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Help from the most unexpected place

Gabby's POV

My mind wandered through the possibilities of what Lily would say, she seemed to have a soft-spot for children, just like me. I know at first she saw me one of the vicious careers, but it was ok, she knew Holt was kind and I was friends with Holt, we were in fact neighbors in District 1 before I moved to District 4. He's kind, and he does care for Lily, I walked Grace over to another station after Lily had agreed to care for her while I stayed with the other careers. I stopped at the camouflage station and gave Grace a slight nudge, there was a reason for that. A few of the tributes from District 6 were currently painting themselves different colors while laughing and giggling the entire time. Her face mirrored her eyes, she was terrified, but this is something she had to do. I waited for her to walk over to the station before I turned and walked away.

Grace knew I had to leave, if the other careers noticed I was gone for longer than forty minutes they would look around and see that I was with her, which would seal her fate. I walked towards my allies, they hadn't noticed my disappearance, there were so many of us here. I looked around and saw Holt looking at me strangely as well as James looking at me with a mixed expression on his face. They walked towards me, and I knew they saw.

"Where were you?" Holt asked, I turned slightly to the side so I could see Grace, she was staying as far away from the others as she could, I saw her sending glances my way, it was making me antsy. I looked back towards Holt and James,

"I was training like all of you." I stated, by the look in their eyes I could tell they didn't believe me.

"I saw you talking to Lily, did you threaten her?" he demanded, I let out a shaky laugh, they hadn't seen me with Grace, that they had admitted. And anyway, in the short time I spent with Lily, if anyone were to threaten her she would beat their butts until she was satisfied with the outcome. He was glaring at me now.

"I would never do that." I stated, he was still glaring at me, I started to walk away when someone grabbed my wrist, I turned to see Holt still glaring at me.

"How can I trust you?" he asked me, even though we were friends that was a few years ago and he doesn't believe that I'm the same person, at least that's what I believe.

"I had a question for her, and she answered it." I stated, he looked confused for a moment before he continued,

"If I find out that you're lying I swear…" he was interrupted by me, I smiled before replying,

"Would you like to go ask her what I said?" I asked, he nodded and I walked towards the climbing station, I had seen Lily go there with her ally, Rue. When we arrived I saw Lily at the top trying to coax Rue higher, I ran over to the harnesses and strapped one around my body and began to climb, when I got to Rue I cleared my throat,

"Rue honey listen to me." I stated, she turned her head slightly towards me and nodded,

"Put your left hand right there." I pointed towards an almost hidden groove in the rock face, when she put her hand there she pushed herself up slightly before she realized she had nowhere to put her feet,

"Wait a moment." I told her, she waited patiently and I gave her a small smile, about six inches from where her foot currently was there was a tiny groove that would fit her foot long enough for her to continue to climb.

"Ok, you're going to have to trust me," I started I could already see the sweat on her head becoming more pronounced the longer we went on, "about six inches above where your foot currently is there's a small groove where you can put your foot if you're careful. Once you're done you should be able to continue climbing as you were before." When I finished she started to climb, she was doing good so far, but I saw her foot begin to slip, when she started to fall I quickly changed direction and put my body under her so she would stay up. When her body collided with mine she yelped, but grabbed onto the wall again. But I fell a few feet,

"Are you alright?" I asked, in response she nodded slightly, she was staying still, I climbed back towards her, I looked at where she was again, when I stopped her from falling I must have pushed her a few feet higher. She had a few steps until she reached a cliff where she could stop and rest for a moment, once she was done there were only a few feet left to climb before she would reach the top where Lily was.

"Ok, when I stopped you from falling I guess I pushed you higher than I thought I did. Keep climbing like earlier, and right there is a large landing where you can rest for a moment, then there would only be five feet left to climb." I told her, she seemed more energetic after I told her she was almost done and she began to climb quickly, I trailed closely behind her in case she were to fall again. Once she reached the cliff she heaved herself over the edge, I sat beside her and looked around the arena, Grace was still at the camouflage station, but there was something different, she was talking to someone, I recognized them. Shawn. I looked at Rue,

"Wait to climb until I get back!" I ordered her, she nodded slowly as I ran to the edge and jumped off, there were ways to jump in these harnesses, I pushed myself harder until I was on the ground, I ripped the equipment off my body and started to run, but I was stopped. James and Holt were standing in front of me with their mouths wide open, I pushed past them and kept running, when I got there I heard what was being said,

