I wake up to the sound of someone knocking on the door and Peeta moving swiftly to answer it. I hear them softly exchange a few words and then the door shuts. Peeta comes and sits by me on the right side of the bed.

"Good morning my beautiful fiancé." Peeta smiles and kisses me.

I grab onto his shirt as he leaned over me and pull him back to lying in bed with me. I am wrapped up in his arms, enjoying the moment. Fiancé, I think to myself and how beautiful the word sounds when he says it to me. I lean up and kiss him on the cheek.

"Who was at the door?"

"Haymitch. We have to be… prepped… today." He sighs heavily.

I groan, and think that I should have seen this coming, "Why!"

He shrugs his shoulders, "I think Paylor is going to have us on camera again."

We lay tangled in each other until the moment we have to absolutely get up. I don't even bother to shower, just simply put on black leggings and a sunset orange t-shirt that Peeta loves on me. I'm braiding my hair in the bathroom mirror when Peeta comes over and softly runs his hands over the love marks on my neck.

"They will all see them anyway, regardless if my hair is up or down." I admit defeat, seeing as I have no make-up to hide the purple-ish marks.

Another knock sounds from the door, and Peeta says that he thinks we are being prepped elsewhere in the capitol. I grab a silky white scarf that I found in one of the outfit bags Cinna's daughter gave to me. It was so pretty I just had to bring it with me. I wrap it around my neck and put on flats. Peeta is motioning for me to follow him. We are led to a car outside which will take us to where ever we are being prepped. It's dull, cloudy and looks like rain today, so the scarf seems like I planned it rather than tried to hide something.

We pull up to a gleaming building in the heart of the Capitol and ushered quickly into the buildings. I snatch Peeta's hand as a receptionist takes us to a room. It's a large room that appears to be an office. We sit on a squashy white couch by the window and peer out at the Capitol.

"It's different now." I say, taking in the city that has caused me so much pain.

"I still hate it." Peeta mutters, and I don't blame him.

"The people who made this place so bad are gone, Peeta. There are good people here." I say hopefully.

"Like who?" he asks in a sullen mood, I hate what this place is making him feel.

I look around the office, and pick up on the feminine and very capitol-eque style of the room, I know exactly who's office we are in.

"The person whose office we are in now." I smile, as I hear the doorknob click.

The door swings open and I'm met with someone I hadn't realized I missed until now.

"Effie!" I smile and leap to my feet.

She had pink hair today, matching the frilly lace dress that had seemed to flutter as she moved. I throw my arms around her in a hug and she smiles.

"Katniss, it is so good to see you not on a screen in an arena!" Effie gasps dramatically.

She observes me and then moves to Peeta who also hugs her. Effie, even if she is silly, means well. Peeta and I harbor no bad feelings for her, even though I am still not a fan of the hours she spent torturing me in high heels. She motions for us to sit on the couch and she pulls up a chair.

"So, before you leave to get prepped I need to tell you that you will be helping Paylor by encapturing the citizens of the capitol. They all fell in love with you two before, it's time to charm them again. I will be helping you two make the best image possible, but for now you need to go off and be made over."

She pushes Peeta toward the hall way and tell him to go to the last door on the right. A moment later she's taking me to an adjacent hallway and points to a door midway down on my left. I do as I am told and go to the room, as I open the door I am met with a squeal of delight. Blossom is standing next to my prep team, all of them looking dressed to the nines in Capitol couture. After greetings and warm hugs I am handed a robe.

"You know what to do" Octavia smiles and points to a privacy screen.

I venture behind the screen and remove all of my clothes, and lastly my new ring. I slip it off my finger and examine it. I notice something written on the inside in a miniscule fine elegant script, Here is the place where I love you. I feel all of the air leave my chest and my face fall in awe. I want to burst from the room, find Peeta and kiss him.

"Katniss?" I hear Blossom call out.

I tuck my ring into the pocket of the robe and step out from behind the screen. I stand before the table they want me to lay on and remove my robe. I feel self-conscious knowing the marks over my neck and shoulders will have no place to hide once the robe is gone. I take a deep breath and untie the robe and watch it flutter to my feet.

If they noticed the marks they didn't say anything about them, at least to my face. I bite my tongue as they rip hair from my body. After that torture is done they put me in a creamy bath and let me soak. Blossom kneels by me and whispers.

"This stuff will erase the marks on your neck." She affirms and smiles.

"I… if I had…" I stammer, not knowing why I felt the need to explain myself.

She shakes her head, "I get it. It happens to all of us."

She excuses herself and leaves the room saying something about checking on Peeta and Flavius. Octavia comes back after half an hour and rinses off the creamy liquid from my body. I'm back in my robe and taken to a chair and sink for my hair to be washed. I get a glimpse of my olive skin shimmering and set a glow by the bath. After my hair was washed both Octavia and Venia are working on my hair and nails. I zone out thinking of what they are doing to Peeta. I think about his muscled body being shined up and hairless. I didn't mind him having hair, but it was something new now. I didn't really get to enjoy his hairlessness the last time this happened. I sit as still as possible even though I desperately want to see Peeta now. The girls are quiet as they work on my make-up. Once they finish I and escorted away from a mirror until Blossom comes back with my outfit.

