Chapter 4 (: I Can't Believe We're on A sequel! Now, A Few Things Will be Like Catching Fire. Because the first story is one the Hunger Games, we must do Catching Fire!

Ps. Is Anyone Counting Down The days Until CF? I am! It's coming out on November 22nd, 2013! So Excited, even thought I have over one year xP

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It can turn the whole world upside down.

Shake it 'til the sky falls to the ground.

But we don't have to reap the fear they sew,

Friends, as long as we hide our love away.

Punch Brothers, "Dark Days."

Katniss POV

We've exchanged many letters from now on. It all starts out on how everything in each other's district goes or how we're doing. The giant curious question still looms in my head from the first letter: what does he want to tell me?

Today, I'm supposed to get his next one. I'm on a happiness high, which is unusual for the new Katniss Everdeen. It feels as if I might be repairing myself. The broken pieces are gluing themselves back together.

My mom tells me to come downstairs after coming through the door. I already know what it is.

"It's here!" I yell. My mom nods and hands me the envelope. She is still wary of the new victor from Two but knows he won't hurt me. He never will. Yet for some reason, I am still cautious around him. He is a Career after all.

Opening the letter, I see the same handwriting I've grown to cherish.

Katniss,

I just got your letter and had to write immediately. I'm happy that everything is starting to be okay.

The victory Tour is in less than a week. And I'll see you in less than a week. A week is too long! Why can't you come on a coal train and see me in Two? Well, you have to try that once the Tour ends. I'm being serious Katniss.

Everything has been hectic around here. Mona is getting bigger everyday and my mother has been… relatively like yours. She's a little distant at the moment so while I'm writing this letter, I'm also holding my baby sister. You have to meet her soon.

Has word gotten to you yet? About everything. I can't say exactly what it is at the moment if you don't. But you probably do.

Well, I have to go to sleep. It's dark right now and I bet you'll be getting this in the morning.

I love you.

Cato.

I fight the urge to smile. I've heard him say the words before. I have. But how can he expect me to love again? I don't want to be like my mother. I never have. That's the reason I won't love. Yet can I call what I feel for him… love? Is it love?

But those three words are still ringing in my head. Those three, cursed words that scare me to death… I won't say them for a long time, until I know he won't leave me.

I sit back and make small circles on the frost-covered window that overlooks the now dead tree in the yard.

Cato POV

Holding Mona, I maneuver myself to hold her eager fingers. It's hard to believe she's four months already.

While I'm holding her, I think of the possibilities that I'd be holding another baby girl, preferably mine. But would that ever happen? I'm worried on the fact that Katniss may not want kids. But if she does, do I wait until it's all over? Damn my hormones.

My mind still wanders. What will happen? Will we be fighting alongside the Districts or hiding away until it's all over? Would we end up living or would we die? These questions roll in my head and an understanding comes to my head.

I will go crazy thinking about a possible rebellion that might never happen.

These thoughts haunt me so horribly that I don't hear Mona crying. A knock resonates on the door and I set her in her crib, shutting the door to my mother's room. They're both safe inside that room and no one can hurt them.

I open the door slightly to see someone I never expected to see.

President Snow.

"Well, Mr. Rosias, I expected a warm welcome. May I come in? It's cold outside and I believe we have a few things to discuss." The eyes that were sinister and ye welcoming at the Crowning ceremonies are now dark and evil. They hold an angry power that would be seen in a tyrant, not a president.

I open the door and he walks immediately to the office inside our home. How does he know where it is?

I follow close behind and once we're in the room, he shuts the door behind me.

"Now," he starts, "I see you have noticed the Victory Tour is… closer now. In less than a week I presume."

"Yeah. About that, why was it moved?" I ask. He chuckles darkly.

"Are you saying you'd like it to be pushes back?"

"No!" I exclaim. "I was just curious." The President eyes me with a look of loathing mixed with determination and death.

"Curiosity can lead to places no one wishes to be, Mr. Rosias." He coughs and looks at me. "This matter we are about to discuss is about Katniss Everdeen."

Katniss? "What about her?" I inquire.

