Eve's P.O.V.

The first snow came not long after Finch and I teamed up with each other. Neither of us had a jacket and the clothing we did have was thin or wearing.

Often times, the two of us would just sit on the side of the road, unable to move because it was so cold that we weren't capable of finding the strength to even stand up.

All the plants we had been eating had died a few days ago or were buried deep under the snow, where we wouldn't be able to get to it.

We hadn't been eating much; there aren't that many plants in District 5, since most of it is made up of power plants, leaving little room for anything else.

Finch had grown troublingly thin since the snow started to fall and I wasn't exactly gaining weight, either. We had to find food, and fast, or else risk the chance of death.

The only problem was that the best way to get food during snowstorms like this was to steal the food, and we weren't entirely comfortable with that.

But what else was there for us to do? If we didn't eat, Finch and I would starve, and then where would be, besides two unmarked bodies that would be tossed into an unmarked grave.

"A-are you sure you want to do this?" Finch asked nervously. She bit her lip and kept on looking over her shoulder, to make sure no one is looking at us.

"I don't want to do this either but if we don't do this, we'll starve," I said. I was equally as nervous as Finch but I tried not to show it, for her sake. Over the last few weeks, I have become Finch's protector, always there to watch over her and make sure she is fine.

"Don't take too much," I said.

"Just take enough but don't take so much that they'll notice," Finch finished for me with a little half-smile.

We both nodded to each other and, with some trepidation, made our way to the door, ready to get in, grab as much food as we could, and get out as quickly as possible.

We tried the door to see if it was locked-which it was. Finch whimpered nervously, but luckily I had come prepared for such a situation.

Sighing, I pulled a bit of wire out of my pocked and picked the lock, smiling with satisfaction when I heard it click before the door swung wide open.

"Ready?" said Finch. She had turned a shade paler than normal, standing up on the tips of her toes and did her best to give me a smile.

"Ready," I said. I was not ready, not at all. I felt so nervous that feel like I might have been visibly shaking.

I snuck inside the shop, while Finch kept lookout, standing on the doorstep in case the owners of the house came back before I was done. I checked to see if anyone was inside the bakery, but luck was on our side; it was all clear.

I quickly grabbed some bread and cheese, but I had hardly been able to grab anything from the store before I heard Finch loudly whisper "Hide!"

I heard her dive behind a trash can as I slipped behind some bags of flour, my heart pounding as I tried to lay as still as possible. I was certain they were able to hear me and I did my best to make myself look nonexistent, attempting to blend in with the bags of flour all around me.

I listened to footsteps passing by me, clacking across the floor as they walked right by me to the other end of the store.

I heard the person checking in cupboards and in possible hiding places-did he know I was somewhere in here still?-but luckily, he didn't check behind the sack of flour.

Instead, he merely walked back out the door and closed it behind him, leaving me behind, still hiding uncomfortably under the flour.

I breathed out, noticing that I had been holding it that entire time. Finch came out of her hiding place and gave me the 'all clear' signal through the window.

I ran out of the bakery, the bread and cheese hidden in my pack, breathing heavily and trying to still my racing nerves.

"Did you get anything?" Finch asked.

"Yes!" I said excitedly, fishing out the bread and cheese momentarily to show her. Finch's entire face lit up as I stuffed it back into my pack.

"Good! Now let's move," said Finch. We ran off once more to our little hiding spot in a small grove of trees. I breathed out a sigh of relief and finally allowed myself to relax.