"Maisie, I'm scared."806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KS6mJJEJy
"Why Tia? You've been doing it longer than I have."806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CPHNVfjj0
Tia is my older sister and it's her last year to be entered into the reaping.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMONVoXayjg
"Well, it's not really about me. It's about Ben."806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbP4iHuMmGu
"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. 806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ciErX0yCy
"But what if he is?"806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2Jdadb5hs
"He won't be."806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MAEtKYQ1G
"How can you be so sure?"806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOQUJKxuR6
"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?"806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJz9t4E9ne8
"Well, what if --"806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0TgZSTbSr
"If Ben is chosen, he'll do fine, I mean, he can sword fight."806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cIuKSTGok
"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."806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1hIBatktN
"Tia. It's actually a good workout. Anyways. I think Ben would do better than you in the games." I say with a laugh.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlDkf8wz0L
"Why do you make the Games such a light subject? No one else is out there laughing about it."806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PUiULWG2i
"I don't know. I guess it keeps the pain out of my mind."806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGf90lVVEVe
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. 806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDLchuyO4Q
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. 806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsEbVucD2W
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.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7MvjSNNEGX
You see, my father left my mother when Ben was born, and my mom is a seamstress, with Tia, which doesn't pay well.
