Our romance became a key strategy for our survival in the arena. Only it wasn't just a strategy for Peeta.

How did Rue end up on that stage with nothing but the wind offering to take her place?

No one will forget me. Not my look, not my name. Katniss. The girl who was on fire.

If you won't talk about yourself, at least compliment the audience. Just keep turning it back around, all right. Gush.

What does this mean? It means I get to spend the morning having the hair ripped off my body while Peeta sleeps in.

Impulsively, I lean forward and kiss him, stopping his word. This is probably overdue anyway since he’s right, we are supposed to be madly in love.

Now he's [Cinna] arranging things around my living room: Clothing, fabrics, and sketchbooks with designs he's drawn. I pick one up and examine one of the dresses I supposedly created. You know, I think I show a lot of promise," I say. Get dressed, you worthless thing.