I think I felt the same; I wanted every bit of him.
I lied down and pulled the cover over my head and got so close to him our legs and feet touched.
When we both woke up entirely I stole away to my room, an avox was waiting there.
She stared and I grabbed a red tee shirt, put my hair up, and pulled on jeans.
I pulled on a pair of converse and headed out to the table.
Thayer came out of his room and snickered and said, “you first.”
I nodded and went out and Pranet laughed and said, “Look who decided to wake up.”
“You’re just as bad as Thayer”, Elisabeth said laughing.
“He’ll probably be out here soon, I heard him getting up when I passed his room.”
“Yea he’s real loud”, Winnie said staring at me.
I nodded and bit into a piece of bacon as Thayer came out.
“And here he is”, Elisabeth said.
I smiled at her, she was so funny.
“Okay so I thought you’d come with me first Lyric and Pranet you go with Thayer then us switch in three hours then hand you off to your stylist”, said Elisabeth.
“Of course I probably need the most practice on how to walk in heels anyway.”
She laughed, it was beautiful sound.
So I followed her and she had me put on a long dress and heels.
I had a lot of trouble tripping, and my feet started to hurt.
“You’ll get it.”
I gave her a sad smile and said, “Guess I’m not very feminine.”
She smiled and said, “well this is just for the interview, be anything but feminine in the arena.”
I laughed and said, “Trust me I’ll be so masculine it’ll be hard to see any sort of girlyness to me.”
Then I went to Thayer, he smiled when I came in and said, “Okay we need to decide how we’re going to present you.”
I nodded and he said, “how about cute girl?”
I glared at him and he laughed and said, “Just kidding.”
“Sexy”, he said raising his eyebrows.
“Hmm… let me think, NO!”
He laughed and said, “how about smart, beautiful, strong, tomboy?”
“Perfect”, I said.
“Now off to the stylists.”
I smiled at him and headed to the stylists.
Beau greeted me and said, “hey beauty.”
Beau kept me at ease.
“So how about we do a bit of change, instead of gold we can do silver sandal high heels, polish your nails clear, and put you in silver jewelry.”
I agreed and they put on a gentle pink lip gloss, green eye shadow, they put my hair up and then stuck a silver comb in it.
They put concealer on and then they brought out a long, flowing green dress that was covered in silver sparkles that looked like fireworks. It was beautiful, it matched my eyes perfectly.
“Do you like it”, Holly asked?
“Yes it’s beautiful”, I said.
And it was.
I stepped into and pulled it on then Lenny fastened my silver shoes on.
I twirled a bit and it flowed perfectly.
I smiled at Beau and said, “It’s the best dress I’ve ever worn.”
I looked in the mirror and found myself simply beautiful.
I then stepped out and saw Pranet in a suit with a red tie, red was a color he looked best in.
His eyes saw me and he smiled and said, “Wow! Have you ever looked more beautiful?”
“I don’t think so”, I reply.
“Come on guys you need to get ready to get on stage.”
We are lined up by our districts; I’ll be the first to be interviewed, great.
They then send us to walk on stage and the crowd cheers as we do and sit on stools.
The announcers name is Shartruse Rain what an ostentatious name I think, but he’s kind and gentle but hyper and I’m not sure if I like him.
They then show the scores.
I look at twelve’s first and work my way up.
Jonas: 9
Halo: 7
Harlow: 7
Thane: 8
Jo: 7
Trent: 10
Sally: 7
Alec: 8
Callista: 6
Ian: 8
Kenna: 9
Zachariah: 7
Fadhi: 5
Aries: 10
Bailey: 6
Brylee: 7
Hali: 7
Jensen: 9
Elodie: 8
Weston: 9
Jaylee: 8
Baylor: 9
And then I see Pranet scored an eleven, the highest score yet then I see mine.
A TWELVE.
I thought I did well but I hadn’t thought I’d done that well.
The crowd cheers and I know the sponsors are now wild for me and Pranet but the tributes are going to single us out as the biggest competitors.
Shartruse signals me forward and I nod and sit on the stool next him and he says, “this is Lyric Lust of District one, and you’ve just pulled a twelve. How do you feel about that?”
“Really good, I was confident in my abilities but I never expected the highest score.”
He smiles and says, “Well you look just beautiful tonight. Is there any special guy back home that this belongs to?”
I laugh and say, “No not yet.”
Nope he’s here.
“Oh well there probably will be shortly.”
“That is if I win, but I try not expecting too much.”
“Well good luck Lyric.”
I nod then head back to my seat.
Then its Pranet’s turn he’s so at ease as he walks up there.
