the hunger games: if it happened to me

Chapter 16

It's morning. I open my eyes and my first thought is the games. In a few hours Me and Ferny will be stuck there in that arena with 30 other people to kill.
I turn around, I see that Ferny is up too. His face looks worried, I imagine his thoughts are the same as mine. "Wake up and come get ready it's a big day" I hear lexi scream from the other side of the door. I get up, so does Ferny. We stay in pajamas since our stylist probably have our outfits ready. We head to the door, but ferny stops me. No words. He just gives me a hug. I dont know what that was for but I'm glad he did it, I needed that.
We make our way to the living room. There we find our stylists and we each go to a separate room. The prep team starts with my makeup. It's not as attention grabbing as my interview makeup, this one is more simple and more classy. Glittery black eyeshadow, with gold glitter at each ends, and gold diamonds under my eyes. Winged eyeliner and long, fake eyelashes. I like this. A lot actually. Then comes the base, concealer, foundation, powder and blush. The lipstick is a matte dark red. I really like this. For my hair, they do a dutch side braid, starting from my bangs all the way to where my hair ends. My heels, beautiful, simple, black heels. Roderick opens up the bag in which my dress is in. I close my eyes as the prep team puts it on me. "You can open them now" Ralph says. I look in the mirror and I see the most beautiful dress I've ever seen in my life. It's strapless, sparkly black from the top fading into matte gold toward the bottom. I'm amazed. I look at Roderick. He smiles. "Hey I just wanted to say thank you, for everything. I mean i dont know if I'm gonna get a chance to tell you after..." I start to say. Roderick interrupts me. "Shh. Don't even start to think like that. You're gonna come back from those games." He says. As reassuring as this sounds, it gives me peace of mind.
We go back to the living room. I see ferny, dressed in a black button up shirt, with a gold collar and a gold bow tie. The cuffs in his shirt are also gold. Dark jeans. Black combat boots with gold laces. Clearly we are matching. I like that. Everyone watching can see were a couple.
We head off to the state center. Which is where the parade will take place. As were getting into our chariot, Roderick hands me a little button. "Press this when you're ready." He says. I nod. He didn't explain what it was but I think I have a clue. Music starts playing. Drums start pounding. The parade is starting.
The chariot starts moving. I loose my balance a bit but ferny grabs my hand and holds it up. The crowd loves this. I see all the other tributes. They're smiling and waving. I get distracted but I come back to my sense once we're about to reach the game makers and the president. They're sitting on top of a balcony. Just watching us. Once I noticed that their eyes are on me and ferny. I click the button. In no less then seconds were covered in flames. Beautiful, breath taking, flames. Me and Ferny hold up our hands once again, and end our parade with a kiss. To let everyone know we came here together, and we're leaving out of that arena together.