(Tsunami's POV)

"Come, come. Tsunami, come." Said Coral, my mother. She was Mayor of our district, district 2.

My sister Anemone was trailing behind us, looking nervous. Not for her sake, but mine. Anemone was 11, and so she had no reason to go to the Games. I was 16, so I did.

I thought about my first Reaping. My father, Gill Seashore, has been reaped the year I was born. He and Coral had me at 17 years old, which... ew, but I barely got to meet him.

So at my first Reaping, I was so scared. I watched Azure Lince get reaped, and his terrified expression. He went to my school... at least, he did.

"I must call the names now..." Said the announcer, Whirlpool. He was annoying. He had been my mother's worker before he moved to the Capitol.

"For the female, Tsunami Seashore." Coral wailed in pain. She didn't want to lose me.

I wasn't quite... scared. I was angry. I didn't want to go, but I wasn't terrified. There'd be time for that later.

I got to the front. Maybe I could win... kill everyone and win.

And then something happened that made that impossible.

"For the male, Riptide Sanders." Riptide was my crush in school. He was 17, a year older, and he was kind, athletic and hot. He had noticed me when I made it onto the girls basketball team.

"Please shake hands." I blushed as Riptide gave me a small smile. Our eyes locked for a moment, and my heartbeat escalated.

Then he moved his eyes, and we shook hands.

Yep, I was definitely in love.