Hey guys! My spring break is almost over. boo. Oh well. Here is another chapter. Enjoy

Disclaimer: I do not own the hunger games. I wish I didn't but I don't

Chapter 7:

Peeta isn't acting normal. He's kind of jumpy and loud. I don't know what has gotten into him. But I want to know what he was going to tell me last night. Last night I had no nightmares. It was actually a peaceful dream. Prim, my father and I were just baking, and doing what we normally do. Then Gale stopped by, gave the squirrel he shot earlier in the day, kissed me on the cheek, and headed out. The kiss made me blush, but I don't know why the kiss made me blush. I never thought Gale like that, as a matter fact. I never thought any boy like that except Peeta. But Gale somehow sneaked up on me, and every time I think about him, I want him. So badly.

I shook my head and push the thought back somewhere else. I can't think about any of this, if I am going to sacrifice my life for Peeta, I cannot think about anything except how to keep Peeta safe. I sighed and jumped from the bed and threw on some clothes that were the first thing I saw.

"It's going to be a big big big day!" Effie shouts behind my door.

She's crazy. That is the only thing I can think of. She is always on schedule, and tomorrow is the interview so today we are prepping for it. That means hours and hours with Haymitch. Just that thought makes me shiver.

I opened the door and sprinted down to the room where Haymitch sits alone.

"Hello sweetheart. Some ones eager for today." Haymitch says eating some meat that was on his plate.

Him calling me sweetheart ticks me off, my dad used to call me sweetheart. My poor dad. I wonder what they are doing today. Prim Is probably off In school, and my father is running the bakery. I can see him now, his eyes in pain. He's slow today, scared for tomorrow. For the interviews that need to go my way. And my mother is still sleeping because she needs to get her "beauty sleep." But I can't, she would tell me, because I am not pretty nor have beauty. So the sleep won't help. I role my eyes and focus back on Haymitch.

"I want to coach separately." I blurted out.

He looks up from the table and back down. "That could manage."

I politely sit myself down across the table and eat my breakfast that is served to me. Peeta enters the room and Haymitch discusses the plan to Effie. Every couple of minutes she would look over at me and look back down.

I forgot Peeta was in the room until he made me jump, " what are they talking about?"

"Just our lessons for today. They are wondering how to split us up." I replied with my head down. I don't want to look up at him. I feel guilty doing this because we are a team. Well sort of.

"Split us up?" he questions.

Before I can say another word, Haymitch spins around, "okay Katniss you go with Effie for 4 hours and I will have Peeta. Then we will switch."

Everyone was nodding in agreement except for Peeta.

"Why are you splitting us up?" Peeta questions again. But he wasn't looking at Haymitch or Effie to answer, he was looking at me. I sighed and turned around.

I meet his eyes and I am fallen back. If you can stare into his eyes for a while, you'll probably get lost in them. I know he is waiting for the answer but I don't know what to tell him. I looked at my hands then back at him.

"I told them I wanted to be taught separately." All he did was to shake his head and was leaded off into another room where Haymitch and Peeta can work. And I am stuck with the crazy girl.

It had been nearly 4 hours and I have been wearing high heels for most of the time. I plopped on the bed, "Effie no more! These hurt."

I sat up into a sitting position and started taking the high heels off when Effie smacks my hand.

"Beauty hurts. Rise up and walk" Effie orders.

I giggle to myself because Effie is nowhere of being pretty. She looks funny in her bright pink wig, which has to hate her head. Because every time she moves, it always is falling off. I walked some more intill our time was out. I have blisters on my feet and they are big and red.

"Effie! This hurts!" I screamed at her.

"Katniss. Ladies do not scream. Use your inside voice." Effie says smiling at me like my feet are okay. She is still telling me what to do and I do not like it.

"NO!" I shouted walking out of the room, "it hurts and I am being me. Not a lady." And walk out.

