Rue's Song {A Hunger Games Fan Fiction}

Chapter 5: Tribute Parade

Rip... The tinge of pain surged through my leg as the hairs of my legs were uprooted.  For the past 3 hours, I have been waxed, trimmed, filed, rinsed, and washed.  I felt one of the stylist Reeba aply hot wax on my leg.  She laid down the layer of paper, pressed on it, and yank went the hair.

Reeba was working with my body, another stylist Cresia working on my nails, and a third stylist Parm is working on my hair.

Reeba had red dyed hair cut in a bob style.  She had a orange jewel stub in her chin, and the same jewel through her nose.  She had the Panem seal tattooed on her cheek.  When she opened her mouth, I saw a silver hoop through her tongue.

Cresia had curly brown hair with mint green streaks through it.  She had her ears pierced four times with different sized hoops through it.  She had the strangest Capital accent out of all of them.  It was very squeaky.  She talked amongst the others about the latest fashions or parties to watch the Hunger Games and each other's love life.

Parm had his black hair slick back in a pony tail.  He had gauges in his ears and his left eyebrow and left side of his lip was pierced.  He had a scar tattooed over his left eye.

My legs felt raw and sore.  Reeba rinsed them and rubbed lotion on them.  Parm was trimming dead ends on my hair.  Cresia was clipping and filing my nails. 

After every part of me was waxed, they had me soak in a big tub.  I felt all the tension in my raw legs relax in the hot, bubbling tub.  Parm rinsed my hair and scrubbed some soap in it.  Reeba looked in a cabinet and pulled out a bunch of jars. 

She sprinkled some clear powder in the tub and poured a clear and a blue liquid in the tub.  Some foam formed in the tub and I felt the soreness in my legs melt away.  She handed me a tray with a bunch of jars on it.  "Which one smells best?" Reeba said. 

I sniffed at the jars and my favorite was the one with a meadow field on it.  I smelt the mixtures of different flowers, fresh summer grass, and new summer dew.  I handed he  the one I liked best.  She took the jar and emptied the can in the tub.  She grabbed the tray and put it back in a closet.  She then grabbed a bottle and poured a pink liquid in the tub.  The aroma filled the air and all I thought of was home.

I relaxed while Parm scrubbed my hair and Cresia worked with my nails.  I soaked in there for an hour and Reeba pulled me out and handed me a towel. 

I dried myself and they led me to another table.  I put on a gown and laid on the table.  Parm still styled my hair.  Cresia worked away at my nails.  Reeba was digging through another drawer. 

She brought a tray with small cans.  She looked over them and found one and put the others away.  She opened up the can and applied the powder in it on my face.  She used a pencil and that had makeup in it and outlined my eyes with silver and smeared it where it blended in with my eyes.  She applied some makeup on my eyelids that brought out the color in my eyes.  She added makeup on my eyelashes that expanded them.

Cresia had just finished my nails.  "Would you like to see them?" she asked.

I glanced at my nails and I was stunned.  My nails had been long and torn up for years from working at the orchard and hitting them off everything.  Cresia is like a wizard!  My nails were transformed!  My nails were trimmed and filed to perfect round ovals.  They were painted blue with pink flowers on them. 

They were beautiful. 

"Cresia," I said stunned.  "they are amazing!"

"Thank you." She said.  "Are you guys done yet?"

"I just finished." said Parm.

"Me too." said Reeba.

I sat up and looked at myself in the mirror.  I looked older and fresher.  I looked beautiful.