Authors Note: Hey, I'm back! Sorry I was gone for so long. I had NO time at all to write and I did this chapter in like thirty minutes. I promise I will write A LOT more in these next few days. Thanks to all the people who are still reading this! :) SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SORRY!

Shane. Wait? Am I hallucinating? I must be. Shane couldn't have walked into my house with my mom. No that's impossible. My mom doesn't know Shane. She might know his dad, but not Shane. And anyway, why would she bring him here? I open my mouth to ask the question but all that came out was a noise that sounded like a mixture of what and how.

"Hey Ebony," Shane said.

"Hi," I mumbled. "What brings you here?"

After I say that I mentally face palm myself. Obviously my mom brought him here.

He must see that I feel stupid for he says, "Well I was just hunting in the woods when I ran into your mom, and from behind she looks exactly like you."

I stare at him blankly causing him to blush and shrug at me.

"Well honey, you told me you met him, and when I ran into him in the forest I decided to bring him here so he and you could… Talk…" her voice trailed off. Her eyes looked distant.

I sigh and put on a fake smile, "Well, would you like to go outside and…"

"Sit?" he finishes for me.

"Yea," I say as I lead him back out the front door and across my lawn.

"Umm… Where are we going?" he asks nervously.

"We're going to the town square." I mutter.

"Why?"

"There are shops there, we can get something to eat and we can talk."

I hear him running to catch up with me as I walk faster and faster into town. At this point I really didn't know what we were going to do; I just wanted to get away from my parents.

"Hey, Ebony, wait up!" he says grabbing my wrist.

I suddenly blush.

"F-fine…" I said yanking my wrist from his hand.

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Finally we arrived at a small run down shop. I sat down in one of the chairs and Shane sat across from me.

"Umm… How do we get food?" he questions.

I roll my eyes, "Just yell. This isn't District Two, you're not going to get waited on hand and foot."

He holds his hands up in surrender, "Ok, ok."

"So what do you want to talk-" I started as he yelled, "HEY FOOD GUY. GET OVER HERE!"

"Sorry, what were you saying?" he smiled innocently.

I let out a sigh and continued, "What do you want to talk about?"

"I thought you had something in mind." he shrugged.

"Well, actually I do."

"Go on?"

"Who… who is your-" I was interrupted once again.

"Someone yelled for the food guy?" the man said wiping his dirty hands on his overly used now brown-ish apron.

"That would be me." Shane raised one hand timidly.

"What you want to eat?" the man said right before he spit over to his left side. The disgust on Shane's face was bluntly shown.

"I would like…" he looked over at me for some help.

"Deer stew with a full loaf of bread on the side. Oh and don't forget to bring knife, two spoons and two bowls." I say placing my arms across my chest in a crossed form.

"Coming right up," the man said then walked away.

"You're right, this isn't District Two." he said distastefully.

"Get used to it. Anyway, I wanted to know about you, and your dad."

He looks at me then looks down and shakes his head. "Well, my dad is a fine hunter named Gale. Gale Hawthorne. His best friend was named Katniss Everdeen, your mother."

"Well if his best friend is my mother then why have I never heard of him my entire life?"

He shrugs, "I don't know. Well my dad, Gale, convinced my mom to move back here so he could at least try talking to his long lost love, or your mom."

(A/N: Ok I'm kinda too tired to write the rest of their conversation right now. I might write it later, so just prentend he told her everything about Katniss and Gale's relationship.)

We continued talking and debating until the food arrived.

"Dig in." I tell Shane.

"Oh and I forgot to tell you, one of the other reason my dad came back was so I could participate in the Hunger Games with you,"

Sorry again, and I really don't like this chapter at all. :/

Well R&R :)

~TheMockingjayWriter