With my thoughts in shambles I walked home, the whole time thinking about what Gale had said to me.
I was so deep in thought that I ran into the door of my own home, my forehead crashing into the worn wood of the door first, "ouch" I whispered as I opened the door. "I'm home" I called as I walked in. My mother and little sister, Prim, where already ready. Prim flashed a quick smile at me before mother started on her hair, I just nodded to them.
"Katniss there's some warm water in your bedroom, get clean" called my mother from the front room. I groaned, "alright, alright" I whispered as I walked back to me and Prim's bedroom.
Just as my mother had said there was a tub of warm water there waiting for me. I mindlessly stripped down and started to scrub ever part of my body, I thought as I washed. I was almost done when I noticed something, the water….it smelled funny. It smelled of jasmine, 'where did mom get jasmine from' I thought.
Just as I was about to wash my hair the bells from the clock tower started ring, "oh crap" I whispered as I hurried to pull on the dress and shoes my mother left for me.
As I was running out of my bedroom, my mom and Prim where walking out of the house, "wait up I called" as I ran forward to meet up with them.
I stood beside Prim as we walked to the square, "hey Katniss" Prim whispered, I looked over at her. "You look….really pretty" she said with a smile, I sighed and smiled. I was a sucker for my little sister, she just really worked her way into my heart and now whenever she smiled or laughed I just started to melt somewhat.
We got to square and I instantly started to look for Gale while trying to stay close to Prim.
I noticed him easily out of crowd, he still had that really irked look on his face, "Prim stay right here I'll be right back" I said.
I waded through the crowed, saying 'excuse me' every five second until I got to Gale. "Hey" I whispered looking up at him, he looked down at me and instantly the look on his face got even more intense. "Katniss" was all he said, and his voice was unusually gruff. I just looked up at him and sighed, "I swear you need to get out this funk" I said before walking back over to my family.
Soon the clock rung again signaling to us kids from ages twelve to eighteen had to get into our roped areas. I took my place up front with the older kids and waited for doom.
