Chapter 42

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Lea was walking next to Peeta. She felt bad that she hadn't talked to him yet with all the drama between her and Katniss.

"It's so peaceful here, don't you think?" Lea asked Peeta

"Yeah It's beautiful, I wish we had a beach over in twelve," Peeta said

"Tell me, how are you doing Peeta?" Lea asked him.

"Eumh I'm doing good thanks for asking," Peeta said

"No, but really, I feel like all the attention is going to Katniss while you deserve as much credit as she does, you also got out of those games and you should be proud of that," Lea said

"I only got out because of her, without her I would have never made it," Peeta signed.

"That's not true, you survived all on your own the first days without her, getting the careers to support you while being from an outer District? That is really exceptional, four is considered a career district and sometimes they didn't even want to pair with us. And the camouflaging, that was brilliant, you are so talented," Lea said

"Thank you, Lea, I appreciate that. I think I just feel less than Katniss sometimes because she is seen by everything as the girl on fire, while I'm just her sidepiece," Peeta sighed.

"Eumh, excuse me. I think you are forgetting a very important detail here," Lea said

"And what is that?" Peeta smiled

"You were on fire too, were you not?" Lea asked him

"You are right, I was on fire," He said with a smile

"Please don't discount yourself, you are a great person," Lea smiled and Peeta just smiled back.

"You know, your games were the very first games I ever watched and I thought you were so cool. Never In my life had I seen such a good fighter," Peeta said

"Thanks, Peeta, that is very sweet of you," Lea said.

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After a long walk, They were back at the train station, to go to District Three.

"Thank you everyone for the nice welcome," Haymitch said

"Anytime, enjoy the rest of the tour. We will see each other, during the party in a few days," Tyler said

"Bye everyone," Lea said. Peeta and Katniss waved at everyone as they got on the train.

"Hey Lea," Haymitch said before he got on the train. "Thanks for talking with her, I know it was not easy,"

"I'm sorry for overreacting at dinner first, I'm glad that we talked things out," Lea said

"See, I told you, you would be great friends," Haymitch smiled.

"We talked it out, nobody said something about being friends," Lea said while rolling her eyes.

"You will see, one day you will be great friends," Haymitch winked before getting on the train.

When the train drove away, Tyler turned to Lea with an angry look on his face.

"Seriously Lea, you couldn't just keep your mouth shut for a few hours," Tyler said

"I know, I was just angry okay? At least be glad we made up," Lea said

"Oh that is good, I didn't know that you did," Tyler said

"Please, I'm not stupid. I could see you all staring at us out of the window," Lea said

"You could see that?" Finnick asked

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