"I don't know Haymitch!" I shouted. I was at my wits end. I had just spent three with Effie this morning, trying to learn how to walk in heels and smile. And for the past two hours I've been with Haymitch trying to find an angle for my interview. I'm not witty, sexy, or mysterious. Gale's going with charming, which is perfect for him, but I can't do that either.

"I don't know any more sweetheart," Haymitch sighed. "Just go out there and wing it."

I practically ran out of the room. I need to get out of this apartment so I ran into the elevator. I smacked myself in the head when I remembered that I can't go anywhere! I leaned my head against the wall above the buttons. I hate this, I hate how they're keeping me here. I'm NOT an animal! Then my eyes find the button that says "R", which I assume means roof.

I punch the button as hard as I can and the elevator starts to move. The doors open and I have a view of half the city. "I'll have to bring Gale here after the interviews," I whisper to no one in particular.

Refreshed, I head downstairs to have a bite to eat before the stylists have at me. My makeup and hair are done in a more classy style than my look from the Parade. Cinna puts me in an elegant dress that looks like its made of embers. "Twirl some time during the interview, ok?" He asks.

"Why?"

Cinna smiled, "the audience is going to get a kick out of the Girl on FIre this time."

Gale and I meet up and we're escorted backstage of where the interviews are held. "Damn you, Gale," I say quietly.

He gives me a confused look, "what the hell did I do this time?"

I sighed, "this is going to be so easy for you, I'll be lucky if I don't get kicked off the stage."

He laughed, "what's your angle?"

"I'm winging it."

He laughs again, "Good luck with that." I punch him in the shoulder and move to my spot in line.

Once we're all ready the Interviews begin. The careers were first. The girl from district one had the audience wrapped around her finger with her sexy attitude, and the boy had the audience laughing the whole time with his funny, carefree demeanor. The small girl from district two had this mysterious evil air about here, the boy from her district, Cato, was extremely cocky. Of course he had every right to be, his looks and skills would have sponsors lining up out the door, and as far as I could tell he was the most skilled with weapons.

The only other people worth noticing were the District Eleven tributes. The boy was as big as Cato, and he had a deadly, quiet air about him. The girl was only twelve years old and she reminded me of Prim.

My interview was nothing special. The only time I made any real impression was when I talked about my sister, and when my dress engulfed me in flames.

Gale was right after. The crowd loved him, and Casear had good banter going with him right away. The audience was completely in love with his looks and his charming attitude. But when he really won over the crowd was when the questions started to get personal.

Gale's pro

"So Gale, you got a girl back home?" Casear asked.

I laughed, "Not right now Casear."

"Oh come on. A good looking guy like you must have his eye on someone," he said with an enticing smile.

If only he knew. "And if I do?"

"Does she know?" I swear the whole audience was holding their breath now.

"No." She's completely oblivious.

"Is she taken?"

"Nope." Everyone else in the district knows she's mine.

"Then why haven't you said anything?" He said in disbelief.

I said hesitantly, "I think I'll be rejected."

"Listen," Casear gives me a nudge as he says, "if you win the games, there's no way she can say no."

I give a sad smile, "I don't think that will work out for me either."

"Why not?" Casear asks again.

I scowl. If I say I love her, we'll get more sponsors than we can count. We'll be forced to act on this if I do come out and say it, and I don't think she'll appreciate it. Besides, I don't want to tell her this way. Even if I tell her it's an act, she'll be the only one acting. I don't want to spend my last couple weeks alive like that.

I smile, "I'll tell you after I win."

The whole crowd is shouting at me to reveal my secret, but my buzzer goes off and I stride off the stage.

Katniss pov

Gale walks off the stage looking confident. "You really got them all riled up Gale," I say to him.

He chuckles, "I know. They're suckers for gossip."

I laugh to. After a moment I say, " I didn't know you had your eye on someone Gale."

He stops and gives me a really strange look. "Who say I did?"

I raise an eyebrow at him, "So you got the Capital all worked up over something that isn't true?"

He shrugs, "I guess."

"And it was genius," Haymitch says as he walks up to us. "His interview is the only thing the Capital can think of. Now go to the apartment, have some food, and go to bed, the games start tomorrow."