I do not own the Hunger Games. I barely own Ava and Chrone and this story. Ava: Thanks Tessa! Chrone: Thanks Cat-boy! Story: Thanks Lanè, Cat-boy, and SHAINAB (Shainab is an honorary member of The Ceiling Club. Along with me and 1000Years1)!

Chapter 3

The games

Killing the others was easy. Nothing says 'Love life?' like killing innocent children with loving families back home that want them to come home alive. After the death of Rue, I didn't really care about anyone's life except mine and Peeta's. Running around trying to find him was hard enough, but trying to heal him? Impossible! No one but a doctor could fix him and that is if he's lucky. Peeta was screwed up bad. "Katniss?" asked Peeta from the corner of the cave.

"What?" I asked.

"Tell me a story." I nodded and he smiled.

"What story do you want?"

"Something that made you scared. I already know what made you happy, but what scares you?" he asked. I sat next to him and let him put his head in my lap. I wasn't so sure how to respond. I knew I had to play up the 'Star-crossed-lovers' act, but maybe the feelings inside of me where genuine. I already knew his were. "Something that scares me? That's hard." I started playing with his hair.

"Why?"

"Because there are so many things that scare me. Running out of food. Twelve being set on fire. Don't get me started on fire. The Capital coming to arrest me for hunting. Prim dying. Me dying. Gale dying. You dying."

"Are you just saying that for the Capital?" he asked. I immediately stopped playing with his hair. Did he know?, I thought. I had to lie. "No. Why would you think that?"

"Because your a really bad liar."

"I'm not lying! I really do care about you!" I wasn't thinking and when I heard those words escape my lips I forgot everything else. Did I really just say that? Must of because he won't stop smiling. I thought. "Look I don't want you to die. It would kill me, ok? You mean that much to me." I wasn't lying. He really did mean that much to me. Even with the stupid Games, he had replaced Gale for my soul confider in theses Games. "Right now, your my soul confident. I probably wouldn't tell anyone these things. Gale already knows, and it gets annoying because he makes fun of me. I might tell Cinna, but I can't. Your the only reason I'm still fighting, Peeta. If it wasn't for you, I'd probably be dead right now." I looked down in his big blue eyes, and saw that he was trying hard to believe me, but he couldn't. I could almost hear Haymich saying, 'Do sweetheart. You know you want to.'

So I leaned down close to him and whispered, "And I mean every word." He smiled and we kissed. That feeling returned and I didn't want it to disappear so I made sure it didn't.

Ok so in case you didn't notice, I made up the story. Just thought I'd spice things up a bit. Chrone and Ava are not in this chapter because well their dead! Please, please, PLEASE review!

~tcheshire