As I walk up to Haymitches house, the smell of liquor almost makes me loose my lunch. I knock and I hear Haymitch behind the door. He opens the door.

" Hey sweetheart..." He says.

" Hello Abernathy." I say before swinging my arms around his neck and kissing him.

Even though I hate the smell and taste of raw liquor I love the taste of liquor in his mouth. It taste like home...He kisses me back, putting his arms around my neck and pulling me inside his house , shutting the door with his foot. Haymitch sits on the sofa, me on his lap. We pull away and look at eachother.

" Ive missed that..." I finally say.

" I've missed you. Period." He says before quickly kissing my nose.

I laugh and kiss him once more.

" We have two more hours til' the reaping. What do you want to do? " He says raising his eyebrows.

"Oh hush!" I say , pushing on his chest playfully.

" No seriously what do you want to do? " He says seriously.

" Uh. We could kiss, talk, make some food, and maybe kiss again. " I giggle, before kissing him again.

He chuckles. "We could arrenge something. I have Mac-N-Cheese. Will thd work? "

" Thats perfect..." I say kissing him playfully.

He gently sets me beside him then stands up and heads to the kitchen. I also stand up and follow him to the kitchen. I lift myself up onto the counter and look at Haymitch, as he gets the food out of the cabinet. He turns around susposiously and chuckles.

" Sweetheart, you see something you like? " He laughs.

I infact do see something I like. Him cooking and taking care of me and also just Haymitch.

"Maybeee..." I look away to hide my rosy red cheeks.

Suddenly he is inbetween me, my legs dangling on each side of him. He kisses me sweetly and pulls me down from the counter holding me as he kisses me. He lifts me back onto the counter and pulls away.

" Oh Haymitch you cant just leave me wanting more. " I Grab a part of his shirt, pull him back to me and kiss him again. " See? Now I am happy. " I say and smile.

"Good. My princess is happy. I cant have her being sad..." He says, before staring at me. "...Your so beautiful...You know that?"

He takes my wig off of me, I let him because I know he loves my natural blonde hair. He starts to twirl, braid, and play with my long blonde hair.

"Thank you..." I love it when he compliments me, even though its not at all rare for him to compliment me.

I just love him, no matter what. I notice, as Haymitch walks to the sink that the smell of liquor isnt nearly as strong on the inside of the house. Its just outside of the house that I smell it. He fulls a pot full of water and starts to boil it.

"Do you think we will ever be able to be together? Like forever and we wouldn't have to hide it? " He says, not facing me.

I feel my eyes tear up at his words. When he said that It brought me to the realization that even if President Snow never did find out about us, Haymitch and I would never be able to get married and have kids. Tears run down my face as I jump down from the counter and hug Haymitch from behind, my cheek resting on his shoulder blade.

"I hope so... I would like that." He turns around to hug me, taking one thumb and wiping my tear stained cheek. " I love you... You,no matter what ,will aways love me... Right? "

" Of course Effie, why would you even ask a question like that.. I love you so much! No matter what the capitol does, I will always save you. Dont give up hope."

" Okay? I was just making sure..." I smile.

There's something weird about the way Haymitch said it that makes a chill go through my spine. Its like he thinks something is going to happen to me, the capitol will do something to me. Its like he knows something that I don't. Something suspisious. I want to know but I also don't want to know.

"Haymitch, is there something I should know?" I say to him calmly, tears still streaming down my cheeks.

"Uhh...yeah...I mean...no..." He says nervously.

By the way he said it, I can tell he's lying, but I don't say anything about it.

"Honey, I think you should add the noodles." I smile.

He nods and turns towards the noodles and puts them in the pot. Soon the food is done and Haymitch fulls up two bowls with Mac-N-Cheese. He hands me one and keeps the other. I head to the sofa and sit with perfect posture and my legs straight. Haymitch walks over and flops down on the sofa, propig his feet up on the coffee table.

"You don't have to be all mannerly princess, you can be yourself..." He smiles.

I tuck my feet behind me and snuggle up to Haymitch, he puts one arm around my neck and eats with his other. Since Haymitch eats faster than me, he's done before me. I still have about half of my food still and I hand him the bowl since I'm full already while he stands up to head to the sink. ''Your welcome!"={D He says sarcastically while he walks to the kitchen.

"Thank you! " I call after him.

He comes back and sits down beside me, propping his feet up again. He kisses me and grabs my jaw and pulls me closer to him. We kiss passionately, my hands entangled in his hair, his hands on my hips. We pull away and I notice the clock says 11:46am. I have to be at the reaping at 12:00pm.

" Haymitch we should get going. The reaping starts in about 15 minutes..." I say before putting on my bubblegum pink wig and touch up my makeup ."Love you! "

I kiss him and open the door.

"Really? I just made you food, you kiss me,then you just leave? It hurts." He jokes and kisses me. " Love you, see you soon sweetheart. "

I smile and head out the door, Haymitch is usually late anyway. I walk to the square, were the reaping is held, its only about a mile away from Haymitches. I arrive and sit by Mayor Undersee.

"Hello Mr. Undersee. Have you seen Mr. Abernathy yet?" I say, lying because I do know where he is, I was just kissing him a second ago.

" No I haven't seen him, but you have." He says. "Effie, I know about you & Haymitch.

" "What do you mean? " I lie.

"I know, dont worry, you secret is safe with me."

I smile in gratitude and stand up to go on stage. Just then Haymitch arrives completely drunk. I dont know how he does it but he manages to get completely drunk five minutes. It seems fake, but in away I completely believe it. He has the smell and taste of liquor so, yeah. I dont know though. I start walking towards the microphone but before Haymitch gives me a very rough hug. I barely manage to fend it off. The hug scares me because it was nothing like the gentle ,sweet hug that he gave me earlier today. I continue to walk until I'm right infront of the microphone.

"Welcome welcome! " I excitingly say before the giant screen comes alive and we start to watch a movie about the dark days. At the end I continue to speak. "Happy Hunger Games and may the odds be EVER in your favor." I say walking towards the reaping ball. " Ladies first! " I put my hand into the ball and twirl it around until I pluck one up and open it.

"...Primrose Everdeen. " I say. At first there is just silence, but then a little girl, probably her first year, comes forward, almost to the stage. Then a teenage girl with an alaberate brown braid comes forward fiercely and yells.

" I volunteer! I volunteer as tribute!" I wave my hand to her, telling her to come up. She comes up and the little girl is taken away by a teenage boy about the teenage girls age probably. " What is your name?" I ask the girl.

"Katniss Everdeen..." She says shyly. The girl she volunteeted for was her sister.

"I bet my buttons that was your sister." She nods. " Now the boys! "

I do the same in the male reaping ball and pick up a slip of paper. "Peeta Mellark! " Silence, then a strong young man with blond hair steps up onto the stage and stands beside me. Hes stong, tall, and he seems that he can handle carrying some weight. We might have a winner this year, not just the boy but also the young woman seems to be pretty stong.

That was the first chapter! I hope you liked it, please review this and tell if I can do some things to make it better :)