and she was then handcuffed to it, the same was done to Hy the older boy rolling his eyes.
The Peacekeepers said nothing before exiting the room and standing guard outside, this was to make sure no tribute would try to escape Raelyn saw no point to this as if she did try to run she had no one to turn to.
She was alone.
Raelyn was once again pulled out of her head by Hy, the older boy was coughing loudly next to her but to Raelyn it didn't sound like normal coughing it sounds wheezy and horrible.
Raelyn placed a gentle hand on Hy's shoulder the older boy's looks up at her. "Are you alright?"Raelyn questions voice quiet and gentle.
In between coughs Hy responds. "I am have Asthma"
Raelyn nods in understanding it was quite common in Five for people to have conditions like Asthma it was due to the heavily polluted air from the many power stations, Raelyn dad had Asthma and she use to look after him when he had asthma attacks.
The boys coughs soon subsided and he turns to Raelyn with a bright smile. "Nearly down a tribute already"Hy jokes.
Raelyn doesn't life, she understands people cope with life or death situations but joking about death was something that didn't sit right with her especially after the death of her father.
Raelyn's lack of poker face gave her away and Hy immediately picked up on it he moved uncomfortably in his chair before making eye contact with Raelyn.
"I'm sorry...I know you just lost your dad"Hy tells her gently.
"It's fine"Raelyn tells him her voice cracks a little but she composes herself quickly.
Hy sighs to himself. "You know it's probably gonna be a while until the train gets here we're like one of the last Districts to be picked up every year"Hy tells her.
"Cool"Raelyn responds simply the sixteen year old was not very good at making conversation with people her naturally quiet nature making it even worse.
Hy chuckles to himself. "You're really not one for conversation are you?"
"Not really"Raelyn responds she was always capable of talking to her dad they had very similar interests and he just seemed to understand her better than anyone.
Times like this she really missed her dad Atom Watt use to lite up the entire District he had this magnetic personality that just drew people in, he had this way of making everyone feel special.
"My dad was good at conversation"Raelyn says a sad smile formed on her face.
"I know"Hy tells her a look of shock forms on the blonde teenagers face. "He was my mentor down at the solar station"Hy explains.
"So you're eighteen then?"Raelyn questions.
"Yeah, your dad took me under his wing when I first started he saved my ass on multiple occasions after I made a few screws ups"Hy explains.
Raelyn sighs sadly. "That sounds like him he took care of everyone"
"He really did"Hy responds.
The pair from Five fall into a peaceful silence after that Raelyn turns her head and begins to look out one of the station windows, she watches as the people of Five begin to slowly go back to their normal lives.
For Raelyn however things would never be the same again.
