Chapter 10 The night before
She tends to my wounds, first the burns and stings. Then she unwrap the bandage of my left leg. It's worse, blood poisoning. I know that, and I see it at Katniss face. She doesn't know what to do. I love her, and I don't want to leave her now when we're together, but I need medicine before the poisoning make it to my heart or some other important organ. "Well, there's more swelling, but the pus is gone" she says, very unsure. "I know what blood poisoning is, Katniss" I sigh "Even if my mother isn't a healer". I know that she know that I will die without the medicine, but she didn't want to tell me the truth. The wound hurts, and my fever make my head to feel like a heavy bag of flour. I miss home, more than ever. But if I were here, I wouldn't be with Katniss. And I want to be with her more than nothing else. More than anything. But I won't survive that long that we will be able to win this together. "You're just going to outlast the others, Peeta. They will cure it back at the capital when we win" she says to comfort me. I love her so much. And I can't just give up. "Yes, that's a good plan" I say to her. I say it more to comfort her, and for her benefit than that I believe in it. I can't outlast Cato, and not Tresh and not even the girl from five. Not like this. "You have to eat. Keep your strength up. I'm going to make you a soup." She says, and she smiles at me a little. "Don't light a fire" I tell her. The perils is larger with all the smoke, someone could find us. "We'll see" she just says and walks out off the cave.
When she comes back to me in the cave, I've stretched out at the sleeping bag. When she arrives, I bright up a bit, but I don't feel good at all. She is beautiful. Her grey eyes twinkle in the dusky cave. "Do you want something?" she asks me. "No" I say, "Thank you. Wait, yes. Tell me a story"
In the afternoon, she told me a story about the day she gave the goat to her sister. We hear Claudius Templesmith voice rave over the arena. He invites us to a feast. If I know Katniss right, she will go. She will go to the feast, where Cato, Clove and Tresh wait for her. I don't want her to risk her life for me. "No" I say and grip her shoulder "You're not going to risk your life for me" I tell her. I will die if she won't go, but if she goes, she might die as well. And I want her to win this horrible game. "Who said I was?" she replies. Yeah, she won't go? I also believe that earth is round. She will go, but I won't let her.
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