Just as we are getting on the train Effie, Haymitch and Rosedale arrive, we drag our suitcases into our rooms and are told not to unpack as we need to have a meet and greet session with Haymitch. As the train pulls away from the station all of District 12 is eagerly waiting to say a final goodbye and bid us good luck, I scan around and catch a glimpse of my mother stood waving and my father and brother either side of her linking their arms. I smile and wave because this might be the last time I see the District and my family ever again, but I try not to let that show. They all look at me with sad expressions, tears failing from their eyes like a waterfall, I want to cry too, I want to show my emotion as well but I have to be strong. Whatever I feel doesn't matter. My feelings don't matter. My feelings will only go against me in the end.

We sit in the plush Capitol chairs awaiting Haymitch for a long time, it seems we are left alone again so more conversation springs.

"You didn't reply to my question before we boarded the train you know."

"I'm sorry I just thought you wouldn't hear me when the train came because the Capitol trains are quite loud!" I reply shyly,

"Its okay and you don't have to say sorry; I just want to know the answer." He pushes,

"Well the answer is no… My parents didn't have a clue when they were here so neither do I."

"I thought you might have some idea being a victor's daughter and all." He says with a tinge of nastiness.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I get defensive. I always get defensive when it comes to people I love.

"Nothing, nothing it's just you're made out to be really clever…"

"Well I might be clever but it doesn't mean I have a solution to win the hunger games, if you don't know already it still hasn't sunk in that I was just reaped."

"Oh, I'm sorry for trying to wind you up… I am just trying to see how tough you are, to see if you can stand on your own two feet and all." He says staring me in the eyes.

"Its okay. You know you don't have to say sorry…" 'What a weird way of getting to know someone!' I think to myself.

We both laugh at that and for the first time I feel like I am getting to know him. I have seen him in school but never really talked to him or given him a second look. I don't know if he has taken a second look at me but at the minute I just don't care because I feel as if I am a bit unnerved about the whole thing.

Just as we finish laughing Haymitch walks in.

"Hello I am Mr Haymitch Abernathy but you can just call me Haymitch, and who do I owe the pleasure of meeting?" he says very calmly as if he was recovering from a hangover,

"I am Alexander Heroy."

"Are you the top miners' boy?"

"Yes sir I mean Haymitch." He says clumsily.

"Hmm I see." He pauses "And you miss?"

"I am Miss Charley Mellark." He joins in with my last name, like my name is a chorus, "You helped my mother and father win." I pronounce clearly.

"Yes, yes I did." He answers with a smile and a wink. Alexander butts in,

"Do you think you can help us win Mr Haymitch sir?"

"Most of it is up to yourselves, but I don't know… coming from that background you stand a fair chance if you handle her carefully! Her mother had a temper but she had strength to go on fighting and I think that might have been passed down my boy." I sit there feeling rather embarrassed, so I say I am feeling hot as an excuse to get some air and go outside.

Alexander follows me out,

"Is it true, does your mother have a temper and lots of strength?"

"Yes, I suppose."

I look up at the stars and feel like someone out there is watching over me but I don't know who it is.

"It's peaceful out here and very warm so I might sleep out here and watch the stars…" Alexander tells me.

"Really?" I ask, thinking that he is joking.

"Yes, really."

Something about that last phrase reminds me of when my mother told me that my dad asked if she loved him and she said "Real!" but I am getting really tired so I don't say anything back.

"Do you want to camp out here with me… there are two sun loungers, one for each."

It has been a long day, a lot has happened and, probably from keeping them behind closed doors, my emotions suddenly claim my body. I say I will just sit for a few minutes with Alexander but I end up falling asleep next to him. A few minutes later can hear Haymitch saying.

"Oh well, must have been a tiring day"

But I don't have enough energy to reply so I just lay there slowly drifting off, back into my slumber.