Run, Daddy Run- Chapter Two:
-A few months later-
Katniss' POV:
We were starving. Starving. I was 11, and Prim was only 7. The most we had to eat for a few days was mint leaves in water, to try to curb our appetites. It wasn't working. I gathered a bunch of Prims' old baby clothes.
'Mom, Prim. I'm going out.' I said softly as they gazed at me silently, then I slipped out of the door. I walked to the Hob, shyly looking around.
'Hey, girl! Need a hand?' a voice shouted. It was Greasy Sae. She scared me immensely so I shook my head and walked off. Of course right then and there it started raining. My stomach growled as I walked towards the merchants' part of the district. I lifted up my nose and sniffed deeply. 'Ahh, bread,' I thought as I walked towards the bakers' house. After checking and seeing a sadly empty trash bin, I slipped in a puddle and dropped the clothes. They were basically worn patches so I didn't decide to pick them up. I sat there shivering for a few minutes as the door opened. It was the bakers' wife, the old bat she was. She started yelling at me, threatening to 'call the Peacekeepers about those brats who kept on stealing her food.' I walked off and slipped again. Then the door opened again. It wasn't her I realized as I recognized the bakers' son, holding two slightly burnt pieces of bread. He had a nasty bruise on his cheek that looked brand new. Suddenly, he threw the bread towards me. I looked at him speechlessly as he walked off, slamming the door behind him. I picked up the bread and held it close to my chest, walking home while inhaling the delicious fragrance.
I walked into the house with a little smile on my face, though I was shocked. 'At least we have something to eat now' I thought as I sat the bread on the table in front of Prim. When Prim saw the bread she looked up at me, surprised. "Katniss, where did you get this?" she asked me, as shocked as I was. She reached and felt the bread. "It's still warm too!" she exclaimed, as she ripped a piece off and stuck it in her mouth.
A/N: Credit for a friend for helping me :3