Yayayaya! Oh-hey everyone! It's update time in KelsNicole Land! :D Haha! This week has been great and I feel so great about everything. Thank you for reading, the reviews and everything else. All of my stories are kind of like my babies and I love them so much, just knowing that people like them makes me feel so proud of them. Thank you all of you for all of the support. Okay time to let you get to the chapter...

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(My AWESOME Beta and friend Beth *It-Was-Enchanting* (who's stories you should check out, they are awesome!) did not get to Beta this chapter. So sorry for any mistakes in here.)

Happy Birthday to Beth and Sophie on April 18th! Mockingjay272 on April 22ed! Happy Birthday! Hope that all of you have great birthdays!

Effie POV:

With a light giggle I run into the bakery and I'm thankful that Peeta accidentally left it unlocked. Slowly I tip-toe my way into the back and sit down on a stool to rest my feet. I can walk in any pair of heels that you throw at me, but running in them-that's a different story. Shaking my head a little I take my shoes off and close my eyes, but the sound of the front door opening makes me jump up. Frantically I look around and see a small door, that's halfway open. Quickly I push the door open and rush inside. Taking a deep breath I look around me and see that I'm in a storage closet, but there's more to it. Slowly I walk farther into the closet, looking at all of the supplies. There are shelves up high, with ladders leaning against the shelves leading up to them. Voices fill the closet and I run slide behind a crate that's beside a hole with a ladder leading down. Peeta laughs and I let out a light breath, its just him.

"You do realize that if you're planning on being with Prim that you have to get past Katniss first? She's not going to be easy on you." Peeta lets out a light chuckle and his footsteps come closer to me. I push my back up against the wall and hold my breath. "Don't worry though, she'll be fine with it after sometime. Just don't talk to her about what you're...talking to me about, okay? Or else she will kill you."

"I thought that Katniss already liked me. Why doesn't she now?" Rory's voice is low and I see his shadow. They are going to be next to me in a few seconds. "Did I do something wrong?"

"No, you're dating Prim-who's my sister by the way, so I do have to tell you this. If you hurt her, Katniss will hurt you." Rory and Peeta both stop when they are right next to me. Peeta's back stays to me as he pulls a bag of flower off of the floor, but Rory sees me. His eyes are wide and I wish that I could have found a better hiding spot, but my time was short. "Hey Rory, I could use some-what?"

Peeta turns and when his eyes lock with mine a look of confusion appears on his face. He talks a step forward and looks at me. Slowly he shakes his head and just smiles. Taking a deep breath he steps back and picks up the flower sack. I step out from behind the crate and stare at the two of them. My eyes go to Peeta, who's laughing and shaking his head a little. I hear his voice coming from the shop and I shake my head a little, making Peeta laugh a little harder.

"Do not tell him that I'm here. Please?" I stare at him and Peeta just laughs as he walks out of the storage closet, with his bag of flower. Rory follows him and shakes his head. "Please..."

"There you are! Have you seen Effie?" Haymitch's voice is loud and I shake my head a little. Just in case Peeta doesn't do what I want him to do I slowly walk towards the door. Holding my breath I think of how much longer this game will go on for and it makes me even more eager to keep it going. Maybe I could sneak out the back way...yes, that's what I'll do. "Well boy?"

Peeta must be smirking, because Haymitch sounds annoyed. "I haven't seen her for a while."

"Is she here?" The eagerness is clear in Haymitch's voice and I know that he's going to find out in a matter of time. Quickly I rush to the doorway and peek around the corner. Haymitch isn't in the back room, but I have a feeling that he will be soon. I run out of the room and towards the back door at the exact moment that Haymitch enters the room. "EFFIE!"

Pushing open the back door I jump down the steps and land in the dirt-yuck! Why didn't I put my shoes back on? Now I really need a manicure and a bath! Shaking my head I start to run through the backyard, with Haymitch close behind. He's snickering and yelling things about my feet. Anger washes through me and I start running even faster. The thought of what my feet must look like is unbearable! How can anyone possibly go barefoot? My poor feet! The pink nail polish is probably starting to chip off! I just did my nails yesterday, just my luck!

"Sweetheart, you can stop and wash your feet off if you want to!" taunts Haymitch, and he starts laughing. I start running even faster and he keeps laughing. Wordlessly I look back and see that he's not even running-that was my mistake. "Effie-watch out!"

