Forever in the Games- UNDER EXTREME EDITING

Chapter Thirteen

After a few hours of complete agony, my hair is pulled to the back of my head in a pretty updo, and my nails have been painted a sparkly black. I haven't seen the dress yet, I can only see it when I get changed in the studios.

"Right, Luce, salad for breakfast, water as your drink, nothing more and nothing less, don't want you getting your pretty little face dirty now do we?" Flavius smiles, pinching my cheeks. I give a silent laugh, and go out to get something to eat.

"A-A-A, no can do Luce, Flavius has given us clear instructions for you not to eat bacon this morning!" 

For the love of Snow

I spin around, and see Effie holding her hand out. I sigh, and hand over the bacon sandwich. "Here you are my lovely" She hands me a bowl of salad. Great. But I go ahead and munch on it anyway. Effie hands me a glass of water too, before walking out to go and inspect Katniss.

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"AHHH! Jeez! That got in my eye!" I cry, before I'm forced to open my eyes up again.

"Lucinda! It's not like I slit your eyes open! It's eyelash glue for goodness sake!" Flavius exclaims, before resuming his position of putting my fake eyelashes on. They're very pretty. They're black, with sequin things on the base of them, and have a swirl effect on them.

"There! Done!" He shouts, jumping around like an excited girl.

"Thank goodness for that!"

"Now you have Effie for two hours, Haymitch for another two, then we get you into the dress and touch you up on your make-up, just in case anything fell off" He finishes explaining with a wink. I heave myself off the horribly uncomfortable chair, and leave the room to find Effie. 

"Effie?" I announce myself, before closing the door gently behind me.

"Good Afternoon!" She says bubbly "Now, you need to practice walking in these heels, you haven't worn any in a while" She shows me a pair of beige heels, they're beautiful.

"I think I've got it" 

But I was completely wrong, I didn't realize I'd been away from heels in so long.

"Just walk normally, here" She takes hold of my hands, and guides me around the room. 

"That's it there you go!" 

Finally! 

Yeah, I'm sure you wouldn't realize how fast two hours can go. I had enough time to be reminded how to sit up properly, and walk around in heels.

"Come in, Katniss!" I turn around, and see Katniss, she looks absolutely stunning. Her hair's up in a beautiful bun, and her make-up is done to perfection.

"I'm going to Haymitch now, good luck Katniss, you're going to need it with her" I laugh to her, she smiles back.

"OI! Cheeky" I hear Effie shout after me, as the door closes.

"So what's the plan?" Haymitch asks Peeta and I, as we both take a seat. There's nothing Haymitch can do for me, so I've come to help with Peeta's plan of revealing his love for Katniss. I know, mad right!

"I'm going to answer questions with smiles all round, and only if he asks, I'm going to tell the whole nation" Peeta reminds us.

"Right, be prepared, she's not going to take this like it's the best news in the world, she might act it, but when we're back here, she may be a little mad."  I inform him. 

"Right, I think I have this all covered" Haymitch asks him a bunch of questions. He answers in a funny and loving tone, He answers politely and with a smile.

"Well if I was part of the audience, I'd go for him" I tell Haymitch, as we go for lunch.

"You think? I think he's taken after me" He jokes.

"Yeah, because everyone loves you" I reply sarcastically.

"Right, time for the dress!" All of my stylist crew jump around excitedly. 

Fifteen minutes later.....

"Holy Snow! You're beautiful" Flavius gasps. I open my eyes, and my eyes widen. The girl in the mirror is pure, and beautiful. My dress is a sparkily beige on the top part of my body. It's tight fitting around the top, and it flows out in layers of soft grey on the lower section.

"I'm stunning" I give a small twirl, and all of the stylists look like they're about to burst into tears.

"It was a creation of Cinna's"

"Well give him my biggest thank you to date." They clap their hands, an begin to pack up all of their equipment.

"Here, take this blazer, we don't want you to get cold while you're waiting"

There was a small knock on the door. Peeta comes into view.

"Luce? Time to go" I nod my head, and he leaves us. 

"Just one last thing." Flavius stops me, and opens a small box. My eyes widen. It's a silver necklace, with a bird handing off, it's wings extended.

"Is this for me?" He nods his head.

"I want it to be your token, you know, because you can usually have one with you in the arena, I've never seen you wear one, if you already have one I understand-"

"No, I love it! Can you help?" I hand the box back to him, and he connects the necklace around my neck.

"There, now you're complete"

"Thank you." I hug him, completely shocking him.

"Go and show you what your made of Luce"