Gemma

With only two weeks until I flew to London, I realized I was going to have to talk to Tom eventually. Well no actually I was all for avoiding him till I had to see him on set. But my mom was begging me to do it. Which I had assumed meant calling him or answering one of the 100 texts he'd sent me in the past week, all of which I left on delivered. I couldn't let me know I saw them...it hurt too much.

But I should've known a phone call wouldn't be enough for him, Rachel or my mom. Her and Rachel had secretly arranged for Tom to fly to New York to see me in person. I was just about to pick up the phone to call him. My fingers was inches away from hitting his contact, but something was going to stop me. Tom's ears must've been ringing, because the doorbell was the thing that did. I sighed as I heard it ring. Something in my gut already knew it had to be him. And I was right.

"Gem." Tom greeted with a hopeful smile.

"Tom." I said back trying my best not make eye contact with those damn blue eyes.  I noticed as his eyes moved over me with concern. I'll admit...I wasn't doing the best. And I was trying my best not to show that, but the boy who loved me...my boy could immediately tell. Tom saw I was still wearing his necklaces, I noticed he still had my dog tags on.

"So did we break up?" He asked. It was a good question. One the world had already answered for us it seemed...we didn't get to decide anything for ourselves anymore. We were guilty before proven innocent. I guess I had jumped to conclusions with Tom before I really had hard proof. I just really thought the photo at this point was enough though.

"I don't know..." I responded completely unsure of what to say. Because breaking up with Tom was something I never imagined doing. And I still couldn't picture myself doing it now. Even though it looked like I was going to have to. Tom nodded trying to take my response in.

"I'll take I don't know over yes...because I don't know can be fixed." He said as he pulled out his phone.

"You think this can be fixed." I said looking at him and trying not to cry.

"Yes because...that photo isn't me." He said confidently and it was planted. I have a video message from Nuria explaining all of it because I had a feeling you still might not believe me." he sighed as I took his phone to watch the video.

"Hi Gemma,

I am so sorry this all happened the way it did. I can assure you I would never do anything to jeopardize you and Tom's relationship. He spoke so highly of you the whole time we were all out. And we only shared an Uber because we live close. I meant no harm and that photo was doctored. With certainty Tom and I did not kiss at the bar or anywhere else that night. He couldn't stop talking about how in love with you he was. I hope you consider hearing him out and taking him back. You two were meant for each other and clearly someone is not happy about it. My publicist is looking into who would've had access to photos from our season and may have been able to doctor them. I will be in touch as soon as I know. I hope this is enough proof for you to give Tom a second chance." - Nuria

I watched the video and listened to every word Nuria said and something clicked. She had to be right, it was a weird photo, almost looked like it was edited from a clip and blurred so it could be taken out of context. I wish I had thought about that before accusing Tom of it. But the fact that he didn't have a response at first confused me, however...he wasn't making excuses either. He just kept saying that wasn't him. And I have such bad trust issues, I just couldn't believe him.

"What you do think Gem? Can we give this another try? I promise I'll never put myself in the position to look guilty like that again. Someone clearly took advance of the opportunity." He said.

"Tom, it's not your fault...you should be able to go out with your friends. We just need to communicate better. There will always be photos and rumors...it's what keeps Hollywood going. But you...and me...we need to stay aware of that and be honest with each other every step of the way for this to work." I said. He nodded as he wrapped his arms around me.

"I missed you so fucking much." He said kissing the top of my head.

"I missed you more. You know I couldn't bring myself to take off these necklaces because I couldn't give into the reality you'd do that to me. And I was right to think that. Tell Nuria I appreciate her making that video for me." I said. He smiled down at me.

"Thank you for giving me a second chance Gem. I promise you won't regret it. But I would like us to tell the world they were wrong because the picture of you and Callum Turner in the headshots for the Hunger Games is really bothering me." Tom sighed.

"Aw baby...I should tell you he did just follow me on Instagram." I said back to him.

"Well we are in a movie together, I guess I can't have much of an opinion on if he wants to see how hot my girlfriend is. As long as I'm in some of those photos." Tom said as I jumped on him.

"How about one right now?" I said as I snapped a pic for my story.

"That should put the rumors to bed." I said as I posted a photo of my arms around Tom. " You and I are going to make it, we just have to trust each other." I said as he kissed me.

"And now one for me too. So Callum Turner doesn't start sliding into your DMs." Tom teased as he snapped another photo of us.

"And I need to find out who put out that photo." Tom said unable to let it go. "We didn't talk for almost a month Gem...I'm not letting that go. I almost lost you for good. Who would want that to happen?" Tom shook his head thinking out loud till it hit him. "Wow...wait a second...I can't believe I didn't realize it sooner." He sighed.

"What?" I asked.

"Your ex...it was him. He did this with you and the photos when you accused him of cheating. And now he wants you back and me out of the picture." Tom made a good point because Chase and I were starting to be friendly again. I bet Tom noticed that online, that's probably what made him want to prove his innocence even more. Now that he had though, I wasn't going to ever doubt him again. We were full steam ahead to London, together again as Panem's favorite power couple. Although I couldn't lie, I was excited to see the love triangle dynamic come to life on the big screen. The concept that Livia would've chosen anyone over Coryo was unthinkable to him. But Livia had a life before Coryo and she was determined to land on top with our without him.