"Maisie, I'm scared."874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5LzRkCJUO
"Why Tia? You've been doing it longer than I have."874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2Fs0zhk0k
Tia is my older sister and it's her last year to be entered into the reaping.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEa4Q9UJ8Dd
"Well, it's not really about me. It's about Ben."874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOldvWmUKAB
"He's not going to be chosen." I said firmly. I was confident that he wouldn't be, I mean, Tia and I took tesserae so support our family. He is only in there once. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrLVzajaZl
"But what if he is?"874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kyfR5Lkmv
"He won't be."874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxWhas53BE
"How can you be so sure?"874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UAZWON0fR
"You've made it all six years, I've made it four. Neither of us have been picked. Why are you worried about him now?"874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygi0UQkWfa
"Well, what if --"874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTghrtv4cz
"If Ben is chosen, he'll do fine, I mean, he can sword fight."874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxRdqiPsb1
"You seriously call those fights that you have with Ben actual knowledge of sword fighting? I mean, it's just a little fun after work."874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEYhqA3r2P
"Tia. It's actually a good workout. Anyways. I think Ben would do better than you in the games." I say with a laugh.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsR0Sqoz98
"Why do you make the Games such a light subject? No one else is out there laughing about it."874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltuB2E18XD
"I don't know. I guess it keeps the pain out of my mind."874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccVLlo1bIM
Tia quickly turned on her heels and walked away to the room where she worked. She's only 18, but works full time as a seamstress. I guess I shouldn't be talking either. I finished school quite a bit early and am working full time in a factory. I man a few machines that weave fabric. It's a lot of running around, probably about a five or six miles an hour, considering how big the factory is. I don't mind though. I love running. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDttQUJIhOE
It's kind of surprising that Tia and I are related. I love her and all, but we are so different, she's more precise, detail-oriented, rule following, and thinks she so much more mature. I know I'm not mature, but not naïve. Sure I don't think a lot about thing before I do things, but I'm quick. I like to color outside the lines. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIqI2DBtW0
Ben is sweet. He's still in school, and after, sometime he comes and works a bit in the factory, picking up scraps of fabric. Anything to keep our family going.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sI551Jqrv
You see, my father left my mother when Ben was born, and my mom is a seamstress, with Tia, which doesn't pay well.
