This is the first serious fanfic i wrote (other than a short story i wrote for if i was in Panem and in the games with Peeta and i had a crush on him... but i never finished or posted that...ANYWAY!) and i thought of it when i was playing with this cool doll from walmart that i said was Katniss' daughter, then added on! be greatfull for this i wrote it till 9:50 at night on a school night!
I walk towards the lake that my mother showed me when she taught me to hunt. It's a beutiful day. I was just going to hunt and get some herbs for my parents.
When i get to the lake i see someone walking towards the house. I imidetly load an arrow on my bow and aim for them. "Who are you?" i ask. The person whips around at the sound of my voice. It's a boy that appears to be around sixteen years old, my has dark hair and gray hairs like my mothers "I'm sorry i didn't know anyone lived here I-I was just-" "What are you doing here?" i ask. "I was hunting, i'm visiting district 12 with my mother." He says. I lower my bow and ask "Who's your mother?" "Well don't freak out or anything but... Johanna Mason." he says. I recognize her name. She is a friend of my parents, also a victor. "Who are your parents?" he ask. "Katniss and Peeta Mellark." i say. His eyes widen a little, but thats it. I smirk at his reaction then say "I'm Adara Mellark, who are you?" i ask as if this was a normal conversation and my parents weren't famous. "Jesse Hawthorne." he answers. Hawthorne... i've heard that name before...Then it hits me, my mother got a letter from a Gale Hawthorne once when i was young, mother just threw it away and never wrote back. My father did , it was after one of his... fits. I don't know who it was, it wasn't anyone she told me about when she told me why she has nightmares.
The only thing she didn't tell me was the name of her hunting friend, who really loved her. She agreed to tell me soon since i was now sixteen.
"My mother is here visiting your parents." he says, but his eyes seem sad. "Whos your dad? Why isn't he here?" i ask, being sure to use a gentle voice. "Well... you better be ready for a long and sad story..." he says and looks down at his feet. "I'll listen." i say, and take his hand.I don't know why but i feel a buzz of elictricity. He sighs and sits on a fallen log and begins his story.
"Well. My mom thought my dad was cheating on her, so she looked through his office. Turns out he had a bunch of letters written to some other woman. When my parents were out of the house i read them. At first he was saying he was saying he was sorry -I don't know what for- and asking how she was. They seemed like he was just writing to a friend who he messed up something with. 'Why is mom so mad then?' i thought but then i relized something... He never sent the letters." Jesse says. His eyes have tears in them but none have came yet. I take his hand again, and i feel that buzz of electricity again, but just ignore it. "He only sent one, it just said he was sorry. And the man she was with sent one back. But i'm not gonna repeat what he said, lets just say it was not kind."
"I read more of the letters, and he started to remember good times they had. I was still confused why my mother was mad. They just seemed like two old friends, but then one letter that suddenly changed. I still remember what it said..." Jesse says, then recites the letter "'I miss you, i know you are with him and i have my own son and wife, but i have to tell you. I still love you.' I couldn't belive it, i finnaly relized why my mother was so mad. I was mad at him too, i couldn't belive he didn't care that she was with someone else, and he was too, and he just threw it all away." The tears in Jesse's eyes finnaly escape and fall to the forest floor. I stand up and hold out my arms for a hug, he dosen't hesitate to go into my arms.
We just sit there, hugging. Thats when i relise something. This isn't the kind of hug for 'just friends'. Jesse's arms are around my waist and my arms are wrapped around his neck. This is the way my parents hug i think but just ignore the thought and continue holding him.
After a while we let go. "Thanks, i needed that." he says and gives me a sad smile. Jesse takes a deep breath before continueing his story. "The letters went on like that, him saying he still loved her. I knew my mother would get onto him about it, or i thought she would. But she just stayed silent, then one morning my father said he was going to mail a letter, and she snapped. She yelled that while he was at it he should mail all his 'love letters'. He stared at her, shocked. She told- well more yelled at- him that she found the letters. They started yelling and screaming. Then they relized i was still there. Just staring wide eyed at them. My dad told me to go to my room. My mom said 'let the boy speak, he read the letters too!'. Somehow she had caught me. My dad just looked at me, shocked. As if i was a kid that coukdn't even read them, Not sixteen. 'Well boy, pick a side!' my mother had said, as if i was just playing a game. I already knew who i was going to pick." Jesse swallows before saying "I picked my mom."
He takes a shaky breath before continuing. "My dad just stared as i stood up and walked over to my mother. 'See, even he agrees with me!' my mother had said, then told me to go pack my stuff. I did as i was told, we got on a train for district 12. She said we would have a day to ourselves then we had to vist some friends. So i spent my free day here, hunting -wich my father taught me to. Then i found this lake, and i was going to just sit in that house and think. But then some person showed up and aimed her bow at me." Jesse says and smiles for the first time since he started the story.
But he stops smiling when he checks his watch. "It's 4. My mom said i have to be home for dinner now." Jesse says. "Oh. Okay, i have to get some herbs deeper in the forest anyways." i say. "Well... bye." Jesse says and gives me a shy smile. I hug him, say my goodbyes and walk off towards the herbs. But as i walk i hear Jesse yell my name, i tun around to see what it is "You know person my dad wrote the letters to?" he yells "Yea? What about it?" i ask "She's your mother." Jesse says, then runs away. Out of the forest.
Hope you liked this!Should i continue with this?Any ideas for what should happen? REVEIW REVEIW REVEIW!REEEEVEEEIIIWWWW! also i know you probably knew who it was the whole time, but hey. She has Katniss' blood, and these girls don't notice things. (What? there's nothing romantic between me and Gale! I don't even know Peeta! Weirdos i think i would notice if they were in love with me! LOL)