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"So what do we have today?" I ask Haymitch as we all sit around the table talking about what will happen in the Capitol. Peeta showed up about 10 minutes ago and considering that me and Haymitch already finished our breakfast then he decided to talk whilst Peeta ate.
Peeta looks up from his food, interested. "Just prepping. The prep teams are irritating but you will get through it" Haymitch replies.
"Ok what else do you need to talk about" I ask, not really wanting to talk about Capitol citizens.
He seems to know the answer straight away and its something I dont really know the answer too. "Your skills" How could you possibly talk about your own skills? Especially if you're one of the most selfless people in Panem, which is mostly people from 12 so I dont know how Haymitch ever gets anything out of his tributes to be honest.
I'm about to say that I dont have any skills but Peeta with a mouth full of food gets there before me. The crazy thing is that he would probably be able to take someone out quicker than I could so I decide to say something back. "Lies, of course you have skills." I say to him.
He ignores me and turns to Haymitch instead. "No I don't, but Katniss can shoot." This of course makes me slightly annoyed. He's down-grading himself and making me look better. Sometimes I would rather be from a different district because selfless people are hard to deal with a lot of the time. "I know she can I've seen the squirrels she took my dad." I smile thinking about his family and home altogether.
When I find them both looking at me, I say something. "Im alright" Is all that seems to come out.
Peeta has dropped his fork by now, trying to persuade both me and haymitch. "She's amazing" He beams and I just laugh.
"Peeta!"
"Katniss!" Ive got to stop myself from laughing when he mocks me. He sounds extremely funny trying to mimic my voice.
"So any other skills you two have other than bickering an shootin?" Haymitch asks, making silence fall over the room until I decide to give Peeta a bit of his own medicine, I mean Haymitch deserves to know what Peeta can do and if Peeta can talk about me like that then I certainly can talk about him like that.
"Peetas strong" I say, keeping my eyes focused on Haymitch, I dont really want to know what Peeta is doing right now, he's probably silently cursing me.
They both look at me for a second before Peeta says one word, "What?"
Keeping my eyes still on Haymitch I carry on talking. "He can throw a hundred pound sack of flour right over his head I've seen it."
"Well I'm not gonna kill anyone with a sack of flour" Peeta says and I can hear him getting angrier. I hate when he's angry but Haymitch needs to know this. "Not with this stupid wrist anyway." He motions towards his broken wrist, I'd completely forgotten about that.
I'm starting to loose my patience with him now. "No! But you might have a better chance of winning if someone comes at you with a knife-"
"I have no chance of winning!" He shout. "Non alright. Its true... Eeryone knows it." His face turns somewhat depressed and he jumps up and storms out the room, leaving me and Haymitch sitting there in silence.
"Well that was unexpected" Haymitch says. Now that I think about it Peeta doesn't normally act up that much. Its been a while since I've seen him that hopeless. Even then it would have been over something stupid. Or it would have been when his mother wasnt getting any better after the fire.
There is only one thing for it really. "I know, I'll talk to him later." I say the tears are about to come but I push them back.
"Right so what skills does he have and be truthful" Haymitch asks me, I turn to him and be as truthful as I can.
I think about everything I have ever been told or what I've seen and tell him. "He's strong, he can wrestle, he came in second in the school competition, rye came first but I think Peeta let him win." I smile at the memory of that day "I taught him to shoot but he isn't too good but he can shoot just not good aim, we also taught eachother how to use knifes with his strength and my good aim it just kind of worked." The smile is still on my face, thinking about all those days spent in the woods training and messing around.
Haymitch thinks for a minute. "Ok well we can work with that." Is all he says.
"Oh I also taught him to swim if that helps." I say remembering one last thing.
"I don't know if that helps because I don't know what the arena is but it could help" I guess he's right. For all we know the arena could be a lot of water with a couple little islands on.
"Peeta also taught me how to wrestle but I only got him off his feet once but I think I'd be able handle all the girls in this arena and some of the boys." That is probably the nicest thing I've ever said about myself.
"Ok that helpful anything else?" I shake my head and he nods. "Ok I don't want you to show any of your skills in the training room because we don't want the other tributes to know what you are good at, save your skills for the private session with the gamemakers."
