Hunger Games (reversed)

Chapter 10

Told you it would be a quick update!

THE GAMES

(BACK TO PEETA'S POV)

"Because... because... she came here with me," I say. I can feel the camera going straight to my face and the audience takes in what I just said.

"Oh, that is a piece of bad luck," say Caesar. I can hear the actual pain in his voice. The crowd murmurs in agreement, and I even hear some agonized cries.

"It's not good," I agree.

"Well I don't think any of us can blame you. It'd be hard not to fall for that young lady," say Caesar. Maybe he's right. Who couldn't fall for Katniss? "She didn't know?"

I shake my head.  But coming to the games, she's shown me a side to her that Ive never been close to her to soon. At first, I was angry. I was mad at her and thought I hated her, the way she was acting. But no, no thats not it at all. I think I might have a crush on Katniss Everdeen. And I'm mad at the Capitol. President Snow, the Games. We're here together. I'm never going to really get to know Katniss. Tomorrow, we're going to go our separate ways and we can only hope for the best for each other.

"No, not until now." I say.

I look up at the camera and see Katniss from the side of the stage. She's redder than I am.

"Wouldn't we all love if you could pull her back out here and get a response?" Caesar asks the audience. The crowd screams. "Sadly rules are rules, Katniss Everdeen's time has been spent. Well, best of luck to you, Peeta Mellark, and I think I speak for all of Panem when I say our hearts go with yours."

The crowd is deafening with scream. I did what Haymitch wanted me to do. I won over the crowd with my declaration of love for Katniss, that was Haymitch's idea. Finally, the audience goes down and I choke out a "Thank you" and return to my seat in the back of the stage.  We all stand up for the anthem. Every screen is of Katniss and I, and I can tell Katniss is frustrated. Poor us.

After the anthem, every tribute files back into the lobby of the training center and to the elevators. I follow into one without Katniss and were go off. We stop at 4 different floors for different tributes, then finally to the twelfth floor. I see Katniss is off her elevator and she slams her hands into my chest.

What is she doing? I lose my balance and crash into an urn with fake flowers. The urn is then shattered. I land on the shards of glass, my hands immediately pouring of blood.

"What was that for?" I say, I am furious.

"You had no right! No right to go saying those things about me!" She yells. Her cheeks are still painted red.

The elevators open again, with Effie, Haymitch, Cinna and Portia.

"Whats going on?" says Effie, hysteria in her voice. "Did you fall?"

"After this one shoved me," I say giving a dirty look at Katniss. Effie and Cinna help me up. I cannot believe this is the girl. This girl I think I have a crush on? This is defiantly not how I pictured this going and her acting.

"Shoved me?" Haymitch says with a tone in his voice.

"This was your idea, wasn't it? Turning me into some kind of fool in front of the entire country?" Katniss says.

"It was my idea," I lie taking a piece of urn out of my hand. "Haymitch just helped me with out with it," I say.

"It... It was your idea? " Katniss says confused.

"You are a fool," Haymitch say in disgust. "Do you think he hurt you? That boy just gave you something you could never achieve on your own."

"He made me look weak." Katniss fires back, but not as angry as she way before. I chuckle.