Ares Sumner D4 Resub [done]

Growing up I saw some people who never had much, and I always wanted to make sure they were included. Some of my friends at school like to go the beach to fish, swim, and surf, yet a few of them didn't have the items needed. My father would always make fishing nets, and I learned from him. I would sit for hours watching him twist the netting together, and I told him I wanted to learn so it could become a family thing we did together. For me, it was more than that. I wanted to give to those who were in need. I wanted to make sure everyone was able to go fishing if they wanted to. Sometimes I would help my friends learn how to make the nets if they didn't know how to. I never told my father the real reason behind it all, but I figured he didn't need to know. Now that I am older, I just want to make the best of my life, and I can do that by continuing to help others.

I remember when I broke my mom's fishing net by accident, so I spent a lot of time learning how to make nets because I wanted to give her the best net ever. I would work on it quietly behind closed doors, and any time she came around, I would pull out my other nets I sell regularly so she wouldn't know, and then when I had it done, I gifted it to her. She smiled so big, and so happily, and told me I didn't have to do that. I wanted to though. I wanted to make sure she had a perfect net. She's only used it a couple of times. She says it has a very personal value and doesn't want to break it. I'd make her another one if she did, but I understand why she wants to keep it safe.

One thing I have learned over the many years is to not judge someone by their appearance. One of my best friends didn't have the greatest outwards appearance when I met him, but after we sat down and talked for a while, I quickly realized he had a heart of gold. He's a lot like myself, and I learned that he never had many friends because nobody wanted to approach him to give him a chance. Together me and him make fishing nets to sale out our shop. I don't charge a lot for them, and most of the time I make sure my friend has a bigger share of the funds than I do since he needs it more than I do, but occasionally I have to break down and take more so he doesn't think I am favoring him specifically. Not everyone is like him though. Some dressed in high dollar clothes can be the rudest people on the face of the earth, and I want nothing to do with them. I've ran into a few, and it is difficult doing business with them.

I enjoy spending time with my mother too. Together we like to bake things. Sometimes I like to stack cakes as tall as I can just to see if they'll stand. I've watched many crumble under the weight before, and sometimes I test the limits to see how they stack up. I can't do that often though. I don't have the funds to keep building cakes over and over again. Besides my cakes and desserts are only for my family, and occasionally I will make them for my close friends. Selling them is off the table since I think people will want my recipe, and I'm not about to give it to them. I will pass it down through the generations of my family, and it is my hope that they will do the same once I have passed away. After I'm dead, it doesn't really matter because I can't stop them from doing what they want anyway.

I used to always going fishing with my family, now that I am older, I go fishing on my own. I always make it a mission to bring back as many fish as possible so I can sneak some to my family instead of giving them all to Panem. Obviously I give the biggest ones back to those in need, and I keep the scrawny ones for myself and my family, but I just don't want to sell them all the time. Fish go bad quick if they aren't kept properly, and I hate walking down the markets of district four where people are selling old rotten fish hoping someone will buy them. It isn't easy to look past that, but I have to because I stand alongside them selling my nets to those wishing to catch something.

Of course I do spend time in the career academy training for the hunger games, but that isn't my sole purpose in life. If I ever end up in the games, I end up in them, and great I know how to defend myself and fight others. It's not my sole mission to bring honor to district four. Others can do that. I just want to live my life by becoming the best person I am meant to be. Sure sometimes I'll join these tournaments to show that I am capable of fighting, but I don't really care about the training aspect of the whole games. It never does any good otherwise careers would only win. I'm more of a family man, and I just want to spend as much time with my family as possible, and I can't do that if I am stuck living in a tailspin trying to become the best career there is.

Then there's my sister. We never really talked much while I was growing up. In fact, over the years we grew apart, and I lost touch with her. Some days I would go out and look for her, wanting to find her and at least tell her I'm sorry for being a terrible brother. Not that I'm a terrible brother, but I never tried to have a decent relationship with her. I never tried to be there. I didn't care about the dates she had, or the boyfriends she had. I could've taken her fishing with me. I could've taken her out to make nets. And then I moved on because I just wasn't interested in the things she's interested in. I hope to find her one day.

I can't spend my whole life looking though. I mean, I can, but I have my own life to live, and I have the desire to have my own family, and I have to focus on that. Of course, I want her to be apart of it if I ever run across her again. I want all of my family to be apart of my family, but it's not up to me. As I grow older, I find more of what I want. I've spent my whole life giving back to others, and now I feel it is time to give back to myself. I have to focus on me in order to have the life I desire. And it's time I do that. It's time I sit back and watch the waves crash onto the shore without a care in the world. Of course that all could be ruined soon, but until then I will live my life to the best of my ability because it's all I can do.