(Aspen)
I'm so happy that I volunteered as tribute for this years games. Now no one has to go in the games but me. It is not like I have any thing to live for after my parent's death. I have no money at all but I refuse to go into prostitution. At least now I have the chance to win and then get the benefits. When I got up on stage and saw the male tribute for district 7 I just about died but in a good way. I have never seen this man before. He is gorgeous. Why couldn't it have been someone ugly so at least I would be able to concentrate. The next thing I know he makes eye contact with me and I feel like I might faint right here. I am whisked away into the building behind me before I realize what is going on.
I am in this room. The room where goodbyes are supposed to be made. I doubt anyone will visit me before its time to leave. To my surprise the door opens and in comes this young girl. If I remember correctly it is the girl I volunteered for. She walks over to me and gives me a bigger hug than I received when my parents were alive. The girl says "thanks Aspen good luck in the games. Win for me please." This shocks me. After years of being alone someone actually cares if I live or die. She leaves abruptly without even telling me her name. Each year I took what the capitol offered to get the grain that kept me alive. I am 18 this year and never got picked so I guess you could say the odds were slightly in my favor but I volunteered to save a child's life. Someone opening the door interrupted my thoughts. I assumed it was the peacekeepers telling me that my time was up and it was time to leave but I was wrong. It was my friend I guess you could say. His name was Jonathan; he was the only person who talked to me through out my miserable life. He gave me hope every day that it would and could only get better. He said nothing, just gave me a hug and left. He was never one for long goodbyes. The peacekeeper walks in, tells me its time to leave, and then leads me out of the room.
They take me on this train. Everything inside is elaborate. It's unlike anything I have ever seen. The pink skinned lady was sitting on one of the couches. I could never pull off having pink skin. Maybe that's what separates us from those in the capital. We are commoners in there eyes. Not good enough for the luxuries or even getting the treatment we deserve. She stands up, in a welcoming manner. She hugs me. Wow! My third hug today, that's more than I get in a year. I bet its because im about to go into an arena to fight to the death and they are pity hugs. I don't do well with pity. I have lived this long on my own. I might be able to survive the games for the girl I volunteered for. I can only hope. There is someone else on the couch I haven't seen him in district 7 at all. What's he doing here? It's the man who made eye contact with me during the reaping. He's beautiful. He looks over to me, and smiles. And it wasn't a sad smile it was one of pure excitement. Its as if he can read minds. He looks at me just as im thinking about him. He stands up as well. Only he doesn't hug me. He looks me in the eyes. This action strikes so much emotion in me it scares me. He says "I'm Castiel an angel of the lord. And what would your name be beautiful?" I answer "Aspen. Its nice meeting you. I haven't seen you around." He looks surprised to hear me say this. Maybe he doesn't want to talk about it. Wait an angel of the lord. Who is this guy? He puts his hand out for me to shake, sense we just met. I shake his hand then sit on one of the couches thinking about what just happened. Is he really an angel? He sits beside me. His close proximity makes it difficult to think let alone concentrate. I wonder if he feels the same or even knows the effect that he has on me. I doubt he does. I don't know why I'm doing this to my self. We are going to fight each other to the death. If I have that in mind then maybe I can survive even being in the same room as Castiel. Maybe he feels the same about me. What am I thinking? There's no way that this handsome man standing in front of me even remotely has any feelings for me. This is going to be a long train ride.
The lady introduces herself "My name is Periwinkle but you can call me Peri". The three of us sit together on one of the couches. I don't really pay attention to the conversation that's going on. My mind is to busy thinking about Castiel who is sitting right beside me. Im sure that my heart is beating loud enough that he can hear it. That cant be good. This man walks in and announces, "Hello I am your mentor Liam Hemsworth. How do you feel about the upcoming games?" I answer first "Determined" and Castiel replies "Angry. I wish that nobody had to fight to the death all in the pleasure of the capital." Everybody shares an understanding look. I am especially against the games but im glad it got me out of the hellhole that I live in. plus I would have never met Cas. Seriously must my every thought of mine go back to him? It's not that im complaining I just need to get my head in the games to survive. It's getting late so we all decide to get to our quarters.
