Tessa was startled as Richwood pulled her into hiding, she nearly dropped her box of lure supplies. He covered her mouth just in time to stop her from yelling at him. Her eyes widened in horror as the few peace keepers passed. Once they were passed though Richwood handed her half of his stolen goods. She sighed, but was thankful for the food. She had skipped breakfast, she usually did. There just wasn't enough food for them to have all of their meals. 

"Thanks." She told him as she munched on the bread and what their odds were. "Well my name is only in there five times. One for each year since I was 12. Despite having been older than that. You haven't taken any stipends because they would have moved into one of the orphan homes, but I know there are kids older than us who have taken stipends each month, so their names are in there a lot. We should be okay." She finally announced, they had started walking toward their school. 

It was a small building with only a few rooms in it. The grades were mixed to make up for the lack of rooms. Neither Tessa or Richwood had made other friends since the Reapings had started. They had had one other friend up until last year, she had been reaped, and never returned home. 

"You're late." The teacher told them as they took their seats. 

"Sorry, there were some peace keepers on the road here, we wanted to avoid them." Tessa lied easily, it was mostly true anyway, she was only lying by omission.