I sloppily pushed my fork at the potatos, peppers, and strange green chile Thayer had just put on my plate.
"What is this", I asked?
"Family recipe eat up", Thayer said.
I looked at it questioningly and Elisabeth gave me an eye that said, "Thayer does everything for you the least you can do is eat what he makes you."
I sighed and stabbed my fork into it and brought it to my mouth.
I smiled it tasted good and warm just like Thayer was.
"How is it?", Thayer asked.
I grinned and said, "It's perfect Thay, thank you."
He smiled lightly and made his own plate and sat down next me.
He started to eat his and I said, "I love the green chile you could put it on everything."
He said, "Thanks its my moms recipe."
"I'd love to meet her someday", I said.
"So would I Thayer", Elisabeth said.
"You haven't met her yet?", I asked.
"Nope Thayer isn't ver keen on family get togethers even though his mom sends him mail for family get togethers every weekend. His families pretty close except for him."
"I have my family. You guys", Thayer grunted.
"You need to have more than us", I said.
"Oh really? Have you gone to see your family since you moved here Lyric?"
I bit my lip and said, "Shut up Thay!"
"Oh can't take what your dish out", he teased.
I stuck my tongue out at him and he said, "Put your tongue back in and eat!"
I rolled my eyes and said, "Go see your family!"
"Go see yours", Thayer yelled!
"You first", I said.
"Why do I have to go first?"
"Cause I'm ill your fine."
"Your going to use your amnesia on me?"
"Yep", I smirked popping a berry into my mouth.
"You done", he said trying to change the subject.
"Yes", I grumbled pushing my plate to him to clean it.
He gets up and starts to scrub it over the sink and I come up beside him and say, "Thayer please? I'll go with you if you go with me."
He looks over and says, "Lyr why does it matter?"
"Cause you need to be around the people that made you as sweet as you are."
He smiles lightly and says, "Familys don't always make you the way you are. Who made you so perfect?"
"I don't think I'm perfect. And I don't know I only ever hung out wth my family and Pranet and Pranet was never a really happy go lucky person he was actually sort of depressing even as a kid."
"How far are you today", he asked?
"I remember up to when you were taken to your games and watching them", I said.
"Okay", he said.
"You kicked but", I said.
He chuckled and said, "You kicked butt in your games too.", He said.
"Thay?"
"Ya?"
"How many people did I kill?"
"Just one", he said.
"Who?"
He sighs and says, "I think it's time to watch your games."
I shake and he says, "It's okay I'll watch with you."
I nodd and he goes over to his duffle bag that stays in my house since he sleeps over night since those dreams that I'm not supposed to have show up in blurs of blood.
He pulls a tape out of his bag and me and him go up to my room and he pops in the tape.
I sit on my bed and he starts the tape and it goes to the interviews.
I look so diffrent too pretty.
I'm in a light green dress with silver sparkles that make my eyes pop and I sit down and Shartruse Rain says, "This is Lyric Lust of district one , and you've just pulled a twelve. How do you feel about that?"
"I pulled a twelve", I asked Thayer.
"Ya it was amazing", he says smiling.
"What'd you get?"
"Twelve like you."
I laugh and I turn to the screen as Shartruse Rain asks if I have a special guy back home and I deny it.
Pranet then goes up and they talk about his dad and siblings and then Shartruse asks him if he has anybody special and Pranet says, "A bit but the prospects aren't very good."
He liked someone?
He never told me.
He says he can't get the girl even if he wins and that seems stupid even before the games he could have any girl he wanted and after the games he would have too.
"What a liar", I say.
"What", Thayer asks.
"Pranet saying he can't have the girl even after the games. Even before he could of had any girl he wanted."
"Not it he won", Thayer said.
"What?"
"Lyr he was talking about you", Thayer says.
"Oh. He was? How do you know", I ask.
"Just keep watching."
"Do I have to it's going to get all bloody soon and my head hurts."
"Whiner", Thayer says.
I push him off the bed and he jumps back on and pins me down and says, "Your such a baby."
"Am not", I say kicking at him.
He laughs and says, "Weakling."
"Bully!"
He laughs again and pulls me close and says, "Okay we can stop watching but your getting up to the hallow trees part tommorow okay?"
"Fine", I groan.
"Do you need me tonight", he asks?
Like everynight.
"Yes", I say.
He turns off the tv and lights and says, "Try to sleep while I change."
I nodd half heartdly.
He comes back in his tee shirt and pajama pants and crawls under the sheets next to me.
I shut my eyes as he rubs my back trying to get me to sleep.
I fall lightly into a sleep before I see dark green eyes and blood and I hear screaming and see a note reading you promised that I don't get and I feel myself overwhelmed by sadness looking at it.
I scream and Thayer says, "Lyr its okay its just a dream."
I pant and he draws me near and close as I cry.
"What was it tonight?"
"Green eyes, blood, and a note."
"What did the note say?"
"You promised."
He pauses and says, "What hurts?"
"Whose blood was it Thayer? Whose the green eyed person? Who sent the note? Why did the note make me so sad? What promise did I break?"
He looks at me sadly and says, "Lyr you really need to finish watching the games."
"And remember more bad stuff", I sob.
He rubs my back and says, "I know but I'm right here."
"Thayer don't leave ever."
"I won't Lyr don't worry."
I cough and he says, "Do you want me to talk you to sleep?"
I nodd and he starts going on about some random sports game when he was thirteen.
"Thay", I say in the middle.
"And the guy shot...what?"
"Do you miss Dahlia?"
"Yes", he says.
"Do you still love her?"
"I always will I suppose but no I think I moved on a bit then I was only broken again."
"Why?"
"The girl liked another guy."
"She's stupid."
He laughs and I say, "What?"
"Nothing inside joke", he says.
"With who?"
"Myself."
"You really need more friends."
"So do you."
"I have you and Elisabeth."
"So do I", Thayer says.
I don't reply I just cuddle into Thayer and fall asleep hoping he'll ward off the green eyes, the blood, and sad note.