This is a small oneshot about Beetee and Wiress. It's set just as Wiress is killed. I know it's a weird pairing, but I'm a weird person, so yeah.

Everyone nods at what Peeta is saying. It is a lot more than we all knew this morning. The arena is a clock. I can't believe I didn't understand what Wiress meant about "tick tock"; I could usually read her so well.

Now that I think about it, it is obvious what she meant. What's the only thing in the world that goes tick tock? I won't admit it but I hate myself for not knowing what she was on about. If I allow myself to be truthful, I like her quite a bit more than a friend. I always have. I am older than her but I don't mind. And I know she isn't the most sane person, but who is, after they have had to live through this?

Having to kill people just so you could see your family and friends again.

She isn't the only one who lost a part of herself after she came out a victor.

There is a woman named Annie Cresta in District 4. I heard she saw her fellow tribute being beheaded. She's even more unhinged than Wiress is, Annie was the person that Mags had volunteered for.

The whole concept of the games is sick and I hope the rebellion works out, and that Wiress and I are around to see it. If we are, I will tell Wiress that I love her. I promise I will, to both myself and her,and everyone knows that I never break my promises.

Thinking about it makes me feel young again. Like a teenage boy, preparing to tell his crush how he really feels. But suddenly, my train of thought is disrupted.

Katniss shoots an arrow down by the water. I turn as quick as I can, just in time to see Gloss fall into the water with an arrow in his temple.

Everyone jumps into action around me. But I can't see anything except Wiress' lifeless body, drifting off in the water. Bright red blood trails behind her.

Tears sting my eyes. I hear yelling all around me and I see blurred shapes fighting. Time feels as though it is at a standstill at this moment, even through the chaos and still my eyes stay fixed on the body of the girl I loved. I should have realized something was wrong, because she was singing some strange lullaby. I should have noticed she had gone silent. I could have saved her.

There are a few things I could do at this moment.

I could cry.

I could scream.

I could thrash around and cause myself more injury than I already had.

Or.

I could get out of here alive. I could fight in the rebellion and make a difference.

I choose the last option. I WILL make Wiress proud of me. She will look down on me and smile. I will create a memorial for her and all the other fallen tributes of the last 75 years.

I wish I could cry out and mourn her death, retrieve her body and at least bury her properly.

The words are alien in my mouth, my thoughts. Wiress is dead.

There isn't time, though, for sentimentality. My own life is in danger if I sit around doing nothing.

I make a promise to myself, and more importantly, to her. I never break my promises.

Wiress, you will not have died in vain.

OK. Review please, and I don't care if you think this pairing is weird. I think it's cute! (: Also, a quick mention to when-i-caught-myself because she likes this pairing too (: And of course she corrected my grammar and added in words and such (:

Round of applause to you for even attempting to correct my grammar (:

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