Caesar Flickerman's voice: "I am excited for the games this year, so many potential tributes, so many opportunities for a big finally. But as we know Claudius we can't always rely on the top tributes."

Claudius Templesmith's voice: "That's right!"

Caesar: "We have seen tributes score a ten and look as if they would be our victor but when they entered the game, they choked. Choking can be instigated by the smallest thing.

Claudius: "Absolutely. You wake up in the morning, and something just isn't right."

Caesar: "Or maybe a little superstition you have goes wrong. And a seed of self-doubt is planted. Then everywhere you look, that feeling of doubt seems to be looking right back at you."

Lily woke with a frown, something not feeling right. She stretched out her hand expecting to find a warm body next to her but all she felt was cold sheets on the empty side next to her. Lily sat up and stared around the room, there was no sign of Cato or his clothes. Getting up her legs felt stiff and a little sore as she padded her way across the cool tiles, she checked the bathroom still no sign of him. 'Maybe he left early before someone found him,' Lily thought. Lily stripped her clothes off and hoped in a steaming hot shower trying to relax her worked muscles.

They had made love two times that night. The first time it had been very slow, very sensuous and just full of emotion. She had been a little scared at first, but Cato had been so tender and caring that soon after the first painful moments, she really had started to enjoy it. The second time had been very heated and fast-paced; and definitely of a shorter duration. Lily smiled as she thought about it. She had never expected to feel this close to another person. But right now she felt as if she had bonded so much with Cato; she really felt as if she belonged to him now.

Lily sat eating her lunch breakfast absentmindedly, she couldn't stop thinking about last night, and wondering if Cato was thinking about it.

"You're up early," Finnick said as he entered the kitchen pouring himself a coffee.

"Couldn't sleep any longer," Lily shrugged. "I might go for a wander before I have to meet with Jed," Lily couldn't sit around wondering anymore she had to find Cato. Lily was up and out the door before Finnick could reply.

Finding Cato was much harder than Lily expected, she checked district 2's floor first, after almost getting caught by Brutus she decided he might be in the training centre. Lily could only think of one more place he could be after having no luck in the training centre. Lily felt the familiar sensation of butterflies in her stomach as the elevator shot up to the roof. Lily spotted Cato's blonde head in the garden overlooking the edge.

Cato turned around as she approached, his expression was hard and his eyes were icy blue. His mask was back up, the one he wore when they were around other people. Lily stood next to him, looking up at him waiting for him to tell her what happened this morning, why he had left without saying anything. Lily was shocked when Cato just turned away from here and headed for the elevator.

"So you're not even going to talk to me anymore?" She cursed her own voice for sounding so hurt. They were completely alone and somehow Lily had hoped deep inside that his behaviour would change once they were on their own. But still he didn't even really look at her. He pushed his hands into the pockets of his trousers now; his body looked tense.

She inclined her head, watching him. "Are you alright?"

"Sure, why wouldn't I be?" he said coldly. He hadn't used that arrogant tone when speaking to her for a long time. And for a moment she just stood there, utterly confused.

"Cato, could you tell me what's going on? First last night and then I wake up alone and now you're avoiding me?"

Cato sighed and gazed out past Lily to the Capitol buildings. It was silent for a moment; then he began to speak. "I don't think we should keep seeing each other or whatever this is we are doing."

Lily needed a moment to process his words. So he really was breaking up with her? "Why?"

He just shook his head, still not meeting her eyes. "I just don't think it is a good idea anymore."

"Not a good idea?" She repeated his words. Of course the two of them together had never been a good idea, but until now he had never really seemed to care too much about it. Could it really be the fact that she had given herself up to him too quickly? Or was it something else?

She noticed how he inhaled a breath. Finally he looked into her eyes and Lily was taken back. Suddenly she was remembered of something different... Or someone. She felt as if she was staring into the eyes of a district 2 solider again, cold and grey... Somehow empty.

"I don't want to see you anymore. You're making everything more difficult for me than it already is. I need to concentrate on what lies ahead of me right now. I can't really bother."

It was like a slap in the face for Lily as those words flowed out of his mouth. He couldn't bother with her? Could he sound any more indifferent?

She couldn't stand looking into those eyes and her gaze fell on the floor. His cold words had hurt her. She had always thought that his feelings for her were real and that the two of them shared something special. But if that had been the case, he wouldn't talk like that. He wouldn't leave her like that.

"And you couldn't think of this before you slept with me, could you?" Lily hissed at him, anger flaring up inside her once more. This one night had meant incredibly much to her; she never would have done it, had she not thought that they would stay together for as long as they could. And now he was ruining everything. Her insides were shattering into pieces.

He shrugged now. He shrugged! Her breathing sped up.. How could he? The way he acted tore a hole into her heart.

"I thought.. It meant something.." Lily said, struggling to keep her voice even. "I thought we.. I thought it was..." She couldn't bring the one word out of her mouth.

He looked at the floor now, shaking his head. "I guess you were wrong..."

How could he do this to her? Lily's throat felt so painfully constricted that she knew, she couldn't bring out a word anymore. She backed away from him now and fled through the door.

A/N: here is the next chapter :) So next chapter the games begin! Please review and tell me what you think.

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