The Untold Story Of Effie Trinket and Haymitch Abernathy

So Stupid - Part 1

(A/N: So....the title is kind of how I would explain this part of the story. She's just...very stupid and I enjoy making her that way. And the ending is a little weird. But let me know what you think! Comment! Vote!)

Two days later Haymitch and I sit on the couch together watching his favorite television show. Katniss, Cinna, and the prep team are at Katniss' house making her try on wedding dresses for the wedding in a few weeks. Then the show cuts off to an important announcement, President Snow appears on the screen after the anthem plays and Capitol seal is gone.

President Snow reminds us of the Dark Days and why we must sacrifice 24 children each year. He reminds us of the uprising and the rebellion which caused the downfall of District 13.

"On the twenty-fifth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that their children were dying because of their choice to initiate violence, every district was made to hold an election and vote on the tributes who would represent it.

On the fiftieth anniversary, as a reminder that two rebels died for each Capitol citizen, every district was required to send twice as many tributes.

And now we honor our third Quarter Quell." A boy dressed in all white comes on the stage and holds a box with all the Quells, President Snow pulls an envelope out of the box and opens it.

"On the seventy-fifth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that even the strongest among them cannot overcome the power of the Capitol, the male and female tributes will be reaped from their existing pool of victors.

Happy Hunger Games and may the odds be ever in your favor." He exits the room, the Capitol seal appears and the anthem plays him off.

My jaw drops and my breathing gets shallow as my heart races. Haymitch tries to comfort me in a hug, I break from his arms and dart towards the bathroom. I vomit in the hallway before I get to the bathroom. I fall to my knees shaking. Haymitch rushes to me.

"Effie! Are you okay?" He asks helping me up.

"I'm fine....." I say still shaking.

"Promise me you'll get checked out soon. I have to go."

"Okay, where are you going?"

"I just gotta go."

"Okay. I love you." I kiss him on the cheek. He kisses me and heads for the door.

"I love you too." He leaves. I clean the mess in the hall and decide to take a shower.

I turn on the water and adjust the temperature. I remove my clothing and step into the warm water. I can't help but feel the Quell announcement was all my fault, that it's to punish Katniss and Prim and myself. I know I can't let this get to me. Katniss will win again and everything will be fine. She can forget about Peeta and be with Gale or whoever....

I let my thoughts take over as I stand in the warm rain, I cry softly knowing no one will hear me. I turn off the water and wrap my robe around me. I sit on the couch watching movies until Haymitch comes back, but he doesn't. I slip into my nightgown and try to sleep, but I have an odd feeling in my stomach and I just assume its the stress.

"Oh god." I rush to the bathroom as I gag. I get to the bathroom and vomit. I take in a few deep breaths. I grab a drink of water and lay down in my bed. I drift off to sleep after staring at the ceiling for quite some time.

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Two days pass and Haymitch still hasn't come home. I don't know what he's up to but he won't answer any of my calls or texts. The vomiting as gotten worse and happens every morning for an hour or two. I know its just stress and don't need to get checked out. I nap quite often as well as eat. My back aches from when I threw it out and I have had really bad nausea. I lay down for another hard night of sleep.