You call that a kiss?

Because it doesn't matter anymore, and because I'm so desperately lonely I can't stand it.

Not only does he hate me, and want to kill me, he no longer believes I'm human. It was less painful being strangled.

By the end of the session, I am no one at all. Haymitch started drinking somewhere around witty, and a nasty edge has crept into his voice. "I give up, sweetheart. Just answer the questions and try not to let the audience see how openly you despise them.

hey. I just wanted to make sure you got home," I say. "Katniss, I live three houses away from you," he says.

There was no discussion between them; it was as if the bugs had worked out this whole scenario long ago. Temp put on a burst of speed for the end of the bridge, and Tick turned to face down the army of rats alone.

Never having been in love, this is going to be a real trick. I think of my parents. The way my father never failed to bring her gifts from the woods. The way my mother's face would light up at the sound of his boots at the door. The way she almost stopped living when he died.