Chapter 7

So glad I made it this far! I have a really short attention span… Thanks to all of you that reviewed! *cough IronFeyFreak and NaomiBlue cough* Please review suggestions and ideas!

I stroll into Haymitch's house. Surprisingly, he's awake. Good, because I need to talk to him.

"Let's have a chat." I say to Haymitch firmly.

"Sure." Haymitch says, not at all drunk.

I stare at him in shock. He's not drunk? When is he ever not drunk?

"Gale kissed me." I state plaintively.

"And?" Haymitch encourages me. "Did you like it?"

"I don't know!" I put my hands in my head. "Gale has been so kind and sweet to me. But Peeta's my freaking husband. Obviously I married him for a good reason. I married him for a reason, right?"

Haymitch sighs. "I think you need to watch your Games."

"Am I going to cry?" I ask.

Haymitch nods. I groan. I plop onto his couch and prepare for the worst.

At the beginning, they show a float. On it is me and Peeta, on fire. The crowd is on their feet, cheering their genetically engineered heads off. Then it flashes to a man with blue hair, lips, and skin. He's some sort of a host, I think.

"The lamb stew." I hear myself say, followed by laughter.

Then it flashes to the man and Peeta. They banter back and forth.

"Got a girl waiting for you back home?" asks the man.

Peeta gives a lame shake of his head.

"Handsome lad like you. There must be some special girl. Come on, what's her name?"

Peeta says, "Well, there is this one girl. I've had a crush on her ever since I can remember. But I'm pretty sure she didn't even know I was alive until the reaping."

"She have another fellow?"

"I don't know, but a lot of guys like her."

"So, here's what to do. You win, you go home. She can't turn you down then, eh?"

"I don't think that's going to work. Winning… won't help in my case."

"Why ever not?" the man asks, shocked.

Peeta blushes bright red, a sight visible from space. "Because… because…because she came here with me. "

I feel my face grow pink. Did he mean it? I remember feeling suspicion toward him at one point, but that's about it.

Then they show a ton of kids dying, and Peeta joining a pack of big kids. He saves my life, and fights the biggest boy. Peeta gets a cut in his thigh. He runs off, covering himself in mud, whispering my name in his sleep. I seem pretty heartless in comparison, only concerned with my survival. How cruel of me.

That is, until I meet Rue. She reminds me of Prim, which I guess it why I teamed up with her. Then they show her death, and me killing her murderer. I sing to her, and in real life, my eyes well up with tears.

A man announces that two victors can win this year. I find Peeta, and we play up the lovers thing. Then I risk my life for him, trying to get medicine. We get attacked by mutts, and beat Cato. Then, they call of the "oh yeah, two people can win". I hold out berries to Peeta, and then they let us win.

"A whole three weeks squeezed into two hours. Magnificent." Haymitch says sarcastically.

'That was my Games? I killed a person?" I say in shock.

Before Haymitch can answer, I run off. I don't even know where I'm heading, but I find myself in the woods. It feels comfortable; a place I've been many times before. I stay there for hours until I get bored and go home.

I find Peeta, Gale, and Haymitch waiting of me.

"WHAT THE HECK, KATNISS!" Gale screams at me.

"Katniss," Peeta says tiredly, "We were worried. Where were you?"

Gale smacks me in the leg. I run up to my room, scared that he would hurt me again. Is this one of the reasons why I chose Peeta? Gale says he's my best friend. But he hit me!

Sorry Gale lovers. He'll prob make it up to her, but Katniss is going to keep her distance. Katniss' memory will return in more pieces soon!