Hey guys, we have a kind short chapter here for you guys because Marcus and I have an annoying little pest that you guys are all most likely well acquainted with known as writers block so if you can pay attention and review some suggestions it would be greatly appretiated and help with updating.

Katniss was woken by gentle knocking. "You need to wake up, Katniss." Maysilee said carefully. "We're almost there."

She groaned "How much time do I have?"

"An hour,"

Katniss sighed, "Alright, I'll get ready, in the meantime you could find some server to sleep with."

Maysilee rolled her eyes but said; "Just get ready,"

"I am. Go bug someone else." Maysilee growled but left.

"How did it go." Effie asked.

"Not well,"

Maysilee sighed and told her, "She told me to go find some server to sleep with."

"Well..." Effie huffed.

"I just don't know what to do." Maysilee sighed.

"Nor do I," Effie said.

"I thought we were starting to make some progress but then…" Maysilee sighed and said, "Known Katniss her whole life and she's still unpredictable. You think you know what she's going to do and she does the opposite."

Effie did not know what to say. "Why does the one tribute I get with any real chance have to hate me?"

"I don't know," Effie said.

"Maybe I should have asked Prim what her secret to getting Katniss to like her is."

"Who?" Effie asked.

"Her little sister, the one she volunteered for."

"Oh! Right," Effie said.

"Yeah, she's pretty much the only person besides her dad that Katniss never really had any doubts about loving." Maysilee explained. "Sure, they've had a few fights as all siblings do like when Prim wanted to bring in this cat named Buttercup but Katniss insisted that they can barely feed themselves and can't afford another mouth to look after, but it was still always unconditional between those two."

"Maybe write the girl a letter?"

"Well, I guess that could work but she's most likely in no mood to write or even read the letter right now." Maysilee said.

"Call her then?"

"She doesn't have a phone. The only one in twelve who has one besides myself is the mayor."

"So, call your home and have the get her." Effie shrugged.

"Live alone now but I could give my brother-in-law a call and see if my niece could get her." Maysilee realized.

"That could work."

Maysilee picked up one of the phones and dialed the Undersea household.

It rang and then her niece picked up.

"Hello?"

"Madge, it's Aunt Maysilee."

"Oh! Hey aunty!" She said.

Maysilee smiled slightly and said, "I'm going to need a favor."

"Okay, what?" She asked.

"Could you head over to the Seam, get Prim, and put her on the phone?"

"Uh...okay?" She said.

"Just stay on the line." Madge said before leaving.

So she waited.

Quite a few minutes later, a croaked voice answered, "Hello?"

"Hey Prim?" Maysilee asked.

"Maysilee?" She asked.

"Yes, I need some advice to help your sister."

"Okay, what?" Prim asked.

"Well, to help her I need her to trust me but she can barely even tolerate me."

"Okay, well that is tough,"

"Well, you're the only one she can really trust." Maysilee said hoping this wasn't a dead end.

"Well try making her understand things for you,"

"I guess but how could I even do that?"

"Unsure tell her something that you have never said to anyone,"

"That'll really help?" Maysilee asked trying to think of something she could tell without putting her loved ones in danger. Her sister's already so vulnerable being bedridden with that headache and now there's Madge, the mayor, Katniss, and Prim added to the list.

"Yeah it will and can you do me a favor?"

"Of course, Prim." Maysilee agreed.

"Keep that Peeta boy away from her I have seen him follow her home its creepy,"

"Dudley noted, I will and I'll do everything I can to make sure she makes it back home alive."

"Thank you Ms. Donner," she said and Maysilee could hear the smile.

"It's my pleasure, Prim." Maysilee smiled. "And thank you."

"You're welcome." She said.

"Any other advice?" Maysilee asked.

"Be patient," she said.

"Alright, well I probably should be leaving now. We just arrived in the Capitol."

"Okay, good luck!" Prim said.

"Thank you, just be strong, Prim and I promise she'll be back."

"Okay I trust you," Prim said.

"Good, goodbye, Prim."

"Goodbye Ms. Donner,"

They both hung up and Maysilee realised what she could safely tell her.

She just needed a minute for them to be alone.

She headed back to Effie wondering if Katniss was ready yet.

She found fortunately Katniss was. "Katniss, I know you're going to hate this but I need to talk with you alone for a minute."

"Why?" She muttered.

"There's something I need to tell you. Something I've never told anyone before."

"Okay," Katniss sighed.

They headed back to Katniss' room closing the door behind them. "So what is it?" Katniss asked.

"Did you happen to ever watch a rerun of my games?"

"Once why?"