“So Pranet your name is very familiar around here, your Mercury Jolts son, so sorry about his death.”
“Thank you”, he says gently.
“Well you look well, and I expect your siblings are the same.”
“Yes Phen and Bryant are fine.”
“Good, so I’m going to ask this question to everybody. Is there somebody real special in your life?”
“A bit but the prospects aren’t very good now.”
“Just win.”
“If I lost it’d be all good but it’d mean a lot more to lose than to win now I believe.”
“Oh well your times up but you’ve definitely left us on the edge of our seats.”
The rest went and I didn’t pay much attention to anything but my hands as I played with them.
Then the Capitol Anthem played and I snapped into reality.
We walked off stage and hit Pranet with my hip and said, “So who’s this girl?”
“Oh her she’s from a long time ago I didn’t want to sound dull.”
I laughed and said, “Are you calling me dull?”
“No, of course not”, he said sarcastically.
I punched his arm and he laughed.
We went up and saw Thayer and Elisabeth both smiling.
“You two did great.”
“Well you two better get to bed the games are tomorrow.”
That’s when it hit me and I wanted to jump off a cliff.
I nodded and ran to my room pulled off that dress kicked of the sandals wiped the make up off and got into bed in my underwear and tee shirt.
Around an hour later my door opened and of course it was Thayer.
He sat on my bed and he said, “When you said you had no one back home, it kind of hurt you know.”
I yawned and said, “Are you back home right now?”
He stared off for a while and said, “Okay I guess not.”
He climbed under the cover and said, “I really wish I had noticed you before the games. You know? I guess I did I saw you, thought you were pretty but it’s just I never saw you this way.”
“And what would that be?”
“Mine.”
I pulled him towards me and ran my fingers through his hair and said, “If I’m yours then your mine. Right?”
“I think that’s the way it goes”, he said laughing.
Then I put my lips on his and said, “I think you’re going to make me love you.”
Just what he had said this morning.
He grinned and said “Heard that did you?”
“Yea I did.”
“And you feel the same?”
“Sure do.”
He pulled me down and said, “Live for me, I need you, I do, real bad.”
I caressed his cheek and said, “I will, for you.”
He smiled and fell asleep it was so easy for him but then he woke up and I woke up he was in a hot sweat panting beside me and I touched his arm and he saw me and relaxed and said, “The damn games.”
Yes the damn games that were coming for me now.
I lied down and pulled the cover over my head and got so close to him our legs and feet touched.
When we both woke up entirely I stole away to my room, an avox was waiting there.
She stared and I grabbed a red tee shirt, put my hair up, and pulled on jeans.
I pulled on a pair of converse and headed out to the table.
Thayer came out of his room and snickered and said, “you first.”
I nodded and went out and Pranet laughed and said, “Look who decided to wake up.”
“You’re just as bad as Thayer”, Elisabeth said laughing.
“He’ll probably be out here soon, I heard him getting up when I passed his room.”
“Yea he’s real loud”, Winnie said staring at me.
I nodded and bit into a piece of bacon as Thayer came out.
“And here he is”, Elisabeth said.
I smiled at her, she was so funny.
“Okay so I thought you’d come with me first Lyric and Pranet you go with Thayer then us switch in three hours then hand you off to your stylist”, said Elisabeth.
“Of course I probably need the most practice on how to walk in heels anyway.”
She laughed, it was beautiful sound.
So I followed her and she had me put on a long dress and heels.
I had a lot of trouble tripping, and my feet started to hurt.
“You’ll get it.”
I gave her a sad smile and said, “Guess I’m not very feminine.”
She smiled and said, “well this is just for the interview, be anything but feminine in the arena.”
I laughed and said, “Trust me I’ll be so masculine it’ll be hard to see any sort of girlyness to me.”
Then I went to Thayer, he smiled when I came in and said, “Okay we need to decide how we’re going to present you.”
I nodded and he said, “how about cute girl?”
I glared at him and he laughed and said, “Just kidding.”
“Sexy”, he said raising his eyebrows.
“Hmm… let me think, NO!”
He laughed and said, “how about smart, beautiful, strong, tomboy?”
“Perfect”, I said.
“Now off to the stylists.”
I smiled at him and headed to the stylists.
Beau greeted me and said, “hey beauty.”
Beau kept me at ease.
“So how about we do a bit of change, instead of gold we can do silver sandal high heels, polish your nails clear, and put you in silver jewelry.”
I agreed and they put on a gentle pink lip gloss, green eye shadow, they put my hair up and then stuck a silver comb in it.
They put concealer on and then they brought out a long, flowing green dress that was covered in silver sparkles that looked like fireworks. It was beautiful, it matched my eyes perfectly.
