"Maisie, I'm scared."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWNusywnSB
"Why Tia? You've been doing it longer than I have."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSF7h3mOSU
Tia is my older sister and it's her last year to be entered into the reaping.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBqsMSvEcL
"Well, it's not really about me. It's about Ben."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsGSvnYtPN
"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. 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6S1Kq8h1hJ
"But what if he is?"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhR0NeuDgGY
"He won't be."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiqJYMuyA8
"How can you be so sure?"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuT4soud4SG
"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?"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7LdF2Oehy
"Well, what if --"818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDgIWxmqfu
"If Ben is chosen, he'll do fine, I mean, he can sword fight."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaz3mXTD20
"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."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9X8CbBY0yg
"Tia. It's actually a good workout. Anyways. I think Ben would do better than you in the games." I say with a laugh.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGlsF6wrZd
"Why do you make the Games such a light subject? No one else is out there laughing about it."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3BD1MKKgG
"I don't know. I guess it keeps the pain out of my mind."818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZzrtZ7lfJ
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. 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2lds0QlAJ
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. 818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSqF19DuIa
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.818Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GJH5azVEp
You see, my father left my mother when Ben was born, and my mom is a seamstress, with Tia, which doesn't pay well.
