A/N: This is kind of just a filler chapter for later happenings. I really hope you like reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it for you and I promise that I'm not randomly throwing things in here. They all have a purpose! :)

Disclaimer: Nope. I don't own The Hunger Games trilogy.

KATNISS POV

I hear the person before I see them. Nudging Clove, I gesture and motion for her to sneak into the shadows as it will be bad if someone sees us together. I sit alone on the roof edge, noticing the cold as my body acclimatises to the loss of Clove's body heat, hoping that the District 2 girl will stay close to me.

"Hello?" I call out and the person turns to me, looking surprised.

"Katniss?" The person calls out and I realise the voice belongs to Glimmer.

"Glimmer? What are you doing on the roof?" I ask, surprised, "Shouldn't you be resting? You have to wow the game makers tomorrow" I wonder, making conversation.

"Looking for you, actually" She smiles and my guard instantly goes up, my gaze suspicious.

"Why?" I ask, perhaps slightly roughly but what was I supposed to think? She was a career. She laughed as she came and sat near me; sitting perfectly straight with her hands in her lap and making me feel inadequate with my slumping shoulders and bent back.

"You and your district partner are very suspicious of Career motives" She says airily and I realise she went to see Peeta.

"What did he do? Did he hurt you?" I ask quickly, knowing he hates the Careers more than me and I hate how much I care about this person… because that's all I can see her as; a person.

"Oh, nothing I can't handle" She laughs and we settle comfortably, somehow, into a friendly silence.

"Glimmer, why did you come find me?" I ask softly, wondering if this is a plot. I think she realises this because her brows furrow and she bites her lip.

"I guess I just wanted to talk to somebody who cared before I'm thrown into an arena and expected to kill fellow teenagers" She admits softly and smiles sadly at me as we both think of what will be expected of us in the next few weeks.

"Will you hear my story?" She asks, hope on her face, and I find myself nodding. I recognise that this could be the last time anyone hears her story, that she wants someone to know who she is. She thinks she will die, I think to myself, and suddenly it's as if everything becomes clear to me. These tributes that the Capitol forces to fight every year…They are all as scared as I am right now; they all don't want to die, they are all forced to either kill or be killed. I've always thought that the Careers are eager for the games, that they are all cruel and merciless, that the only ones who are scared to die are the weaker Districts, like 12. I understand now that I am wrong. That we, who aren't allowed to finish living, are expected to become monsters; when all we want to do is live and let others hear our story. That all of us, every one of us, are frightened out of our minds. In that moment, I hate the Capitol, I hate President Snow and I hate these stupid Games.

"I was born to a noble family in District 1. My Dad is a Games winner and my Mum was in charge of the local bracelet making facility. I've been training since I was little and I guess I was a bit of a spoilt brat, to be honest. I had the opportunity to refuse food and I suppose you must hate me, having more than enough to eat that I could do that. It seems stupid but I never really thought I fit in there. You know how it is; I had to be the perfect daughter, the perfect friend, the one with the highest marks at The Academy." She pauses and frowns, rubbing her wrist and looking at me. "Sorry… I guess you don't know how it is, right?" I shrug and confirm that I don't know how that is and I'm amazed that she feels guilty.

"Maybe I should stop… I don't… I feel like I'm just whining. I know you've probably had a hard life In 12. They tell us at The Academy how the rest of Panem lives…" She trails off and stands up abruptly, holding out her hand for me to shake.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have come here. Whatever happens in the arena, I hope you remember that I'm human and that I'm being forced to do whatever I do. Please don't think I'm a monster because I'm not. None of the Careers are. We're just… trained to be cruel" She winces and I shake her hand.

"It's okay, Glimmer. Whether you kill me or not… I forgive you." I say, looking into her eyes when I say this. She looks as if she'll start crying and I add, "Although I hope you don't have to kill anyone" and a tear falls down her cheek.

"Me too, Katniss" She whispers and flings a wave over her shoulder as she walks off and leaves me slumped against the wall. I can only imagine what Clove is thinking about all of this and I lean into her gratefully as she melts out of the shadows and returns to her former position, holding me close.

"That was…odd" She says, a confused look on her face as I just sigh unhappily. Clove waits for me to get my thoughts into order and just holds me close.

"I hate them" I whisper, knowing that it's getting very late and I should head back to the District 12 room for dinner.

"Who?" Clove asks.

"The Capitol, President Snow, The government. I hate their guts." I spit angrily before sighing again and kissing Clove hard. She moans into my mouth and our tongues wrestle for a moment before I pull away.

"We have to go. Big day tomorrow" I smile sadly and she kisses me once more before standing up and holding out her hand to me.

"You go first, Glimmer might still be around" Clove says and she watches me walk away. I wave at her until the lift doors close and then lean back as I go down the one floor to the District 12 apartment.

"Where have you been!?" Effie asks me worriedly as I walk through the door.

"The roof. The District 1 girl dropped by while I was thinking" I say, shrugging as I grab some food from the table, not realising that I am starving until my first mouthful.

"Yes, well. Hurry up and straight to bed with you!" Effie fusses about as I eat before she sends me off to my bedroom. I am too happy to care as I drift off to sleep…

Clovniss make out scene, don't you love it? ;) What did you think of Glimmer?
~Perita-BrightEyes~