The next morning, after breakfast (where I don't bother to change out of my pajamas), I put on tight black pants and a deep jade shirt. I put my hair in a loose bun on the back of my head. For a moment, I stand there, looking in the mirror and fiddling with my bracelet. There's a knock on my door. It's Inigo, "We have to go to the training room now," he says. "Okay," I call. I open the door and we walk to the elevator. As we go down Inigo asks, "So what are you thinking about doing for the Gamemakers?" "I don't know," I say, "Maybe do some codes. You?" He shrugs, "Combat?" he suggests.

When we get to the training room we do some last minute training. I practice and get really good with knives. I catch the girl from 2 giving me dirty looks. I try to through a spear, but only succeed in breaking off the tip. The boy from 1 laughs, pops his knuckles, throws a spear, and pierces a dummy strait in the heart. Then he and the others from 1 and 2 laugh again. Except Clove. She just smirks at me.

Inigo and I go to the knot-tying station where we find Katniss and Peeta. Neither of us say a word as we work on tying the pieces of rope into complicated knots. I take Inigo to the edibale plants station and we go over some of the plants. I do admit, spending time with Inigo and just forgetting about the Games was fun. I climb around on some of the equipment and he just watches me, wondering how I can move so quickly and soundlessly. While I watch him in combat with another assistant I see the boy from 2, Cato, watching Inigo, seething with jealousy and rage that someone is as good as him. Clove comes up to him and tells him something that I can hear from all the way across the arena: "They don't have a chance." This seems to calm Cato down because he goes to the spear stationn and stays there until lunch.

One by one, they start calling us in for private training. Once the girl from 4 leaves I see that the other tributes' faces start to relax a little more. They call Inigo. I grab his firm hand, "Good luck," I tell him. "Thanks, you too," he says. Then he leaves. I play with my bracelet again, waiting for them to call me. Finally, they do. I brush my shirt, take a deep breath, and walk into the gymnasium. The Gamemakers are sitting around a banquet table. I walk over to the code station and start solving the puzzles, putting my entire focus into it. I'm just about to go over to the knive station when the Head Gamemaker says, "You are dismissed, Miss Caverly." What? Already? I didn't even get to show them my knife skills! I walk to the door with a sullen look on my face and go back to the training room. I meet Inigo at the elevator, "How did it go?" he asks. "They dismissed me before I could do my knives," I say, "You?" " I did alright," he starts, "I did combat for a little and did some edible stuff."

We go out to the balcony for a little while and talk some more. He tells me that his father works at the power plant and that they lived in a small home. Every day he'd go out and buy the cheapest food he could get. His little brother, Abner, was Tally's age and loved taking care of the family goat. I tell him about Tally and how she loved our kitten, Snowflake. I laugh, telling him that most of the time, Snowflake was not the same color as a snowflake ; he was really dirty. We spend the rest of the day on the balcony, talking, laughing, and getting to know each other. We even go back out there after dinner. I can't help but find him desirable, but I have to put those feelings away because it will just make it harder to break the alliance, see him die, or have it come down to the both of us. As I lay in bed that night, I think about the look Cato was giving Inigo and suddenly I'm worried for my fellow District 5 tribute.