“Do you like it”, Holly asked?
“Yes it’s beautiful”, I said.
And it was.
I stepped into and pulled it on then Lenny fastened my silver shoes on.
I twirled a bit and it flowed perfectly.
I smiled at Beau and said, “It’s the best dress I’ve ever worn.”
I looked in the mirror and found myself simply beautiful.
I then stepped out and saw Pranet in a suit with a red tie, red was a color he looked best in.
His eyes saw me and he smiled and said, “Wow! Have you ever looked more beautiful?”
“I don’t think so”, I reply.
“Come on guys you need to get ready to get on stage.”
We are lined up by our districts; I’ll be the first to be interviewed, great.
They then send us to walk on stage and the crowd cheers as we do and sit on stools.
The announcers name is Shartruse Rain what an ostentatious name I think, but he’s kind and gentle but hyper and I’m not sure if I like him.
They then show the scores.
I look at twelve’s first and work my way up.
Jonas: 9
Halo: 7
Harlow: 7
Thane: 8
Jo: 7
Trent: 10
Sally: 7
Alec: 8
Callista: 6
Ian: 8
Kenna: 9
Zachariah: 7
Fadhi: 5
Aries: 10
Bailey: 6
Brylee: 7
Hali: 7
Jensen: 9
Elodie: 8
Weston: 9
Jaylee: 8
Baylor: 9
And then I see Pranet scored an eleven, the highest score yet then I see mine.
A TWELVE.
I thought I did well but I hadn’t thought I’d done that well.
The crowd cheers and I know the sponsors are now wild for me and Pranet but the tributes are going to single us out as the biggest competitors.
Shartruse signals me forward and I nod and sit on the stool next him and he says, “this is Lyric Lust of District one, and you’ve just pulled a twelve. How do you feel about that?”
“Really good, I was confident in my abilities but I never expected the highest score.”
He smiles and says, “Well you look just beautiful tonight. Is there any special guy back home that this belongs to?”
I laugh and say, “No not yet.”
Nope he’s here.
“Oh well there probably will be shortly.”
“That is if I win, but I try not expecting too much.”
“Well good luck Lyric.”
I nod then head back to my seat.
Then its Pranet’s turn he’s so at ease as he walks up there.
“So Pranet your name is very familiar around here, your Mercury Jolts son, so sorry about his death.”
“Thank you”, he says gently.
“Well you look well, and I expect your siblings are the same.”
“Yes Phen and Bryant are fine.”
“Good, so I’m going to ask this question to everybody. Is there somebody real special in your life?”
“A bit but the prospects aren’t very good now.”
“Just win.”
“If I lost it’d be all good but it’d mean a lot more to lose than to win now I believe.”
“Oh well your times up but you’ve definitely left us on the edge of our seats.”
The rest went and I didn’t pay much attention to anything but my hands as I played with them.
Then the Capitol Anthem played and I snapped into reality.
We walked off stage and hit Pranet with my hip and said, “So who’s this girl?”
“Oh her she’s from a long time ago I didn’t want to sound dull.”
I laughed and said, “Are you calling me dull?”
“No, of course not”, he said sarcastically.
I punched his arm and he laughed.
We went up and saw Thayer and Elisabeth both smiling.
“You two did great.”
“Well you two better get to bed the games are tomorrow.”
That’s when it hit me and I wanted to jump off a cliff.
I nodded and ran to my room pulled off that dress kicked of the sandals wiped the make up off and got into bed in my underwear and tee shirt.
Around an hour later my door opened and of course it was Thayer.
He sat on my bed and he said, “When you said you had no one back home, it kind of hurt you know.”
I yawned and said, “Are you back home right now?”
He stared off for a while and said, “Okay I guess not.”
He climbed under the cover and said, “I really wish I had noticed you before the games. You know? I guess I did I saw you, thought you were pretty but it’s just I never saw you this way.”
“And what would that be?”
“Mine.”
I pulled him towards me and ran my fingers through his hair and said, “If I’m yours then your mine. Right?”
“I think that’s the way it goes”, he said laughing.
Then I put my lips on his and said, “I think you’re going to make me love you.”
Just what he had said this morning.
He grinned and said “Heard that did you?”
“Yea I did.”
“And you feel the same?”
“Sure do.”
He pulled me down and said, “Live for me, I need you, I do, real bad.”
I caressed his cheek and said, “I will, for you.”
He smiled and fell asleep it was so easy for him but then he woke up and I woke up he was in a hot sweat panting beside me and I touched his arm and he saw me and relaxed and said, “The damn games.”
Yes the damn games that were coming for me now.
