Sparks of Revolution and Love

Peeta let out a grin and nodded his head. "Then tell me - what do you find interesting?" Honestly, he was just interested in knowing her. She said she saved his life.... He wanted to know how that happened - but he figured they might as well be friends to begin with. Either way, she seemed like some fun... Maybe she could take his mind off the past.

Arissa kept a grimace at him and shook her head, wishing she was back at home in her room... Now it was probably all gone. But that didn't mean she wanted to be a rebel. "I'm always in a position to negotiate." She said, rolling her eyes and then smiled at food. She'd share meals with them - but she would never acquaint herself with these imbeciles.

Melope looked at him for a moment before shrugging. "Anything that doesn't have to do with violence." She said honestly. "But that is hard to come by now a days." She ran her fingers through her hair before pulling it up into a ponytail. "Do you remember the day that you were being beaten by your mother and someone walked in?" She asked softly before looking away. "How every time it got bad someone walked in?"

Gale looked at her and motioned to the guards who grabbed her. "Take her to the room." He said. He looked at the rest of the family. "She won't be handed and when you make your decision, she will be placed accordingly but until then she will not be allowed to see you." He turned and walked say, following after them. Once they put her in the room, he shut the door and locked it behind him.

Peeta listened to her and nodded his head. He wondered if any of their interests were somewhat similar so that they could get along well. He partially hoped so - or else this could be a long day of real training. When she asked about his mother, he frowned and nodded his head. "Yes... Yes I know. How do you know about that?"

Arissa whined as she was grabbed and then shook her head. "No!" She yelled, fighting them, but was no use. "You think you're so strong!" She called through the door, pounding on it. "You think you're doing good - but you're no better than the capital! You're so much worse!" She wanted to cry. How had they been caught?

Melope raised an eyebrow at him from her seat against the wall. "You know for a victor you are kind of slow." She said with a smirk on her face as she continued to sharpen her knives. Glancing up at him again, she stood up. "We should get back to training."

Gale sighed and walked into the room. He leaned against the wall after locking the door and watched her. "Do you have something you want to say?" He asked as he looked at her. Running his fingers through his hair, he watched her closely. She was the typical district one training all her life for the hunger games.

Peeta sighed and shook his head. "Wait - I'm sorry... I'm not keeping up. What happened? Were you the one to come in?" He hated this. He didn't know what was going on. "Just wait a second before we train again.... I want to know about this first."

Arissa grimaced at him when he came into the room and shook her head. "Yes - I want you to let me out of here!" She charged at him then. She knew how to use her fists. She was trained for it and she hoped to catch him off guard.

Melope looked at him. "Yeah, I was. My family lived in the shop next door and I could see what happened. When it got bad, I would walk in and do something to distract her." she said softly. "It was nothing. Stupid in fact. I shouldn't have said anything." she said as she looked away from him.

Gale easily knocked her away and watched her. "Do you really think it is smart to attack me? I have your entire family hostage. I say one word and they die. Damn, I thought careers were supposed to be smart." he said with a shake of his head.

Peeta looked at her and shook her head. "No... I don't think that at all! It wasn't stupid. I remember times she really would've hurt me. I'm glad I had you to come in and distract her... Hell, I'm sorry - I should remember you more than this." He felt bad.

Arissa groaned as she was pushed away and then shook his head. "You'll kill them?!" She asked in disgust. "Then what do you rebels stand for? If you are so against the hunger games but so quick to take away life, you are no better than the rest of them." She hated that comment. A career. Yes, she was trained - but she was upper class, she wouldn't have to volunteer - though she sure could've done better than the previous district 1 losers.

Melope looked at him and pushed herself up. "I don't care. I never spoke to you about it so it doesn't matter." she looked at him before moving back to the middle of the room. "Are you ready?" she asked as she turned to look at him. "Come on, just a little while longer." she prompted gently as she looked at him.

"I didn't say I would. I said I could. There is a difference." he said with a sigh. "I am against the hunger games. Having children kill other children is sick." he said honestly as he ran his fingers through his hair. "Look, I'm not here to hurt you or whatever horrible things you seem to think I am going to do." he said

Peeta felt bad and still of her, shaking his head. "I'm sure I knew it was you though, didn't i? It's not like I wouldn't know my savior..." He stood back up and groaned. "Fine - just a little longer... You'd already be winning anyways - there's no need for overkill!" He teased lightly, shaking his head.

Arissa still clenched her jaw and shook her head. It was all just wrong. There was still going to be death and destruction without a capital to control the people. "Aw.... District 12's just upset because they never have any good victors!" She teased and rolled her eyes. "You are going to hurt me... You're taking away my life!"

Melope watched him for a moment and shook her head. "Don't worry about it." she said softly. "Don't worry about if I am winning or not. Worry about trying to learn from my moves. Observe me." she said as she stretched. She moved to do the exact same move as before, to see if he would be able to read through her movements. "Read my muscles. See where I tense or twitch." she said gently.

Gale watched her with a raised eyebrow. "You think this is only about the hunger games? How dense are you?" He said as he ran his fingers through his hair. "You are from District 1 so you are either too blind or too petty too see the suffering of all of the other districts. In district 8 a person starves to death one every month. District 9 a person every two weeks. District 10 one person a week. District 11 one person every three days. District 12 three people every day." he said. "None starve to death in District 1, 2 or the capital. Is that okay to you?"

Peeta sighed. He liked her... She was knowledgeable about all of this - and he knew he could learn a lot. He just felt stupid. He was a victor. He should've been able to fight... He shouldn't need these step by step lessons! He watched her this time and actually caught on. He knew which way she was going. "Oh - I see! It makes sense!"

