The Reapings (34th)

=====Jared Richards=====

Jared was in a nicer outfit today. What would anyone else expect...it was Reaping day. He was flipping through his notes, and he knew what he would have to do today. He would have to be chosen. How he would make that happen, he had no clue. But he knew this year, somehow, would be the best year to participate. He made his way over to his section looking around. He started running numbers through his head, eyes slightly wide and he whispered something to himself as he waited.

Jared's eyes grew wide. He heard his name called. On the inside, he was smiling and doing a dance but on the outside, he was terrified. He started to tear up and pretended to cry. It actually looked pretty real. Everyone looked kinda...confused when they saw him, but they parted to make room for him to come up. As he walked to the stage he was yelling, "My emotions...My Emotions!" and crying at the same time. When he got on the stage, he was still crying and muttering something incoherent. Alright Jared...lets see who falls for the ruse... he thought to himself.

He nodded in response, still crying. He looked out at all of district eleven and saw her do a fist pump and decided to do one himself, still crying as he did it. He turned around as they were directed into the place where they would say their last goodbyes. When he got in, no one was watching him. He abruptly stopped as soon as they shut the doors. He began to flip through his notes rapidly, checking off how he cried and nodded. He closed the notebook and put it away. All that was left now was to wait...and cry a bit more.