Chapter 2
It was like everything had changed since Haymitch came home from the games. He sleeps with a knife under his pillow, and reacts to every sound he doesn't know. He often stays home, and sometimes have nightmare. And when he does have nightmares, I sing him a song. "The Hanging Tree" It is forbidden but he seems to find comfort in it, besides as long as a peacekepper don't hear me sing it I'm safe. Haymitch was soon leaving for the victory tour, while I was going to be with mom in his new house in the victors village. Most of the day mom's at work, so I guess I will be more alone.
Mom came home early from work, she often does that now since she's afraid that me and Haymitch won't be there. In her hands she had several bags, she put them on the kitchen table and started to unpack the food she had bought. Suddenly it knocked on the door, mom put down what she had in her hands and goes and opens the door.
President Snow walked in, he was wearing a black suit with he signature white rose. He smiled to mom and walked into the living room, where Haymitch and I sat. "President Snow" Mom came after him, and gave him a chair to sit on. "Thank you, miss Abernathy" He said quietly, and mom walked back into the kitchen. "What do you want?" I asked him, and tried to seem polite when I really didn't want to. "I just want to talk to your brother" He answer. I looked up at Haymitch, who seemed serious. Snow also looked at Haymitch. "Shall we?" He asked. Haymitch stood up and led Snow into the office under the stairs, we had never used it before so I was a little surprised that Haymitch took him in there.
I walked over to the door, and listened. I couldn't hear much, only that Snow talked. I looked trough the keyhole and saw Snow standing up, on the desk was a picture of me. Snow stood behind Haymitch, and took up the photo. "It would be so sad if anything happened -" Haymitch took the photo out of Snow's hands. He stood up and turned to Snow. "Don't you dare!" He shouted at him, his face was full of anger. Snow laughed. "I'm not planning on anything" Snow makes Haymitch sit. "Yet" Snow walked to the door, and I hurried back to the couch. I stood up as Snow walked out of the room, and closed the door. He walked over to me. "Lovely to meet you" He said, I led him out and walked back to living room. Haymitch hadn't gone out of the room yet, but I could a chair being thrown into the ground. No matter what Snow meant or said, he must have made my brother very sad and very angry. I walk to the door, and open it carefully. Haymitch stands near the window, and looks like he did when I said goodbye to him right before the games. I walk over to him, and stand there looking out the window to see what he looks at. "It's my fault" He says, I look up at him. "What, what is your fault?" I ask, as an answer he points out the window. A little boy stands over a grave, it might sound weird. But the office is placed to look right at the graveyard in the district, maybe the Capitol did this by porpuse. The boy lays down a flower crown, and light a candle. "Maysilee" Haymitch wishper. Maysilee seems to much in his nightmares, maybe not so weird since he stayed with her till she died after being attacked by pink fluffy birds. It also seems like he feels like it's his fault, he means if he had listend to her they would still have an alliance and she wouldn't be attacked. I hold around Haymitch and say: "It's not your fault, Haymitch."
I followed Haymitch down to the train station, not many was there. Only the district twelve escort and his prep team. He gave me a hug, and his prep team seemed to cry as I said goodbye to Haymitch. "Why does it have to be so sad?" one of them said. He had lime green hair, and yellow glowing skin. It was easy to see that he was from the Capitol. One of the others, a woman with neon pink hair and purple glowing skin stroke his back, and told him it was only a goodbye. I somehow wanted to go over to him to say the same thing, but I forced myself not to. I stood there till I couldn't see the train anymore before I walked home.
When I got home, mom was making dinner. She gave me smile. And as soon as the dinner was ready, we sat down and ate. "I bet Haymitch is having a wonderful time" Mom said.
"Mom, he's visiting the districts and the families of the fallen tributes" I said to her, when it knocked on the door. We both looked at it like we were expecting it to open by itself, when it knoked for the second time mom went to open it. A peacekeeper was standing there, he pulled out a gun and dragged mom out. I stood up and ran out the door, but before I could do anything. Another peacekeeper held me back, I closed my eyes so I wouldn't see what was going to happend. All I heard was a scream and a shot. The peacekeeper let me go, and they both walk away. I fall down on my knees as I see mom's dead body, with a deep bloody hole in her forehead. I cry and rest my head on her stomach. What had she done? and why now? I start to think about the conversation between Haymitch and President Snow.