"Katniss!" I hear Rue yelling for me.
"Katniss! Come here!" I run to her voice.
"Katniss! Help me!" I run out from the trees and see her lying on the ground with a spear through her chest. I bend down to hold her hand, to let her know that it will be okay.
"Katniss. I'm scared. I don't want to die." She pleads.
"I know Rue. I know." Just then she starts morphing into a mutt. Next thing I know I'm up running. I'm running away from her. I can hear her snarling at me, chasing me. I turn around to see how far ahead of her I am. Just as I turn she pounces on me.
I jolt up awake in bed and scream. A second later Peeta has his arms around me and he is comforting me. Telling me that it will all be okay. I turn into his chest and sob uncontrollably.
"Shhh. Katniss. It's okay. It was just a bad dream. It's all right. I'm here. It's okay." Peeta tries to sooth me.
"I know. It's just. Oh, Peeta. I was so scared. Rue." I try and get out. I don't have to explain the dream to him. He knows it well enough. I have it about once a month.
I calm down enough to lie down. I know Peeta won't let me go for the rest of the night.
When I wake up it's early morning. Peeta is still asleep next to me. He looks so peaceful sleeping. I get out of bed and walk into the bathroom. I splash my face with cold water and then put my hair in the braid I always wear down my back. I get dressed in my hunting gear. On the way out the door I kiss Peeta on the forehead, grab my fathers hunting jacket and my bow and arrows.
I walk through the hall thinking about how nice it's going to feel being outside. Being in District 13 I don't get to go out much. They're rebuilding District 12. Peeta and I get to go back in ten days. We're so excited. We get to share a house together. We get to decorate it. Well, he gets to decorate it. I could really care less about how my house looks. Just as long as I'm with Peeta I'm good. Once I get outside I can feel the light breeze that means it's going to be summer soon. I walk into the forest and find a rock and sit on it. Gale would love to be here with me. I miss my old best friend. My hunting partner. He's in District 12 helping rebuild. After he's done with that he's going to District Two to help out there. That's fine with me. I don't want to have to see him around town. Out of all the things he was wrong about, he was right about one thing. I would never forgive him for killing Prim. Well, I can't say I know for sure that he killed Prim. It could have been the Capitols parachute, or ours. I suddenly remember the conversation I had with Snow, "Oh my dear Miss Everdeen. I thought we had agreed not to lie to each other." Deep down, I know he's right. It was Gale's
parachute that killed Prim.
Just then a deer walks in the opening about ten yards away. I get my bow ready and I shoot. I walk up to it and look at it for a minute. Poor thing. I retrieve my bow from its eye. Like Peeta always said about me, I always shoot my prey in their eyes.
I decide that I'm too lazy to do anything else with the deer that I drag it to the door that goes down into 13. The guard that always sits by the door offers to help me carry it, but I decline and say that I can manage. I walk into the kitchen and Greasy Sea sees me and gets excited.
"Oh, deer meat! It's been a while, eh?" She grabs the deer and puts it on the table.
"Yeah, it has. I'm sorry," I sit down on a stool. "It's been a long few weeks. With trying to get my stuff over to Peeta's compartment, and saying goodbye to my mother. I haven't had enough time to go out hunting, but here you go!"
"I see. I also see you were too lazy to prepare it for me." She says.
"Like I said, limited time for hunting. I'm going to go back and see if Peeta woke up, yet. See ya later."
I walk back down the hall to my compartment and I walk inside. Peeta is still lying in bed. He's awake, though.
"Hello, Katniss." He greets me.
"Peeta! You're awake. I went out hunting." I said as I set my father's hunting jacket down.
"I know. I figured that much since you don't leave our compartment for much more." He gets out of bed.
I see that he's only wearing boxers and I can't help but stare. His body is so perfect. His muscles are so defined. He catches me staring and I blush and look away.
"Like what you see, sweetheart?" He asks me jokingly.
"Honestly? Yes. Now, I'm going to shower." I reply turning to the bathroom before he can see my blush again.
"Ooo. A shower, eh? I haven't showered yet, can I shower with you?" He asks me seductively.
I turned back around and tried to suppress my smile, "Why, Mr. Mellark, why would you want to shower with me?"
"Well because," He walked over to me and put his arms around me, "I figure I have to shower, why not shower with you? Saving water, and whatnot."