A/n- Thank you all for reading and reviewing! I'm loving writing this story! Warning- Peeta lovers: Peeta is very very OOC from here on out! Here come the twists!

Training is going to be hell today. Every time my muscles move I feel like they're tearing apart. I can barely sit straight. Effie just knocked telling me it's a big, big, big day today. I can't stop thinking about last night though, and every time I do it gives me those butterflies again and all I want is to do it again.

I got out of the shower and started braiding my hair, when I saw IT. Right there on my neck—a large dark bruise was formed in the crook of my neck. I can't believe he gave me a love bite! Oh well his turn now I guess. Thank god the uniforms cover it.

Training goes by in a flash surprisingly and soon the bell signals lunchtime. I'm just about to walk into the lunchroom when strong hands whisk me away to the side and push me into the corner surrounded by mats.

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To say the least that night has been repeated numerous times, only much more quiet—which was not easy to do. But it was amazing and the possibility of getting caught made it even more of a rush. I did return the favor to him last time and when I left for the bathroom he had a little present from me as well.

Much to everyone's surprise I've begun training with the careers, and they seem to accept me as a part of their group—for now. But I still try to make time for Peeta by sitting with him at lunch and helping him in the training room sometimes.

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I'm so nervous when the bell that signals lunch ended. Today is our evaluations in front of the game makers. The trainers take everyone in a small room lined with benches and we all sit down. Cato and Clove are in front of Peeta and I. Cato keeps giving me hungry looks that are setting me on fire, I know we plan on meeting on the roof again tonight, and even though we've done this twice I'm really nervous.

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All hell broke loose when I told my team what I had done in front of the game makers, but there wasn't really anything I could do about it now. Thankfully Cinna told everyone we should just wait and see what my score is, that getting upset wouldn't help anyone.

We're sitting in front of the television, the capitol symbol starts to play and the butterflies in my stomach begin to flutter uncontrollably. Caesar started reading off the scores. I wasn't surprised to see Cato and Clove both receive a score of 10, but out of the other tributes nobody really stood out to me. Peeta was terribly nervous, so I grabbed his hand and gave it a small squeeze. His picture popped onto the screen and Caesar read his score—"10". Peeta smiled and instantly relaxed, getting good jobs and congratulations from everyone in the room. Then my picture comes up, and it's my turn to be nervous.

"Katniss Everdeen, District twelve. With a score of—11" Oh. My. God. Did he just say 11? Haymitch hoots out loud, followed by cheers and whistles. Peeta jumps up, and I'm afraid he's upset with me for getting a higher score, so I jump up after him. I assume I was right because he turns around and hits me in the face. I can feel my eye swelling and the room is slightly spinning. Haymitch and Cinna both jump on Peeta and lead him out of the room. Peeta all the while was screaming about how I was a selfish bitch. Effie, who had been standing frozen in place throughout the whole ordeal, got me some ice. I told her I wanted to be alone, she didn't argue.

I take a shower and notice the large purplish bruise already starting to form around the side of my eye. Great, how will I explain this to Cato? I'm supposed to train with them tomorrow and there's no way I can back out—training is mandatory. All the events from today come crashing back down on me as I cry myself to sleep for the first time in a very long time.

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I woke up the next morning with a killer headache. I wished more than anything I could crawl under my covers and not train today. But everyone was waiting on me. So I put on my training clothes and head to breakfast. Haymitch and Cinna are the only ones there when I arrive though, thankfully Peeta has already eaten and is down at the training center. Cinna offers to put some makeup on my bruise. I agree, thankful Cato won't have to see this. I wonder—no I know what will happen if he finds out what Peeta did last night—he'll kill him. Once Cinna is done he tells me I should be good to go, but not to get my face wet. That's easy, we aren't going swimming today.

When I walk into the training center I see Glimmer trying, and failing, to use a sword. Everyone sees me and smiles as I make my way over to them. Before we begin Cato tells me that they've all been talking and they want me in. Even though I know I shouldn't leave Peeta out by himself, I can't bring myself to care. So I agree, everyone seems really pleased. Cato tells us the boys are going to teach the girls how to use the swords today. He has a glint in his eyes when he picks up a sword and I know it's his favorite thing. We work for hours side by side and I'm relieved when it's time to stop. All of us have sweat pouring down our faces. As Cato hands me his towel he asks me what happened last night. I completely forgot about meeting him. I just told him some pretty big stuff happened and I was so stressed out I forgot. I wipe my face, grateful to get the nasty sweat off my face before I realize what I've done. At the exact moment I realize what happened Glimmer gasps. The bruise was awful, I looked hideous and I knew it. The others look at Glimmer and then to me. Marvel looks confused, Glimmer looks disgusted, Clove looked like she felt sorry for me, and then slowly I looked at Cato. The moment my eyes met his I thought I was going to break down. But he chose his words very carefully, almost as if he knew losing his temper would make it worse.

"What happened to you? How did you get that black eye?" I looked down at the floor, unable to meet his eyes. Unable to answer. I felt Cato's hands lift my chin up as his thumb gently stroked the bruise. "What. Happened?" I knew he would find out eventually, so I told him everything.

As soon as I was finished Cato was up and yelling. BAM! His fist collided with a wall, leaving a huge hole.

"That mother fucker! He's going to die, I swear to God. You just wait until I get into that arena, I'll rip his head off his god damn body!" Cato looks terrifying, I can see why they call him brutal. I'm just glad I'm on his good side. Cato left and went into the boys locker room followed by Marvel. I was about to get up when Clove put her hand on mine.

"Leave him be for a little while. There's nothing you can do, and honestly seeing that on your face will just remind him why he's so mad." I understood Cato sticking up for me, but Marvel I didn't understand.

"Wh-what just happened?" I couldn't seem to find my voice. Thankfully Clove understood what I was trying to say though.

"Your one of us Katniss. Just like the boys would protect one of us, they'll protect you. Especially Cato. I mean you two don't have me fooled."

"How did you know?"

"When you both started sneaking off at the same time every day. Not to mention both of you have love bites." I was mortified. She told me she would send Cato to the roof later and I went back to my floor to shower and change.

I literally walk into a wall the minute I step off the elevator. Only it wasn't a wall, it was Peeta. I slowly back away and run towards my room. I'm almost there before he catches me and pulls me down. He slams me on the ground and when he went to speak the elevator gave a ding, signaling someone was on the floor with us. Peeta calmly got up and walked away, leaving me on the floor gawking at how close I had come to being pummeled by Peeta again. I was still lying on the floor when I hear Clove's voice asking if I was there.

She finds me in the floor and gives me a long look that says 'were talking about this later' before dragging me back down to the training center where everyone was watching a speech from President Snow. I only caught the last part of the speech, but enough to know what snow was saying. The games had been postponed, and we didn't know when they would be. Clove whispered to me that everyone was meeting on the roof, so I followed her into the elevator and hit 13.

What's going on?