Prim's story (HG fanfic)

Chapter 6: Sponsors

Late at night, lost in my thoughts, I couldn't sleep. I went to the kitchen and grabbed a warm glass of milk, I heard a Boo! and jumped out of my seat.

"Sam! Can you please not to that each time you see me?!" I said pretty annoyed.

He just stuck his tongue out and grabbed a glass of warm milk himself.

"So, why are you awake?" I asked

"Nightmares, There is no way that I can sleep now. My parents will soon have lost two children due to the same reason. I feel like somehow, in a twisted way, it is my fault. If only I could provide for my family so we wouldn't have to sign up for the tesserae, I wouldn't be in this position, and Alexis...." He stopped mid-sentence and started staring at his hands gloomily.

There was nothing I could say or do that would make the situation better so I just nodded and tried to consult him by contradicting what he said and telling him it was no-one's fault.

I proposed we go downstairs and take a walk in order to tire ourselves so, hopefully we could fall asleep. Sam agreed as we walked towards the elevator.

Standing in the elevator, waiting to reach the ground floor, I saw a floor number with a plastic cover on it. Curiosity took over me as I removed the plastic cover and observed what was under it. Surprisingly, it was not a number, but a letter. Letter "S" to be specific.I looked at Sam and he nodded, there was nothing to lose. I pressed it and waited in anticipation.

Once we reached the floor, we noted that it was much more spacious than the penhouse where we had been living. One major difference was that the was a huge screen with the number of sponsors of each tribute. I knew we weren't supposed to be here and see this, but we did, anyway.

It showed :

District 1:

Marvel: 40 sponsors

Glimmer: 45 sponsor

District2:

Cato: 60 sponsors

Clove: 45 sponsors

I was so shocked that the careers had so many sponsors, and quite worried for myself, who would sponsor a small weakling like me?

After briefly scanning the rest, I reached,

District 11:

Thresh: 30 sponsors, I never expected him to get such a low number, he looks really strong and vicious!

Rue: 10 sponsors. That completely understandable, she is just like me

My heartbeat became ten times faster as I saw the number of sponsors we had.

District 12:

Sam: 70 sponsors. I was stunned. 70 sponsors? That's more than each of the careers!

Primrose: 90 sponsors. I was absolutely amazed! I hadn't realized that people thought of me as winning-material.

I was speechless, I looked over at Sam and saw him smiling down at me.

" I am really proud of you, but I think we should get out of here, I think I heard footsteps." Sam suggested

With a new candle of hope, I walked back to my room, said Good Night to Sam and slept the best sleep I had slept in a very long time.