The four hours with Haymitch was dreadful. In the interview, you have to go with a look to get more sponsors. For example, sexy, bold, shy, cute, or funny. But I am none of these. I am not funny. I will refuse to make the capitol laugh, they don't deserve happiness. I am not cute or shy. Haymitch tells me that I have a big mouth and I need to shut it up. I am not bold, I am nervous and scared. And I am not sexy. Well to me I am not. So Haymitch is trying to work that angle on me. But in my opinion, I don't want to be flirting and batting me eyelashes to freaks that will be in the audience. I refuse to do that.

"I will not do that!" I protest throwing my arms around me.

"What about hard to get. You see how the other tributes treat you. Look at the boy from district 2. What's his name….Cato. He likes you because you're hard to get. "

"That boy is just waiting for me to die. I am not going down without a fight!"

Haymitch puts a hand on my shoulder to calm me down and says, "Look at me. If you can get other tributes to help you out. Then you can help Peeta."

I blink in shock. Was it that obvious that I like this boy? Prim and my father found out in my night mares, and now Haymitch.

But somehow 4 hours are gone and its late so we eat dinner and go to bed. I jump in the shower and push buttons to experiment with them. Some wash your body and your hair, but there are some buttons that down even help you get washed. Like there is this button that changes the water into cheese. So I take another shower, just to get cheese out of my hair. I threw on some clothes, and quietly walk out of my bedroom. I wonder around lost for awhile intill I spot Haymitch in the living room.

"Don't even try to save me. You and I both know that Peeta will have a better chance getting out of here then I do." I sit on the couch farthest from him. But all he did was nod.

"Can you please help me? Help me save him. Get him out before me." I pleaded.

Haymitch looks at me with a curious face, "how much does he mean to you?"

"A lot" and with this I head back into my room and sleep.

I wake up with my prep team surrounding me, ready for the day. I have been bathed about 7 times and my skin is tingling. My hair is done; it's curled, touching my stomach. My makeup is sparkly and I shine every time I move. I am sexy. I am beautiful. Portia come in with my dress and I try it on. It's the shortest dress I have ever worn. But it's beautiful. Its red and flames basically bounce around it. I am radiant. I am beautiful. I head downstairs into the room where every tribute sits and watch the interviews on the TV. I sit down next to Peeta and watch the TV.

Caesar is talking and laughing with the crowds intill he announces, " whose ready for the interviews?" and now we start.

The interviews are going by so fast but I pay attention when I hear my name come from the interview with Cato.
"What do I think about Katniss Everdeen? I think she is beautiful and unique. She has a lot of courage to stand up for her sister." Cato replies.

"She does doesn't she. Well she is very unique." Caesar answers then they go on and on about some kind of sword. But I don't pay attention to anything else intill they are already calling me up. I take a deep breath and walk out on stage and take my place on the chair.

"Katniss Everdeen! How are you?" Caesar says.

"I'm fine. Thank you."I reply to quickly.

"So how do you thing about the other tributes?" Caesar questions.

I know where he is trying to do, and I will play along. I cannot let them know that I am weak. "Well I met a few during training and someone of them are really outstanding."

"And what about Cato. Is there anything going on between you two?"

This angers me. Cato? Yuck. Ya he maybe handsome and cute, but he is here to kill me. Not be my lover.

"There might. But I kind of already had my eye on someone else." I said. This is it. Now or never. "Well its Peeta."

You can hear the audience cheer and shout.

"Does he know?" Caesar questions.

"Not intill now. I have always wanted to tell him how I feel but I might die, so now is so much better than later." And right when I finish the buzzer goes off. Everyone is screaming and crying and enjoying what I have just said.

I walked off the stage and sat next to the seat when Cato sits down. Peeta's interview started and I want to know what he's saying but Cato is distracting. He's talking about something but I'm not paying attention.

"Go away!"I yell. He rolls his eyes and walks away. I probably missed what he said about me intill Caesar asks him how he feels about my interview.

Peeta laughs and replies, "I think it's funny because I was going to say the same thing. Only I am in love with Katniss Everdeen. And I know she could win."

Oh no. theres going to be like a love triangle with cato, and peeta, and Katniss. Well not really cuz Katniss never had feelings to Cato. So we'll see. Hope you enjoyed it and please review and favorite. I will post another one up today too.