"Maisie, I'm scared."884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyC3XfTGMOd
"Why Tia? You've been doing it longer than I have."884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxHb3nUVVN
Tia is my older sister and it's her last year to be entered into the reaping.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2NYweEPZ7
"Well, it's not really about me. It's about Ben."884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPap7OVPwXH
"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. 884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBJ7xJ2kgW
"But what if he is?"884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bR2XtwNFK
"He won't be."884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPTrdyoxTt
"How can you be so sure?"884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiGokQly2w
"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?"884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBY60CpmZgl
"Well, what if --"884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzJjq7uX0t
"If Ben is chosen, he'll do fine, I mean, he can sword fight."884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEytkN1CzBF
"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."884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuMLGQM8oY
"Tia. It's actually a good workout. Anyways. I think Ben would do better than you in the games." I say with a laugh.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUjjrYrIRz
"Why do you make the Games such a light subject? No one else is out there laughing about it."884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlINqGBYFXl
"I don't know. I guess it keeps the pain out of my mind."884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAaqHhrbdN
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. 884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBwu2NgRhZ
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. 884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDvZQ75mlW
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.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6Shha0jU5
You see, my father left my mother when Ben was born, and my mom is a seamstress, with Tia, which doesn't pay well.
