*giggles* I thought the ending of this chapter was cute c; what do you think? Leave comments in the reviews! :):)

Hope you like it! I'm already thinking about doing a sequel, should I?

I do not own the hunger games!

In a few hours, I wake up the two other girls. Juniper climbs out of the tent, "Why didn't you wake us Gemma? You need sleep, you must be tired."

I'm actually not tired, surprisingly enough. I actually feel like I have a lot of energy. "No I'm not tired at all actually."

She just shrugs and takes a sip of water. "So, what is the plan for today? Should we just hang out around here, go swimming a bit?" Oh shit, the shark! I forgot.

"Um… actually Annabelle we can't go in the water anymore. When I was on watch last night, I saw a shark in the water."

"Oh! Wow. Well we can hang out here today then. The game makers won't be bored yet, two people just died last night. We should be safe for now."

"You're right. I think I'm going to sleep now, there's really nothing else to do. Wake me if anything happens." Then I go curl up in the tent.

What feels like 5 minutes later I'm being shaken awake. "Hey, Gemma, wake up. We want you to see something." I hear Junipers voice and I open my eyes.

"How long have I been out?"

"Um, I'm not sure. A long time. 6 or 7 hours." My jaw drops. "Now come on, I want you to see something."

So I follow her out of the tent, and guess what I see? Mr Ky Green lying in the sand!

"How'd he get here?" I say nodding my head at him.

She's grinning so wide, I can't help but smile. "He left the careers when they were sleeping to come find us. He said he had to tell us something but he wanted to wait till you were up." I look over at Ky lying on the beach asleep.

I walk over to him and kick his arm. He jumps, and opens his eyes weakly. I laugh at his sleepiness. "Rise and shine, Ky!" I tell him happily. What he does next surprises me.

He jumps up incredible fast and hugs me, "Gemma I'm so happy your safe."

I hesitate but hug him back, "You too, Ky. I didn't want you to die by that big bear thing."

He pulls away and smiles at me, I smile back at him. I get this weird feeling in the pit of my stomach, I don't like it. I quickly look away. "What happen to your hand?" He asks me. I completely forgot about it. I looked down at the bandage, the bandages are soaked from the water yesterday.

"Acid." I tell him. I plop down into the sand and slowly peel away the bandages. I hoped it would be a bit better by now, but it's worse.

I look at it and start to gag. It's really red and swollen, and it's bubbling worse than it was. But now there's pus and blood coming from it. "Oh, Gemma…" Ky sits next to me and takes my hand to get a closer look. "It looks infected! Does it hurt?"

"Not really… It's kind of numb now, I lost feeling to it."

He rubs his forehead, "Gemma that's not good!" I shrug.

"Nothing we can do Ky." I get up and walk to the water to rinse it off. Then I wrap it up again.

I walk back over to Ky, who is now sitting by the other girls, and kick him. "Why are you here anyways?"

His face falls. "You don't want me here?"

"No! Go away!" I say this jokingly but he looks like he's going to cry.

"Oh-okay…" He slowly starts to get up but I push him back down.

"Ky! You're stupid! I was joking!" This gets him to smile again. "But seriously, what happen?"

"Well, I came here to warn you guys, and to hopefully join your alliance."

"Sure you can join," I say it without hesitation. Since when do I like Ky so much? "But warn us about what?"

"The Careers. They've been plotting to kill you guys since the bear attack. I couldn't let them get you guys. I had to come help you…"

I bend next to him, "Why though Ky?" He won't look at me. Something's up. "Why would you want to save me?" He just swallows, and is staring at the ocean. "Ky. Please."

"I care about you in a way that I don't think I should during the hunger games, Ok Gemma! But I can't help it." He looks at the sand, embarrassed.

Oh. No. I stand up and stumble backwards a bit. Obviously Juniper and Annabelle get it too because they're staring at me with their mouths gaping open. I open my mouth to speak, but nothing comes out.