The sound of the door opening woke me up. It was dark so I couldn't see who it was which scared me. Luckily I recognized the voice. It was Cas, but what was he doing here at such a late hour? He walks over to my bed, and whispers "Aspen are you awake" I answer, "I am now. What do you want?" He continues walking towards me, my heart races. What does he want? Around that time he answers, "I just wanted to talk" "About what?" I reply. He says "I wanted to talk to you about us and im sorry I woke you I just couldn't wait any longer" I might seem calm but on the inside my stomach is doing flip-flops and my heart is beating so fast it might explode. "What do you want to say?" I reply. He looks me in the eyes again. Seriously I can't concentrate when he does this. He says, "I think I might have feelings for you. I know we just met but I can tell there is something between us. Can you?" I'm in total shock, and my mouth will not spit out any words. I want to say something but I am incapable of doing so. Finally I get my mouth to cooperate. I reply, "Yes I can, although this came at a terrible time. We will be put into an arena and have to fight to the death." He looks at me helplessly and says "I know but maybe we can try this out before the games you never know what will happen. I would rather be happy before I am killed than to be alone and killed. I will fight for you. I can't promise you anything but I have a feeling that more than one person will come out of the games alive this year." I reach over and take his hand and say, "Cas I would love to take this and see where this goes. I have nothing to loose and if I die there's no one in district seven that I will be leaving behind." Before I can say anything else Cas leans in and kisses me abruptly stopping all thoughts I had. It is a magical kiss. A kiss that is only seen in dreams. It was a kiss that I will always remember. Hell Cas is a man that I will always remember. This kiss filled my soul with happiness, a feeling that I haven't felt much sense my parent's death ten years ago. My heartbeat increases and breathing becomes difficult. All I can think about is Cas and how soft his lips feel against mine. All of a sudden I realize what ever is going on between Cas and I is real. He pulls back suddenly. We both sit there breathing heavily. It's amazing how much emotion was in that kiss. Simultaneously we look at each other awestruck. He speaks first and says, "That was great. We can't deny that there is something between us." I reply, "Damn that kiss was good. I think we should definitely see where this goes. Your right we really cant deny that there is something between us." We sit beside each other and enjoy each other's company in the silence. He says "its getting late so I think I should go back to my room to get some sleep" he starts to stand up and leave but I stop him by saying "please don't go. Stay with me." He walks back to me and climbs on top of me and kisses me. It was a deep meaningful kiss full of passion. I knew that this was it and everything would change. My mind blanked all I could think about was Cas. The next thing I knew my shirt was coming off and then my pants. Cas then took his clothes off. So we were both half naked. It just got more intense and we had sex.
The alarm goes off waking us up from our deep sleep. Sadly it is time to get up and ready for the day ahead of us. Today is the day we talk to Liam about strategies that may help us survive this death wish. I get up and change clothes. Cas is still asleep so I wake him up with a kiss. I think he was awake beforehand because he kisses back. We greedily kiss each other. It seems as if we can't get enough of each other. Finally I pull away and say, "damn you are a good kisser but we have to get ready." He looks sad but gets up. He is half naked in his boxers. I can't help but stare and he catches me looking then smiles. I am so lucky to call Cas mine. We both get dressed and as we are about to leave the room we share a small kiss, which leaves us both smiling.
We walk out the door and run into Peri. I can only assume that she was checking to see if I was up because she looked surprised to see me walking out and even more surprised when Cas walked out of my room behind me. She did not say anything though. I think she knew what happened but we didn't care. We were happy to be together. It seems as if nothing in my miserable life before I met Cas was important. Nothing else matters but him. I like that I might be falling for Cas, which scares me because everyone I have ever loved has been taken from me.