"I don't want any of them to see me shoot anyway." If I showed them then they would know what I was good at and I definitely dont want that.
"Ok well you can do what you want until Peeta comes around then talk to him, because of the reaping everybody is expecting this couple who are in love not two people who argue all the time." I'm starting to rethink the reaping now, I really shouldnt have hugged him. Now I have weakness.
For the next couple of hours I find myself thinking about what would happen if Peeta died in that arena I don't think I'd be able to deal with life if I lost my boyfriend I would turn into my mother. This was the reason why I never wanted to love him in the first place, I knew something was going to happen. This is the worst possible thing that could have happened and it doesnt surprise me because after the last year, I've come to terms with the fact that I'm not a very lucky person.
"Katniss I'm sorry I overreacted" I hear behind me, mkaing me jump. I turn to see Peeta standing a couple feet from me watching me stare out the window.
I turn back away. "Peeta I don't want to talk about it" I say pulling my legs up onto the sofa next to me.
Peeta moves closer to me and picks up my legs and lays them over his lap. "Katniss please you know I'd never upset you." he rubs warmth back into my legs as if he knows I'm cold.
"Too late Peeta you already did, if you think I can live without you then you are mistaken." I pull my legs away from him, keeping my eyes anywhere but on him.
"Katniss I can't live without you either the thought scares me." He looks like he's about to cry and I cant help but slide my arms around his shoulders.
"Please don't cry please." I say and he buries his face in my shoulder. I wish I could just stay here forever and not have to worry about the stupid games.
"Only if you promise to talk to me again." He says.
"How could I not talk to you?" I say and he pulls away from my briefly just to pull me into him and gives me a long kiss.
We hear a cough from the door and pull away. Haymitch is standing there with a stupid grin on his face. "I see you guys made up." Sometimes I could actually just hit that man. I honestly dont think Effie would like my much if I did.
"Haymitch what do you want?" I ask him, a little too harshly. "We where in the middle of something."
"I thought you would like to know that we are here." Peeta seems to get excited and walks over to the small window to see the Capitol.
"It's huge, that's incredible" he says looking excited. What's to be excited about? "Come on Katniss. Come and see this!" I walk over but don't go infront of the window. We go through a tunnel and are plunged into darkness. When the light comes back I can hear screaming. Peeta starts waving. Capitol citizens.
He grabs my hand and pulls me to his side. The Capitol people seem to go Berzerk. I loop my arm around Peeta and he kisses me on the head. I see flashing lights clearly they saw the reaping, this really wont be good for the games but I dont think they show this footage to the other tributes so we are good at the moment.
When we get off the train we are swarmed by cameras. Peeta takes my hand. "Come on Katniss. I'm here with you." I find the strength to move and Peeta and Haymitch pull me into the training centre whilst the cameras flash.
"God that was mad is it always like this?" Peeta asls letting me go.
"Yes but there's never that many cameras. Obviously the reaping made you both famous." Haymitch replies and thought depresses me even more. If one of us actually survive this thats it, no privacy forever. I cringe at the thought, that means that all the cameras will be on is in the arena and all the other tributes will be against us.
The tv switches on by itself and ceaser Flickerman comes on with someone beside him. "I just got word that the tributes from district 12 have arrived. After that tearful reaping who knows what they have in store for us..." They show footage from us just entering the training centre. I guess the tributes are going to see it then because they will probably put this on the recaps. "It looks like the famous Haymitch Abernathy and the new tribute Peeta Mellark are only wanting to keep katniss Everdeen safe by the way they kept her from the cameras.
I look towards Peeta and then at Haymitch. I think about the arena again. It's all I seem to think about now. Stupid Capitol. I don't know what it would be like to loose a boyfriend because I've never had one before Peeta an I haven't lost him yet. Would I be as heartbroken if he wasn't my boyfriend. If he died in that arena and he wasn't my boyfriend would I still be as upset as I would be if he died my boyfriend. I don't know but I sure know what I've got to do. I've got to break up with Peeta Mellark if I want to save his life...
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