"Remember one of my district partners and ally those games Haymitch Abernathy?"

"Yeah," Katniss said.

"Well, I sort of… liked him more than that."

"Meaning?" Katniss asked.

"Well, I had had a crush on him many many years before the reaping I never said anything about it though because I was too embarrassed. After all he was from the Seam and I was from the Town. I was so stupid not to. Then I really started to regret not saying anything once he started to date Sagittaria. Finally the Reaping came in to seal the deal that there really was no hope between us."

"That's really sad," Katniss said honestly.

Maysilee nodded slowly, "As I said I never told anyone that before. Not even my sister, Noresc. Also, as weird as it may sound, in the beds of those Capitol men… sometime I would let myself pretend that they were him." It was the truth, too. It was the only way to make it a little bit less unbearable.

"I'm so sorry," Katniss said.

"It's not your fault."

"Well still," she said.

"I just wanted to try and find some even ground between us."

"Okay, I will trust you," Katniss said.

Maysilee smiled glad for Prim's help, "Good, just please, don't tell anyone about Haymitch."

"Okay, I promise," Katniss said.

"Good, now come on, we're just about there." Maysilee said getting up and headed to the bedroom door. Katniss nodded nervous. "You'll do great. Just be yourself for the crowd but once you actually get to the Remake Center it's best to go with what the prep and stylist do instead of fighting it even though I know you won't like it." Maysilee sighed.

"Okay, I will try to do that," She said.

"Good," Maysilee said and they headed out.

Katniss sighed as Peeta approached them. Maysilee frowned remembering what Prim had said and directed Katniss away, "Come on, much to do. Effie, get the boy for me, please."

"Right okay," Effie said.

Having just arrived, they were both taken off the train.

Katniss looked reluctant but followed her prep team.

They were both taken to the Remake Center and left to their own prep teams.

Maysilee had to wait and watch as they were put through everything.

She flinched every time they waxed Katniss but noticed she was being a trooper just as expected. "That a girl!" She said happily. "Please don't make her look too ridiculous." She muttered indirectly to the stylist who she had not met yet.

"I will try not to," Said a man's voice from behind her.

Maysilee was surprised by that and turned around finding Cinna, "Oh, you must be the new stylist.

"Yes I am, hello Ms. Donner," He said.

"Hello," Maysilee said hoping he doesn't have the same idea of beauty as last year's.

"You seem worried," He said.

"Given the track record with 12's stylists I have every reason to be. Especially with Katniss, I've known her her whole life.

"Well I will try to break the record then," He said.

"Just, make sure she's unforgettable but in a good way."

"You read my mind," He said.

Maysilee smiled slightly and said, "Well, hopefully you can actually make it happen."

"I think we can," Cinna said.

Maysilee was surprised by the we, "You want my help?"

"If you have the time," He said.

"Well, for now I'm free. What do you have so far?" Maysilee asked.

He smiled and showed her a jumpsuit. Maysilee didn't say anything, it didn't really seem that different than what she had expected before talking to him. Then he appeared to set it on fire. Maysilee seem horrified for a second put found that nothing what happening and stuck her hand into the fake flame. It was warm, but no burns. "Incredible," She breathed in disbelief. "It's perfect."

"You like it then?" He asked.

Maysilee nodded with a smile, "No one could ever forget Katniss Everdeen, the girl who was on fire."

"I like that," He said.

"Good, I think you're just about up though." Maysilee said looking into the room through her one way mirror.

"Just about," he said.

"Just so you know. She's not the kind to trust anyone really easily but your going to want to get her to understand things for you."

"I can do that," he said.

"Good, just figured you should know what you're walking into."

"Thank you," He said.

"My pleasure. Thank you." Maysilee said with a smile.

"For what?" He asked.

"Caring, making an effort."

"Why would I not?"

"Well, most don't." Maysilee said.

"I am not most," he said smiling.

"Good and thank you for not being."

"I try," He said.

"Good, it really does mean a lot, especially this year."

"She is special to you?" He askec.

"Very and she also has really high odds already. There's been quite a few that not even that could have helped enough."

"Good to know," He said.

"You're up now though."

"I know," He said leaving.

Maysilee held her breath knowing how much trust this would need from her.

He walked in and casually started to talk to her first giving her a robe. "Alright, so far so good." Maysilee noted. She seemed to relax around Cinna. "Perfect," She smiled. "Her odds just went up," she sighed.

A few hours later, Maysilee was waiting by their chariots.

The boy arrived first much to her annoyance.

"You know Peeta, back on the train I had found out something rather... disturbing about you." Maysilee said not looking at him.

"What?" He asked.

