I pulled Alex behind me, and suddenly he collapsed to the ground.

"Alex?" I asked.

"NO!" He suddenly shouted.

I ran up to him, his eyes where closed and he was flinching. He must be having some kind of terrible panic attack. I picked him up and kept running towards the cave I had seen. Alex kept flinching and yelling random things. I noticed at some point that he was looking at me, his eyes filled with terror. I reached the cave quickly and ducked inside. Then I froze.

Jefferson's team sat in the cave around a small camp fire, there was also two Schuyler sisters there. I stood still, frozen in place with a soaking wet Alexander in my arms. The people inside the cave suddenly stood up, grabbing weapons. Alex wailed loudly and I looked worriedly at his face.

"Is he infected?" Someone asked.

A moment later Herc and Ben caught up to me, and came in the cave. Alex stretched his hand dramatically at the sky.

"Please..." He whimpered.

"He's infected with something, back away!" Jefferson shouted, and his team backed away to the wall.

"I'm not scared of that. Lets kill 'em now," Peggy Schuyler said.

"She's right, we should kill them," Maria Reynolds pitched in.

Together, If I'm right and the Jefferson and Schuyler team teamed up, there was a team of five people here. I hadn't realized how many people their team had lost, I was thinking we could take them, but with Alex in his current state, we would definitely loose.

"Please...John...Help me," Alex whimpered.

Jefferson gave a strange look at Ben, and Ben shook his head slightly. What was that supposed to mean?

"Please let us stay for a while. We can truce until the storm is over, and then head our separate ways," Herc said.

"We could always kill them in the morning," Peggy suggested.

"Fine, but if you're not gone right when the storm ends, we're attacking," Jefferson said.

I set down Alex slowly on the stone floor, there where sleeping bags and tons of supplies in the cave, but I was not going to ask for anything from these people. Herc kept staring at them with pure hatred, and I understood why. They killed his best friend, and my best friend too. I noticed Ben acting way to friendly with the murderers, as if he had known them all along.

"I love you, its okay, Its fine, I love you," I murmured quietly to Alex as he shivered on the floor.

The tensions where high. Herc wouldn't stop staring at the murderers, he kept a knife in his hand at all times. Peggy looked as if she where dying to slice my throat, and Ben looked ready to murder Alex. Wait, wait wait, Ben? I stared at Ben, he was indeed glaring at Alex with hatred. What is going on here? 

Ben engaged in friendly conversations with Jefferson as I sat next to Alex's body.

"Shhh, its okay," I muttered to him as he cried.

"Please...John," He whimpered like an injured puppy.

I wanted so desperately to be with him in whatever he was experiencing. I wanted to be there to comfort him. I wanted to hug him while he saw whatever he was seeing. Suddenly, definitely not in a natural way, the rain stopped. I looked over at Jefferson's team, there eyes drifted slowly over to us, and they all grinned.

The storm was over, they could attack now.

I picked Alex up and sprinted out of the cave with Herc on my heels. 

"Haha! get 'em!" I heard shouts behind us, all to excited.

Suddenly Alex's eyes flew open.

"W-where-" He said.

"No time," I said.

I saw an arrow fly right past my ear, and dared to look back at who was following us. I realized, with horror, that Ben was among those trying to kill us. Why? I thought. Was it because he felt like we where going to die so he abandoned us? Actually, that seemed pretty smart right now. Seeing as I was about to die.

"John, put me down," Alex complained.

"Do you think you can still run as fast as you normally can?" I asked him.

"I could try-"

"Not risking it," I interrupted him, and kept running.

"WOO!" Someone yelled behind us.

"Wait- are we being chased?" Alex asked, and then tried to get a glance at what was happening.

"Stop wiggling, you little worm," I said.

Suddenly the shouting stopped. I glanced over my shoulder and realized nobody was chasing us. I slowed my pace, and looked over at Herc. He looked just as confused as I was. What are they scared of? something terrible enough to keep them from killing us. I thought. I stopped moving and stood still, taking in my surroundings.

We where just walking down a sandy beach. A couple spruce trees still dotted the landscape, but ahead of us was a single mountain. I was tucked in the corner, a singular mountain, away from all the other mountains. Behind us was the spruce forest we had just come out of, the sun now shining brightly that the hurricane was gone.

An image of Laf flashed before my eyes and I frowned. Then all of the sudden Alex fell out of my arms. He rolled around and then stood on his feet, brushing off some sand on his jacket. Then something changed- his expression. All of the sudden, he was terrified. He froze and stared at the sand.

I expected maybe a snake, or maybe he had a cute fear of crabs, but nothing appeared. It was just the sand.

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I wriggled around and then finally got free of Johns grip, falling onto the ground. I rolled away for a bit  and then jumped to my feet. I brushed some of the sa- I paused. Sand? I froze suddenly, images flashing through my head. The sand was suddenly covered in blood, and Johns body lay on the beach, blood pooling out of him.

"You okay?" John asked me.

I didn't hear him clearly. I needed to get away from the sand, but I couldn't make my feet move. I felt a tear slide down my cheek as I stared at Johns dead body on the beach. Its not real, not real, not real. I repeated to myself over and over. 

"Whats wrong?" John asked me, looking worriedly into my eyes.

"L-lets just get off the-the sand," I stuttered, trying to stop myself from crying.

I felt John hold my hand, and he gently pulled me over towards the tree line. hes such a nice guy. Hes always there for me. Is this what it feels like to... love someone? I thought, before some more terrible images flashed through my mind.

"Something wrong?" Hercules asked as John helped me sit down.

"I don't know he's freaked out by something," John replied.

