Chapter 3

After walking several miles, we decided it was time to call it quits for the night. We lay on the ground, staring up at the stars. Kai turned to me and said "Do you ever feel alone in this world?"

I thought for a minute, then turned to him and said "All the time… but then I think about how things can be instead of how they are now. Just because things aren't going good now, doesn't mean they can't get better. Take Mom for example, before the revolution, things were awful, but it got better."

Kai took that in to consideration then whispered "Yeah, but she's dead now, she got cancer and died." He paused and then continued, this time with anger. "HOW IS THAT BETTER? EVERLY, TELL ME! HOW DO YOU EXPECT ANY OF THIS TO GET BETTER? Our life is a living Hell, and you just expect it all to play out! 'Oh, I'm the magnificent Everly Everdeen, so everything is magically going to be okay because I want it to. I can do that because I'm the daughter of Katniss Everdeen.' GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS! Nothing gets better! The capital is going to be in ruins again soon and we will have to fight! Do you call that better? Because I sure as hell don't." He sighed and turned his back towards me.