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The next morning the pair walked into the dining room in better spirits than the morning before and it didn't go unnoticed.
"You two look radiating!" Cosmos exclaimed, sharing a glance with Bexley.
"Thank you, Cosmos" Finnick smiles, he starts placing food on his plate. Amelia blushes and ducks her head.
"Well! It's good to see you two ready for the day. As you know, training today." Elora said, always one for schedules
They all continued to eat with small conversations here and there until it was time for the couple to get ready to leave.
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Stepping out of the elevator into the training room, Finnick and Amelia split up and went to their preferred stations, weapons and survival.
Amelia began at hunting traps, her weakest skill, then worked her way down the rows.
It was not long until lunch break when the female tribute from 12 came up from behind her while she was making fishing hooks.
"It's beautiful." The teen said awkwardly, shuffling towards Amelia.
The woman stiffened at the sudden voice behind her and peeked behind, she relaxed when she saw who it was. Amelia gave a shy smile and a quiet 'thank you'.
"I, ah, saw how you didn't let that woman volunteer for you," Katniss started,"That was brave." Amelia smiles sadly and shakes her head, pointing to Katniss.
"You were brave." She whispers, indicating to the reeping the year before.
"Prim is my sister." She clarifies. Amelia's heart breaks for her, it made sense now.
"If you, um..." Katniss steps closer, hoping to change the subject,"If you could teach me how to make a fish hook like that, I could teach you how to hunt?" She bargained.
Amelia smiles at her and nods, she gestured to Katniss to stand next to her and grabbed extra materials then proceeded to teach her the craft of her District.
When Katniss finally got the hang of it, the two walked toward the new simulation room. Katniss picked up a quiver of arrows and slid it over her shoulder, she picked up a bow and held it out to Amelia.
"Do you want to try with me?" She asked. Amelia nervously shook her head and gestures for the teen to go first.
"Okay," Katniss chuckled at the women, who looked at the weapon as if the object was going to attack her itself,"I'll go first."Katniss stepped into the room and the simulation started, she instantly drew people in with her skills.
Finnick stepped up behind Amelia, resting a hand on her hip to announce his presence. She looked up at him and they shared a look, they were both impressed and frightened by her.
When Katniss finished her bow training, it was time for lunch. Some tributes went back to their stations to finish what they were doing while a small group made their way to the cafeteria as soon as the announcement was made, Amelia being one of them. She walked past Finnick who had a handful of throwing knives that he had been throwing at targets before watching Katniss. Finnick looked back at her and gave a goofy smile, he winked at her before throwing a knife without looking and it hit the bullseye. Amelia smiled at his obvious attempt at flirting, she brought her hands up in front of her and gave a small, barely audible clap, to which he comically bows at before turning back to the targets and throwing another.
When Amelia entered the cafeteria, she noted that everyone that had left for lunch sat at their own table except some that stayed with their own district partner. Amelia frowned, seeing as how most in this room were friends with one-an-other, the Game were dividing them.
Amelia chose a table away from the rest, not knowing how the others would take to her sitting at their table. She looked at the food that was spread before her, deciding what she should eat. She took notice of a basket of bread, she rarely ever eats it. When she moved it closer to herself she saw that there were all sorts of types, almost all of which she had never seen before, besides the one that she had back in her District. Looking through them all, she picked up the one that stood out the most, she stared at the darkly coloured bread debating if she should try it before thinking 'why not?' And took a small nibble, letting the odd taste flood her mouth, she stared real hard at it as she chewed slowly, trying to think of whether she liked the foreign taste or not.
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Peeta walk through the doors of the cafeteria, looking around at all the faces that he was forced to see as threats, he stood there thinking of if he should try his luck at sitting at an occupied table and bargain for an alliance, when his eyes fell upon the petite form of the Pearl Heart form 4, eyebrows scrunched together in confusion as she stares intensely at a familia bread in her hands.
Peeta smiles, it was obvious to him that it was her first time eating his Districts bread, and having been raised up as the son of a Baker and being passionate about the food, he made his way to her table.
"It's from District 12." He said, watching the small woman jump in her seat, she looked up at him, her eyes growing large. He had startled her obviously.
"The bread, it's from 12." He clarified as he pulled out a chair and sat across from her, "All Districts have a way of making bread." He smiled awkwardly, he looked down at the basket and picked up another slice,"This one from 9, it's the best one since they can make proper flour and a lot of it." He held it out to Amelia, patiently waiting to see if she would take it.
Amelia looked down at the slice of food in her hands and backed up to him. She was hesitant, she didn't know him or his motives in sitting with her, though she had heard that he was a Baker and was curious to see if he was really just sharing his knowledge.
Amelia placed her slice of bread on her plate before slowly reaching out to the one being held out to her, she made sure not to touch him as her delicate hand took the bread from him. She held it for a second before bringing it up and taking a small bite. She was instantly hit with flavour as she chowed on the most delicious tasting bread she ever had, she looked back up at Peeta and he could see what she was thinking and chuckled.
"It's pretty good, right?" He questions, picking up his own slice. Amelia nodded her head enthusiastically, taking another bite.
She looked at the other bread sitting in the basket, she reached for another and held it, a shy look over took her features as she looked up at Peeta. He understood what she was hinting at and chuckled again.
"That ones from 7..." This continued for a while until they reached one left."...and of course you would know this one, from your District." He said, picking up the now subject of the topic, Amelia nodded her head, she leaned forward and waited to hear his expert opinion of the food she had grown up with,"I quite like it actually, the salts something knew, don't have much of it in 12 and if there is, it's expensive. Might just be my favourite one out of them all." Peeta admits, looking at the seaweed bread. He looked back up at Amelia and saw that she was smiling softly at him, she was thinking about how he was such a sweet kid, how she enjoyed the very much one sided conversations with him, she hoped that he didn't find her an enemy in the Arena.
Amelia picked up the dark bread from 12 and took a larger bite then last time, it was different, by far out of all the ones she had tasted it wasn't the best but she would continue to eat his Districts bread as he ate hers, the strange topic of bread might of help the two closer to forming an alliance.
Peeta noticed Katniss walking into the room and turned to Amelia.
"It was nice talking to you, Amelia. I hope we can do it again." He stood up and pushed his chair in. Amelia notices his District partner and understands his haste in wanting to leave. She nodded her head to his comment and gave a little wave. Peeta returned the gesture and walked to his would of been wife.
Not long after his departure, Finnick had strolled in and sat down in the now unoccupied chair, the first thing he noticed was the smile on his loves face.
"What's got you all smiley?" He teased, reaching his hand to her face and softly poked the dimple on her left cheek, this caused her to giggle.
Amelia smiles sweetly at Finnick, her gaze flickered to Peeta before returning to Finnick, her lips stretched up further.
"What?" Finnick questioned, enjoying her bright smile, though curious as to what has made her so happy.
Amelia picked up the closest bread slice to her and held it out to Finnick.
"This is from District 5..."
(Old A/N)
Peeta needs some lovin', I want Amelia and Peeta to be friends, I think they will have a cute friendship.
Next chapter will be a half chapter.*
(Update 2.July.22)
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