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Effie POV:

Tears roll down my cheeks and I try to quickly brush them away, but it doesn't do any good. I walk into my kitchen and look at how clean it is. Right now I'm thankful that Hazelle isn't here and that I'm alone. No one can see me break down, no one ever has and I'm not about to let anyone now. My eyes land on the flowers that are sitting on my kitchen table, the flowers that Haymitch gave to me. Walking over to them I take a deep breath and pick them up. My eyes take them in and I walk over to the garbage can. With shaky hand I take the flowers out of the vase and throw them away. Taking a deep breath I walk over to the sink and put the empty vase in it, leaving the water in it. Closing my eyes for a minute I try to pull myself together, but its pointless. Haymitch gave into the temptation of white liquor, he had the bottle in his hand and a full bag of it at his feet. My fingers run through my hair and I try to think of what I should do next. If I go back to the Capitol I could get a job and just live there, away from Haymitch...is that what I really want? He messed up once, but maybe he won't again. Shaking my head I walk into the sitting room and sit down on the couch. What should I do now? Can I really trust him? Maybe...

"Effie, are you okay?" I almost jump at her voice and I look up at into her gray eyes. She walks farther into the room and I shake my head a little. Why did she have to come here right now? My eyes stay on the floor as I try to think of a way to get away from her, but I can't think of one. "Do you want to talk about it?"

"Katniss, I really don't feel like talking right now and I'm fine. Just forget that you ever saw me like this, okay?" My voice cracks and she sits down next to me. The tears continue to fall, even as I try my best to try and stop them. I have finally lost control of the always happy charade. Now I'm broken. "You should really go be with Peeta and the baby. I'm sure that you'd rather be with them then me."

She starts to shake her head and I look up at her in shock. "No, why don't you tell me what's going on. What happened with Haymitch?"

"What makes you think that this has something to do with him? Can't it be something else? Does my world revolve around him now?" I feel defensive and the tears stop falling. Katniss stares at me and says nothing. "I'm just thinking about what I want and what I need, which obviously has nothing to do with Haymitch. After all how hard is it to stay away from those stupid bottles after you promise someone that you will? After that person left their home and came to stupid District Twelve for you?"

I look over at her and wish that I could take the words back. Did I come here for him? That's something that I never really thought about, until now that is. Shaking my head I look down at my long pink finger nails and I wish that some how I could go back to being the old Effie, but I know that I can't. Being with Haymitch has changed me and I don't want to give up what I have with him, why should I? So what, he messed up once and I trust him. Maybe he won't do it again and we can be together. Just a few hours ago he told me that we can have a future together and that made my heart melt. Children and marriage are the two things that I asked for. He promised them both to me.

"Haymitch...drank?" Katniss's voice snaps me back into reality and I stare at her, not really understanding. She's staring at me with a confused expression and I just shake my head a little. "But you just said that he had those stupid bottles. Effie tell me what's going on."

I shake my head a little and look up into her eyes. "Nothing is, it was a misunderstanding. I think that I might make a small trip to the Capitol though. Maybe I need a little time away from District Twelve and I can think everything through. Haymitch had a bag of-"

"Did he drink it?" Her voice is hard and I just shrug. Can I really tell her that he didn't? I saw him pouring it out, but I don't know if he drank anything before I walked in. She can get the truth out of him if she wants to. "You don't know? What was he doing when you saw him?"

"He was pouring it down the drain, but I don't know if he drank any of it. Right now I'm just...confused," my voice is hallow and I shake my head again. My eyes hurt from crying and I just want to go upstairs and lay down in my bed. I want to forget that any of this ever happened and I want to erase it all, just go back to how good things were going. Can't I just forget about it and let the happiness come back in? "Katniss...I want to go upstairs and lay down for a little while. I'll talk to you later, okay?"

She just nods her head and I stand up to walk up the stairs. I don't look back as I walk up the stairs and into my room. My head hits the pillows and a few tears escape from my eyes. Tomorrow everything will be better and I'll talk to Haymitch. Everything will be set right, but right now I need to sleep.

