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Chapter 5

The crowd starts chanting, "District 12!" I can see ourselves on the screen and we are on fire. I smile as I think about what Rye's reaction would be to this. On the screen, I see Katniss and she is blowing kisses to the crowd and putting on a smile. I wonder what my mother thinks about this. I quickly shake that thought out of my head. I don't need to worry about my mother anymore or anyone else, because I'm not coming home. My eyes flicker up to the screen and I see how robotic I look. The Capitol doesn't want this and it sure won't get me sponsors. I wave and wink at a few girls but mostly, I try to put on a brilliant smile and hope that I don't look like a maniac.

Through my peripheral view, I can see Katniss and she looks stunning. No one will dare to forget the girl on fire and hopefully they will sponsor her until the last tribute is gone. Katniss's hand tightens over mine as we listen to President Snow. I try to look proud and strong but all I can think about is how it's his fault that Katniss and I will never have a future. The thought hits me hard as I realize that it's over. We will never be able to get married and maybe even have children. I will never see her beautiful face every morning.

I'm jolted out of my thoughts as the anthem plays and we leave. We are back inside and I give Katniss a smile to lighten her mood. I want to kiss her so bad but I can't. We step off and our prep team begins to talk about how amazing we were. Cinna and Portia begin to take off our capes, and I turn to Katniss.

"That was great, Katniss. Flames really suit you," I say softly. She looks into my eyes and it feel s like she knows all my thoughts. Her eyes are a mixture of sadness and love. She lightly kisses me on the cheek, and I see that the prep team thinks it's completely normal.

We ride up in the elevator at the Training Center, and it's like a feeling I've never felt before. I can see that Katniss is even surprised by it. Effie's is blabbing on, but I tune her out. I look out the window and see my reflection in the glass. How am I supposed to keep Katniss safe? I can't do anything. I'm not brave like her. She'll end up protecting me and my mood lessens as I realize that I can't do anything. But I'll try and I'll die trying. We go into our rooms. Katniss flashes me a grin and I smile back at her. I change my clothes and then think about the arena.

What is it going to be like? How will I keep Katniss safe? By the time Effie arrives, I have thought about everything from my family to Prim and even to President Snow. I hate him. I hate him for putting Katniss in this arena. For bringing pain to Prim and Mrs. Everdeen. For making my father cry and my mother smile. For torturing the families of the tributes. Effie knocks, shaking me out of my thoughts. Good. It's finally dinnertime. We walk down to the dining room and I choose a seat. Katniss isn't here yet so I pile food on my plate and begin to eat.

When Katniss comes, she sits right next to me. I feel her warm hand brush my leg and I grab it. She squeezes it back and picks up a glass of wine. After finishing the glass, she shakily puts it down. Effie makes small talk with me so I talk but her personality is really getting to me. I try to keep my cool because Katniss has a temper, but my head is going to explode.

A girl brings out a cake on fire. "Wow, I never thought- hey I know you!" Katniss exclaims. I look at the redhead and I am sure I've seen her too. A sick feeling settles in my stomach and I have to say something before it gets out of hand as I realize she's an Avox. "Don't be ridiculous, Katniss. How could you know an Avox?" Effie asks. "What's an Avox?" Katniss asks. Haymitch replies. "Someone who's committed a crime and had their tongue cut off." "Of course, you don't really know her, right?" Effie asks.

Katniss shakes her head, but she still looks uncertain. "No, well…" The sick feeling dissolves as I think about what could happen if she admits she knows her. And then it clicks. I know who she is. Right then I snap my fingers. "I know! She resembles Delly, from school." This girl looks nothing like Delly but I know that Katniss has caught on and I sigh in relief.

"Yes! It's the hair and the eyes that are exactly the same," I say. She looks at me with a calm look on her face, but her eyes are wide. I'm not good at hiding my emotions like she is and I have no idea what I look like. We eat the cake and then Haymitch tells us to go. We leave but we don't go in our rooms. We stop at Katniss's door. I look at her and she speaks. "You remember." I nod.

Gale and Katniss had gone hunting and I had wanted to come along. Gale left after a while, but we decided to stay because it was a good place to talk. We were behind a shelf of rock when we saw a boy and girl, with dark circles under their eyes, looking tired. Then the hovercraft came. It picked up the girl, shot a spear through the boy, and then it went away. I wondered after that if we could have helped them, or concealed them, but I never knew.

We stand there silent for a while and then I look at her and whisper, "I love you, Katniss." "Peeta, I love you too." We kiss for a while until someone interrupts us. "What the heck are you guys doing?"

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