Safe and Sound

Chapter 8

I was up on the stage and the lights were blinding. Once my eyes got used to the bright lights, I went over to Caesar, who was welcoming me with a hand out, and sat down in the chair next to him. He had a green suit with a gold tie. His hair was green with gold glitters in it. I thought he looked like a leprechaun. It was quite amusing.

"Hello May! Everyone this is May Hunter!" Caesar announced. I smiled and waved. "Might I say, you look stunning tonight!" I smiled and thanked him with a nod. "I'm just going to ask you a few questions, then you can be on you way!" He finished. I nodded, telling him to start. "First question is; how did you first feel when your name was called?" He asked. Fair question.

"I felt stunned. I was terrified too. I've seen what has happened in the past for the tributes and I was scared that would happen to me," I explained. That was the whole truth. I was stunned and terrified probably at the same time.

"That is very true, May. Many people feel that way when they get picked. It is very nerve racking. Okay, the next question is; what is your weapon of choice?" He asked me. I had to ponder on this question. I didn't really specialize in any weaponry.

"I guess the element of surprise is my best bet. I don't really use weapons. I hope in the training that I will find the weapon I'm good at and use that and I'm hoping at mastering the survival skills because that's important as well," I answered with a nod from Caesar. I'm pretty sure he was understanding what I was saying. He made it obvious with the nod.

"That's good. You always need that. Last question is; did you know Liam before the reaping?" He asked the final question.

"Yes and no. I've seen him around school some, but I never talked to him. Not until the morning of the reaping till I actually talked to him. I was taking a stroll in the woods and I heard a rustling and I ran towards a bush and Liam came out. We talked and I feel like I just know him so well."

"That's good. It's nice to get to know your fellow tributes before the games," Caesar explained. I nodded quickly. It was. I felt like I did know Liam so much more because of that day. It was nice to just talk to someone for a little bit without a care in the world. "Thank you for being here with us, May. Win for everyone you care about," he said with a smile and with that we stood up together. We grabbed my hand and raised it with his in a triumphant manner. I stared out into the audience with my award-winning smile people had told me about. "Everyone, May Hunter, the Shiny One!" he finished.

I was led off stage to a back room to watch Liam on his interview. I was greeting with many congratulations from everyone in the room. The people I knew were Cinna, Katniss, Peeta, Leopris, Olivia, Hadia, and Donald.

"You were amazing!"

"You looked beautiful!"

"You were just yourself and that has to count for something," Katniss had told me.

"You were great!"

There were so many comments shot at me, I didn't keep track, but I smiled at everyone that said something to me. I had to be nice. I looked towards the screen that Liam was going to be on. He looked great as always. Caesar had announced him as he sat down in the white chair next to Caesar.

"Hello Liam! Looking as great as ever!" Caesar had said with an award-winning smile. Liam did the same back. I wonder how this interview was going to go down. It could be bad or good. No one could ever know till they actually saw it or heard it for themselves. "I just have a few questions for you!" Caesar finished with another smile, then adjusting himself to be able to talk to Liam freely and look at the audience without having to strain his neck.

"Alright, go ahead. It's not like I can object," Liam joked and got the crowd laughing. That's good. Getting the audience to laugh was a good way to get sponsors.

"Okay then! First question is; what was your first feeling when your name got called out in the reaping?" Caesar had asked. That was the same question he asked me. I wonder if Liam felt the same way as I did. Probably because everyone usually felt that way except for the Career districts that are the Capitol's pets.

"I felt like I was going to die. I knew I was because I knew I had no chance of winning. I know I might sound as a downer on everything, but its true." That was surprising. He actually felt like that? He had a much better chance than me! I felt like I wanted to crawl under a bed and stay like that forever. I would pick that over going into an arena to fight to the death any day.

"That's interesting, but you have to believe in yourself, Liam. Coming down on yourself will do you no good. You have to try to be as positive as you can. With that, you can do anything you desire," Caesar stated with sympathy and sorrow touching his voice.

"Thank you, that means so much coming from you. Now let's get off this sad topic. It makes me feel all depressed. Next question?" He got another laugh from that one.

Caesar chuckled, "Alright then! What did you do at home? Like what was your job if you had one? Or what is your specialty?"

"I would actually help out in our barber shop in our district. An old woman owns it and she looks like she needs help sometimes. I would help her out with heavy things and help her cut people's hair. It is fun sometimes because she's really easy to talk to and a great listener," Liam explained. He helped out with Ol' Sally? I never knew that. Well, I didn't really pay attention to many things, but he was right about one thing; she was very easy to talk to. I loved talking to her about things that troubled me. She would give me advice and it was great. I always had a friend in her.

"It's great to help out the elderly. That's awful nice of you to help her out, what's her name?" Caesar questioned.

Liam smiled, "Her name is Sally, but everyone calls her Ol' Sally and she doesn't care." Caesar nodded.

"Your last question is; is there anything going on with your fellow tribute, May?" The crowd gasped quietly and there was a low murmur. Liam had another thoughtful look on his face. What did he think of me? Did he feel anything?

"I'm not really sure what's happening right now. She's sweet, has a good personality and humor, but I just need to focus on what is at hand right now and focus on that later," Liam explained. I felt my heart drop. Did he really feel that way? I'm not sure. He could like me and be trying to hide it or not like me at all.

"That's an appropiate answer, well it's time to let you go, so Liam Payne everyone!" Caesar announced, standing up with Liam and lifting both their hands up like he did with mine. His interview was good. I'm not sure if he'll get any sponsors, but he made the crowd laugh a bit, so I guess he'll get some. Anything could happen.

Liam came backstage where everyone was and the same thing happened that they did with me, but not what Katniss said. Her comment was just for me. She just smiled at Liam.

We were led back to our house that we were staying in and I went straight to my room, not wanting to talk to anyone. I went into the shower and put it on a setting that would do everything. I wanted to get all this off my face. I scrubbed my face with something that they had that I guessed what was for scrubbing your face. I got all the makeup off and the shampoo and conditioner setting started. I just sat there, waiting to be done. Once it was done, I stepped out, dried off my hair, and put some comfortable clothing on. I shuffled over to my bed and tucked myself in.

I was scared of what would happen tomorrow. It was training day and that meant I would figure out my weapon specialty or if I do have one. I will learn so many things tomorrow and that scared me. I hope I am productive tomorrow. I slowly drifted off into a sleep. I was very tired.

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A/N- HEY GUYZ! Like it? You better because i had to rewrite it like two times... Wattpad decided to be a poop and delete this chapter, but then when I was rewriting it, my computer crashed and I had to rewrite just a bit of it because I saved some of it so yeah... Enough of my anger issues! How are you guys!? I missed you! Well do the stuff... Vote... Comment... SHARE! Anything you want! Just read it! And please, give me feedback so I know that you guys actually like this stuff. The dress will be in this chapter. I am sorry that I didn't add the picture... I totally forgot till now so it's here now!!! So thank you guys so much for reading! Bye!

-Cyn <3