In Capitol Waters *Hayley, closed*

(((Let's stay here for awhile!)))

"Hayley, we are gonna stay in the Capitol for awhile! If we go back to 4 now, then we will stick out even more! No, we are staying for atleast three weeks Hayley we have to!", I say to her, and she looks as if she is about to retaliate, when the woman speaks up."LADIES! Calm down! The next flight from the Capitol to 4 is in 2 weeks, and four days from now, so you will have to wait! Here is a pamphlet of highly recommended apartments that you can stay in until then." She makes her point. We call, and rent the apartments. When we arrive my eyes get wide again.

The apartment has one large wall of all glass, showing the most beautiful view you will ever see in your life. Gorgeous. Everything else made of mahogany wood, stainless steel appliances. I unpack the bit of luggage I brought and realize that none of these outfits are going to fit in to The Capitol style. I pop my credit card out again, and pull Hayley out the door. We are going shopping.

The first store we hit is called Pure, and we realize it is because everything in the store is pure spun gold, or pure cotton from District 8, pure silver shoes. I purchase one outfit from this store, and throw it on,(more like squeeze) it on, so I will fit in while shopping for more clothes. I also purchase a shopping outfit for Hayley, and through her objections, I force it onto her. I am wearing a gold top with string gold, sleeveless with a high neck. White skinny jeans with silver strings flying off of it, and golden shoes with 5 inch heels, and of course a clutch purse and gold earrings. Hayley wears a silver dress, with strings making the dress, and it falls to two inches above her knees, and it is very tight with silver shoes and a silver clutch and sliver earrings. Wow. She looks sexy. Like me! I laugh at my joke.

Hayley sneaks away and five minutes later comes out in a red-and-black getup. She actually looks cute. I look more "fab and shiny", but she looks more "comfortable, cute". We head to our next shopping spot, a shiny white store called "ShEEaK", mimicking the word "Chic", representing fashion. My eyes go wide for the like fifth time as I take in the store. Everything is white, and marble. White Marble. It looks like a Greek Statue. Wow. The floor, the walls, the racks are all white marble. The dressing rooms have black marble doors and each one has a statue in them. Wow.

I find myself LOVING The Capitol so far. I smile as I purchase a red dress that fits tight to my body, complimenting my everything. It has no sleeves, no neck, just a neck-line at my breasts, which curves like waves. I could wear this back in 4 to events like the Reaping. The Reaping! We missed it today! Oh God! What if Hayley or I was chosen. I didn't take any Tessera, my Daddy is to wealthy. I spaz out and run to the front desk. "WHO WERE THE DISTRICT 4 TRIBUTES?!", I scream at the woman."Your from 4, aren't you?", she asks me. I nod."Ugh. What is your name?", she asks again, a little annoyed."Michelle Aquaries, and my friends name is Hayley, uh Hayley Fhuze", I say. She looks down at her computer, looks at a list, then lifts her head, slowly. I feel scared. She speaks."Oh, my God, I am so sorry, but Michelle Aquaries is the District 4 female Tribute."
, suddenly, I die inside. I will have to go back to four. The Mayor knows I am in the Capitol so she probably told them to just ocme here and find me since I am already here. I am already in the Death Trap. Then she speaks again."HAHAHAHA! YOU ARE STUPID! I was kidding you moron! You aren't a Tribute, you shouldve seen you face!"That is it with her. I slap her across the face, and she spits at my toes and squabbles into the back of the store in her tippy-toe high heels.

I walk over to Hayley, and start looking at dresses, like nothing just happened. I pick out a teal number with blue sequins on the top area. I purchase it, and we walk into a store called "Just 4 Flix", mimicking the title Flick representing dates, or sexual Flicks. I find a tight black dress, that barely covers my lower woman areas, but when I pull it down a little it does, and pleases me. It has a black swirl at the top. It has no sleeves but goes up to my chin, and stops where my chin begins. Nice.

Hayley is ranting at the woman in a salon that she drags me to, about her hair. The start to dye it jet black with red highlights. I go to a clothing area of the store, and browse. A white dress, with a black and gold breast neckline, is absolutely gorgeous, but they don't have it in my size. A woman sees me looking at the dress, and walks over to me."Are you going to the Capitol Reaping Ball tonight? Everyone is invited. It is very fancy, just wear your nicest dress! But bring a costume for the after-party, it is going to be amazing!"

