"Okay" he says, and hugs me again.
"Whatever you want"
"I'm so happy" I say and take his hand. I don't fully know how to express my feelings towards him. I like Jeramy, but I'm not sure if I like him that way. He is my best friend and I don't want to ruin that.
"Let's good something else." I say and we go on to the next stations.
The next days pass by. We go to all the stations, and I realize that I'm good at many of the things. I'm ok at shooting, sword fighting and all the other combat skills. Of course I'm best at knife throwing, and I make sure to show that to the judges and the other tributes. I don't know how how I will kill all these people. So many of them seem so nice. They seem like real people with feelings, not like the careers and even they manage to show some kind of emotion. The second day the girl from 1 fell. Everyone in the career pack stormed up to her to help before she managed to say or do anything. How is it possible that in just a few week everyone except 1 is going to be dead?
"What are you thinking about?" Jer asks and takes my hand. We have been holding hands almost all the time since we kissed. I think it is his way of saying "I liked it, but we don't have to do it again in front of everyone." I haven't kissed him again. I want to, but I feel like I can't do it and not now when people are debating on how to kill us.
"Nothing, let's just go and practice knife throwing." We practice for an hour or so, every time we throw a knife it hits the middle of the target. After we are done we take the elevator up to the seventh floor.
"You're a good kisser." Jeramy tells me as we stand in the doorway
"Am I now?"
"Yes you are." He laughs a little and kisses me on the cheek
"Don't get too close now." I say, and I feel my cheeks burn.
"Are you sure?" He kisses me a little closer to the lips, and I start giggling. I can't control myself
"Stop it right there!" Johanna walks by and in to the living room. Then she turns on the tv. Cesar Flickerman is on like always, talking about every last detail about the tributes, and how he thinks the arena is going to be. Me and Jeramy both stand chocked. I want to laugh, b'cause Johannas entrance was so sudden.
"You may continue." She says. She's not looking at us, but I can feel her gaze staring at us through the reflection of the television.
I'm about to laugh again, but before I can do much Jer steps closer to me and kisses me. It's the first kiss we have shared since the opening ceremony. This time I'm not thinking of other things, to please the Capitol, or Snow or anyone. I'm just thinking of him. His handsome features, his blue eyes, how he says my name. Everything I'm going through disappears, just in this moment. I don't think about the private sessions tomorrow, or the interviews the day after or the games the day after that. I just think about Jeramy's lips and.
