Thanks to MrsMellark27, Nalia-R, and Cara for reviewing! i really appreciate it. Anyway, here's chapter 3. enjoy!


I dream of Peeta. My Peeta. He's holding me, and protecting me like he did in the arena. He suddenly changes and turns into a dark haired girl. Clove. She is trying to stab my face with one off her knifes. I wake up with scream. My throat hurts. I must have been screaming all night. It's dark outside, with signs of dawn coming soon. If things were normal, before Prim got reaped for the Hunger Games, I would be out in the woods, hunting with Gale. Gale. It's been a while since I thought of him. I wonder what he is doing, and if he's found some pretty district 2 girl to replace me as his partner. No. Gale was never mine. Not in that way.


I'm still breathing hard when I get into the kitchen. I make myself some tea, and sit down at the table. Maybe I could go hunting today. After some thought, I finally decide against it. My muscles are still very shaky and even walking around town yesterday made me tired. I don't think I could make it in the woods. I take my tea to couch and lay down. T.V. doesn't sound that entertaining, but I turn it on anyway. I watch some special on the districts building themselves again. Slowly, I doze off.

The back door opens. When you've been in the Hunger Games twice, your senses become excellent. I can tell the person coming in is trying to be stealthy. I force myself to get up, and walk to the kitchen. Peeta is there, putting bread on the counter. He hasn't noticed I'm behind him.

"Peeta… Thank you. For the bread."

He quickly turns around.

"Um, you're welcome."

He gives me an awkward smile. "Would you like some now?"

I nod, and watch as he gets a knife and cuts 2 slices. We sit at the small, worn table and eat our warm, soft bread without conversation. Peeta stands to leave.

"Why are you doing this?" I ask quietly.

"Doing what?"

"Being nice to me."

He replies with, "I don't think you're a mutt."

He walks out of my back door as I sit there. Shocked.

He doesn't think I'm a mutt? What is that supposed to mean? He's so complicated.


While trying to decipher Peeta I get a huge headache. I decide to call my Mother and see if she has any remedies for it. I haven't talked to my mom in a long time, I realize I miss her. We talk for a long time. We talk about the districts, and how Annie is doing with her pregnancy. My mother has been helping Annie a lot, and the baby is due in only 2 more months. Maybe when I'm not restricted to district 12 I could go visit them. Mother thinks that's a good idea, and she's looking forward to it. I try to keep the conversation away from the subject of Peeta. But unfortunely my Mom doesn't.

"So, I heard that Peeta is back in district 12." She says.

I hesitate. "yeah, he's been bringing me bread every morning."

"Have you talked to him?"

I decide I don't like being interrogated. "yes…"

"How is he doing?"

"ummm…" I hear a crash from outside. My Mom hears my gasp. "What's wro-"

"Mom, I gotta go."

"uh, okay, love you. Call me!"

"yeah, uh huh. Whatever."


I slam the receiver down and run out the door. The crash sounded like it came from Peeta's place so I sprint to his back door and push my way through. The door is being blocked by something. When I finally make it in, I see it's a chair that's turned over. The kitchen is a mess. Dishes scattered and broken on the floor, chairs overturned, cupboards open, and the kitchen sink is on, and overflowing. I rush to turn it off. I make my way through the labyrinth to the living room. I find Peeta between the couch and the wall, in the corner of the living room. I push the couch away from us and plop down next to Peeta. He looks at me, knuckles white, and pupils big. "GET OUT. Please, Katniss." I can tell he's fighting a flashback. "No. I intend to stay right here." I counter back. Peeta changes. I can hear a low growl in the back of the throat and his eyes turn from scared to determined.

"I'm going to kill you, mutt."


There's chapter three.:) Make sure to review and give me suggestions and comments. Thanks for reading. I'll have chapter 4 up by Saturday.