I would like to tell all of you guys that I have started a blog for my fanfiction. You can find it at .com. I am posting the chapters starting from the beginning as well as news about where I am in the next chapter and—as a thanks to everyone who reads it—spoilers or next chapters or ideas once I post up to the chapter I'm on. :D But thank you to everyone who reviewed the last one (my sister was quite proud)! And so here is chapter 90!

oOo

When I woke up in the morning to the breakfast bell, I didn't get up right away. It was as if my mind was wide awake but my body was still unconscious. Katniss was missing from my side, but I didn't worry because the faint hissing of the shower announced the bathroom was in use. It was apparent Katniss heard the bell through the sound of the spray, because the water shut off and a few second later I heard the bathroom curtain being opened. I inwardly wondered why Katniss choose to take a shower before the arrival of her clothes that came with breakfast.

Footsteps neared the bed but before I could open my eyes, I felt Katniss' lips press against mine. "Morning, Peeta."

That certainly woke me up the rest of the way. My eyes popped open and I found them staring into familiar gray ones. "Good morning. Took a shower, I see." I jokingly tugged on a lock of wet hair dangling in front of Katniss face.

"I didn't want to wake you." She crawled up onto the edge of the bed while I sat up, rubbing my eyes.

But when I brought my hand down and looked again at Katniss, she was smiling slightly and gazing up at my hair. "What are you looking at?" I asked self-consciously.

"Your hair." Katniss reached up and lightly ran the tips of her fingers through it. "It looks amazing."

"Was that sarcasm I detected in your voice?" I swung my legs off of the side of the bed and stood up, joints popping. When I looked back at Katniss, I felt the corners of my lips turn up in amusement. Of course, since Katniss didn't have her new clothes for the day yet she was still in just her underclothes. Thank goodness the clothes are here now, though.

I opened up the metal hinges and tossed the roll of fresh white garments over to Katniss, who caught them and didn't even bother to go into the bathroom to change. Laughing quietly to myself, I turned back around to remove the breakfast tray.

As we ate, Katniss and I planned how today was going to go.

"We can just press the little red button thing and when the doctor comes we can ask him to bring my family down here." Katniss stirred around her oatmeal, not eating it at all.

"That button is for emergency, though." I debated. "I could just stick my head out the door and yell really hard."

"Oh, and like that would be completely normal." She said, her voice dripping with sarcasm, and she put down her bowl. I had a feeling she wasn't going to eat much today. "I'll probably be fine for a few minutes while you just go and find someone to get my Mother and Prim."

I gave her my best 'oh really' look. "That didn't work so well the last time you said you would be fine. No, I am determined for you to not be alone one minute at all from now until your operation."

"Then what do we—?" Katniss started, but was interrupted by a knock on the door. Sighing, she got up and opened it. I hope Katniss didn't press the red button without telling me and it was the doctor at the door…

It was Primrose. As soon as Katniss opened the door she threw her arms around Kat's waist. "Morning Katniss! I was worried you would still be sleeping." And she peered behind her big sister and smiled at me. "Morning, Peeta!"

I smiled back. "Hey, Prim. We were just talking about you."

Prim blinked. "I know. I heard."

"You know it isn't polite to eavesdrop, Primrose." Katniss lightly scolded her sister and stepped aside.

"I wasn't eavesdropping. Your door is just not soundproof at all." Shrugging nonchalantly, Prim skipped into the room and sat cross-legged on the blankets in front of me, followed by Katniss. "I just wanted to pop in and see how things were going."

Katniss leaned back on the curved edge of the bed and twined her fingers casually with mine. "We came to a conclusion. I would do the operation with the risk of a memory lapse, and spend today with you and Mother, tomorrow with Peeta, and the day after would be the surgery."

Prim smiled as if she thought the idea was good. "Okay, but what about everyone else?"

"What everyone else?" An endearing little crease appeared between Katniss' eyebrows.

"There are other people you have gotten to be friends with in the past year. Haymitch. Finnick. Annie with her baby. People that you wouldn't be alive without."

Katniss' face visibly fell. "Oh…" She bit her lip. "I'm not sure how well inviting those people into this room would go. Maybe… Maybe the doctors could make an exception and let me out to say goodbye."

That wasn't a half-bad idea, but judging how the doctors have acted for everything else, I wasn't so sure they would be very lenient on Katniss.

"Peeta could ask them." Prim volunteered me for the errand with a sweet smile.

I didn't really have anything against going instead of the fourteen-year-old, so I nodded in agreement. "I could do that."

But I saw Katniss face falter. It was evident she didn't want me to go. I didn't know how she was going to deal with spending a whole day without me, but I pushed the worry aside. She sighed. "Okay. So…Just come back soon."

"I will." And as if proving to her I would, I gave Katniss a quick kiss. "Stay safe." And I turned my back upon the two delicate faces of my family, and walked out.

It wasn't too hard to find Katniss' doctor again. He was talking to the secretary at the front desk and looking down at his clipboard. I approached him and cleared my throat. "Excuse me, doctor."

The physician stopped his subdued discussion and glanced up at me. "Well, hello, Mr. Mellark. Is everything all right?"

"Yes, sir, but I would like to talk to you." In order to ask his permission for Katniss' temporary dismissal, I needed to explain our decision about the operation.

"Excuse me for one moment," The doctor nodded towards the secretary and then motioned for me to come into his office, which was conveniently located only a few feet away from the front desk. He took a seat in his swivel chair in front of me. "What is on your mind, Mr. Mellark?"

I cut to the chase. "Katniss and I have reached an agreement about the operation."

The doctor looked pleased. "Excellent. And what might that be?"

"We want to go through with the procedure, but after a few days of…well…just in case something goes wrong and Katniss loses the past year of her memory she wanted to...say a rough goodbye to everyone."

"Okay…" He nodded and began rummaging around in one of his desk drawers. "Would you like the information about the surgery now, or…?"

"Well, I actually came to ask you something, doctor." I leaned forward in my uncomfortable plastic chair. "Like I said, Katniss is taking the last few days before the operation to spend with everyone. Her family and I would be easy saying goodbye to, but she couldn't just let everyone else into her cramped little room. I came to ask your permission if Katniss could maybe be allowed to leave her room for a day to say farewell to everyone she came to know in the past year."

The doctor laced his fingers under his chin in thought. "What did you have in mind, Mr. Mellark? That she would go around District Thirteen looking for and saying goodbye to every single person? Or something else?" Did I detect a hint of disapproving-ness in his voice?

"Er…" I frowned slightly. How would that work? Then I had an idea. "I'd gather them up and we'd meet…somewhere. Katniss wouldn't have to go very far from her room."

"Hm." The doctor looked mildly impressed. "I suppose that would be okay. After all, Katniss mental condition isn't that severe other than her reaction to being alone. So, theoretically, if she wasn't ever alone, she wouldn't have an attack."

I nodded, suddenly getting the urge to leave and maybe get some time to myself. I got up and shook the doctors' wide hand. "Thank you, doctor. I will let you know when we are ready."

"Have a good day, Mr. Mellark." And he watched as I left the small office.

oOo

I hope you guys loooooved that chapter! We get to spend a little more time with those much-missed people in a few chapters such as Haymitch, Finnick, Annie, and… um… Actually those are all the one I want to say goodbye to Katniss, so ha. Meh… Anyways, review review review! Oh, and by the way I have a new poll up so if anyone wants to check that out...