We get the day off today from training or crazy interviews. I wanted to find Katniss and spend this day with her. We weren't allowed to go visit other tributes on their floors so I hung out in the Commons area hoping that she would come up. I must've dosed off because I feel someone shake me a little. I opened my eyes to Katniss smiling. A beautiful thing to wake up and see.

"I thought you were dead." she says laughing.

"I was and you brought me back to life." I say. I knew that this would make her blush and that what I was craving to see and she blushed a deep red and looked down at her hands. I slip my hand into hers, and pull us both up.

"Do you mind spending the day with a heartless career?" I say mockingly.

"No I don't just let me go find marble. He looked really good last night if you know what I mean." I knew she was joking but I still felt jealous like when lover boy got to spend all his time with Katniss. I grimaced and she laughed.

"Sure what are we doing?" she asks me. She hasn't taken her hand back which is surprising because she did seem like the type of person to show any emotion to someone she just met.

"Well I was thinking about raiding the kitchen, grabbing a bunch of snacks and go up to the roof and just...talk." I wanted to know more about this girl who changed me before I die later, sometime in the upcoming two weeks.

"Fine with me." she says. We grab anything eatable and lead her to the roof top. I opened the door and I heard he gasp.

"It's amazing up here!" she says looking over the ledge. It's only amazing because you're up here with me I think.

We had spent hours up on the roof. I learned that her father died in a mining accident and how her mother went into a phase that was making her daughters starve. Katniss says the only reason she was alive was because of Peeta. She had been so hungry that see collapsed right in front of his bakery. And he threw her bread. I owed him a thanks because he saved her. She also had a cat named buttercup which she hated but Prim begged her to keep the cat. Which Katniss allowed. They also had a goat named lady. Another one of prim's animals. Katniss had her head rested in my lap and I stroked her hair which felt like silk.

"I think we better get back to everyone. "She says, lifting her head up. I didn't want this day to end especially since tomorrow was the hunger games.

"Yeah, Katniss?" I was waiting for her to turn towards me. She did.

"Yes?" she asks. I take my opportunity and crush me lips against hers.

Katniss pov

I stood there shocked as Cato kissed me. I didn't what to do, I've never been kissed. Cato pulls back his expression was hurt but he quickly fixed his face so I didn't see that I hurt him. But I had.

"You don't want to kiss me do you?" He asks, scanning my face.

"That's no it... that was my first kiss."

I admit blushing. He stares at me shocked. I look down at my hands, nervously intertwining my fingers. Cato puts his hand under my chin and lifts my head up. He stares into my eyes, and he slowly moved his head inward and pressed his lips to mine. My lips started moving in sync with his. He puts his arm on my back and pulls me closer to him, not wanting this kiss to end. I put my arms around his shoulders. When end the kiss when we both came up for air.

"We really need to get back down there. We are probably an hour late to dinner now." I say looking up at the sky. He quickly kisses me again and then pulls us both up. We walk off hand in hand. I wasn't ready for tomorrow. I don't think Cato was either. I press Cato's button for his floor. He pecks my lips and gets off the elevator.

"Where have you been?" Effie yells to me. "You missed dinner!"

"I was enjoying the last night I have before I'm thrown into the games where I could die, Effie, that's where I was." I tell her. She didn't have anything to comeback with so she purses her lips and walks to the couch and sits down, arms folded. Peeta was already in his room and Haymitch was passed out on the table, probably from drinking. So I head to my room. I curl up on my bed and start to cry. I couldn't help it. The hunger games were tomorrow and I have a good chance of never seeing Prim again. Or Gale. I really need my hunting partner right now.

"Katniss?" someone says through the door.

"Go away!" I mumbled. But instead they opened the door. It was Peeta. He saw what a wreck I looked like. I looked weak. His face falls when he sees that I was crying. He walks over to me, sits down on my bed and wraps me up in his arms. We didn't say anything, but I had cried for a good portion of the time and then I drifted to sleep in a restless sleep, in Peeta's arms. He had made me feel safe in one of my most hopeless moods. I owed him so much.

I woke up screaming. I felt someone tighten their arms around me.

"Katniss? Are you okay? "Peeta asks. He stayed with me? I feel tears pouring down my face. I tried to answer him but it sounded like I was being strangled, so I just nodded my head. He was playing with my hair.

"You don't...have to stay... with...me"

I struggle to say.

"I know, but I want to Katniss."

I look over at the alarm clock it was two am.

"Peeta you should get some rest...the games are tomorrow."

"Katniss, I want to be here. If I didn't I wouldn't stay."

