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Chapter 6

Peeta came to the 12th floor at 3 a.m. in the morning after his training session. He tried to make the least amount of noise possible, but I still heard him as he headed towards his room. I ran to my door and found him about to enter his room; I kinda scared him because he dropped his keys when he saw me.

"Hi, um are you okay?" I said

I could barely see his face in the dim light of the moon but I could tell he was shaking…

"Uh…." I froze; Peeta looked really pale, like a ghost.

"Peeta?" I asked, getting closer to him as if he was going to fall and I was the one to protect him.

He did something I did not expect; he ran to me and hugged me, he holds on so tightly to me I could smell the rose petals on his shirt.

I was so distracted with the smell I didn´t notice he was crying, not the "a couple of silent tears crying", it was more like "sobbing uncontrollably" crying.

"Prim, I…."

"Shh, it´s okay, go to sleep…"

He let go of me and headed towards his room, "Good night Prim" he said before closing another door probably no one would be able to open inside his heart.

The last day was only physical and mental checkouts, just to make sure we were not mentally disturbed cannibals that may chase tributes in the arena with a chainsaw when we get hungry and bored, typical stuff.

I sat with Rue at lunch and realized that at this exact time, tomorrow Rue and I would be fighting for our lives and probably doing anything to survive.

Finally I got this idea, "Rue, do you want to be my ally?" I said.

She smiled, "Yeah, sure, let's just try not to kill each other when we get bored"

I smiled, I couldn´t believe even sweet Rue could stay positive even if tomorrow we were going to enter the arena to entertain this bloodthirsty public.

That night I couldn´t sleep, I was concerned with what would happen tomorrow, so I took a sleeping pill and had a dreamless last night.

They came for me in the very morning; I changed into the arena outfit all tributes were to use and headed toward the 1st floor with Cinna and Peeta. We got inside a hovercraft and tried not to panic when they inserted our trackers into our arms, "It won´t hurt they always say" I thought.

When we landed I headed for my place on the arena, 15 minutes to go.

I did not see Peeta after that; he had been all quiet and sad looking since that night. I still wonder what was bothering strong Peeta to make him cry like that.

"Step in please" some voice announced. I hugged Cinna for a long time, he whispered in my ear some words of encouragement, I heard none of them, I just wanted that moment to last forever, I wanted to be home and I wanted this to be over; all at the same time.

I stepped inside and only then, it occurred to me I was like a lamb; poor little Prim who was scared of the dark, no, I wasn´t that Prim anymore, I couldn´t become a wolf in 5 days, but I could be a strong lamb in hard times.

The problem with this is, you can´t send a lamb to the slaughter and expect it to live…