Katniss and Prim headed out of the Gamemaker's building after a long day of work. Prim was a bit worn out, and Katniss could tell that her needed something to lighten her spirits.
"Hey, Prim."
"Yeah?"
"Do you want to go visit the orphanage?"
"Sure!"
Prim adored playing with the younger kids at the orphanage. She wanted to take the kids' minds off of their situation. Katniss saw Prim's eyes light up every time that they went to the orphanage.
The two walked through the streets of the Capitol to get to the orphanage. When they entered, the nursery's director, Miss Athena, came to meet them.
"Good to see you two. Why don't you go into the playroom? There are a few girls there."
The two obliged. Upon entering the room, they found three little girls playing on a mat. It was unclear as to what they were playing, but Prim could see that they were having fun.
"Hello, girls!"
"Hi, Prim," exclaimed the eldest of the three. Ginny, at age 11, had died her hair bright neon orange. She was really bossy. Prim had played with Ginny many times, and the two really like playing together.
"Hi, Ginny. Who are your friends?"
"This is Dite, and this is Jazmyne."
"Hi, Dite. How old are you?"
"Ten. And it's Dite with a long E."
Young Dite had golden hair and eyes. She was a little short, and slightly pudgy, but overall an amiable and quiet girl.
"Are you ten too, Jazmyne?"
"Yeah, but I'll be eleven in two months!"
"Good for you."
Jazmyne had blonde hair with pink tips and blue eyes with gold flecks. She was, in Katniss's view, the exact same size that Prim was when she was that age.
Prim began to play with the girls. Katniss watched as her sister began to play with the kids. She could see her sister's pure joy!
The girls were playing house. Prim ended up as the mother, and the three girls were her kids.
"Look at them," said Miss Athena. "They adore your sister!"
"And she's glad that nobody in this orphanage could possibly be reaped. She wouldn't bee able to stand it!"
"Well, they get moved over to the other orphanage at that point."
"Smart."
As Prim played, the two talked. Katniss learned that Miss Athena was actually Dite's mother, but her husband had walked out on them. So Dite lives with the kids in the orphanage, even though she does have a mother. And even though everyone knew that, they all loved playing with Dite.
"So, what are you going to do when Dite gets too old for this orphanage?"
"Well, we've got two years. I want to be with her, but I'm not sure what to do. I know that I can't send her along to the other orphanage because she's not an orphan."
"Maybe you could try for love again?"
"I do have a boyfriend, but I'm not sure I'm ready to get married again yet."
"Good point. Like you said, you've got two years."
A bell rang. The three girls ran off. "Lunchtime," explained Athena, and followed them.
"Did you have fun?" asked Katniss.
"Yeah. I really love working with them."
"What do you think about Jazmyne?"
"I really love her! She's sweet, spunky, sassy, and fun! I'd love it if she was my sister."
"I feel like it would look good if we adopted one kid. Jazmyne might be the right kid."
"I'd love that!"
"Come on. Let's talk to Miss Athena."
Hi guys! So I still need a lot of tributes for this story - please keep submitting! Also, please publicize the story to other submitters. If they say that they heard about the story from someone who has already submitted a tribute, there will be a bonus!
If you've read Triplets, then you probably recognize Jazmyne. She's a very spunky young girl that I'm going to play around with as this story goes on. She might take a Lavender Emerald role, for those of you that have read OTWT. I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
-goldie031