"Well, apparently you had been following Katniss home all the time back in 12. This true?"

"I… well..."

Maysilee knitted her brow and said, "That is incredibly creepy. In fact, Prim agrees and had instructed me to keep you away from her. Understood?"

"She's my partner," he pointed out.

"That does make it difficult on days like today but it won't stop me from stopping where I can."

"You can't in the arena," he said.

"I could tell her and I doubt she'd want to be around you then. Besides, you'd just weigh her down if you tried, lower her odds."

"How would I lower her odds?"

"Let's see: you're noisy, weak, huge, vulnerable, and above all, useless." Maysilee shrugged.

"And you are my mentor?"

"I am but you have already seen that I can do nothing to help a tribute who can't even help themselves."

"Why do you say I'm useless?" He asked.

"Because you are." She said bluntly.

"You don't know that,"

"I've worked with enough useless people to recognize one."

"You're wrong!" He said.

"Then prove it." Maysilee said simply.

"How?" He asked.

"That's for you to figure out." Maysilee shrugged.

"Well, you show what it is that you think makes you not useless."

"I will when training starts." He offered.

"Alright then, we'll see." Maysilee said. "In training, focus on your stregnths, if the other tributes know your weaknesses they'll exploit them." She said in advice that makes A LOT more sense than Haymitch's.

"Got it," he said as Katniss came out.

"Nervous?" She asked Katniss.

"A little bit yes," Katniss said.

"I'm sure you'll do great and don't worry about the fire, I tested it myself, perfectly safe."

"You promise?" She asked.

"I promise." Maysilee nodded.

"Okay," she said nodding.

"Katniss, did you know that Peeta here had been stalking you?" Maysilee asked.

"He what!?" She asked glancing at him.

"Nothing major, I would just follow you home from school."

"Why? Do you know how creepy that is?" She asked.

"It's not that creepy." Peeta said defensively.

"Yes it is you followed me around," She said.

"Just home from school, not everywhere."

"Why?"

"Well, I've sort of have had a crush on you for like forever."

"WHat!?" She asked.

"I have a crush on you. Is that so wrong?"

"No, but following me does."

"Well, you never really even noticed me besides when I through you that bread to stop you and your family from starving to death and even then it was just kind of a passing glance."

"So you stalk me?" She asked.

"Well, when you say it like that it sounds so bad."

"It is bad,"

"It not! I was not stalking you!"

"How is following me around every day not stalking?"

"It's not like I followed you everywhere."

"Where did you follow me?"

"Just home from school… and sometimes to it."

"That is weird then!"

"What's so weird about?" He asked idiotically.

"You followed me!"

"You are over reacting," Peeta said.

"No she isn't." Maysilee corrected.

"Stay away from me." Katniss said actually stepping behind Maysilee.

"Katniss please, you have to understand." Peeta said stepping towards her.

"Understand what?" She asked staying behind Maysilee.

"I only did what I did because I love you."

Katniss did not know what to say.

"Then you should have just talked to her." Maysilee said for her.

"I was nervous."

"Then you should have been too nervous to stalk me." Katniss said staying behind her.

"I just liked to watch you." He said.

"Do you even listen to the words that come out of your mouth?"

"Yes why?" he asked.

"Because they're insane!"

"They are not! Its perfectly normal!" He said.

"Having a crush on someone is normal! Stalking them is not!"

Katniss nodded in approval of Maysilee's words.

Peeta was about to say something but stopped when he realized that ALL of the tributes were starring at them and not in a good way.

He closed his mouth and stalked away.

"That is..." Katniss started unsure what to think.

"Weird?" Maysilee supplied.

"No doesn't cover it up enough." Katniss corrected.

"Crazy?" She asked.

"Definitely," Katniss nodded.

"Avoid him then." Maysilee said.

"I will in everyway I can." Katniss said but looking over at the chariot. The games made quite a bit of that impossible.

"Just try to." Maysilee said.

"I will."

"Good, now, are you ready?" She asked.

"Except the fire, where is Cinna?"

"He's on his way." Peeta's stylist said.

"Alright, how much time do we have?" Katniss asked.

"A few minutes." She said.

"Alright, I'm ready."

"Good," She said smiling.

"So, what's the plan?" She asked Maysilee.

"Confident in this parade. You need to know you look incredible and show off a little. Even if you do not believe it." Maysilee said cutting her off before she could say just that.

Katniss hesitated but nodded, "Okay, I will."

"Good, because here he comes,"

Katniss smiled slightly as Cinna came over.

"Ready?" He asked her.

