Silent Love

"Now for the boys," Effie Trinket squealed as she walked over to the bowl containing all the boys from ages 12-18 in District 12. Her heels clicking with the cement stage.

Click. Clack. Click. Clack. Click.

She reached her pink and purple manicured hand into the bowl and pulled out small piece of crisp white paper. She walked back over to the microphone.

Click. Clack. Click. Clack.

Effie unfolded the paper and cleared her throat, "Our Tribute, Peeta Mellark,"

Peeta sprung up from his bed, sweat covering his face and palm of his hands. He rested his head in his heads and tried to catch his breath from the nightmare. The only catch was that it wasn't a nightmare, it was really happening. And right now he was sleeping in the Capitols bed, each day training and being taken care of and treated like a prince before being sent off into an Arena to kill other kids if he wanted to survive.

He felt a tap on his shoulder and looked up to see a girl about his age with white skin that glowed golden as if she had been born a model, platinum blonde hair and the brightest blue eyes he'd ever seen. Her body was nicely built, strong legs and toned arms, a good sized chest for someone about 5'6. In other words she was gorgeous to Peeta. But then he noticed she wore a maroon dress with a white collar that showed off her curves nicely and black slack pants that covered her perfect long legs. She was an Avox.

She lifted up a piece of paper with cursive handwriting on it. Peeta read it. 'Are you okay?' He shook his head and she lifted up a cold wet towel to his forehead, wiping the sweat off his face and cooling him down. He hadn't even realized he had a fever. She then lifted up another piece of paper, 'You are very hot,' Peeta smiled at that, "Why thank you," He said to her. She smiled back and her cheeks burned red as she scribbled down a new message, 'I mean you have a fever!' Peeta teased her "That's not what you meant," She smiled again before dapping the towel into a bowl of cold water and pressing it to his forehead for a little.

A couple seconds passed before she scribbled down another message. 'You feel better?' Peeta nodded. "Thank you," She smiled back and collected all the pieces of paper she used before starting to shoot them across the room like they were basketballs. Peeta watched as she made almost every shot. "Impressive," He laughed. She turned around and afford to hand him one. He shook his head "Oh no, I can't." He said. She rolled her eyes playfully before grabbing his hand and trying to force him to grab the ball. "Trying to attack me?" Peeta laughed as he started to back up in his bed to avoid the ball. The Avox smiled and crawled up onto the bed more, dragging Peeta down by the ankle and climbing on top of him, gently sitting on top of his built chest.

Peeta smiled up at her, "I knew you thought I was hot," She blushed and immediately crawled off him, knocking over the bowl of water and all the paper. She collapsed to the floor and immediately started cleaning things up in a hurry. "Hey it's fine," Peeta said bending down to help her. She shook her head and smacked his hands away. He looked at her sadly, "Okay. You don't mind if I take a shower then. Thanks again," he said before hopping over the mess and walking into the bathroom.

He let the warm water hit his skin for a couple extra seconds before turning the fancy silver knob to off. He sighed as he stepped out the shower and felt the cold air hit his skin. Peeta looked around for a towel. None. "Hmm," He frowned and then shrugged before stepping out into his bedroom. The moment he stepped out he saw the beautiful Avox from earlier place a bunch of freshly cleaned towels on top of his bed. She turned around at the sound of the bathroom door opened and when she saw Peeta she immediately closed her eyes and stumbled to get out of the room. She began running into random things, the walls, the dresser, sometimes tripping over her own two feet. Peeta ran to his bed and wrapped a towel around his waist before going over to the Avox and grabbing her shoulders, helping maneuver her to the door. "Hey it's okay. I grabbed a towel. You can open your eyes," She shook her head and he laughed, "Well thank you for the towels then. I'm so sorry I damaged your eyes," He teased before opening the door for her. She opened her eyes and turned around to smile at him before running down the hall. Peeta just stared after her. The only thing on his mind was how adorable her smile was.

Peeta slipped on some comfortable clothes before heading out into the dining room to eat breakfast. Katniss gobbled down her food as Haymitch at slowly, to hung over to really do much while Effie looked at herself in a tiny compact mirror that fit in her palm. She pressed the mirror closed and cleared her throat, "Well seeing as if you all would rather starve then enjoys these lovely complimentary Capitol food, I will tell you the agenda. After you are done wasting food you all must change into the uniforms and-," "Go get changed and meet us at the elevator to start training. There squeaky voice I told them, now do us a favor and shut up," Haymitch said in a slurred, annoyed yet calm voice before taking a big swig from his cup of scotch.

Peeta took an awkward sip of his vanilla egg nog milk before scurrying away into his room. When he walked into his room he saw the training uniform laid out nicely on his bed and on top a letter. He walked up to the bed and picked up the letter.

'You didn't damage my eyes. I liked the view'

He smiled when he realized who the letter was from. The Avox.