"I-its the sand," I said, my voice cracking a bit as blood flashed through my mind.

"You don't like sand?" Hercules asked.

"I don't think he want to talk about it," John said helpfully.

I closed my eyes, but nothing helped my push away the terrible images. It wont happen, he wont die, I'll die for him, he wont die. I told myself. ...Would I really die for him? Yes. More things flashed through my mind. It wouldn't go away. 

"J-John can you hug me?" I asked him pitifully.

"Anything for you," John said, smiling at me.

He leaned in for a hug and I hugged him back. The images slowly faded away as I sat there in his arms. I took a deep breath as they disappeared completely, and then I let go of him.

"You don't have to, but can you tell me whats going on?" John asked in a kind, gentle voice.

"I just- during the hurricane terrible things flashed through my mind," I said, once again, it was way to easy to talk to John. "I-I think it was PTSD from when I went through a hurricane, and I kept seeing these things, most of them took place on a beach."

I stopped talking to try and keep the memories out of my head. I took a breath and then continued.

"When I was younger, during the hurricane, I was on a beach with my brother and mother. Then there where screams, and blood, and bodies, and James got smashed with a tree and almost died and then the roof fell a-and-and then I saw you. You where there, dead, on the beach, in a puddle of blood. And then you got smashed by the tree and then you-" I stopped myself as a couple tears rolled down my face.

"Seems like you think about me a lot," John joked. 

There was a pause. 

"So um... I- during the hurricane, I heard you say something, and you said it earlier too..." I blurted out, wrapping a finger around a strand of hair nervously. "Did you mean it?"

"Yes," John said, blushing.

"I-"

"Can you two stop cuddling over there and help me do something productive?" Hercules interrupted.

Me and John both blushed until we where literal tomatoes. 

"You where saying?" John asked, still blushing.

"I think I might possibly maybe like you?" I said slowly, feeling as if I were on fire.

John paused for a moment, staring deep into my eyes, a smile forming on his face. His smile was too adorable. 

John moved his head closer to mine slowly.

 My eyes widened slightly, but I didn't move. I sat there as his face got closer to mine. And closer.... Then John touched his forehead to mine, closing his eyes for a brief moment. Then he moved his head away and stood up. 

"Lets go help Herc," he said, blushing.

"O-okay," I said, standing up on wobbly legs.

His face had been so close to mine. It was hard to believe it happened.

We walked over towards where Hercules was looking around a large rock. Hercules moved around the large rock, probably searching for a cave. John went over to help him, and we slowly made our way towards the lonely mountain. We eventually found a small indent in the mountain, and I started to create a fire. 

I felt like I was on some kind of cloud. Butterflies in my chest, my attitude more optimistic then usual. John liked me, and I liked him too. Does that mean that were... together? The thought of it already made me more happy- happier then I had been in years.

I set the fire quickly, and clapped to myself. I never had appreciated myself for knowing how to set a fire, wow, I was pretty amazing. I walked outside the cave and grabbed a thick vine near the entrance to the cave, it was probably here because of the storm. I decided to make a trap for food. Once that was made, I enthusiastically build five more. Then I walked back towards the cave where Hercules and John where talking.

"Hiya," I said, plopping down on the stone floor next to them.

"Hey Alex," John said, already blushing.

"Are you two togeeeeeetheeeeeer?" Hercules gave us both an amused glance. 

I stared at him for a moment, trying not to blush.

"Are we?" john asked me suddenly.

I  froze, not knowing how to respond.

"I- um I don't know, I maybe-" I stuttered.

"But are we?" John asked, fidgeting with his hair.

"I- I want to be..." I mumbled.

Johns face lit up like a thousand sons. 

"I HAVE A BOYFRIEND!" John shouted at the top of his lungs, probably hoping a camera broadcasting to all of Panem would pick it up. "HAH! I BET ALL YOU CAPITOL PEOPLE ARE LONELY AS JEFFERSON!"

I blushed as John and Hercules stated shouting random things to a hidden camera, just trying to annoy the capitol. I mean, we where going to die, might as well insult the capitol and make something funny happen.

"YA KNOW, YOU CAPITOL PEOPLE LOOK LIKE PINK SPARKLY BABOONS! LONELY SPARKLY BABOONS THAT WILL NEVER HAVE SOMEONE AS AMAZING AS MY BOYFRIEND!" John shouted.

I could practically hear the gasp of Effie as she heard that. I blushed. He thinks I'm an amazing boyfriend! and we where only together for a minute or so. I smiled at John.

"ALEX YOUR SMILING!" John shouted and jumped over towards me, knocking me over.

I laughed as I fell over onto the stone floor, John smiled at me and hugged me tightly.

"I love you so much," John said.

"I love you to," I said, hugging him back.

"AWWWW," Hercules said, making kissy noises.

"Shut up!" I blushed.

We joked around for the rest of the day, and I couldn't help but feel happy.

District 1- Thomas Jefferson, (Jefferson team)

District 3- Elizabeth Schuyler (Jefferson team)

District 4- Rosemary Book (Jefferson team)

District 5- Hercules Mulligan, (Lafayette team) Peggy Schuyler (Jefferson team)

District 6- Maria Reynolds (Jefferson team)

District 8- John Laurens, (Lafayette team)

District 10- Benedict Arnold, (I honestly don't know anymore)

District 12- Alexander Hamilton (Lafayette team)

Thought you might appreciate that. I just realized its just Jeff's and Laf's team left- and Laf's team is like three people. I should probably do something about that. TiMe To Go KiLl SoMe JeFfErSoN TeAm MeMbErS-