"Why?" I ask him.

"Why what?"

"Why do you want to be here? After I ditched you."

"Katniss, first of all, you were doing what you had to. I was holding you back- "I cut him off.

"It's not like that you weren't holding me back. I just...I don't know...but you weren't holding me back."

"Second of all "Peeta ignoring what I said. "Cato isn't the only one who cares about you, who is willing to die for you. He beat me to the punch line- "I knew were this was going.

"Peeta, please don't say what I think you're going say."

"But Katniss I need to let you know how I feel."

"Peeta please stop. You are too late to tell me anything. You had more time then Cato did and he "told me how he feels" I say putting quotation marks with my fingers.

"And I love him Peeta." Peeta looked defeated.

"You may not feel the same way as me but that doesn't change anything. I'll give you my life and heart but that's all I can give. It's all I have." He unwraps his arms and gets up, heading to the door.

"Peeta, you will always be one of my best friends. I'm sorry I can't return the same feelings to you, but I do love you just not the way you want. I love you as if you were my older brother. Always there to protect me but I do not love you in any other way."

"I know Katniss. Just friends and I love you too and not the way you want It." he says with a laugh. I feel the corner of my lip pull up. Peeta opens the door.

"See you in the arena, Katniss." and he closed the door behind him. I tried to fall back asleep for the remaining hours I have left.

"Katniss! Get up!" Effie shakes me.

"Who? What?" I say shooting up in my bed.

"You need to come down to breakfast and then go see Cinna. So up!"

"Okay, okay." I grab a t-shirt and sweat pants and slip them on walking down to the table. A huge breakfast was on the table. Eggs, Bacon, cinnamon buns, round things you put sticky brown stuff called syrup on and other pastries. I fill up my plate and dig in. Haymitch and Peeta walk down, and served themselves.

"Okay guys, the big day. Remember everything I told you two. Don't get sucked into the bloodbath and don't try to get a weapon when other tributes are around. Find water as fast as you can. Good luck you two. That is all I got to say. "Haymitch tells us as we get up from the table. Haymitch grabs my shoulders and squeezes before he pulls me into an awkward hug.

"Thank you, Haymitch. For everything." I saw. He nods and goes over to Peeta to give him a pat on the back. I follow Peeta out the door and we exchange a quick good luck to each other and I head to Cinna's room and knock on his door.

"Coming." He calls at the door. The knob jiggles and he opens the door. I walk up into his waiting arms.

"I don't want to die." I say to him.

"You won't die Katniss. You have the careers that are protecting you and Cato and Peeta ready to die for you. You won't die." he reassures me, pulling me to where a T-shirt with a 12 on the sleeve, and black pants and jacket. I quickly get changed. I had less than half an hour now before the games began. We walked to a room that had a glass tube in it.

"TEN MINUTES. "Time was going by way to fast.

"I'm scared Cinna." I admit "I'm not ready for this"

"You're not the only one Katniss. No matter how good they are at hiding it. They are all just as scared as you."

I take a deep breath.

"I know something that will help." Cinna walks over to me and lifts the corner of my jacket. The mocking jay pin that prim gave me was clipped there. Tears came to my eyes. It was the greatest gift he could've given me.

"THREE MINUTES" The woman on the intercom says. I rush to Cinna.

"Thank you Cinna. For everything." I say hugging him.

"You're welcome Katniss. But I'm afraid that it is time for you to enter the glass tube. "I look over my shoulder, to the tube and I turn walking over to it. I entered it slowly.

"Good luck Katniss. Show them what the girl on fire can do." he says as the glass closes. I put my hand on the glass watching him disappear as I was lifted up. I'm blinded by sunlight for a quick second before I regain sight. We were to stay on the platform for sixty seconds. If you left to early you were blown to bits. I look over the tributes I see Peeta on the other side of me. He gave me a quick nod. I scan the rest for Cato. He was the farthest one away from me of course. He winks at me but then puts on an icy glare as the time ticks down. 25...24...23...22...21...20... I look over the arena. It was a forest. Perfect. It was almost as if I was home. The cornucopia was fifty feet away from us. 15... 14... 13... I see something silver. A bow. I look over at Peeta and he shakes his head as if telling me not to grab it. But I need it to win. I'm a fast runner. I'll grab it and go.

"10" a males voice says. I feel myself leaning forward.

"9" I look over at Cato and back at the bow, letting him know what I needed. He nodded at me and pointed to himself. Telling me that he would get it. I nod.

"8"

"7"

"6"

"5"

"4"

"3" I take a deep breathe.

"2"

"1"

Run!

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