When I look back ahead of me, I run into a large pole and am knocked back. I land on my back and see spots, my back hurts and I can't catch my breath. Staring up at the sky the blackness starts to eat away at my vision. Haymitch comes running up and kneels down beside me, his face is full of concern.

Haymitch's fingers touch my forehead as I start to loose consciousness. "Sweetheart?"

Haymitch POV:

How does someone run head first into a pole? This is just insanity! I start mumbling to myself as I pick her up in my arms. My minds racing and all that I can do is try to think about something else, not about how she's unconscious in my arms. As I carry her back to the bakery I look at her forehead, a bumps already forming and its starting to turn black and blue. Quickly I run into the bakery and see Peeta putting some cookies into the oven. There's a wide smile on his lips and he calls for Katniss, but the smile fades when he turns to me. His eyes go wide and he slowly walks over to me, his eyes stay on Effie. What will Katniss think? Oh goody, I don't have to wait long to find out because she can practically smell when I mess up, don't ask me how but she does.

"What happened to her?" Peeta's voice is light and he turns around to lead me down the hallway to the room next to the room that I had my first date with Effie in. When he turns on the light I see a medium sized bed up against the wall, with white sheets and a few chairs in the room. "This is where Acacia and Katniss come to take naps while I'm working. What happened to Effie?"

I lay her down on the bed and listen to Katniss's approaching footsteps. Rolling my eyes I sit down on one of the chairs and take one of Effie's hands in mine. "She ran into a pole..."

"Peeta? What are you-," Katniss cuts off mid-sentence as her eyes land on Effie and her eyes grow wide in shock. She stares from Effie to me, from me to Peeta and back again. The poor girl looks like she's about to fall over. "What's going on? Is Effie alright?"

"She'll be fine. Katniss, I need you to do something, okay?" Peeta walks over to her and takes her face in his hands. They stare at each other and Katniss's fingers dance across the skin on Peeta's hands. "You have to stay here and stay calm, okay? I'm going to get Prim or your mother. Just stay here, help take care of Effie and Rory can watch the bakery."

Peeta kisses Katniss once and rushes out of the room. Katniss looks over at me and sits down on one of the chairs next to me. I can feel her eyes on me as I run my fingers over Effie's skin. After a few minutes I look over at her and see that she's smiling and shaking her head a little. Why's she smiling? Effie's hurt and she thinks that its funny? Does this amuse her in some sick way?

"What are you smiling about?" I ask her and she just shakes her head a little. "Just spit it out, girl."

"Were you two playing some sort of game? I don't understand how she ran into a pole," says Katniss. She shakes her head a few more times and leaves the room, but she comes back a second later with a towel wrapped around some ice. I watch as she pushes her way past me and holds it to Effie's head. "What exactly were you two doing? Effie's not the kind of person to just run into a pole."

I just shrug, does it really matter anymore? "Will she be okay? Oh-hell! Why am I asking you? After all you are the girl who couldn't bare to see your future husband naked, or Finnick and Johanna naked either. Those two were strangers to you."

"Excuse me for being innocent. Not all of us are used to seeing everyone without clothes on," mutters Katniss. I smile a small smile and my eyes flicker back to Effie. "She'll be okay..."

"I'm going to hold you to your word." She nods her head and hands me the towel full of ice. Without another word she walks out of the room and I'm glad that she did. It seems like without me having to tell her what I wanted, she knew. Just like in the games-in a way. "You'll be fine, sweetheart. You'll be fine..."

I stare down at her and try to breath, but its hard. What if she's not going to be okay? Katniss isn't a good liar and I know that she's probably right, but what if she's not? She can be wrong too. Shaking my head a few times I try to get myself to forget it.

She'll be fine!

How do you know? Look at her!

I know that she'll be okay! Sometimes you just know these things, damn it!

Oh, just like how you knew that it was better to let President Snow kill everyone that you loved? Just so that you wouldn't be doing what he wanted?

"Haymitch?" I look up and meet a pair of blue eyes, the girls hair is pulled back in a braid and she smiles at me as she walks into the room. "Let me take a look at her. She'll be fine..."

She thinks...

Done! WOOHOO! I won't be updating again until April 19th, I'm going on a long waited for Birthday/Senior trip. Sorry to cut off there, but it had to happen that way. Haha! So what did you think? :D Thank you for reading and please leave a review! :D See you on the 19th! :D