I'm sorry if the ending of that last chapter seemed a little rushed. I guess I was really tired because, lately, I have been waking up really early because of school. I might add some stuff to it later.
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Katniss Everdeen
He reaches out a hand to pull me up and I grab it.
"What's up?" I ask, almost excitedly.
He gives me this weird look for a second, but then seems to realize that I just asked him a question. Maybe it's the fact that we are going into an arena in less than 8 hours that threw him off; the fact that I could just say it so casually.
"I can't shut my mind off, so I just come up here and it helps me calm down my mind. And now, I especially can't shut it off because we're going into an arena—you know what never mind…" he sighs "Maybe it's best not to talk about it."
I just stare at him. He almost looks ashamed that he brought up the subject.
"You're going to do fine." I say calmly.
"You're not fooling me by saying that. I'm definitely not going to be fine." He says "I-I mean unless they have baking supplies in there." He smirks "And even with that, what would I do? Bake the tributes into a giant cake and then let the mutts eat it?"
I flinch at the word mutts and he notices.
"Sorry." He says "I guess I'm not making things better."
I just shrug.
"So what were you doing up here?" He asks
"Brainstorming." I say. "I don't want to go in there and not have a plan."
He nods, looking off into the distance.
"Have you come up with one yet?" I ask, haltingly. Why would he tell me anyway?
"I've tried." He says "But since I don't know what the arena looks like, I had a hard time."
"Oh." I say simply.
Don't tell him, Katniss. Don't tell him, Katniss.
He squints at me for some reason. "How did you plan, if you don't know what the arena looks like?"
Don't. Tell. Him.
"Umm…" I avoid looking at him.
Don't do it, Katniss!
"I have a general idea of what's going to be in there." I whisper, quickly.
Damn it.
"How?"
"I overheard somebody from the capital talking about it." I say slowly "Probably a game maker."
He nods slightly.
"It's going to be in the woods. Like a forest."
"Like the one in district twelve?" He asks, looking concerned, "The one with the electric fence?"
"Yeah, that's all I heard." I say "You should also be able to figure out the climate when they give you your clothes for the arena."
"Well you definitely know more than me." He says, with raised eyebrows, "Maybe I should listen more."
I feel bad for some reason. I feel like Peeta is a stranger now, but at the same time he isn't. I feel like I can't trust him at all, but I can trust him with my life.
We stay silent for a few minutes, rather awkwardly.
It doesn't seem like such a good idea to tell Peeta my plan, which might ruin everything.
"Hey." I say, breaking the silence, "We should probably try and get some sleep. If we stand like this all night, our legs will be tired and if Effie finds up here, she'll be pissed."
"True." He says. "Oh and thanks for the tip about the arena."
"No problem." I say "Goodnight."
He moves out of the way so I can walk past him. "Goodnight." He says.
I get halfway down the stairs and I spin around.
"One last thing…" I say
He looks at me with his distracting eyes. "Yes?"
I take a deep breath. "Whatever happens in that arena…" I pause "We're still friends, right?"
This seems to have caught him off guard. He stares at me for a while.
He nods, "Yeah, of course."
I give a slight nod and turn around. I run down the stairs, not looking back.
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