"She has fueled the fire to something neither of us wants. A rebellion. The Districts other than Two have been talking about it ever since… you pulled out those berries. Ms. Everdeen has volunteered for District Twelve, something that has never happened in the history of the Hunger Games. She has upstaged the Capitol by the burial of the little girl. After further announcement, added on to the stunt you two have pulled, she is guilt, even more so than you." He pauses to wipe his mouth with his handkerchief. "I want it to stop."

Of course. He brought both of them home, along with the Girl on Fire who's set a blaze to the match. And the President wants it to stop.

"What are you asking?" He scowls at my question but answers.

"You need to love Ms. Everdeen. I expect you to announce a secret marriage in the Capitol after the Tour. The audience will go wild and the Districts will have to counter the fact that you two did not hate each other and are in love."

Secret marriage? Where is he going with this?

"Mr. President, I am in love with Katniss but… a secret marriage? I'm only eighteen and she's seventeen. We're young."

"Precisely. That is the reason you announce a marriage. You are young and utterly, and stupidly, so in love that you marry, secretly of course. The Districts will calm down and break and everything will not fall to pieces. Too much hope is dangerous, Mr. Rosias. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes. But… do I propose to her live?" He's confusing me greatly. Somehow, this might feed the fire instead of dampen it.

"If you wish to do so. It might fit perfectly in with the plan, so yes. I will send the ring to you the night before the Tour."

And with that he leaves but not before something else.

"I am sorry about the… loss of your younger brother." The door closes and I find my mom talking to Mona in the other room.

"Mom?" I ask. Her eyes look worried as she glances at me and my baby sister, who has my mother's finger in her tiny mouth.

"He came to talk to you, didn't he?" she asks. "About the Games and.. the girl." I nod and she exhales slowly.

"You need to be careful around that man. He's bad news."

"I know mom, I know." The President has something to do with my father's death. I was sure of it. Who could've bombed the building he trained Peackeepers in? Surely not another District.

But I can't assume. So I'll stick to the plan for Katniss, for my mother, for Mona, and for everyone I care about.

Katniss and I are supposed to act in love. That's easy, since we kind of are. But how come she hasn't said it in her letters? But the thought hits me.

She's scared.

The understanding of it is so simple but behind her fear comes a story. Was it one she is scared to tell, one that is too hard for her to bear? If it is, I'd bear it with her. I'd be her crying shoulder, even though I've never seen her cry. I'll hold her though her fear.

And in less than a week now, I will get to hold her. We will fight through the nightmares and find peace through each other. We'll laugh in the president's face at his doubt of our love.

And when it's all over, when we spark the rebellion and find a way to bring down the Capitol, we will hold up our hands and kiss as we assassinate Snow. Then he will know that he was wrong. That we are in love. I smile at the thought of freedom and laughing, hearing Katniss' laugh mingle with mine. Even if we die in the rebellion, I know everything will be okay, because we have each other. I'd die anyday for our freedom.

Oh, it'll be worth it.

I know, I know. Only 3 reviews for last chapter and I'm posting a chapter that is 1,660 words long? 7 pages on Word? Well, I was in the mood to write and I got impatient. This is a rare occurrence. Want the next chapter to be a long one? TEN reviews!

And who here likes crazy-for-rebellion-and-Katniss Cato? I think it scares me yet it'll be cool. I mean, who has ever heard of a rebel Cato? He might be going crazy O.o

Well, I hope you all enjoy this chapter and the talk between Cato and Snow. And SNOW WANTS CATO TO PROPOSE TO KATNISS. I swear, she's gonna FREAK OUT!

Haha, anyone remember how I said I love capitals? Well, I do.

Now, munch on your candy that you buy today for the Season 2 premiere of Once Upon A Time. I'm actually gonna leave after I finish my quesadilla 3 Yep, I eat quesadillas! Doesn't every awesome author eat them?! ;D

Well, review lovelies for the next chapter, big or small!

With all my love,

~Cato. (Jk. It's me, HeyoMyFellowReaders101. I'm mean, aren't I? xP)