"Maisie, I'm scared."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZY3sA2KCf
"Why Tia? You've been doing it longer than I have."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsI94UmgdoM
Tia is my older sister and it's her last year to be entered into the reaping.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKj52aIrrrY
"Well, it's not really about me. It's about Ben."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2kYhZRIbQ
"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. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65nxIJc1wb
"But what if he is?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVX1RsDWpv
"He won't be."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjjfnwevzg
"How can you be so sure?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvz72l2oWSe
"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?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GfMBm2Cx2
"Well, what if --"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lv1JSO2bQ
"If Ben is chosen, he'll do fine, I mean, he can sword fight."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaf2Qm47J67
"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."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhDHZMu4GJ
"Tia. It's actually a good workout. Anyways. I think Ben would do better than you in the games." I say with a laugh.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHZNfgGiR4
"Why do you make the Games such a light subject? No one else is out there laughing about it."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCDqfqUDly
"I don't know. I guess it keeps the pain out of my mind."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLR7bXRPD8q
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. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGU7H5nEKQ
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. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14yqyoABrz
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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIC5xQU41e
You see, my father left my mother when Ben was born, and my mom is a seamstress, with Tia, which doesn't pay well.
