Chapter 14
417 Words
I done goofed again.
1. I forgot Tillo was from Eight. I always get Eight and Nine mixed up because let's be honest, those are the most boring Districts.
2. I reminded myself at the beginning to remember to put in Frankie because he's new. So of course I forgot Eleven entirely.
3. I had a bunch of girls in a row so I wanted to even things out with male mentors. So of course I forgot Calvary was even there and skipped her.
Calvary Warsaw (Ten mentor)
"Hi, I'm Calvary and I'll be your mentor this year. This is Rose. She's... with me."
This being my first year, Rose insisted on following me. I suspected she'd be tagging along every year. But it wasn't entirely a bad thing. If she liked my Tribute, she was the richest girl in Panem. Assuming she was allowed to- and she was allowed to
"Calvary's my best friend," Rose told Briar.
"Oh yeah, we're inseparable," I said.
"Cool. Cool name, too," Briar said, winking at Rose. "We're like a set." That girl knew where her bread was buttered. Just like me.
Frankie Disney (Eleven mentor)
Emotions were dangerous things. I'd just barely started to learn about them, and I definitely didn't want to deal with them when I was trying to mentor. I was keeping away from mood-altering drugs for both mine and Kuma's sake.
"You're rich, right? They gave us all those presents when you won," Kuma said.
"Yeah, I'm rich," I said. I didn't know what to do with all the money. I didn't care about fancy things. I had a portrait of Vera made, but other than that, I was living just like I had before.
"If I die, could you help my family? I know Victors probably get this all the time, but you're new, so you haven't yet. And they really need help," he said. "We don't need much. I just don't want my mother to have keep 'working', you know?" he said.
"Sure, I can do that," I said. I didn't say any crap like "don't worry about that, you're going to win". It wouldn't have sounded sincere from me even if I tried.
"She'll probably think she has to pay you back. Sorry about that," he said. It took me a minute to figure out what he met. I would have laughed if I'd been on one of my trips. She was barking up the wrong tree if she thought I wanted that.
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