Haymitch POV:

My geese are running around as I pour the white liquor into their water. They all seem to like it...who knew? Shaking my head I walk back into my house and I try to think of a way to get Effie to talk to me again, but I can't just go over there. Effie wouldn't just let me walk into her house after all of that. Maybe I should go out and buy her some flowers or something. Shaking my head I sit down in one of the chairs and try to think of a way out of this mess. The front door opens and slams shut. Their voices flow down to me and I shake my head. Katniss and Peeta obviously heard about what happened, which means that now I'm going to hear it from them. Great! Not like seeing Effie cry was bad enough, now I get to get a lecture from Katniss about the whole thing. I didn't even drink! Why is everyone acting like its the end of the world? Effie I can understand, but Katniss and Peeta? Really?

Their voices are getting closer and I shake my head a little. Peeta's voice is soft as he says, "Katniss, why don't we ask him about it first? Effie said that she didn't know if he drank it or not. Didn't she say that he was pouring it down the drain when she walked in?"

"So? He still had it, which means that he still broke the promise," says Katniss in an annoyed voice. I shake my head and walk out into the backyard, this is not something that I'm going to listen to right now. Walking over to the fence I look up at it and see the tree in front of it. "HAYMITCH? WHERE ARE YOU?"

Shit, I gotta get out of here right now. I start to climb the tree and I almost fall down. Jeez, I have to start doing this more often I don't know when I might have to do this and now is an emergency. When I get up to the third branch I smile as I navigate my way onto the fence and I easily drop onto the other side. I land on my chest and it knocks the wind out of me. My head is spinning as I sit up and I shake my head a little. Cuss words are flying out of my mouth like there's no tomorrow and I look around the yard. Flowers are every where, separated by the colors and different types. I stop looking around and realize that I just jumped over the fence into Effie's yard. This is not a good way for me to win her back over...now I'm really screwed. Maybe I could just sneak through her house and out the front door...

I walk over to the back door and see that its locked. Shaking my head I look around the yard, but there's no tree for me to climb to get back into my yard and there's no where for me to hide. Well this is just great! Maybe I should just knock on the door and talk to Effie, but what if she tells me to leave? How do I get myself into these situations? Walking over to the small table with two chairs on the porch, I sit down and stare at the flowers. There's nothing to do but wait for her to unlock the doors and I'm hoping that it happens soon. Maybe I could climb up to her window and sneak down the stairs. With a small smile on my lips I walk over to the other side of the house and look up. Her doors are open and I smile a little, perfect plan. Easily I climb the tree next to her balcony and I fall onto the balcony. As quietly as I can I tip-toe into her room and see her sleeping. I stop and look at her for a minute, she's been crying.

"Effie...everything will be okay," I whisper to her. She starts to stir around in her sleep and I walk over to her bedside. Looking down at her I notice that she's still in the clothes that she was wearing earlier. "I'm sorry sweetheart, will you ever forgive me?"

Deciding not to press my luck I start to tip-toe away from her, but I run into a table. The table's knocked over onto its side, with all of the items onto falling onto the floor and me landing beside them all. Effie jumps up and I look over at her. Her eyes are wide in shock and she screams at the sight of me. Maybe she's mad because I'm in her room or maybe its because I almost broke her table.

"Sorry," I grumble as I stand up and I pick up the table. Her eyes stay on me the whole time as I pick up the items and put them back on the table the best way that I can. "Really sorry...for everything."

I look at her one last time before I start to back towards the door, our eyes staying locked. "Haymitch-"

"You don't have to say anything. Effie, I know that I screwed up and I want you to know that I didn't drink. You should know that you deserve better..." I fall out of her door and land on the floor in the hallway. She comes running over to me and she kneels down beside me. My eyes lock with her's again and I look away. "I'm sorry and I know that you're pissed at me-"

Her lips press against mine and she silences me. My fingers tangle in her hair and her fingers brush across my cheeks. When she pulls away I see the tears forming in her eyes and I brush them away. I don't understand why she's crying now!

"I believe you..." she whispers to me and I run my fingers through her hair. We stare at each other and a few more tears escape from her eyes. "I'm sorry too..."

Now its my turn to be confused. "Why would you be sorry?"

She smiles at me and runs her fingers across my cheek. "For not believing you..."

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