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Worry

Lily's POV

There was so much going on, I think the best thing that's happened since we arrived in the capitol was Gabby seeing her brother again. The funniest part was when James was jealous of her brother and accused him of being her boyfriend. We all had a good laugh than, currently we were all sitting in the lobby of the Training Center. We were supposed to be discussing strategy but everyone was hyper and jumpy so they mostly talked about their lives before the games, aside from Gabby and Gage. Their lives were still a mystery to us all. I felt Holt squeeze my hand trying to bring me out of my thoughts.

"You ok?" he asked me, I nodded and looked towards Gabby, she had Grace sitting on her lap with Gage and James sitting closely beside her. She looked nervous but happy at the same time. I looked over at the clock to see that it was almost time for dinner,

"Guys, it's getting late. We all need to go see our parents…" I trailed off when I saw Gage and Gabby's smiles falter. He whispered something to her and she nodded. Grace stood up with…well grace. She waited for Gabby to stand and gave her a bone-crushing hug that Gabby returned, before turning towards Shawn so they could take the elevator to their floor.

I turned towards Holt and gave him a hug and kissed his cheek before turning to walk away. He needed to get back to his floor before someone noticed he was gone longer than was necessary. The goal was for them to stay with the careers for a short time before splitting up while they hunted, bringing supplies with them and meeting us somewhere so we could run.

"Bye." He said from behind me, I turned to face him and gave him one more hug before I picked up sleeping Rue, she worked so hard today…

"Lily," Gabby spoke quietly, I turned to see her face filled with pain with Gage's arms around her trying to comfort her.

"Yes, Gabby" I replied.

"When we go into the…arena…there are some things…I…have to…" she broke down crying and Gage took her over to the couch and held her while she cried. There was something wrong, she only trips over her words when she's nervous or scared about something. I laid Rue back down onto a couch and sat on Gabby's other side and tried to calm her down. I saw Sunny and James take steps towards her, but Kyle stopped Sunny by telling her it may be best for her to be alone for a few minutes.

I looked at Gage and raised my eye-brows in question, he looked away from me but kept Gabby in his arms while she cried,

"I'm…so…sorry…" she muttered with a flourish of names that I didn't understand, I thought she was going to betray us for a moment before I heard her say 'mom'. I gave her a hug and sighed as her crying began to slow. James was there now, rubbing circles on her back, and Gage looked like he was going to kill him. I decided to interfere before things got out of hand,

"Gage, what district are you representing?" I asked, he looked at me and gave a small smile before he answered,

"Four, they decided that if I didn't become a peacekeeper I would have gone there to live." He stated. I nodded and looked towards the others they were all standing in the room looking at Gabby as she cried, when she stopped she looked at us all and gave a nervous laugh,

"Sorry, that was uncalled for." She said, her voice was horse from crying, I gave her a small smile. Which she returned and corralled all my allies and told them that they should return to their floors. On the elevator everyone said their goodbyes for the night. When it was down to District twelve Roy spoke up,

"They're not that bad." He stated, I gave a small laugh and stepped off the elevator and walked towards the meeting room where all our parents told us to meet them. When we arrived there was a room filled with very angry looking parents,

"Where were you?" my mother demanded, I looked at her and decided to tell her,

"We made an alliance, and we had a meeting." I spoke with authority which, I learned from her. She gave me a small smile and mouthed Holt. I nodded,

"It's actually a large alliance." I stated and my mother's eyes narrowed,

"With whom?" she asked, I took a deep breath before I spoke,

"Gabriella and her brother Gage District 4, Holt, Grace and Shawn District 6, and all of us which brings the total to…thirteen." I stated, she looked at me when I said Gabby's name realization was in her eyes. She gave a slight nod and informed us that we were to eat and go to sleep. Some of us were to stay and discuss what we had learned with our parents, Rue being one of them. Peeta was worried sick about her. My mother watched him as he spoke with her, seeming so kind and gentle I can't figure out why I resented him before. As I walked out of the room I heard one last word come from Rue's lips, 'Lily.'

I saw that Jacob was serving us tonight so I walked towards him,

"Hi." I said to him and he gave me a small smile, "Do you remember Shawn and Grace? They're two tributes this year for the games from District six." I stated, he gave a small nod and I smiled, "Don't worry, they're safe. We're in an alliance with them." That seemed to perk him up because his smile was large, I returned the smile and gathered my food and took a seat. I ate quickly and went to my room, Sunny was there with a sleeping Rue. I walked over and tucked her in before turning to Sunny, she was thinking about something important, I could see it in her eyes,

"I feel bad for her." She stated,

"Who?" I asked, she turned her face towards me,

"Gabby, she looks broken. I remember seeing something on my mother's desk about a girl and her family who were punished for a crime, the girl was sent to another district while her family 'disappeared'." She used her fingers to make quotation marks in the air. I sat down on the bed beside her and nodded, I remembered seeing something like that.

"Oh well, she said she'd tell us more later on." I stated and she nodded before yawning and lying down to sleep. She was already in her pajamas, she must have changed while I was eating. I walked towards the bathroom and pulled on my pajamas, washed my face, and brushed my teeth before settling into bed for the night. The last thought to cross my mind was the memory of seeing a girl with flame-like red hair accusing a small blonde girl of treason…

Yay another chapter! Please review, I have an idea for the next training session and let's just say it's going to be very different…mwahahahaha! Ok, I still need ideas for interview questions! PLEASE HELP!

~HunterofArtemis1136