as we headed off the train all I could see was buildings and lights which were eminating from the huge towering windows,
"so this is the capitol," I said wide eyed,
"oh yes, amazing is it not?" petunia squealed clapping her hands together like an exited schoolgirl, "everyone smile!" she shouted from in front, we were welcomed by cameras being shoved in our faces by the time we made it to the training building I was almost blind, how did petunia do this every year? when the doors closed behind us I sighed and relaxed,
"so seen as you two are from district 4 you get one of our most exclusive apartments, personally I prefer the penthouse but everyone has their own taste don't they?" she giggled, we stepped into the glass lift and pressed button number 4, just before the doors closed a hand wrapped around the corner, a man in a hoodie walked in, it was torn and looked half destroyed, but it looked like it was meant to be like that,
"Tay?!" he said confused,
"huh?" I grunted, he pulled down his hood revealing his face, "Jerome!" we hugged,
"ahh bebe told me you knew jerome and mitchell," petunia smiled, "I trust that you are allied," she continued smiling,
"yep, me mitch and tay will always be allied," he pulled me in almost choking me,
"y-yep just please *gag* let go of me," I said yanking on his arm, he didn't hear me, "jerome!" I said as loudly as possible, he still didn't hear, I grabbed his shoulder digging one finger into his collarbone, he squealed and let go of me collapsing to the floor, everyone looked at me in horror, "what?" I said, I yanked him back up and smacked him around the face, he came back around,
"taylor!" petunia yelled, "manners!" she turned her attention away from me and out the window, I scoffed at her and turned to jerome,
"so how ya doing?" I said quietly,
"not bad but not good either, everyone I know has been going crazy," he shook his head, "they're all terrified for me, mitch too,"
"well all we can do is hope we'll be ok," but I knew in my heart that there was only one winner, no... survivor, there is no winner, that's just some stupid excuse to make it sound worth while, but all of it is just bull. The elavator pinged and opened,
"see ya jerome, say hi to mitch for me," I said while stepping out,
"bye," he waved, and the doors closed, but then... as I turned around... I was greeted by the most stomach wrenching feeling since the gunshots... as I turned around... I saw a peacekeeper... laughing.
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life, love and hunger games
Aléatoireprim and tay, the best of friends, until the day everything collapses, the day before the reaping, tay is too lost in her emotions to recall it but prim isn't, only a few people can save them from the hunger games, those few boys, those two boys.
