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Tink...Tink...Tink. I woke up from my sleep, it was late afternoon and the sun was shining faded beams of light through the curtains. The room smelled like the fresh smell of a green sour apple. I turned away from the window and layed there, slowly closing my eyes again.

Tink...Tink...Tink. I heard the noise again. I jerked my heard towards the window and I stood on my feet within seconds. Could I be imagining it ? Certainly I wasn't because really, how many times have I heard it ? One tends to imagine sounds after hearing it many times before but-

Tink...Tink...Tink. I was distracted of my thoughts when I once again heard the noise. I realized I wasn't imagining it and it was coming from just outside my window. Curiosity took the best of me when I ran down the stairs barefooted and raced to the door when I came to a halt with my right hand tightly gripping the knob. I was questioning myself if it was really big enough of a deal to see what it was when I burst through the door. Coming around some pillars I found what the noise was and stopped dead in my tracks.

"Hey Katniss."

I stood speechless.

"Aren't you suprised to see me ?"

"Yes, of course I am I just thought you were staying in the capitol." I managed to speak barely over a whisper.

"No, no one in the capitol could pay me enough to stay there." Peeta said with the sincerity of his voice, his real joking smiling self. I've only caught glimpses of the old Peeta ever since President Snow tortured him with the Tracker Jacker venom. "The Doc just thought it would be better to keep me back until they thought I was stable enough."

I ran across the lawn up to him and gave him a hug. "Peeta I've missed you!" A sudden rush of relief came over me knowing I atleast had someone I cared about around with me. And not completely on my own.

"Well I'm here now."

"Yes you are and I'm finally not alone."

"What have you been doing then since you were alone ?"

"Nothing, Greasy Sae cooks for me a couple times a day but that's it. And I don't even remember last seeing Delly or where she is."

"Originally she planned to stay and help rebuild 13. But after finding out what had happened to me, Delly came to the capitol to see me. When she came I began to get better and faster. That's the only reason I'm here right now instead of still in the mentally insane hospital."

"Well it's great to see you Peeta."

"It's even better to be here." He said motioning his hands around where he was standing.

"And you're...planting ? Flowers ? In front of my window."

"Oh, did I wake you up ? Sorry." He looked down to his shoes in embarrasment.

"It's ok Peeta, if it meant meeting someone from my past. Especially you since you've been there through everything. Since the beginning of the Games for both of us. We've been through alot together and what I really need now is a friend."

"That's why I came, I thought you needed a friend." Peeta quickly changed the subject awkwardly, "So anyways I thought these plain colored mansions with neatly low-cut green lawns needed some brightening up to do."

"They sure could, thanks Peeta."

"No prob Katniss. But I sure could get a drink, and you look like you could get some catching up to do." Peeta said with a nervous chuckle. I looked at him with a concerned look but my min wondered again, thinking it was just some new laws they probably made like curfews or everyone still alive has to re-registrate.

"Katniss ?" I broke out of my thoughts again for the second time today. "Umm, yea sure. Come inside." I quickly said, rambling my words together becoming a little nervous myself. I spun on my heel to show him inside.

"So what would you like, water, juice, soda, lemonade ?" Now that I was a victor I had many advatages like the things I could own or have in my fridge. "Lemonade please." Peeta said in a cheesy grin that made laugh.

I took out a cup and a gallon of lemonade and poured both of us some. "Ahh, thanks Katniss." He said before drinking any. "Now that we're here sitting at the kitchen...would you like to know what's happened?" His voice was much more serious than before with a bit of sincerity in his tone.

"What are you talking about Peeta?" I felt sick to the pit of my stomach when I heard him say it like that.

"Haven't you been watching the tv for the Emergency Broadcasts ? Especially now that the Games and Snow is over and done with, there are lots of them."

"No, I haven't. I haven't even left the kitchen since I've gotten here 'til today."

"Well...since you killed Coin, and Paylor became president. The decision for the children of the capitol to compete in the games is now void."

"Oh, well I never really cared for-"

Peeta quickly interrupted me, continuing on what he was saying, "Katniss, there's more. Also, since Paylor is now president and since the population of the whole country has gone down drastically..." He stopped to look at how I was doing so far.

Once I motioned him to continue he did.

"...Everyone from the age of 15 and over has to have a child, either pregnant with one or already have one by one year from a month ago."

By the time Peeta finished speaking I was still trying to register what he hassaid. After a moment Peeta asked if I was alright. Once I looked up to him everything finally hit me, my heart stopped, and I dropped to the floor.

The last thing I remember was Peeta jumping off his seat and running to come beside me to help me. But my sight blurred and dazed as his flawless face full of with a worried expression with his blue eyes stared into my eyes. That's when it all turned black...

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