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Chapter 7

"How many kills do you have?" Cato asked all of us and I started counting them up in my head

"Um 5 I killed both from 4 both from 5 and obviously the boy from 11" I said and they all counted off who they had

"Alright then let's eat and then pack bags to go hunting" Cato said and I nodded and went by the fire where they were heating up some of that lamb stew from capital and bread rolls my favorite. I take it and eat without a second thought and pack my pack with a first aid kit a small container with leftover stew a zip lock of jerky and some water. Then I grab a pair of the sunglass type things they all have on grab my weapons and go with Cato.

"Hey babe I got us a sleeping bag in case we don't make it back tomorrow" he says and pulls me into a kiss and we all head off they are all loud I ignore most of them and stick with Cato when we see the smoke

"This one's mine" Cato says and we all started running towards the fire and surround the sleeping girl and she begs for her life. Then she looks straight at me and tells me not to kill her.

"Oh I'm not going to kill you sweetheart Cato is" I say sweetly and Cato stabs her in the stomach with his sword

"She's still breathing" I say binding down and feeling her pulse and Cato beheads the girl splattering her blood all over me and pissing me off.

"Really Cato was that really necessary" I hiss wiping the girls blood off my face and he laughs pissing me off even more

"Sorry babe but your just too adorable" he says and rips a piece of cloth from the girls shirt pores water on it and cleans the blood off my face neck and hands

"Let's keep going" Glimmer said and we headed off again but don't find anyone else and end up camping for the morning with everyone taking turns sleeping.

The next time I wake up it's at least noon and we eat whatever we brought with us and then start heading back to the cornucopia. When we start to smell smoke as if on instinct I grab the two people closest to me and run to the river the others following behind me, probably confused until we get to the river. Peeta and Rue are both there and they freeze in shock. Marvel and Clove chase Rue while me Cato and Glimmer are after Peeta and as much as I'd love to kill him he hasn't done anything to me yet and he's burned badly, like I was last time.

"Damn it we can't kill him" I say clearly leaving no room for discussion and I see hope in Peeta's eyes hope that I love him and worry in Cato's worry that I love him.

"I don't love him Cato, I owe him he saved my life years ago and his father is hopefully making sure Prim doesn't starve. You can run for now but next time any of us see you you're dead" I say and he looks shocked but runs and to my surprise Cato and Glimmer don't go after him we go find marvel and Clove.

"How'd he save your life?" Glimmer asks curious and I can't help but sigh

"When I was 11 my dad died in a mining accident after words they gave us some money to help. My Mom was supposed to morn for a month and then get a job to support us, but a month went by and she checked out. She wouldn't even acknowledge us I was watching her and Prim and even myself waist away to nothing. Prim was only 8 years old still just a kid and she would go to bed nearly every night hungry. Do you know how that felt knowing my baby sister who I am supposed to protect was suffering? I was getting desperate, trying to sell her better baby clothes so I could buy us something to eat anything but nobody would take them they were old and worn. It was raining and I was in the merchant's part of town Peeta's the baker's son and I was digging through the bakery dumpsters for anything. Peeta's Mom caught me and yelled at me chasing me away, I only made it to a tree a few yards away before I collapsed I honestly remember contemplating dying there when I heard her yelling again. I thought she was ganna chase me off but Peeta came out with 2 burnt loafs of bread. He cut the burnt pieces off and gave them to their pigs then he tossed the loafs at my feet I took them home and fed Prim and Mom the next day at school he looked at me I was so embarrassed. I couldn't look at him so I looked down and when I did I noticed the dandelions, they're edible you know and when I got home Prim and I got buckets and collected dandelions. A month later I was 12 and able to apply for tessera, but Peeta gave me the bread and in doing so he gave me hope and now hopefully his father and my friend Gale help Prim" I say and they both nod sadly as we find Clove and Marvel looking up at a tree