Chapter 20 – KPOV:

A/N: Okay, guys, I would love to respond to all your reviews personally, but I have to get these chapters done! I haven't updated and I really should have! Just to let you guys know, I read every single review that's posted, and I greatly appreciate it! From the choices I saw, it looks like everyone has good taste ;) There's actually one review I'm going to respond to, because it's anonymous.

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"Peeta, are you okay?" I whisper. He shakes his head.

"He's going to come back. And I bet you he's camping out on our front lawn as we speak," he says. "Peeta…" I say, trying to comfort him. I can see the tears gradually falling, so I just pull him into me, letting him soak my shirt. He wraps his arms around me. "Katniss, I love you so much," he whispers, and kisses me softly.

"I love you, too," I whisper. I kiss his nose softly. He breathes in, tightening his grip around me.

"I want to get him," I say. "Now?" he asks. Quite frankly, I'm very comfortable in his arms, but I won't feel satisfied until I know he won't be back. I nod.

"Let's go," he says, standing up and taking my hand.

….

Peeta and I wander through the district as we did yesterday, wanting to run into Gale. We stop at the farmer's market, and there he is. We pretend we don't see him and walk around, picking up and occasional item or two.

GPOV:

I see them. Katniss and Mellark are randomly shopping here. "Katniss!" I call out. She doesn't even glance my way. I start over toward them. "Hey, Katniss," I say, in the sexiest voice I can muster, when I feel a sharp tap on my shoulder.

I turn around.

"Ashby, what are you doing here?" I ask.

"No, what are you doing? Flirting? I can't believe you! You're the worst boyfriend in the world, you freaking pig!" she screams. Katniss looks up.

"You have a girlfriend and you have the nerve to come here running after me? When I already despise you as it is? And when I'm getting married to the love of my life?" she says angrily. Ashby stands next to Katniss and they both fold their arms across their chest.

"Ashby, I've always wanted Katniss. And I don't plan to leave here without her," I say.

Katniss glances at Mellark, a scared look on her face. I grab Katniss's wrist and pull her away from Mellark with ease. Ashby grabs Katniss's other wrist, pulling her from my grasp. I grab Katniss's wrist again, but she raises it and slaps me across the face.

She moves back to Mellark, and he wraps his arm around her waist. "What the hell is wrong with you?" Ashby yells.

"Katniss, think real hard here. Who do you love? Me, or Mellark?" I say.

"Do you really believe that I would have to think about this? I love Peeta, and I always will! And if you come back here ever again, I will put an arrow through your chest. And that's not an empty promise," she says, her usual beautiful silver eyes turning to a dull gray, just as Mellark's are a dull blue.

I sigh. "Well, come on, Ashby, we're going home," I say. "You think I would ever come back with you? Forget you, I'm staying in 12," she says stubbornly. "Whatever. I don't need you," I say, then walk away.

A/N: Okay, this is kinda short, but the world needs short chapters. What would suspense be for without short chapters?

And here's something funny from today: Me and my friend Matthew got into this Hunger Games argument. He said that he says, "Convince me" to random people at random times, and then I asked if I smelled like roses to him. I think he got confused, because then he asked, "Are you President Snow?" Then my response was, "No, I think I'm Peeta."

This was an email, by the way.

So today, I don't have a poll, but I have a request.

There are these two stories I found on FanFic:

Feeling Broken by JuliaRose98

Happily Never After by Lizzie-Loves-Books4743

Before I start talking about them, I just want to say that if the screen names don't show, please PM me and I'll give you the names. Moving on…

Okay, so about Feeling Broken. It's very well written and I loved reading it, but she only got 12 reviews, and it deserves so much more than that! I mean, my FanFic really isn't that good, and I got 97 reviews in a week and a half!

Now for Happily Never After. This one is so amazing… I'm literally begging her for the next chapter! I cried when I read it! Twice! Now believe me, I wouldn't cry over a story unless it was absolutely AMAZING! Which it definitely is! Because I cried when I read Mockingjay and this story has the same effect on me.

Heh, I'm good with Hunger Games analogies!

So what I want you guys to do is to read these! They're soooo good!

By the way, I'm posting another story called Staying Strong, so check that out, too, when I post it! Because I also posted my one-shot, The Accident, and I only got ONE review, and that was from my FanFic BFF… So please!

Review, please!

-Zenia (zalamode00)