Orphans discussion

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Luna walked onto the track and field courts while reading and not looking where she was going. When she finally reached the fields, she saw that it was empty. With a sigh, she leaned down on a nearby maple tree, continuing her reading.

((Are you waiting for someone, or can I join?))

((nope, you can join in!))

Kia walked out to the track. She was determined to get in at least three laps at a run, this time. Last time hadn’t been her best — she had nearly fainted on lap two from sprinting. She needed some way to get this anger out, though.

She saw another girl appear. She seemed to be racing here. "Hi!" she called out to the girl.

Kia thought she saw motion out of the corner of her eye, so she ripped one earbud out and turned her head.

Luna put down her book and jogged towards the girl. She started to wave to her. "Hi?" she said to her again.

Kia waved back and put her earbuds back in. She refined her idea; this time she would sprint 200 and walk 200 for 2 laps. She got in position at the starting line, in the second lane.

Luna saw as the girl started to run. She thought that they were early, but she guessed not now. She quickly came to the start line and started sprinting. Running came naturally to her now, after years of hunting.

Kia ran, not a sprint but not a jog either. She stopped at the halfway mark, breathing hard.

((hey do you think they should become friends?))
Luna continued sprinting. She would run four laps, then she would let herself stop to read, she told herself.

((Maybe, Kia’s a tough nut to crack XD))

“Hey,” she called out accusingly.

((lol))
"What?", she slowed down enough for the girl to start running again?

“Why are you so fast?” She asked.

"I'm kind of used to it, probably since I was nine." Before the girl said anything else, she quickly added, "I had to hunt for food, so spent a lot of time in the wild and sometimes running away from bears and other dangerous animals. My stupid father spent all our money on cocaine." She stopped herself from ranting on even further.

“Bears aren’t all that dangerous, and you shouldn’t run from them. Ever.” Kia retorted.

"Well, I was a dumb nine-year-old," she responded.

“That you were.” She finished walking her 200 and got in position at the line.

"I guess," she said then started running again. "Hey, did you just come here?"

“What do you mean?” She asked, frowning.

"Like, how long have you've been here?", she asked again.

“Oh. I was on the fourth round.” She said. She had no idea where Lucas or Hannah were, so they must have been on an earlier round than her? Maybe later. Probably earlier or they wouldn’t have left her. Right?

"I was the first one," she muttered. "This is pretty screwed up, huh? Making us leave our families, not that I miss my father at all, though." She snorted.

“They are dead.” Kia responded.

Her eyes widened. "Oh," she said, not knowing how to respond to her.

“No, all of them. They are all dead. Your parents, eveyone’s parents.” She snapped.

She stiffened. "My mom died years ago."

“That doesn’t matter.” She rolled her eyes. “I mean all of the adults in NC.”

"Oh, it doesn't matter?" She snarled. "It doesn't matter if your father killed your mother?"

“That’s not what I’m saying. I’m talking about the adults we left behind. They said they were coming, but they aren’t.

She softened a bit. "Yeah. Liars."

“Whatever.” Kia started running her 200, trying to get away from her destructive thoughts.

"What's your name?" She asked suddenly, running beside her.

“None of your business.” She said.

"Look, just because you went through all that stuff doesn't mean that you have be like that. Everyone here went through shit."

((sorry is cursing ok?))

((Yep, it’s fine))

“I know.” She said. “It’s hard to climb out of a hole you jumped into.” She muttered.

"Yeah, I know how difficult that is. But I just decided that I shouldn't be owned by my past." She laughed a bit. "I know how much of a mom thing it is to say, but it's true."

‘This is my present,’ Kia thought harshly, but didn’t say anything out loud.

She quickly finished her run and started reading her book again.

"What book?" she asked, walking a 200.

Luna held up the cover of the book. "The Hunger Games, which is my favorite! I probably already read it ten times," she told her.

((lol the hunger games is my actual fav))

((haha I'm on Mockingjay))

"Sooo interesting." she rolled her eyes.

She rolled her eyes. "You would like it. Well, unless you are too busy running around with boys.”

"What boys? You see any boys around here?" she hissed.

"Oh, I meant back home." She said, turning back to 'The Hunger Games'.

"Um, you said 'are,' which is present tense. If you were talking about back there, you would have said 'were.'" she smirked.

"Well, I guess I was mentioning your many fantasies in your head right now." She shot back at her.

"Which are none, except finding my most likely dead brother and his best friend," she shot back

"Did they ditch you?" She asked.