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"GALE!"I run over to him and hug him.

The whole District 12 crowd is at the elevator and everyone looks well-dressed. Especially Gale, with his black suit and touch of ``flames.``

"Catnip"Gale takes a good look at me and grins."You look gorgeous."He says without breaking the hug.

"Thanks, you too Gale."I say.

"Stop hugging! You`re going to ruin each other's outfit!"Yells Effie and breaks the hug as we enter the elevator.

"Effie, let them. Remember what we discussed…"Cinna says.

Effie sighs and nods. "Right, a happy pair…"

Gale puts an arm around me and I put on my best smile as the elevator opens.

"Good luck!"Everyone wishes me and Gale as we line up to take the stage.

My hand begins to sweat and I begin to shake as we step on stage.

"Catnip? "Gale asks, behind me.

"Yeah?"I respond.

"Are you okay?"Gale asks with a worried tone.

I nod and take my seat, trying not to appear nervous and focus on something else.

"Caesar Flickerman"I say in a low voice.

He was the host of the interviews and has been for the past years or so. I watch as he hops on stage and begins telling the crowd some jokes to warm them up.

The girl tribute from District 1, looking sexy and beautiful, unlike me joins Caesar for her interview and I try to take mental notes on how she`s responding to the questions. She's doing very well on the questions and I begin to doubt I`ll do better than her.

After 3 minutes the buzzer rings and it`s the next tribute`s turn. I can`t continue watching the other tributes because then I`ll copy some of the strategies they`re using and I want to be different from everybody else. Also, the closer it is to my turn the more nervous I get.

I spot Haymitch in the crowd and he looks between me and Gale. By the look in his eyes, he wants us to act like a couple.

"Now?"I mouth.

Haymitch nods and points to Gale.

I silently groan and turn to face Gale."Gale, I missed you."I say.

"So did I."Gale says.

We get some stares from the other tributes and we ignore them.

"What did Haymitch make you do yesterday?"I ask and put my hands on top of his. My hands were still sweaty but Gale rubbed off the sweat with his thumb. I was no longer sweating or shaking when he did.

Gale shrugs."He made me say jokes and said to share those jokes to the crowd when I get interviewed."

I watch as Thresh, the boy tribute from District 11 goes on stage,those 3 minutes pass fast I think and nod. Wait that was it? Just make jokes? Nothing more? Gale was lying to me…

"Katniss Everdeen"It was finally my turn to go now, my last chance to make an impression before The Hunger Games start.

"Good luck Catnip!"Gale says as I stand up. I quickly give him a kiss on the cheek and make my way to the stage, with my chin up, walking just like how Effie thought me many hours how to and shake Caesar`s hand.

"Katniss, tell me about yourself" Caesar says.

About myself? What should I tell him? Should I lie or tell the truth?

I look at the crowd and find Effie who`s mouthing, "Smile!"

I smile and I suddenly know what to say."Aww Caesar I don`t like talking about myself a lot but since you insist… "

Caesar and the crowd both laugh."She is so cute!"Caesar points to me and smiles.

What? All of a sudden I was ``cute``? That was not my approach.

When Caesar catches his breath he says,"That`s what I like about you Katniss, you don`t like to talk about yourself and like to put others first. That's very mature of you."I nod."Now, what you did there at the reapings was much unexpected of you and everyone wants to know why you did it and how you feel about it."

Prim. He was talking about what I did when Prim was chosen and I volunteered.

"I…well…you know wanted to protect my sister. I didn`t want to see her get hurt in The Hunger Games. I panicked…"I say and miss Prim.

Tears feel like going down my cheeks but I hold them back. Not here, not now.

"That`s really brave of you,would you do anything for her?"

"Yeah, if it means to die for her, then of course."I search through the crowd and Cinna`s nodding at me.

Just be yourself I say in my mind.

"Wow that says a lot about you Katniss, which leads me to my next question…what was your reaction to that 12 in your training score?"It`s amazing how Caesar switched from a very sad subject to a very happy one in just a second.

I arch an eye brow at Caesar and look at him in a funny way.

The crowd and him laugh. I smile and put on my best face.

"Oh Katniss"he takes a deep breath and turns his attention back to me."So you were shocked?"

"Yeah!"I say and look at the crowd with a, didn`t I just make a point of that already? look and find myself laughing too.

The crowd loves me and I`m more relaxed than I was before.

"Ok so you got the highest score a tribute can get and what were other people`s reaction to that?"Caesar says once everyone is calmed down.

"They were proud of me and happy."I shrugged as if it wasn`t a big deal.

"That`s good to hear, you have a very supportive team."

I nod and my 3 minutes are up."Oh, looks like your time is up."Caesar takes my hand and raises it up."Ladies and gentle man, Katniss Everdeen from District 12!"The crowd claps and I can see Cinna is giving me a thumbs up."Good luck on The Hunger Games Katniss."Caesar gives me a kiss on the cheek and I return it and head over to sit down.

Those were the longest 3 minutes of my life. I hope Gale does well.

I watch as Gale shakes Caesar`s hand and he begins acting charming. I can see some of the girls in the crowd are giving him dreamy looks and pressing their hands to their chests. I think Gale`s real approach was just being dreamy and charming because even I was falling for him.

Gale then talks about his skills with traps and snares, jokes around with the crowd a little and then discusses about his training score.

"So tell me Gale, Is there something going on with you and Katniss?"Asks Caesar and my full attention turns to Gale only.

"I love you!"Screams out a girl from the crowd.

Gale smiles at the girl and winks at her, acting dreamy."There have been so many girls that I`ve met, but the only girl that I find beautiful and I love so much is Katniss…"


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