Hey! Thanks to all the people who reviewed, sorry I didn't write the names, but I'm way too tired… I'm sorry I didn't update last week, I completely forgot to say that I was going to Miami for a few days last week, and I wouldn't have my laptop. But, to compensate, this chapter is pretty long. I hope you like it!

Interviews:

I have a headache the next morning. I think it was from the lack of sleeping. I stayed up late and the little time I actually slept was filled with nightmares. All of them had to do with fire. Burning faces of people I loved, people dying, myself consumed by fire. I shiver just to think about fire. I go to breakfast and I see Blight and Xarxes there, but Johanna is probably still asleep.

''Nike'' Xarxes says when he sees me ''I heard you got a 10, nice job''

Is he trying to be nice? That's weird… ''Yeah, thanks'' I say sitting down and filling my plate with food.

''What are you doing up?'' Blight says ''You can sleep in, you know? You probably need to rest after spending all night up with Johanna'' he says and winks.

I didn't do anything like that with Johanna, but I can still feel myself blushing pretty hard. ''You what?!'' Xarxes asks me standing up and looking angry. I can't help but smile a little mockingly remembering his super crush on Johanna.

''Relax, Xarxes. We were just talking'' I say and he seems to relax a little.

We were really just talking. After I told her about my newly found fear of fire she was pretty shocked. I understand her; it is a little amazing for me too, to suddenly be so afraid of something as simple as fire. It's weird; all my life I had never had an actual fear. Of course, I was afraid every once in a while, but if you asked me what was I scared of I could have never given you a proper answer. Now I can and I don't like it. Anyway, I told her about everything I saw, Kyle, my dad's train exploding and that flashback of my old house burning down while my mom was still in it. We ended up talking all night, just like we did back in the district. It was nice.

''Good, keep practicing those excuses about Johanna, Nike'' Blight says smiling and getting me out of my trance ''Today is the interview, you have to be ready to deny whatever Caesar asks you about that subject''

I groan. Every single time I'm on an interview with Caesar he asks me about my relationship status with Johanna and every time I say the same thing. I wonder why doesn't he just ask Johanna about it and leaves me alone. My theory is that he's a little afraid of her. I can't say I blame him, I'm luckily not afraid of her but she can be pretty scary.

Blight chuckles ''Don't worry, kid'' he says ''You don't have to do anything until the night, consider it a free day to think about ways of avoiding Caesar awkward questions.''

I laugh ''Okay, Blight'' I say ''And stop calling me kid, I'm almost 22 years old''

''You're still like 20 years younger than me, kid'' he says ''Get used to it''

The day goes by fairly quickly. I spent most of my time with Johanna, talking, joking around, doing impressions of people, laughing at the ways I'll have to tell Caesar that we're not dating and she telling me to act as in love as I could while on the stage (no problem with that). These interviews are seriously going to be hilarious.

Now I'm with Perc getting ready for the interview. Over the years Perc really changed his style with me, before he used to dress me up very informal, but now he's much more serious about my look and you can clearly see it. I'm wearing a suit, all black, black shoes, pants, jacket and shirt, except for the tie which has diagonal stripes with different shades of grey. I look very classy actually and I like it. Perc then shuffles my hair to add an informal look to the outfit. I think Perc realized long ago that it is not worth it to fight with my hair.

I still have to wait for what seems like an eternity for Johanna to come so that we can go together to the interviews. ''Girls take forever to get ready!'' I complain to Blight and he just laughs, though when she's finally here the wait becomes completely worth it. She looks gorgeous. She's wearing a bright red dress with the top cut low and on one side there's an opening that lets one of her legs show. Her hair is carefully braided with a couple loose strands of hair falling elegantly by the sides of her face. She's wearing slight makeup on her face and the only way I'm able to tell is because of the very obvious tone of her lipstick, which is cherry red.

Johanna has to say my name about 4 times before I notice she's trying to talk to me. ''Huh?...Um, sorry, I mean… what?'' I say trying to sound casual and smiling nervously.

She laughs ''I left little Nikey speechless!'' she says happily and pinching one of my cheeks.

