Rose was shifting her weight from one foot to the other as she waited for the mayor to speak. She was only half listening to what the mayor said. She was day dreaming about what life would be like outside the fence would be like. Out where there weren't any Hunger Games, where there wasn't all this suffering. "Rose Hathorn" she snapped back to reality. She had just gotten picked.
Henry took a deep breath and slowly made his way to the stage. He had to calm his pounding heart. "I can't show fear," he thought to himself. "The other tributes will be watching this and I'd rather not be an early target."