Arissa tried to not listen. She had heard of hardships in the past, but she wanted to ignore them... The capital had it under control. They couldn't have people starving! But she heard the words... The truth of the matter and she shook her head. "That's not my fault - why must my district be ravaged for your losses?"

Melope smiled as he blocked her and she moved back from him. "A lot about fighting is adrenaline. That is how people win the hunger games." she said as she watched him. Moving to attack him again, she made sure to go a bit slower than normal, hoping he would catch on and see what she was doing.

Gale looked at her and nodded. "That is a good point." he said softly. "Your district did not deserve to be attacked but every district has become a battle ground." he said honestly as he sighed. He looked down, showing how tired he was. "I just don't want to watch my people starve to death anymore." he said. "We sent out for help, begged other districts to send us food. No one did so this was our solution."

"Not me I guess..." He said, referring to the hunger games reference. He felt like a terrible victor sometimes... But he was picking it up. He saw the way her body was moving and he dodged the other way. He wondered if it was appropriate for him to be surveying a girl's body like this - but apparently it seemed alright. He liked picking this up though. It made him feel stronger.

Arissa looked at him. She understood... It must've been hard... Dealing with people dying every day because of a lack of food. Food was plentiful in district 1... She didn't understand why they were so different. "I'm sorry..." She said softly. But she wanted to be true to her district, so what else could she say?

Melope smiled as he blocked her and she jumped away again. Taking a step toward him, she watched closely . She attacked, smiled as he blocked but she dodged under him. Soon, they found themselves with him on his back and her straddling him with a knife to his neck. "You are getting better." she said as she looked down at him. Leaning down, her hair brushed his cheek as she whispered in her ear. She was so close, her lips brushed against his ear. "What do you do next?"

Gale watched her for a moment and frowned. "Why are you apologizing? You did nothing wrong. You didn't even know there was a problem." he said almost bitterly. "Look, I don't like keeping you from your family okay? But the way you were talking out there makes people anxious." he explained. "I don't like keeping you from you family but anxious soldiers means mistakes and mistakes mean people are separated from their families forever. So you understand where I am coming from?" he asked as he looked at her.

Peeta had thought he was actually doing good - and then he had somehow ended up with her on top of him as he was pinned down by her and her knife. He just looked up to the ceiling shaking his head that he hadn't caught her before she got him down... She was so much tinier than he was! Honestly, he was a little disoriented by the knife to his neck and the kiss on his cheek. "I have no idea..." He said honestly in a whisper.

Arissa really didn't want to agree with him, but she understood him. His bitter, angry words actually made sense some how and she nodded her head, crossing her arms. "Fine - then you won't hear a peep from me, most of the time, just do whatever you were going to do to my family and me and let's move on.." She shook her head. She hated having to compromise.

Melope watched him for a moment before pushing herself up. "If someone has you in that position, you can do one of two things. The first is flip them over so you are one top. This would be a good one for you to do because if your size. The second you could do is a little riskier and is made for smaller people. You move your hips and legs and basically buck them off you." She said as she looked at him for a moment.

Gale watched her for a moment before nodding. "Your father signed on with the rebellion so a soldier will come and lead you to your families' quarters." He opened the door and motioned a soldier in as he headed out. He didn't really want to leave. She was the most interesting person he had interviewed. She had such an impressive fire in her. Too bad she wasn't fighting for us, he thought with a shake of his head.

Peeta listened to her words of insight and nodded his head thoughtfully. He opened his mouth like he was going to say something to catch her off guard and then he flipped her over so that he was on top of her instead. He paused again teasingly. "I don't see how that bucking thing would work for smaller people... It seems like it would be harder for smaller people!" He teased.

Arissa shook her head. She hated her father for that - but maybe it would be good instead... Maybe it meant that if the rebels won they would at least have a chance to be on the good side... Get some good rankings. She didn't want to be the one impoverished later after. She faked a smile at him though. "Thank you..."

Melope looked up at him with a raised eyebrow for a moment before bucking her hips against his. Slowly, she continued that motion, watching his reactions. She smirked slightly before bucking once more and wiggling her legs, she then was able to slide out from under him. "See?" she asked as she held her hand out to him. "We can be done for today. Same time tomorrow."

Gale heard her speak but didn't respond as he continued to walk through the halls. He got back to where the people from District one were and he began to help go through them again. He hated doing this, it felt wrong, he thought with a grimace as he ran his fingers through is hair and tried to relax. Looking around, he saw the well feed people and he didn't want to change that.

Peeta was surprised by the way that she reacted to his statement and he was caught off guard until she was out from under him. He happened to smile and shook his head. "You're something..." He said with a smile, amused by her as he took her hand. "As long as you promise to not kick my butt tomorrow, I'll be there!" He teased.

As Arissa was escorted back to her family, she sighed a little. Honestly, she sort of liked arguing with the guy... At least he was someone who had witty comebacks.. And she felt well-matched with him. But she went back to her family and smiled... She couldn't be mad at her dad - he was doing what was best for them... But that didn't mean she would be happy about being here.

Melope looked at him and shook her head slightly. "Once you figure out how to beat me, I will stop beating you up Peeta." she said before her eyes widened slightly. She realized that despite everything, this was the first time she had ever called him by his name. "Um...yeah, I'll see you tomorrow." she said getting flustered.

Gale finished with the different families and assigning them were they were going. He walked to the kitchen to make sure that everything was going well and that they all had enough food. He ran his fingers through his hair as he got cleaned up to help them get the food ready. There were a ton more people to feed now.