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Train Ride (Katniss's POV)

After we were escorted to the train where we would journey to the capital, Effie led us to our rooms. Prim and I were, surprisingly, to share a room, as were Gale and Peeta. Neither looked happy about it, but they didn't complain either. A few minutes later, Effie left us with a cheerful, "be ready for dinner in an hour, if you're not there you miss out!" and a smile. As soon as she left, I was comforting Prim who looked like she could fall apart at any second. Prim proceeded to cry herself out and fall asleep. Once I was sure she was comfortable, I headed to the boys' room with a plan that I hoped they wouldn't be mad about...

I knock on the boys' door and almost immediately hear a scuffle to get to the door. I wonder what's going on in there. Eventually the door opens and I see Gale smiling at my expression. I look at him for a second, then decide that I don't even want to know what it was about. "Can I talk to the both of you?" I ask, quickly. I see his eyes dim a little bit as he guesses what this is about. "Sure, just let me get Peeta," he says. He closes the door and i burst out laughing when all I hear is Gale yelling, "PEETA! Get out here!" I bang on the door and shout back at him, "I could have done that too, you know!" The door swings open and Gale looks at me with a serious face and responds, "Yeah, but I do it better." I put on the most sober face I can at the moment and just nod like it makes total sense. Gale starts laughing and Peeta walks in staring at us like we're crazy. "What'd you want, Gale?" he says gruffly like he had been crying and was trying not to show it. "Katniss, here, had something she wanted to ask us, be fair warning you're not going to like it too well..."

Gale starts, dead serious, a complete 180 from just seconds ago. As he continues, I can tell that he's been thinking about it a lot too. He tells Peeta about Prim and how we really want her to come out alive, how we were hoping he would help us and that we know it's a lot to ask to give up your life for an almost complete stranger. He goes on to say that even if Peeta didn't want to help us, we wouldn't purposely kill him, because we couldn't promise not to kill him not if it was his life or Prim's. I stop him there and say quietly to Peeta that I know it's not an easy decision and he shouldn't give us an answer right now, just think on it and try to tell us before the actual Games begin.

(Peeta's POV)

I guess I was right about how I would be the least cared about in an alliance with these three. At least now I know that they were protecting someone instead of just killing for themselves. I don't know if it makes any difference to anyone else but it's a relief to know that these people in my district would willing to give up there life's for a younger sibling or friend. It shows compassion and heart . As I think more about that, I come to the conclusion that I want to be apart of that. To die for a reason, not just because I was too weak at that moment of time. To die for a little girl who should have her whole life in front of her, but had it cut short because of a slip of paper pulled out of a glass bowl, by some preppy airhead that knows nothing about how she lives.

With that thought weighing heavy on my mind for the rest of the evening, I don't notice much other than we don't have a mentor for the Games because our district has never had a victor. No wonder we haven't, we're district 12 no need to send more than one Capitol person to look after the fresh meat, killed for their entertainment. I do notice little Prim, however; how innocent she is and how much she adores her sister. I wonder how Prim would react if she knew that her sister was planning on dying for her. And enlisting all of us to help. Would she be glad that Katniss cares so much about her, or would she resent the plan and tell Katniss to keep herself alive instead? Questions, questions, questions...that's all I have, questions and no answers.

A/N: So...thoughts? And quick question! Do we want Katniss & Peeta or Katniss & Gale? R&R!

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