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Chapter 8

We run as fast as we can away from the giant gap forming at our feet. "Why are the gamemakers doing this?" I yell as Alexander pulls me behind him. "I don't know, but we need to run faster!" Alexander yells back.

I can hear the roar of the earth as it breaks into two pieces. Alexander pulls me behind him. I know he doesn't mean to actually pull me, but we need to escape this evergrowing gap. "Lets just jump to the side!" I yell to Alexander. "Alright on three jump to the right!" He yells back to me. We continue to run for a few more seconds before he starts counting down. "One..." He says as we climb over a fallen tree.

"Two..." I can tell Alexander is getting tired. I am too, all this running is exausting and making me thirsty. And pulling me along isn't helping. "three!" Alexander yells and we both lunge to the right.

I jumped into something hard and it knocked me back. I reached my arms out to grab something, anything, but the giant gap in the ground has grown to large. My foot slipped off the edge and I fell down into the seemingly bottomless hole. Againg I reached my arms out to try and grap something to stop my fall but again found nothing.

My arm got snagged on something and my fall stopped. The grip on my arm tightened. "Lily" I heard. Then I relized Alexander had grabbed my arm, he was what stopped my fall. "Alexander" I say in respose. I hope he could pull me up. I wasn't heavy, not at all, but the clothing I was wearing had to weight at least 15 pounds. "Lily, hold on I'm gonna get you up"

"Okay, please hurry"

"I'll try, just hold on tight Lily. give me your other hand" Alexander pleaded. I slowly and carefully lifted my other hand to Alexander, thinking if I wasn't careful I would fall. Alexander grabbed my hand and slowly pulled me up.

I relized that Alexander was on his stomach and was despretly trying to get us both up. "Lily I have to put your hand down for a second, whatever you do don't let go of what I put it down on"

"Alright" Alexander set my hand down where the ground dropped off. I gripped onto it so tight, I thought I would break my hand.

I felt Alexander start to get to his feet. My body was lifted up a bit, and then my hand ripped out of the ground along with a chunk of dirt. My arm fell to my side and Alexander gripped my other arm tighter.

Alexander lifted me over the side of the 'cliff' and as soon as I was on solid ground I began to shake. Not because I was cold, which I was, but because I was so scared. I felt a hand under my legs and another on back. I was being lifted off the ground and carried somewhere.

When we stopped walking after a while I was put down. Still shaking Alexander pulled me onto his lap and started stoking my hair. I began to sob into his jacket. "Shhh Lily"

"T-thank y-y-you" I choke out in between sobs.

"I will always save you Lily" Alexander tells me. He takes my chin in his fingers and tilts it up. I know what he is going to do and I want him to.

He pulls me closer to him and our lips meet. It's soft at first but deepens as we continue. Our lips move together for no where near enough time. We finally pull away, but only to breath. I was still scared out of my mind from the near death I just had and was shaking from it still but I was happy too, because Alexander had saved and kissed me.

I didn't want to move out of Alexanders arms for a while. I wish he would just hold me like this forever. His arms around me and me curling up in his lap. "Hey I have something" Alexander said. He moves a little, still keeping me in his lap and then puts something in my hand. "What is it?"

"Some water, I found it in a tree. It was our very first gift from a sponsor" Alexander says. I undo the cap and take a sip. It feels great on my dry throat. "That is amazing" Alexander gives a small chuckle. "Thank you Alexander"

"Lily like I said, I will always save you" I wrap my arms around Alexanders neck and hug him. I know when he says he will always save me he means it. He wraps his arms tighter around my waist. We stay like this for a few minutes and when we pull away from each other, but I'm still in his lap and he still holds me close. "We should keep going, do you think we should or do you want to stay here for a while more?" Alexander asks. Then a cannon booms. "Who do you think it was?" I ask.

"No clue, but I'm glad it wasn't one of us"

"Me too, and lets keep moving, but don't let go of me" I say

"Never"

Slowly we both get up but Alexander never lets go of my hand. "We should find a place to stay until the games are over"

"Yeah, anywhere in mind?"

"No, but I'm sure we'll find something" Alexander says.

And sure enought he was right. After hours of walking and me tripping twice over fallen branches we found a place. It's like where we were before, under a tree with a little gap in the bottom, exept bigger. "What time is it?" I ask

"About 6" Alexander says.

"Okay, so what do we do now?"

"We wait and see how the games play out" Alexander says. He sits down beside me at the base of the tree and pulls me closer to him. The gamemakers have made the temperature drop ever since I Alexander saved me. I was shivering again. "Try and sleep I'll keep watch" Alexander tells me. I close my eyes but then something hits me: It's been too long without even a single sound from the careers. I know they are up to something, and I know that they want Alexander and I dead. Not a very good combination.

(A/N: I couldn't think of how to end this chapter :/ I hope it wasn't too bad. anyways REVIEW PLEASE! :D)