We get inside and Effie starts walking,

"Wow!" I say

"I know!" Effie replies

"Effie?" Alex asks

"Yes Alexander"

"Do you think I can go to sleep I am really tired?"

"I suppose you don't need a tour because you can find everything yourselves." She says half sarcastically.

"Thanks Effie." Alex says, ignoring her sarcastic tone.

"No problem! Charley are you feeling tired?"

"Umm I don't know... I don't think-"

"Yes, she feels tired … she told me as we were coming up." Alex quickly says,

"Oh, okay" she says with a big smile "Looks like someone wants some alone time with you Charley" She winks.

"Where's our room?"

"Your room is there and Charley's is across the hall by here."

"Oh, okay…" Alex says seeming like he is disappointed.

"Something wrong?" Effie asks.

"I just thought we would sleep nearer together."

"Well you don't!" Says Haymitch "Effie I will take over from here!"

"Okay … I will be in my room." Effie says as she goes to unpack her belongings.

"Night Effie!" We say in chorus.

"Right off you two go to bed." Haymitch laughs as he pushes Alex in the opposite direction from me.

"Yeah, sure" Then he turns around, runs to me and grabs my hand.

"What the hell are you doing?!" I scream at him.

"I don't want to leave you, not even for a night!" He shouts so Haymitch can hear.

"Get a grip!" Haymitch snarls.

"I will when I'm dead." He cackles back.

"Alex!" I scream

"What's wrong" He says worriedly.

"Can you let me go now?"

"Okay..."

"Come on we need to go to sleep." I protest.

"I don't want to leave you!" He says childishly.

"Well you will have to; I will only be across the hall so get a grip!"

"Darling?"

"Yes."

"If I can't sleep after 10 minutes I'm coming to your room."

"At least try and go in your room for 10 minutes." I give in.

"Alright baby." He smiles.

After 10 minutes in bed I hear the door creak as it opens,

"Alexander?" I ask.

"Were you expecting anyone?" Haymitch laughs.

"No!" I say, starting to be defensive,

"Its okay, you don't have to explain your loverboy to me sweetheart… I had to strap him in bed before leaving because he kept on that after 10 minutes he would come and find you, he was also on about a great escape he was planning."

"What the hell is going through his head?"

"I don't know but he is the last thing you need so stay clear of him and don't fall for his friendly charms, even if he has been in love with you since he met you... I think it's a game plan."

"What?!"

"I'm only kidding, he's not that bright to think up a game plan." We both laugh.

"Try to get some rest sweetheart, I know it will be hard but you need to do this. Not just for me but for yourself. Keep your strength, it'll help you in the end. Goodnight sweetheart." Haymitch says before kissing me on the forehead like a father would do to his little girl. I felt something wet drip onto my forehead which didn't smell like alcohol. Could they be tears? No, this is Haymitch who drinks away his troubles... Or is it?

I wake up to silence, I look to my right and the double bed is empty apart from me. I look to my left and I see the clock says 5:00am, I know that no matter how long I try I will not go back to sleep so I get up and get dressed quietly and go for a walk outside the room. I decide to walk to the only other door on the corridor and find that it is a balcony with a pool and bar; nobody is manning the bar so I help myself to a bottle of water. I sit on the wall and look down at the silent Capitol streets. Ever since the reaping everything has been go, go, go. It feels weird for everything to stop and be calm, but I will not moan about it. I sit there thinking about my family, how my mother is coping, whether my brother and father are well and how my district are doing.