Rising Flames

Chapter 12: Scores

The smile didn't leave my face the whole way up the elevator to floor 12, but it eventually simmered away when the elevator doors opened and Effie was standing there with a scowl on her face. At first I thought she knew what had happened, until she said "You took your time! Come on, if we hurry we can still get there before it starts."
My little smirk returned slightly, "Sorry for messing up your schedule, Effie."
"You should be."
I had to force myself not to laugh at that, slapping my hand over my mouth. She leads me to the couch where all the others are, sitting patiently, waiting for the scores to be revealed.
About five minutes after my arrival I'd told Katniss what happened, and she broke into a grin almost as big as mine. "Like mother like daughter, I suppose." And with that, we were both giggling until Caesar Flickerman appeared on the screen.
The scores for the first four districts were usually 9 or 10, but one got lower, a 'mere' 7.
When it eventually came around to us, James and Samantha both scored 6, Heather scored a low 3, Liam, a 10. Thomas was up next.
"Thomas Darbe, District 12, scores an 8."
I took a deep breath and held it as Caesar continued, "and finally Maysillee Everdeen, District 12, scores..." He does a double take at the sheet of paper in front of him before going on, "12, a complete 12."
Everyone turns to look at me, and I let the breath I've been holding in come out in a rush, and with that, everyone begins to cheer and pat me on the back.
They were all questioning me, all seemingly interested in the same question: "what did you do?"
I couldn't tell them, because honestly, I didn't know what I did.

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