Ky gets up and walks along the water's edge. Annabelle and Juniper trail behind him. I'm still too stunned to speak. I don't know what to do. That's why I'm so stunned when I feel someone tap me on the shoulder.

I flip on my heels to see the career pack of now 3 standing next to me, weapons raised.

"What's wrong Gemma?" Carla purrs at me.

I don't even say anything, I just turn and run in the direction they were walking, "KY! ANNABELLE! JUNIPER!" I screech.

I hear Annabelle first, "Gemma? What's wrong?" I finally reach them, but I'm panting too hard to speak.

"The…Ca…reer…s" I breath.

"Shit. They're here, aren't they?" Ky asks. I nod furiously. "Well, looks like there's nothing we can do but fight now, hey?"

These games are going by way to fast. It's day 3 and there are 11 of us left. Annabelle and Juniper agree, raise their weapons and start to walk in the direction I came from. Ky grabs my good wrist, "Come on. We out number them. I won't let you die, I promise." I smile and nod.

We only had to walk a few minutes until we reach them. "Oh, had to go get your little buddies, Gemma?" Carla asks with a smirk.

"Shut up." I growl.

The girl, the one who Ky said was hot, Tricia, motions her head to Ky holding my wrist. "What's going on here, Ky?"

He drops my wrist and rolls his eyes. "Nothing Tricia. I had to help her along, get a grip."

They are all laughing, so Annabelle's arrow catches them off guard. She hits the girl Tricia in the stomach. Carla rushes to Tricia's aid, who is now on the ground. "YOU STUPID BITCH! HELL, THAT HURTS!"

This time Annabelle laughs, but not for long, because she realizes her district partner is charging at her with a trident. She screams, and I try my best to block it with my sword, but I'm not fast enough. It hits Annabelle in the shoulder, and now she can't use her arrow.

"Mike." She says through gritted teeth, "You just made a big mistake. You don't attack your district partner, it's like the one unwritten rule of the hunger games, you idiot!"

This distracts him enough for Ky to attack him from behind, stabbing him repeatedly with his knife. His canon goes off, and the other career girls are up and running and none of us has the energy to go after them.

Annabelle fell to the sand, and Juniper ripped out the arrow. "I can't feel my arm! Gemma! I can't!" She screams.

"You'll be fine, sh… You'll be fine." I try to soothe her as Juniper tries her best to stop the blood. She finally gets it wrapped up.

Ky looks to the sky, "It would help if she had some pain killers you know?" Then, like magic, the little parachute flies down. Ky opens it and it contains one little pill. "Take this Annabelle." He hands it to her.

She sighs of relief almost instantly, falling asleep shortly after. I start to raid the lifeless body of the district 4 boy as it gets dark. "Nothing useful here." I sigh. "Ky, make a fire will you? Juniper come with me to get the tent."

We walk to the tent, grab it, and bring it back in record time. We slowly lift Annabelle into it and cover her with the blanket. "You go sleep, Juniper. Me and Ky will watch tonight." She agrees and climbs in.

I move over and sit next to the fire with Ky. "Hey…" he says.

"Hi." I stay stiffly.

"I meant what I said you know… " And he drops the bomb.

"Ky…" I sigh.

"I know about him, Gemma. It's fine. I just thought I should let you know how I feel before I die."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I'm going to try to get you home. You have a daughter you need to take care of, Gemma. I don't really have anything important to go home to. My family is all dead, and my friends will get over it."

I lean my head on his shoulder awkwardly, "Ky. I'm so sorry."

"I just wish we didn't have to meet here. We could have been great friends back home."

I pull away and stare him in the eyes, "Ky. You're the first friend I've had besides from… you know… in more than a year. Don't say we could have been. We are. And we always will be."

He smiles and inches closer to me. I don't move away. Then he does something that surprises me so much I thought I passed out right there and then. He kissed me. But what's even more surprising, is that I never pulled away. Why didn't I pull away?

*Gasp* But what about Carter? You'll just have to wait and find out! hehehehe :)