"I would like to clean myself up a little bit." She replied to Haymitch's question. Her voice was light and filled with unusual cheer and laughter but she was just interested that her minor field trip into the bathroom was cause for concern. She didn't mind at all. Him worrying about her, in this instance, wasn't bad at all. She slipped into the bathroom and pulled her long heels off and set them aside. She washed her face and brushed her teeth and paused to look at herself in the mirror. Unlike most females who grew up in the vastly rich Capitol, she didn't spend hours looking at herself. That just wasn't her. That wasn't anyone back home, maybe Prim but still, no one cared much about outward appearances. They had more important things to worry about like getting fed and feeding those important to you.

When Katniss came out of the bathroom, she snagged Haymitch's black dress shirt and slipped it over her. Then she got back into bed with him and had no issues getting as close as she liked, compared to their first night together where neither of them dared do anything more than hold hands briefly. It wasn't long before they both drifted off to sleep and Katniss was beyond happy about everything. In the morning she could worry about the target on her back, that some Tributes may group together to take her and the others out, that Snow was planning something horrible. But all of that could wait. It needed to wait, actually. She curled up on her side and pulled one of Haymitch's arms tightly around her stomach, enjoying the comforting warmth he provided.

Her dreams had been very vivid and bright.

Filled with sunlight and flowers and many of the things her sister probably dreamed about. When she heard Haymitch greet the morning and then press his lips against the back of her neck, she found reality coming back into focus. "Mmmm. Morning." She laid there and looked out the window and then slowly squirmed until she had turned around to face him. "Breakfast is not what I really want." She smiled at him. She moved to thread her fingers through his hair before she remembered that she needed to actually be in her own room to get dressed. If Prim or Effie wanted to see her and she wasn't there, that would be a big problem. "Damn...I need to go too." She huffed, her smile falling as she pushed herself up and pulled his shirt around her. She didn't know what time it was but she couldn't dwaddle. "I'll see you at breakfast." She smiled and leaned back down to kiss him softly and then got to her feet and grabbed her dress and panties and then thought about the shoes.

No time.

Then she remembered that she may not get a chance to kiss Haymitch for a while and she knew she could make time for one more. She bent down and moved to rest a hand against the side of his face and kissed him deeply, hoping to communicate enough longing and affection and need until she pulled back for air. "Okay." She nodded and carefully headed out of his room and scurried back to her own and quickly took a shower and got dressed.

At Prim's question about what their second date would be, he had to consider it for a few moments. He wasn't the greatest romantic but he liked to think he could try and do something great for a great girl like Prim. "Well..." He started to say. "I think I would want to cook you something." He wasn't great but he knew how to grill. "Or maybe we could both put a picnic together." He reconsidered.

He really did enjoy her cooking and he figured if he was left to handle it all, it might not be very good. 

Gale shook his head. "I think we could find a nice spot and just enjoy the day." He said. It was a pretty simple concept but he liked the idea of them just getting away from everything and everyone and being on their own in nature. He was sure the Games would bring forth some dark images of whatever the arena was but he was hopeful that the nature itself, far away from the dark Capitol, would still be enough to not provide tranquility and not conjure up memories of worse days that were behind them. If they could focus on the future in the distance, they would be alright. He just hoped Katniss and Haymitch were alright and he wished he could say or do something to give them reassurance since they both deserved to know and have hope too. 

"Anyway we'll see. We'll see." He told her and kissed her forehead softly before the both of them settled down to get some shut eye. He closed his eyes and soon found himself already drifting away. He breathed in, able to smell Prim's scent which only ensured that his dreams were wonderful, laced with fragments of the night and of the promised future together. He had a short lived dream with Prim and him dressed up and having a picnic together on some tall hill which overlooked everywhere. The places were far away but very enticing for the boy. He pointed to them and somehow seemed to know what and where they were. He and Prim had drinks and shared sweet treats and soon decided to just walk around the wilderness that stretched out before them. It was all harmless though, he had no reason to feel fearful or anxious.

Feeling someone shake him a little and say his name, he let out a tired grunt of displeasure.

"Huh?" He pried his eyes open and saw Prim was trying to wake him up. It was morning already? He groaned and tugged the blankets over him more tightly. He didn't want to get up. His dreams had been so lovely and now they had to get back to work. Gale finally pushed himself up and remembered he was in Prim's room and couldn't have the luxury of lazing around. "You're right." He said groggily and smiled at her. "Breakfast sounds good to me." Gale admitted and got out of bed and stretched. By now it was of no surprise that with Prim, he always felt like he got enough sleep. Even so, their past few days had been slow and as such, the habit of being lazy was slowly forming but that had to be stopped now. Now they had to get back to work. "See you." Gale said softly and bent down to kiss her head before he hurried out to get dressed, shaking off his sleep and quickly feeling ready for the day, even if some of their comrades weren't.

Katniss got dressed in her usual training attire and headed out to see Effie and Peeta just sitting down. "Morning." She smiled to them and jogged up the stairs and slipped into a seat. In a few minutes, Gale joined them, looking about as happy as she did. "Morning Gale." She greeted brightly as she served herself some fruit salad and then began to butter some whole wheat toast, her plate already filled with ham and eggs.

"Good morning." Gale said and sat across from her, first taking a drink of orange juice. "I hardly saw you last night." He said to her as he looked out to see if Prim was coming out yet. 

"Yeah, Haymitch and I uh were staying out of trouble...unlike Johanna." Katniss grinned, looking rather radiant and glanced down at her plate as she began to eat a halved strawberry.

Gale knew he couldn't tip her off and that even defending Johanna may be out of character for him. Before he could try to say something about it, Prim and Haymitch joined them. "Hey." He greeted them, hoping to change the topic from Johanna to the night they all had. "Did you guys sleep well?" He asked as he pulled the seat next to him out for Prim while he passed Peeta the basket of muffins with his other hand.