That is what she says to me. A grin crosses my face. I thank her for the information, and she walks away. I immediately start looking for a beautiful, expensive dress. It take the entire time that Hayley is getting her hair dyed, but I find the dress. It is neck-free, and has a neck line on my breasts, rather low cut. It is fluffy, and flows to the floor. It has the colors blue, yellow, red, bright green, and orange in it, on a black backdrop, and the colors look like rain at night because most of the dress is all black, but with the colored-rain. It is the most most beautiful thing I have ever seen. It is the last one, and in my size. A woman walks over, and eyes the dress. I whip the dress into my hands and strut away before she could get it.

I go in and try it on in the fitting rooms. I walk out, and can't find a mirror that isn't taken. All of the mirrors are taken by a creature, an angel, a miracle beyond human. I have never talked of myself so highly,my bad. But I do look amazing in this dress. I walk down the stairs, and let the dress flow behind me. I walk next to Hayley, and stand beside her, and speak."Hayley, this is not a question, it is a command. The Reaping Ball at the Presidents Mansion, and the after party in the Town Square, tonight, we ARE going, get a dress, what do you think of mine?"

Of course Hayley just goes straight to the punk looking store. She picks out an actually cool dress. It spiderey and red. I like it on her. We go to a costume store, and Hayley gets a cute dress that screams,"I am not like this, but I am innocent!", it os perfect for Hayley. The store is packed so I decide to get something now.

I then spot the perfect thing.

A "Mermaid" outfit. But instead of the usual "tail" and "fins", it is sexual, and hot. It has two suction-cup turquoise breast pads that look like seashells on outside. It then has a turquoise tight tight tight skirt, that stops cutting off my circulation at my lower waist. It has fish net leggings that come up to where the skirt stops. It then has high heel pumps that are sea-green. Then there is my favorite part. A rusted, cool looking Trident. It isn't real, I can tell when I hold it up. But, it has very sharp points, that could injure someone if I need to protect me or Hayley at this party. We head down to the apartments to get changed.

Hayley puts on her beautiful red dress, while I put on my colored rain one. I put most of my costume on under it, and take the Trident in the cab which takes us there. I put the crown and the golden arm-bangles that came with my Mermaid outfit. I slip on my red high heels and walk out of the cab. The sight is amazing. Bright light all over the City Circle, people in beautiful outfits. One girl has the same dress as me, and when she sees me, she runs into the bathroom, and comes out a few minutes later with another dress on. That is really weird.

Chaos. Amazing, beautiful, shiny chaos.

The entrance isn't where the party is, there is a huge line following a lot of arrows into the party. Hayley and I wait in line for what seems like ten minutes. Suddenly, we are being shuffled into Outer Space.

The actual party room itself is in Panems colors, Black and Gold. Gold banners hang from the balconies, black streamers in the fake-plants that are much to polished to be real. I think.

Every person in here is beautiful and petite. I actually fit in well. Hayley fits in as well, her dress very fashion-runway looking.

I notice the food tables. Steak, Lobster, and Crab are on the Appetizer list. Wow. A Lobster is set down infront of me, and it has a black spot on the bottom. Oh my God. Just two weeks ago, I killed a Lobster with a black spot on the belly. I almost cry. I killed this Lobster, and I now am eating it in The Capitol. This is like, a sign or something. Ugh.

I throw the Lobster onto another persons plate who just smiles at me and digs in to it. I take in the scenery.

Large chandeliers hang from every inch of every piece of ceiling. Wow. Hayley and I move around and chat, when the President walkss out on a balcony, and says thing like "Happy Hunger Games" and "Can't wait" and "Have fun!".

Then the real chaos starts. The lights go off and the music turns on. The dance floor lights up, every square a different color. Every Capitol citizen is up and dancing. Literally EVERY single person, no exaggeration. So Hayley and I get up and try our best to dance.

Hayley has "fun" with a guy while I have "fun" with a glass of something they call Champlain, a wine or something. Whoa. I feel a little buzzy, and before I know it, I am up on the table dancing with numerous other people with my drink in my hand. This is quite fun.

I murmer through the crowd and tell everyone to sing Happy Birthday to Hayley, though it isn't her birthday. Tehe. The entire Capitol explodes in Happy Birthday. Some on pitch, some WAY off, some souning like an angel from Heaven. I giggle, and burp. Tehe.