Hunger Games Chapter 10

I wake up in a hospital bed. I try to sit up and panic when I can't. There is a thin band of metal that is holding my waist to the bed. I keep struggling when something is injected into my veins. My mind goes black almost instantly.

I wake up a few more times and each time I am knocked out the same way. After what seems like the 500th time, I notice the band is off of my waist and there is nothing plugged into my arms. I sit up and see that all of my scars and bruises from the arena are gone. My ear is also fully healed. I test it out by rustling my hair by it.

I find I am dressed in a hospital nightgown with pink dinosaurs. Just wonderful. I look around and see the tribute outfit lying at the foot of my bed. I get dressed while horrible memories flash though my head. Then I remember Yami. How he almost died from that cut. I go into panic mode and try to find a door. One opens to my left.

I rush through it and quickly walk down a hallway. 'I must get to Yami' I think. I walk down to the end and find myself in a large room where Seto, Tea, Joey and Ishizu are sitting. As soon as I come in, I am engulfed in hugs. Seto holds me close and kisses my forehead. Tea and Ishizu exclaim over my body. Joey is smiling like an idiot and ruffles my hair. By 10 minutes, Tea and Ishizu are crying in happiness and Joey and Seto are looking awkward. "Guys just don't understand women' I think giggling.

It is not until Seto starts to prepare me for the interview tonight that I remember Yami. I quickly turn around to face Seto and say, "Seto. Is Yami still alive?" Seto looks at me for a moment. "Yes. Yami is still alive. They were able to save him," Seto says. I sigh in relief and let Seto finish making me look pretty.

The time for the interview finally arrives and I cannot wait to see Yami. I sway back and forth on the balls of my feet as the platform rises taking me to the stage. I blink in the brightness of the lights and then I see him. Yami. Appearing on the other side of the stage.

I run to him and wrap my arms around his neck. He stumbles a bit and I hold him tighter to keep him from falling. He finally regains his balance and I kiss him full on the mouth. In no time he is kissing back and I smile, happy as can be. We stay lip locked for a while before Zigfried breaks us apart.

I grab Yami's hand and drag him over to the love seat. Albee sits on the other side of me. I must look surprised she is there because she has a strange look on her face. With all of that Yami confusion I forgot all about her. I pull her into a hug as we sit down. She hugs me back and then we are settling in to watch the replay.

The first part is of us in the Opening Ceremonies. Yami and I look as stunning as ever. Albee looks pretty good herself. Next it is on to the interviews. Albee talks about her dogs she has in District 8 and how she loves them more than anything. A lot of people in the Capitol could relate to that. Then I come up and talk about who knows what. Yami is there. And he still is true to his word. Once we make it to the games it is a daring adventure for us 3 to stay alive. If I wasn't in it I might have enjoyed it. It turns out most of the other tributes were killed by a pack of saber tooth tigers set loose though the arena. It was gruesome. They show the final showdown in whole. The Gamemakers leave nothing out.

The president comes to give us each a crown for winning. But when he gets to me his eyes show nothing but hatred. What did I do? Then I remember. When I was bored and in the cave, I talked long and hard about the Capitol and how the Districts should no longer be under their control. The Districts would have heard and maybe went along with me. No wonder the president hates me.

Zigfried then lets us leave. I cling to Yami's arm. We still will sleep on our District levels. Albee gets off at 8 and Yami and I ride the elevator up to floor 12. The train will take us back tomorrow morning.

Once I get into the room I strip off my clothes, not caring that Yami is standing right there and find a decent nightgown to wear. Then I plop into bed without a second glance at Yami. I can barely keep my eyes open but I feel Yami slide into bed next to me. He pulls me close and I snuggle into his chest. Then I fall asleep in his arms.

Mai Valentine wakes me up. I open my eyes and see her walk into the room. She looks at me then Yami and leaves the room. What was that about? Whatever. I get dressed and proceed to wake Yami up. "Yami! Get up! We are leaving now!" I yell in his ear. He sleepily opens one eye and mumbles something I can't make out. So I fill a bucket with cold water and proceed to pour it on him. That sure wakes him up. I throw some clothes at him and he gets dressed. Then I crawl over him and lean towards him as if I was going to kiss him but right before our lips meet I jump off the bed and run out the door. "What the f**k was that?" Yami yells at me. I just giggle and run down the hall to where we will board the train.

I get to the train station where Albee and the prep teams are waiting for us. I run up to Albee and sweep her into a hug. She smiles and then goes to talk and say her goodbyes to her prep team. I walked over to my prep team and gave them all hugs. I hugged Seto the longest. But I would see them on the victory tour though. I couldn't wait.

Finally Yami walks out to the platform. I walk over and hug him. I let him go and take his hand as he walks over to Alexis and the rest of his prep team. They all give him long hugs.

Then the camera crews are allowed on the platform as we board the train. I hide my face because I hate getting my picture taken. Yami drags me into the train car at the end of the train and sits me down. I look at him with a confused look on my face.

"What is it Yami?" I ask him with confusion clear in my voice. "Do you have any regrets about anything that happened during the Games?" Yami asks. "What do you mean?" I ask still very confused. "I mean, do you have any regrets of kissing me? Or was this all a show? Do you really like me?" Yami asks quickly. My eyes widen and I leap onto Yami's lap. Yami looks surprised. "None of that was an act. I really do like you," I say with a smirk. "Maybe this will convince you." Then I lean forward and kiss him. He kisses me back and I start playing with his hair. It was always so soft. We break apart when we need air. "That definitely convinced me," Yami says in a whisper. I smile and kiss him again.

The end of book 1! In your review please tell me what you think the title of the next book should be…Thank you! The best title will win!

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