''You always leave me speechless…'' I mutter under my breath.

''What did you say?''

''Nothing, nothing, just that, you are beautiful'' I say smiling and then I notice what I said and quickly add ''Tonight. You look beautiful tonight''

She's smiling widely and she places a hand on my chest, which makes me catch my breath ''Thank you, Nikey'' she says and she sounds so innocent. Like when I first met her and she was just a little girl. It's sweet.

I smile, blushing a little bit and I hold my arm out for her. She takes it, which probably makes me blush even more, and we head to the place where the interviews take place. There are cameras everywhere, the crowd is huge, way bigger than during my games and most of the old victors are sitting in their respective chairs and talking among each other rather loudly. I sit besides the female from district 8 and Johanna on the other side. Johanna lets go of my arm, I'm pretty sure I failed at hiding my disappointment.

The interviews start. A waiter passes champagne and wine during the interviews. They shouldn't do that, I'll be drunk by the time it's my turn. Cashmere and Gloss are interesting, and I guess I would've said the same about Brutus and Enobaria if I weren't terrified of them. Wiress and Beetee are… weird, I can't understand much of what Wiress says and Beetee always stops talking mid sentence. I laugh during Finnick's interview. He read a poem to his one true love, I don't laugh because of that, of course, I laugh because all the Capitol women think it's them when it is obviously Annie. During the rest of the interviews I focus on my drinking, although I do admit, I loved having a reason to stare at Johanna during her interviews.

Johanna sits beside me again and they call my name. I'm about to stand and Johanna stops me, she fixes my tie and says quietly so I'm the only one who hears her ''Remember'' she says ''You're crazily in love with me'' then she kisses my cheek and I stand up. I smile, not blushing (surprisingly). Wow, three kisses in three days, I think as I walk up the stage and the crowd cheers loudly. Caesar shakes my hand enthusiastically and we sit down waiting for the crowd to calm down. I guess I shouldn't be proud that it takes them so long to do so, but I am.

''Nike'' Caesar starts all serious ''Should I get you something to clean the lipstick off of your cheek?''

I laugh along with the crowd. I probably have the reddest lip mark ever on my cheek. ''It's okay, Caesar'' I say ''I like it, it reminds me of what lips were there'' I say and then I wink at Johanna. Johanna's reaction is perfect. She smiles like she's embarrassed and she looks up at me smiling. The crowd cheers and Caesar laughs smiling.

''Very nice, Nike, very nice'' he says ''Now lets' talk about your opening ceremonies. I want to know, what exactly was going on through your mind? Who's idea was it to throw the branches at the crowd?''

''It was my idea actually'' I say ''No offense to Perc, but that suit wasn't really his best work so Johanna and I decided to do something fun and ridiculous, instead of just standing there''

''You seemed to be having a wonderful time''

''I was having a wonderful time!'' I say ''You have no idea how fun it is to throw something as mundane as branches to a crowd, most of all when they're dying to catch them. I swear, if I had branches here and you and I threw them at the crowd, you would have a blast''

''Still, I bet if you wanted to throw branches with someone,'' he starts to say ''you would most definitely prefer to do it with your district partner while holding hands''

''That's not a fair comparison, Caesar'' I say smiling ''I will always prefer holding hands with a beautiful girl''

That causes the crowd to cheer again. ''Now, Nike'' he says ''What's up with you two? Are you guys an item? Are you dating?''

''No, Caesar'' I say shaking my head ''We're not dating, nor we have feelings for each other. You ask me all the time, seriously it's getting annoying''

''Well, I was the first person to have the theory of you and Johanna as a couple'' he says ''I also want to be the first to get a straight answer from you, if, or better, when you start dating''

''That's actually not true'' I say ''You weren't the first''

''Seriously?'' he says looking hurt ''then who was it?''

''My dad'' I say smiling sadly at the memory ''About 12 years ago''

''Then tell us! What did your father said?''