"Ready," She nodded. He nodded and lite the flames. She watched in awe as her outfit was set ablaze. She felt comfortably warm. "Amazing," Katniss breathed.

"Thank you." He said smiling.

"Can we leave Peeta unlit?" Katniss asked, "Or maybe use real fire for him?"

"What why?" He asked.

"He's been stalking me." Katniss said angrily.

"Stalking you?" Cinna asked.

"Back in 12, he was always following me around."

"Well no I cannot kill him." Cinna said.

"Right," Katniss sighed. "That I'll have to do myself."

"In the arena." Cinna reminded.

"Of course." Katniss nodded.

"Good now go blow them away!"

"I will." Katniss said mostly to herself as she got on the charriot.

They nodded and Peeta boreded after her smiling.

She looked away resisting the urge to push him off.

He reached toward her.

She went to about the edge of the chariot hating this.

They started to move.

Katniss held on since she was un the edge but looked confident as she was told.

She did well too because she was cheered on sight.

She smiled letter go with one hand and waving.

They waved back and reached out to her.

She was surprised when she heard her name being chanted.

'They love me?' She thought. She thought about what Maysilee said back on the train. Maybe she was right.

She was kind of enjoying this.

She let herself take it in as the approached the square.

She even started blowing kisses.

The audience was diving after them as if an actual tangible opject.

'Wow!' She thought stunned.

She watched in disbelief as their chariot came to a stop.

Snow gave the usual speech and they were off again as everyone stared at her.

"You did amazing, Katniss!" Maysilee said when they got there ignoring the glares.

"Really?" She asked.

"Realy that would be why everyone's glaring at you."

"Oh!" She said.

"Exactly," Maysilee nodded.

"You were great!" Cinna said.

"Thank you but that was mostly you." Katniss corrected.

"No you pulled it off well," He said.

"Well, I guess."

"I know, better than Peeta," Cinna muttered to her smiling.

"Not much competition there." Katniss chuckled.

"True but still," He shrugged.

"Alright, thank you." He smiled then Peeta came over.

Katniss just headed to the elevator making sure Peeta didn't come in. She went up alone and waited for Maysilee. "I can't believe this." She grunted.

"What?" Maysilee asked arriving.

"Him," Katniss huffed obviously referring to Peeta.

"Sorry," She sighed.

"Not your fault, thank you for warning me."

"It's no trouble." Maysilee said.

"That is just unbelievably creepy though."

"I know," She sighed.

"Any advice on that?" She asked.

"Stay away, sleep with the door locked." She said.

"Alright," Katniss said. "What if he breaks it down?"

"Then he'll face the wrath of Effie."

"That would be fun to watch." Katniss admitted.

"It usually is as long as it's not at you." Maysilee said with a slight chuckle.

"You speak from experience?" Katniss asked.

"I've been working with her for years. I've seen plenty."

"Good point." She smiled.

"Sometimes they're not funny though. Some just make you angry at her for getting angry at them." Maysilee added.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, for example last year she was getting really mad at the tributes for their lack of table manners. They hadn't eaten all week; those were the last things on their minds."

"Oh I see…" Katniss said sadly.

"Yeah, I was obviously not very happy about that."

"I would think not." She said.

"Yeah, it's only funny when it's deserved." Maysilee said.

"She does not know any better." Katniss said.

"I know that." Maysilee said.

"Makes it no easier?"

"Doesn't make it any funnier."

Katniss nodded as Peeta and Effie arrived. Katniss just headed over to her room without another word.

Peeta sighed watching her leave. Maysilee hit him in the back of the head though technically illegal. "What was that for?" He asked.

"How else am I supposed to teach you a much need lesson?"

"I did nothing wrong." He said.

"Then you're an idiot."

"What do you mean?" He asked angrily.

"You were watching her."

"So?" He asked.

"So you need to stop being creepy altogether."

"I just looked at her." He said.

"How about you just avoid her completely?" Maysilee said as more of an order.

"I can't we live here for now."

"You can, I've seen it quite a few times."

"What do you mean?"

"You can completely avoid your district partner after today. You just don't want to."

"You can't really stop me." He said.

"I could stick Effie on you if you don't."

"So?" He asked.

"Do you really want to find out?"

"Find out what?" He asked.

"Why that would be a problem."

"Sure."

"Effie," Maysilee called.

"Yes Maysilee dear?" She asked.

"Mind to tell Peeta here why it's not okay to stalk people?"

"He has been stalking someone?" She asked getting angry.

Maysilee nodded, "Katniss, even back in District 12."

"PEETA!" She shouted staring off a rant.

And that is where we got stuck please review and tell us what you think should happen. We're all friends here, right?