"But she can't care for you, she's a career!" he yelled at her and she backed away from her words, I ran harder and threw myself in between the two of them, Grace looked surprised while Shawn looked troubled,

"You're going to stay away from her." I commanded, he rolled his eyes at me and tried to push me out of the way but I caught his wrist,

"I said stay away from her!" I yelled, he looked surprised but didn't heed my warning, but this time when he tried to step around me, I wasn't the one to stop him, I turned to see James standing with Holt behind me,

"She said to leave the girl alone." James stated, his eyes on Shawn the entire time "And I suggest if you don't want trouble you do as she says." He finished, I kept my eyes on them all, making sure Grace was behind me and as far out of view as she could currently be. Shawn turned to me and glared in my direction before attempting to punch my face, but I grabbed his fist and threw his hand away from me. James stepped in front of me and glared at Shawn, before he left he had the kindest words for me,

"The second the gong sounds I'm going after you." He said as he left, I looked away as walked off to rejoin his allies. Once he was at another station I turned towards Grace and gave her a hug. She giggled, when I pulled away I realized that we still had company, when Grace realized it as well she hid herself from them, I turned to face them with her planted firmly behind my back.

"What's going on here?" Holt asked me, I sighed and began to answer before I realized I had left Rue on the climbing wall.

"I have to help Rue, can…can I trust you to watch her for a moment?" I asked, Holt nodded slowly and James just looked at me in amazement. I turned towards Grace, the look on her face broke my heart.

"Honey, this is Lily's boyfriend." I told her, she looked at him, dazed. He gave a weak smile, he wasn't used to being called Lily's boyfriend. She gave a slight nod in Rue's direction. I raced back towards the climbing station, she was still on the wall, I strapped myself into the climbing gear and began to climb. I reached her not long after,

"I'm sorry I…" she interrupted me before I could finish,

"It's ok, I could see from here, you really care about her." She stated, I gave a small laugh and nodded, I was still on the wall, she climbed back on the wall and gave me a small smile before she scaled the wall in a few seconds. I was right behind her, once we were over the edge Lily gave Rue a massive hug before turning to me.

"Thanks for helping her, I was nervous when she stopped climbing." She stated, I smiled and nodded,

"I'm sorry, I left Grace over at the camouflage station with James and Holt, I have to go." I saw Lily give a faint smile at the mention of Holt. I gave them one last smile before jumping from the cliff and descending as I did before.

As I ran back to the station I noticed that the boys were sitting with her and smiling. When I arrived Grace stood up and gave me an enormous hug. I giggled with her as she held me tightly, she was so sweet. Once she released me she sat back down with the boys, I did the same. The second I was on the ground I realized where we were, the boys had positioned us so that we were practically invisible to the others, we were behind a majority of the larger stations. They must have been thinking when they settled down to relax.

"Care to explain?" James asked, I gave a nod before launching into the entire story, during the duration of the explanation the boys didn't move, occasionally they would nod or sigh. When I was finished there was an awkward silence hanging in the air. James decided to break the silence by speaking quietly,

"That's unfair." He stated locking his green eyes with mine. I blushed and he gave a quick smirk, still holding eye contact. "What are you planning on doing?" he asked, I blinked a few times, trying to bring myself back into reality.

"Well, Lily agreed to watch her during the first few days of the games, than…" I trailed off, they were careers, and even though Holt would never turn Lily into the careers there was no promise for me.

"We won't say anything to the others." Holt stated, I looked over at James, he nodded and gave me an encouraging smile. I took a deep breath before I continued,

"I was going to…s-sneak away f-from…the c-c-careers to keep Grace s-safe." I stated, I was disappointed that I stuttered and sounded like an idiot. They both looked at me, they looked confused, I put my head in my hands, this might cost Grace her life! Someone tapped my shoulder, I looked up and met the eyes of James, they looked like the sea today. When I registered my thoughts I felt a deep blush creep into my cheeks, he smirked at me before he spoke,

"Would you like two helpers?"

Author's Note: As you can see, Gabby is fairly intelligent. She loves Grace like she was her sister and wants to protect her. She may seem like a Mary-Sue, but she has faults and memories that are depressing, they just haven't been shown yet. I hope you enjoyed her POV, tell me if you want me to continue writing in her POV, if I do continue her POV I'll reveal her secrets more in depth but either way you'll find out Gabby is far from perfect! Review pretty please with a cherry on top!

~HunterofArtemis1136