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Chapter 4

"Wake up Lily, you have training today" Effie says shaking me slightly. Someone else walks into my room. "I'm up"

"Great! Breakfast will be ready in ten minutes so get dressed then come out" I hear her heals click on the floor as she leaves. I sit up in bed for a minute, I still hear the other person in my room. "Who's there?"

"It's Alexander, Effie wanted me to bring you your training outfit"

"Okay, bring it to me" I hear his footsteps get closer. He places the outfit in my hands. "I'll bring your shoes out with us when we eat breakfast. You can put them on after"

"Alright now you go wait outside my room for me" He leaves. The outfit feels soft in my hands. I it down on the bed beside me and take my pajama's off. I pull the training shirt on, then the pants. They are very comfortable and easy to move around in. "Okay I'm done" I say to Alexander. The door opens and I head towards it. He takes my hand and we go to breakfast. "Just in time" Effie says. "Please take a seat" she finishes. Alexander and I sit down and plates are put infront of us. "It smells good. Eggs, bacon, and toast?"

"Yes" Alexander says. "There is orange juice too"

"Okay thank you" I say searching for my fork on the table. Once I find it I dig in. They taste better than they smell. "So today is training, I want you two always together. Never leave each others side. Do you guys have any special skills?"

"No, not really" Alexander says.

"No, I don't" I say

"Well if you two find something that you are really good in try to avoid that station. I want you to keep your talents hidden Alexander. Lily if you are good in something show off."

"Why?" I ask

"Because if the other tributes know what you can do they will avoid you. They already have the upper hand since your blind"

"Oh" After that it's silent until we finish our breakfast. "Okay now lets get you down to the training room"

"Wait my shoes"

"Here sit down I'll get them" I obey and he puts my shoes on my feet. He ties one whlie I tie the other. "Lets go"

I can tell the training room is huge when we get there. I can hear some tributes talking, but they are far away. "Right this..." A women said then trailed off. I bet she saw my eyes. Alexander grabbed my hand and we started walking. The voices became louder. We were getting closer to them. "Okay now that we all are here, lets get started. first thing is roll call." A man says. he reads off names and when he gets to 12 he says. "Alexander Clarke"

"Here"

"and finally Lilium Howard"

"Here" I said

"Okay now the rules" the man said. "No fighting with other tributes, you'll get to do that in the arena, there are many diffrent stations. Don't forget the survival skills. Don't talk about training with anyone anywhere outside of this building and good luck. Now go start training" The man finishes.

"Where do you want to start?" Alexander asks.

"I don't know. What about you?"

"How about we start with... snares or ropes, so we can get food in the arena?

"Sounds good lets do the snares first"

"Alright" Still holding my hand Alexander led me to the snare station. "Hello you are Alexander and Lilium right?"

"Yeah" Alexander says.

"Call me Lily" I tell the instructor. "Welcome Lily and Alexander... so snares, do you know anything about them?"

"Nothing" I say

"Same" Alexander agrees.

"Well the best way to learn is by doing, so lets get started. Follow me" Alexander leds me to where the instructer went. I feel tall grass rub against my legs. "Here we are so first we need to get the supplies. You need some sticks, rope, you need to know how to do it and some luck. Next we set it up." I hear her do something with the sticks. "This is a simple snare, now you guys try" The instructor says. "What do I need to do?" I ask.

"I just showed you"

"She doesn't know Lily, show her" Alexander says. I lift my head and reveal my eyes. It's a dead give away that I'm blind so it's how I tell people. "Oh, I'm sorry I didn't know"

"It's fine, you said it youself, you didn't know"

"... so what you do is you..." she tells me to do this with the sticks and then do that with the rope. It takes a little bit but I got it. Alexander did better than I did. So I know we won't starve now.

Over the next days of training we've discovered that Alexander is a genius when it comes to plants, he can lift over 100 pounds, and he is pretty good with a sword or spear or knife. I was amazed. I was glad Alexander wanted to be my ally in the games. Tomorrow were the opening ceremonies. Rumors spread that I was blind. Just about all the tributes knew now. Soon all of Panem would know. Also during training I found out I was really good at all the stations where you had to use more than one of your sences. Things like being aware of your surrondings. With Alexanders fighting skills and my ability to hear everything we had a great chance at getting far in these games.

Alexander and I were in my room sitting on my bed talking. "I'm scared"

"Me too Lily"

"What are we going to do in the games? There is no way I'm getting off that pedastal without being killed"

"Then stay on the pedastal, I'll get what we need that's close and then I'll come get you"

"And you think that will work?"

"It has to" I don't respond. I feel his hands cup my cheeks. He pulls me closer to him, until I feel his lips on mine. The kiss was soft and lasted for a few minutes. It felt... good. "Lily I've never told you this but, ever since I found you I've had a major crush on you"

"Really?"

"Yes Lily, now get some sleep" He kisses my forehead and I crawl under the covers. "Goodnight Alexander"

"Goodnight Lily" He closed the door. I tried to sleep but there was no way that was going to happen.

(A/N: I know it's like how Peeta has a crush on Katniss since he gave her the bread and saved her life. Please review! :D)