HEY GUYS CHECK MY PROFILE FOR THE POLL ABOUT THE COUPLE YOU SHIP SO FAR :) ALSO IF I HAVE TYPOS OR MIX UP A WORD WITH ANOTHER IS MY FAULT BECAUSE MY BRAIN WORKS WERID XD
-iLovePitaBread
I wake up and do the same routine.
I get to the training center alone and directly go to the edible plants station. I use almost the whole day so I make sure that I know which ones are safe and which ones are not.
When I'm sure, I considered either to go to the monkey bars or not because of the day of the reaping. My hand started to feel better this days so I finally decide to go. I get in line and I wait to be my turn. When it's my turn I hang from the bars and struggle a little with my right hand. If I fall right now I would just be in pain for a few days, it's just a 10 feet fall. When I almost reach the middle I fall to the ground in my back and gasp in pain.
I hear laughter from the Careers and they're besides me.
"Poor District 3 can't pass the monkey bars," the girl from 2 says to me in laughter.
"Whatever," I start to breath heavily. I get in a sitting position and just glare at them.
"Poor little girl, I bet your training score is going to be your District number." the girl from 1 tells me while smirking. She has medium brown hair and emerald green eyes.
"I can say the same to you, looks won't just save you from a knife in your back." I smirk at her. I've seen her just standing there and not doing any training.
"You're going to be my first victim." she hisses at me.
"Oh joy, your face is going to be the last thing I will see," I stand up and walk away painfully. But when I pass the girl from 1 she trips me backwards.
I gasp again but this time is for air, the fall felt like it took out all my air.
The Careers laugh like hyenas and walk away like nothing just happened.
"Fun," I say while waiting for my breathing to come back to normal.
"Hey little Kat," Phoenix comes to my direction and kneels besides me.
"Hey Phoenix, where were you when I need it you?" I could really use some help while I was struggling with my back.
"I was coming to you when Emerald tripped you," Pearl must be the girl from 1. Ridiculous names are only found in District 1.
"Thanks, you can make up by helping me stand up." I extend my arms to Phoenix.
"Okay," he smiles at me and take my hands and helps me get up carefully. "We should take you to the clinic for some ice."
I nod and start walking to the clinic in pain.
"You're not walking in that condition," Phoenix shakes his head and picks me up.
"I can walk, I do have legs." I roll my eyes to him.
"John was right, you are stubborn," he kisses me cheek and smiles.
"John? So that's why you were busy?" smile at him. I can't help to smile when he kisses me.
Phoenix starts walking to the clinic and explains at the same time. "Yup, such a nice guy. He told me to stop talking to you or he would kill me in the games. His a charmer isn't he?"
"That doesn't sound like him," I frown. So that's maybe why he was so calm when I told him about Phoenix.
"It sounds like jealousy to me," we reach the clinic and he lets me down in a chair. Phoenix walks to the freezer and gets some ice for me. "Which means you guys had something going on before, am I right?" he asks the question maybe a little too sharp.
I grab the ice from his hands and put it in my back. "No,"
"Then why would he be jealous?" he takes a chair and moves it in front of me then he seats in it.
"Well, he thought I felt the same way about him, and that's all." I shrug.
"But you care about him?" he arches an eyebrow to me. This feels like interrogation.
"Geez, you're jealous also," I smirk at him. "You don't have to." I lean to his face.
"Why shouldn't I?" he keeps a smirk in his face like me.
"Because I care a lot about you," I whisper to him.
"How much?" he leans closer so our lips brush each others.
"I care about you so much that I'm starting to like The Hunger Games, only because you're in them." I tell him the truth. This is just going to make it more harder for me to go in the arena with him.
"That's a lot," he chuckles. He kisses me slowly, his lips are warm and soft when they kiss me. They just make me smile and forget about the pain in my back, he could even use them as a weapon against me. Phoenix grabs my face and kisses me more deeply and I don't let him stop.
I drop the bag of ice and wrap my hand behind his neck.
Phoenix grabs my hands and gently gets me to stand up with him. He stops kissing me and gives me a sad smile. "You're making this so hard for me," he tucks a hair strand behind my ear.
"You're doing the same to me." I give him the same smile.
"Let's go, you need to go back to your place." he grabs my hand and we walk to the elevators. He kisses me good bye and I go to my floor.
When I reach the living room, I see John and Jack talking again. They look at me with the look that says 'What happened to you?'.
"You," I point to John. "Out. It's my turn to talk Jack."
John rolls his eyes to me and leaves the room.
"We need to work in my strategy, you already know I'm playing alone." I seat down in front of him slowly.
"Yeah, but what happened to your back?" he points to my back.
"I fell from the monkey bars," I don't want to mention the Career incident.
"Oh, well back to your plan. Yes I remember and have you used the knives yet?"
"No," I lie about that too.
"Good, use them for the training scores." he nods at me.
"Okay," I nod back.
And all that night we talked about my strategy for the arena and how to survive to some stuff.
