Sorry if it's not that good! I waited really long to write this chapter and just wanted to get it up. I wasn't sure how to go about it so I hope its not completely terrible!

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It seems like forever has passed already, yet it's only been about 15 minutes. I don't know what to do until my prep team comes to get me dressed. I sit at the window and watch the snow start to fall and I see my father walking to the door.

"Hey Peeta, you ready for the tour?" I know my dad is a little upset that I have to leave again. He was so excited to have me back home, but this time when I leave there is no uncertainty to if I will come home dead or alive (unless I could die of a broken heart).

"I guess so.. I don't know how I'm going to be able to handle everything." My dad is one of the only people who really know that the entire thing was a complete act from Katniss in the games, but he also knows that everything I did and said was out out of mad love for the girl. He should know what it's like; he did fall in love with her mother before and lost her to Mr. Everdeen. He knows more than anyone that the look Katniss gave to me wasn't real love. "I just hope she can still keep her act up for the Capitol, you know I don't have to, but I don't want to see her slip up and upset anyone."

"You know she will do just fine. Just try to treat her the same. Who knows.. maybe she just needs time, there's still a chance she could fall in love with you like you love her."

"If she couldn't even fall in love with me stuck in an arena with me where we could die at any time, I don't think she will on a trip where everything we could possibly need is given to us. Besides, I'm sure she's probably spent plenty of her time with Gale now that she's home and she's probably already secretly with him."

"You don't know that Peeta. He's been working in the mines since you guys have gotten back from the games. Katniss has been the only one out in the woods during the week doing the hunting. There isn't much time for her to spend with him. And besides, she may have known him for a long time but she didn't fight to the death with him in an arena and risk her life to save his like she did for you. Think about that on the train ride. I need to get back to the bakery, but just remember, it's never too late for love." At that he walks out and I'm alone again.

I stare out the window at Katniss's house hoping to maybe catch a glimpse of her. All I see is Snow walking out the front door and getting into a car. That's weird, why would President Snow go to see Katniss before the tour and not me? I should say something to her, but I don't want to make her mad at the very start of this tour. I'm sure it was no big deal. He was probably just wishing us a safe trip and thought I was at the bakery still. I still trust her enough to believe that if it was anything bad she would let me know. I mean I'm just as much a part of all of this as she is.

I think about going to see Haymitch about all of this but I'm sure he's just fixing his morning hangover with more alcohol right now and is probably to drunk to have a conversation with.

Instead I think about what my father said. Maybe it isn't too late. Maybe if I can just show Katniss how much I still care about her, even after everything that's happened, maybe she'll realize that she has some sort of feelings for me other than just her ally. I have to at least try.