Chapter 1
"Katniss please… stay with me…please don't leave" Peeta mumbled, while sobbing on Katniss' lifeless body.
"Daddy? What's wrong?" Everly asked to her father while tugging on his shirt. "Is Mommy okay?"
"…..I'm afraid her illness has caught up with her" Peeta said, nearly in tears. "Just…. Just go get Kai for me and make sure he is okay."
"But dad! Mom needs me! I- I can't leave her now! Please let me help!" Everly said while trying to walk towards her mother.
"JUST GO!" Peeta exclaimed, took his last swig of beer, then proceeded to chuck the empty bottle at her.
She ran off in tears, she had never seen her father like that…. Why was he acting like this? He had always been so friendly, she thought. She decided to just do as he said and go get her younger brother.
"Kai…. Dad told me to get you, let's go back and see Mommy and him" She said, wiping one last tear from her eye. She grabbed her brother's sleeve and proceeded down the stairs where her father and mother where both gone.
"DAD?! WHERE ARE YOU?"
No answer, so the children decided to sit and wait for them to return.
Possibly hours later, Peeta came back, but this time, Katniss wasn't with him.
"Where's mommy?" Kai asked Peeta, running to hug him.
Peeta pushed Kai away and stormed to grab another beer.
"She's gone."
"When will she be back?" Everly asked.
"Never." He said, not seeming to care, taking a swig from the newly opened beer.
Everly let that sit for a minute, finally realizing what had happened, her mother had died and she could do nothing about it. She ran off to her room as fast as she could, tears filling her eyes. Kai had seen oblivious to the situation. He was still young. He went to his father, hugged his legs and decided to follow his sister.
"What happened, Everly"
"DO YOU NOT SEE? Mom! Mom is dead! We will never see her again, she is gone!" Everly yelled, bursting into tears again.
Kai realized things and began to cry with his sister. He hugged her and then continued crying until they both fell into a deep slumber.