Author's Note: I'm so glad that I got the 2nd chapter done! It took awhile, but it's done. I will be giving shout-outs so be sure to review and favorite!:D

I can't believe it. Why would he be saying my name? I slash open the bushes and he screams in terror. He swings his knife at me and I can see that he's wearing a tattered and bloody bandage on his arm. I don't want to hurt him but I tackle him to the ground and cover his mouth. He doesn't stop screaming so I threaten him to stop. It takes him 5 whole minutes to quiet down but he eventually stops. I lift my hand from his mouth and let him up. He doesn't run away, and wonder why, but decide that I have to say this already.

"What do you want?" he asks.

"Shh!" I say, because I hear voices and a girl screaming from a distance.

It follows with a canon, and I wonder who it could be. I also hear laughter, and I figure that it must have been my team that killed her.

"What do you want now?" he asks, his knife poised at my chest.

" I just want to tell you, well, first, I know that you like Katniss, and_"

This doesn't feel right. I've never really felt this way before, and it's almost tingly. That I can almost touch it.

"I know that you like me Clove, it's okay to say it." he says, taking the words right off my tongue.

"H-how do you know?" I ask.

"The day after the chariot rides, when I ran away from you. I knew what you wanted to ask, because of the way you stood and walked after I ran away from you. And when Cato put his arm around you, you threw it off in anger. I'm surprised that he didn't kill you already."

I'm taken aback by his words, and I now realize that we're out in the open. I don't care, as long as no one tries to kill any of us.

"I'm surprised too, because he seemed pretty mad that day after I did that. And I'm also surprised that you remember all that."

"Well I'm surprised that you found me. Can you help me?"

"Yeah, sure. What do you need help with?"

"I need to find Katniss, she's my only chance of survival right now with this arm wound."

"I can help you. My father was a medic for the Peacekeepers back in District 2. He taught me all I know about medicine."

"Okay, but can we at least go somewhere not so open."

"Sure, I found a cave earlier by the Cornucopia. Let's go over there."

"I don't know, is it safe?"

I remember that he is not a Career and that is from an outlying district.

"Of course it is. If we run into the Careers', I'll just tell them that you're part of our alliance, but I'll kill you off later. Which won't happen of course."

"What if I don't trust you?"

"You don't, trust me?"

I hang my head down and my words linger in the air, as I feel distrusted. I feel as if I should walk away, but I lift my head up only to catch Peeta's eyes with mine. I look back down and he puts his arm on my shoulder.

"No, of course I trust you Clove, it's just that, I don't know, I don't feel comfortable around Careers. I've been too close to them before and I scurried away. I don't think you noticed, but I was behind a bush covered in red berries."

"Oh, I noticed because I caught a glimpse of your blond hair."

We have a moment of silence, and he breaks it.

"Are we going to fix my arm?"

"Oh yeah. Let's go."

We walk through the large forest and I see Thresh trying to pick out of our supplies. I knew that he wasn't very smart, and he knocks on a metal pan with his new sickle. I don't really care because I feel like I'm not part of the Careers anymore because I'm walking around with Peeta. I catch sight of the cave and I signal Peeta towards it while I shoot a nearby rabbit. It's a pretty comfortable cave and it's very dry inside. I unravel the bandage on Peeta's arm and I'm glad because it's something I can fix. I apply some healing cream that my father gave me at the justice building when I was reaped. I snuck it into the arena and I'm glad that I have it with me. When I rub it on, he sighs with relief and I tell him to be quiet since the cave echoes.

"Is it helping?" I ask lightly.

"Yeah, and it feels good too."

When I rub it on and wipe off the excess, the color of the scar was bright, and now it's darker, so I know that it's working.

"It's working." I inform him.

"Really? Already?" he asks.

I realize that he asks a lot of questions.

"Yeah, it's a fast reliving healing cream."

I can almost hear my father groaning as I apply this expensive medicine on this helpless boy. I never really payed any attention to what he would say, only in medics or if it had to do with skill and weapons. The anthem starts and we both look out the cave to watch. During the anthem he asks,

"So does this mean that we're allies now?"

"I guess."

I never realized that we kind of were since I helped him. I see the faces in the sky as they flash by. The girl from 3, both from 4. I guess District 4 isn't having a victor this year. The boy from 5, both from 6, both from 7, both from 8. I saw the girl from 8 escape the bloodbath so that must have been the girl that my team killed. Both from 9, the girl from 10. The screening ends and Peeta yawns. He lies down on the hard rocks and slowly falls asleep. My team must be wondering where I am. I touch Peeta lightly on the head as a 'be safe' symbol, grab my bag and set off to the Cornucopia.

I'm running through the forest carefully and alert. Since it's dark, it's hard to see where I'm going. I run into a rock and fall on the ground. I scrape my hands and it stings as I run. Now in my view is a silver arrow. It plants in my shoulder, and I black out.