The rue diaries // n.f

Chapter 5- sufficient

I was running. From what stayed unknown. The crackle of a shotgun filled the air. They were coming. "No" my mother howled. "And for the girl tributes RUE" the lady with the orange hair yelled. Thresh kissed my cheek. I woke up. "No no no" i shrieked trembling. "Rue?" Thresh said getting on to the bed. "Its ok" he said engulfing me in a hug. He was a lot more muscular than i thought. "You ok?" he asked snapping me from my thoughts "yeah i just had a really bad dream" i said. "you remember that day when i kissed you?" He asked. "Yeah" i said. "Im sorry i guess i just got caught in the moment" he said. "Yeah its fine" i said. I guess he didnt feel the same way. I turned the other way. He pulled me back to face him. "You're not going anywhere" he said.

"Guys Wake up" vextor yelled from down the hall. Thresh had left earlier so vextor wouldn't ask were he had been. Getting up and putting on the dumb suit they made us wear. I wasnt going to need it anyway. Then heading outside i went over my tactics. Show them you can be unseen and strong but don't let anyone know too much about your strengths that way they'll see wether i was weak or not. That way your capability can never be estimated.

We entered the training room. A few tributes started practicing. Some weren't very good which was a bad move on their part. Taking a seat on the bench i sat and watched the other tributes practice. After awhile a girl sat next to me. "Not going to practice?" She asked. "No if i do that im showing my expectation which isnt very high i rather them find out on the arena so they cant plan ahead if they already weren't." I explained trusting her. "I like that. My names katniss" she said smiling . "Rue" i replied. She nodded getting up to join the guy who came with her. Thresh came towards me. "Lets practice rue" he said. "Nope" i said. "Ok everyone its time for us to shoot the targets" The trainer said. Everyone picked up an arrow. Hiding behind a wider pole i stooped down. Then i began shooting. I got closer than i expected. Attempting another shot i was stopped.

"What do you think you're doing little girl" another tribute asked me. "Who do you think you are" i asked him back. "Im cato your biggest threat" he boasted. "Not exactly but ok" i said stooping back down. Shooting again i reached the bullseye. I then put the arrow down not letting anyone see anymore of my tactics. The boy was still there. "Well if you think im not a threat then you must be better than that" he said. "Nope" i replied skidding along back to the bench.

"Ok tributes we will announce the scores for shooting:
Katniss with the most bulls eyes
Cato with the most accurate shots
Thresh with the strongest shots
Marvel with the most complex shots
And rue with the most shots from an unoccupied unknown area.." The announcer said confused at my accomplishment. I didn't know it was a thing either but that wasn't the goal. "Everyone can head back to there rooms" the announcer said. As i walked back to my room thresh congratulated me. "At least your skill was useful and your actually strong this should be a piece of cake for you" i said. "At least you can send shots out without being seen" he said. "That was the point i didnt know i was going to be recognized for it thats why i did it" i said. "Rue sometimes you have to let the attention be on you if you did it more people would be happier" he said. An awkward silence fell upon us. "I just cant do that" i argue.

Vextor and thresh ate dinner while i lay on my bed. I don't want to kill thresh. He doesn't want to kill me but we have to. "What are you thinking about?" thresh asked closing the door behind him. "You really need to knock" i said. He gave me a stern look. "I dont want to kill you" i confessed. "I dont either" he said. "But we have to" i sighed. "I know" he said. "Unless we make a plan" i began. He furrowed a brow mentioning me to go further. "In the arena you obviously know when you're about to be attacked you have the instinct, so then you can pretend to die and once you feel like they've stopped watching you run to a place we can both meet up and plan an escape" i said quietly. He looked at me like i had just married a rabbit. "I know its crazy forget everything i just said" i sighed putting the sheets over my head. He lied next to me. Pulling the sheet off my head he said "you're not crazy, its just how you think so highly of me" he explained. "But you know you're good with tactics" i said. He looked in my eyes. He implanted a kiss on my cheek. He looked away. "Did you not mean that one either?" I said getting up angrily slamming the door behind me.
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