''Okay. About a month after I met Johanna,'' I start to say ''I had my tenth birthday. I wasn't rich and honestly I didn't have many friends either, so for that birthday I only invited Jo to my house, to do you know kids stuff, playing tag, running around and stuff like that. My dad was actually pretty cool while she was there, he didn't ask awkward questions or anything. After Jo left, I remember he came to my room to say good night and he told me Johanna was very pretty. I agreed with him, because I've always considered Jo beautiful, and then he asked me if she was my girlfriend or whether I liked her. I was so embarrassed! Then before leaving he said exactly this 'You may not see it yet, but you'll like her as much more as a friend once you're older'''

I smile. Dad was right. He always was. I miss him so much it literally hurts. I'm pretty sure Caesar can see the discomfort and the sadness in my eyes because he breaks the awkward silence that forms ''So he was a wise man then!'' he says and I smile sadly ''But, changing the subject. This is a serious question, what do you think about this turn of events? The quell, and going back to the arena, what's your opinion on all that?''

I press my finger to my chin, thinking about how to answer this question. ''I… I don't like this'' I finally settle for a simple straight answer.

''How so?''

''I mean,'' I explain ''That I don't like this. We're going to die there, you know? And you know, if I die, then really that's no big deal'' The crowd starts to complain and shout encouraging things to me and I wave my hand dismissively ''Seriously, it's not! Aside for Jo, I have no family. Nobody would really miss me, but here in the crowd of victors, there are so many people who would be missed, who the world would just be incomplete without them. So many people who'll probably lose their lives, when they already proved they deserve to live''

There's silence after that and it is not broken until the buzzer sounds, signaling my turn is over. I walk back to my seat and I sit by Johanna. She doesn't say anything to me and we watch the rest of the interviews. None of them are really interesting except when Katniss makes her way up the stage. I gasp along with the other people. She looks amazing; she's wearing her wedding dress. That has to be the cruelest thing the Capitol has ever done.

''She looks gorgeous!'' Johanna says beside me ''Look at the details in the… Sorry, you probably don't care'' she says stopping herself.

''No, no'' I say ''Keep talking, she does look gorgeous, with the elaborated details in her v-neck and the flowery patterns on her waistband''

''You do listen to me when I talk about fashion…'' she says looking surprised.

''Of course I listen'' I say ''I may not always understand, but I always listen''

''That was so sweet, I'm not even going to point out how cheesy it was'' she says and then she takes my hand. I feel an electric shock spreading through my fingers and I love it.

Katniss stands up because of something she or Caesar said, I don't know I wasn't listening. And she spins. I gasp again, because her dress burns until she's completely different. She's a Mockingjay. ''That was… awesome'' I say and Johanna nods. Katniss's interview ends and it's Peeta's turn.

Peeta is great at this. He makes a good team with Caesar and he's very funny and charming. When he's asked about all of his feelings with the quell and his wedding he tells us about the shocking revelation that Katniss and him are already married. Well, I did not see that coming. He moves the crowd, makes them feel his sadness and making them hate this quell almost as much as we do. Then he drops another bomb, Katniss is pregnant. I almost laugh. Peeta is a genius.

The crowd is mad. They're yelling and cursing at everything and Caesar can't get the control back, not even after Peeta's interview is over. Peeta and Katniss link hands, Peeta is crying. Everything is just hard to understand, it's too much, too fast. I'm the first victor to stand up. A lot of others quickly follow. I hold Johanna's hand when she stands and I squeeze it as tightly as I can. We all start to link hands. A sign of rebellion. A sign that we don't approve of this.

I lost my hold of the female from 8 once the peacekeepers start dragging us to our quarters, but I hold onto Johanna as hard as I can, afraid of what might happen if I let go. We are back in our quarters in no time. I walk her to her room, still hand in hand. When we're there I stop by the door to look at her.

''So, good night?'' I say, not sure of what to say.

''No'' she says looking at me in the eye ''Please, don't. Can you… can you just be with me tonight?''

''With you?'' I say taking her hand again and kissing it lightly, which makes my lips burn in an awesome way ''Always''

I hope you liked it! I'm sooooo tired right now, I think I may die… It's like 2am here, where I live. I hope that doesn't affect the writing. Please review :D.