"Alright, Katniss! Drop that robe and put these on." Blossom chirps and hands me a garment bag.

Inside I find luxurious under clothes, the lace and sewing is far more elegant that the simple things I'm used to. I slide off my robe and drop it to the floor. I find a stunning soft creamy yellow dress. The silk slides down my body to just above my knees, and fits like a glove. I'm worried the strapless dress with cause me problems but I think I would offend Cinna's memory or Blossom if I voiced them. Step out from behind the screen and Blossom claps in delight.

"You look positively glowing! The girl on fire, glowing softly." Blossom smiles as she sets a pair of ivory high heels in front of me.

Effie has joined us now, "Katniss, you look beautiful! Peeta is waiting. We must be on our way."

Octavia just picked up my robe and I saw the gleam of my ring tumble to the floor. Everyone spots the ring on the floor, as Octavia stoops to pick it up and bring it to me. I can see it on their faces, they know the secret I wasn't ready to share with them just yet.

"Katniss… is that a wedding ring?" Blossom asks as Octavia sets it in my out stretched hand.

"I'm not married yet." I say and fidget with the beautiful ring.

"So Peeta finally got up enough courage to ask you the right way?" Effie muses, remembering how he merely announced our fake engagement to the world on tv without my permission.

"When!" Octavia gasps and takes a closer look at the ring.

I sigh remembering it all, "Last night."

They all smile and congratulate me, and on our way out of the room I finally get a glimpse of my transformation. My long hair is in large curls and seems to shimmer in the sun. My face is like nothing I have ever seen. I feel beautiful, and I let myself revel in the thought of it. My eyes are large and framed with long black lashes. My eyes are highlighted by soft silvery shadows that make them look stunning. Added with my pink lips and soft flushed skin, I think Peeta will faint at the sight of me. He thinks I am beautiful without make-up, so I'm expecting his jaw to drop. I think I will enjoy his reaction a lot.

Blossom, Octavia and Venia veer off to another room and leave me to follow Effie to the elevator back to the reception area.

"I am happy for you and Peeta. You deserve to be this happy, and I will see to it that you and Peeta get some time to yourselves here. You may hate the capitol but I think I could find a few places to make you change your mind." Effie smiles and pats my hand.

"Thank you, Effie." I smile, "Do you know what we are going to be doing?"

"You'll see soon enough!" She chirps and walks us out of the elevator when it opens.

I see the same car from earlier in the day, and Haymitch talking to someone I can't see because they're blocked by Haymitch. Effie smiles and says good bye as I push open the door and walk into the warm outside air. I close the distance to the car and I see Peeta standing by Haymitch. He looks stunning, his blond hair tousled and his blue eyes gleaming. He has a white button down shirt and black pants on. The top few buttons are casually undone, and I can see a small portion of his polished chest. I look back to his eyes and find his expression completely happy. I smile and collapse into his arms when I reach him.

"Okay you two. You are going to an interview. It is a weekly address, but you are a special addition. Paylor normally does a question and answer session with Caesar Flickerman, but today it will be you two doing the answering. You are here to help Paylor, you support her current plans. You need to let people know you are on her side. Make them fall in love with you." Haymitch says and then turns to me, "You started the rebellion, most these people are loyal to you still. Make them love you, Mockingjay."

He ushers us into the car and says he will see us when we come back. Once the car begins to move I see we are secluded in the back of the car. In fact it is a new car, we have a privacy window separating us from the driver.

Peeta turns toward me and looks me up and down, "You are too beautiful for words." He said and kisses me softly.

"You don't look too bad yourself." I whisper and place my hand over his heart, "I found the inscription."

He smiles slyly and pulls me close to him. I toss my legs over his lap and lean against him, watching the capitol blur by through the tinted windows. Peeta's soft hands trail up my smooth legs. I give in to my need to kiss him, knowing I will probably mess up my make-up now. The intensity of the kiss gets the better of us, and soon his hand slides up the outside of my thigh and stops at the lacy strap of my underwear.

I don't want to stop, but I feel the car stop and turn off, "Peeta." I groan.

I untangle myself and shimmy my dress down and use the reflection in the window to fix the smudges of my make-up. Peeta is wiping a smudge of pink from his lips and then door opens, from the outside. I wasn't expecting a hoard of camera and people to be shouting at us, but there they were. Peeta steps out and extends his arm into the car to pull me out.

I step into the view of the crowd and they seem to get louder, I want to hide in the car now.

"Why are they all here?" I say to Peeta as a few guards escort toward the building.

"I think that everyone wants to see the girl who was on fire." Peeta smiles and sweeps me into the spinning glass doors.