It had been a year since the last reaping, a year since I woke up late in the morning and headed over to Jen's house. This year, instead of being woken by the sun pouring out of the window, I was woken by a terrifying nightmare, flashbacks of the games, of the horror that unfolded in that arena. I woke up with sweat dripping down my forehead and my head pounding-the screams of the tributes lingering in my head. I looked at my clock. It was 5:00am. There was no way I was getting back to sleep, so I got up, got dressed and went outside to the street.
The victors village was weirdly peaceful at this time of day. The leaves on the trees stood still and the lights in the houses were off. I climbed up the tree in front of my house to watch the sun rise over the horizon.
Eventually people started to wake up and leave their houses. Although victors village was fairly empty, as there wasn't that many people living there, I could still hear the hustle and bustle of the people on the neigh outing streets, getting ready for the reaping at midday. I decided to join them, so I climbed out of the tree and grabbed my bag from my house, going out to have some breakfast on my own.
As I was sitting at the cafe, eating breakfast, I noticed someone. Jen. We hadn't talked since I had...well... killed her brother in the games,something I still don't feel good about. I decided to bridge the gap, so I walked over to her.
"Hey, Jen," I said nervously. She ignored me.
"look, I'm sorry for what happened in the games. The last thing i wanted to do was kill Mateo, which was why i teamed up with him. When he killed my friends, well, something snapped, and i guess i let my emotions take control of me. I know i can never make up for what i did, and i understand if you don't want to forgive me, but please know, I am truly sorry." I began to walk away, when I felt Jen grab my sleeve.
"Wait," she said "I want to let you know that I accept you're apology. I don't entirely forgive you just yet, but I'm on the way." I nodded and gave her a smile, before walking back to my table and sitting back down to continue eating my breakfast, feeling in a better mood than before
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