p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="3ed952ea1fdb8c1c911c85df9b9b22d6"Peeta's chest rises as he finally takes a breath. Relief floods through my body, I instantly crash my lips onto his without a second thought. He is alive. I pull away from the kiss reluctantly, looking back at Finnick and Mags. They didn't seem to notice, or didn't mind. I help Peeta sit up and nod to Finnick as a thank you. I know he saved Peeta's life, but there is still a part of me that doesn't trust him. Peeta stands up and gets his balance. We wait while he steadies himself before we prepare to move again. Peeta lets us know when he is ready and Finnick helps Mags onto his back, following us into the jungle more. /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="08673a859df9099536531726362edb83"Peeta finds a spot he thinks will be good for the night and sets up what little supplies we have. Finnick lets Mags off his back and helps her to get comfortable. She falls asleep quickly and I can't help but feel even more anger toward the capitol for putting someone else so innocent and defenseless into the arena, knowing she will probably end up dying soon, even if she wasn't in their games, just for their entertainment. She deserves to be tucked safely into her bed inside of her house that the capitol provided when she won the games, not inside of the arena sleeping on the ground and being carted around on Finnick's back until she passes. I watch him closely, never completely turning my back to him, any minute he could be shoving his trident through my body, or Peeta's. He walks to a nearby tree and sits down against it, leaving Peeta and I alone for a moment. He takes a seat beside me and pulls me carefully against him. br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"Hey Kat," he kisses the back of my neck slowly and tenderly./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="75a3556650d8b361323de2fc5e93911e""I love you."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="4d9583eb1da3558e94707367394ce034"I watch him lay down and fall asleep quickly. It's amazing how this time in the arena last year I was pretending to love him and now I was having his baby. Things have changed and now, nothing will ever go back to being the same. In a way, I still wish I wasn't pregnant, but I've come to love this baby inside me, it's a part of me. I know that's not why I love the baby, I love the baby because the baby is part of Peeta. I slowly start to drift off to sleep, then I see fog. Nothing in this arena is ever what it really is. I reach out my hand and feel a sharp stabbing pain attack it. I pull back and see blisters beginning to form. I stand up immediately and start running toward the others./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="ddfbb96223225bf81afba887d1ef323b"A few minutes go by and I open my eyes, the fog has formed a wall in front of us, it is going straight up into the air instead of descending upon us. The fog wouldn't come here and, at least for now, this was a safe place. I sit up, the pain shooting through my body. Between the running and the fog, I know that my body is being pushed more than it can take right now. I won't be able to last much longer like this. I find some water and crawl over to it, reaching the edge and sticking my hand in slowly. At least I can splash some water on me and maybe cool off a little bit. Maybe the water will help sooth my aching body. I can't hold back the scream that rips it's way out of my throat as my hand burns as though I'm being stung by the poison again. I look down at the water, preparing to take my hand out as I see a misty fog being pulled from the blisters as they subside. The water is drawing out the poison. /p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="e69777cf4ed6303e6a218d184b3a91af""You okay Kat," Peeta whispers into my ear. Finnick watches us. /p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="29e8caf5dab3f7c8d1c7449b840c4a55""Katniss... what's wrong?"/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="0451c7e1353d5111d7bf3e273c78c3b0"I feel a violent wave of nausea wash over me. I lean away from Peeta, taking a deep breath in an attempt to keep my stomach contents where they belong. I double over as I gag and feel everything rising in my throat. He places my braid behind me and holds it in place as he rubs my back, whispering to me. I try to focus on his words and not the sound of my vomit hitting the ground. When I feel like the worse is over, I slowly chance sitting back up. I wipe at my mouth with the sleeve of my wetsuit and lean against him. Finnick must have seen this because he assures us that he will take first watch and for us to get some rest./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="68145419e7c06f76a95ce0fc718ed8e5""I thought this part was over," Peeta says softly kissing the top of my head./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="08673a859df9099536531726362edb83"Peeta finds a spot he thinks will be good for the night and sets up what little supplies we have. Finnick lets Mags off his back and helps her to get comfortable. She falls asleep quickly and I can't help but feel even more anger toward the capitol for putting someone else so innocent and defenseless into the arena, knowing she will probably end up dying soon, even if she wasn't in their games, just for their entertainment. She deserves to be tucked safely into her bed inside of her house that the capitol provided when she won the games, not inside of the arena sleeping on the ground and being carted around on Finnick's back until she passes. I watch him closely, never completely turning my back to him, any minute he could be shoving his trident through my body, or Peeta's. He walks to a nearby tree and sits down against it, leaving Peeta and I alone for a moment. He takes a seat beside me and pulls me carefully against him. br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"Hey Kat," he kisses the back of my neck slowly and tenderly./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="75a3556650d8b361323de2fc5e93911e""I love you."/p
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