The burning odor became worse as they walked into one of the cramped train cars, no open seats left them hanging onto whatever they could use as a makeshift handle. Annie was trying to tell Peeta how happy she was to see us but the rattling of the tracks under the train was too loud to do much of anything except smile and wait until their stop.
Katniss's ears rang as the breaks made a loud screech before the train slowed to a stop, causing them to hang onto their little handles a bit tighter so they wouldn't go flying forward.
Peeta helped Katniss and Annie out of the train car before they walked up the steps to the busy streets above, Katniss stopped to watch the train rocket out of the station through the glass. Remembering the train she and Peeta were on before the quarter quell- before they lost everything- Peeta lost his whole family in 12.. Katniss lost Prim and their mother too.
They step onto the dirty streets, in some ways it's sort of like home. No it's not.. nothing can replace home.
As they walk past shops and apartments Katniss remembers Prim for a moment when she sees a stray cat digging through some garbage in the ally. It wasn't that long ago she visited 12 and brought back Buttercup for Prim. She'd wonder how that cat was staying alive, then again there were many times when she wondered how she was staying alive.
Let alone keeping her sister and mother alive.
They go into a old shop that looks like it might be run by a person from the capitol, fancy treasures scattered everywhere waiting for new potential owners... looks like they've been waiting a long time judging by the dust collected on them.
Everywhere she goes she's remembered and celebrated as the mockingjay.. that's not what she wants why should Katniss be proud and happy she's the mockingjay? It's caused so many innocent people harm so why do they still love her?
Peeta had been the one to suggest moving out of the busier parts of 13.. they now rent a house from Haymitch..who's decided that, besides drinking all day that renting houses would be a nice little money making hobby.. it's a little two bedroom thing. It needs work but its not unlivable at the moment. It's not falling apart at least.
The yard was huge, a little fence surrounded the front which faded into a larger fence of the same color in the back yard, apparently for a bit more privacy.
Peeta talked about getting a dog at a time or another and this yard would be perfect for one.
As we browse through the items old, and new Peeta revealed that he was looking for a special pan for bread, he explained the pan was really heavy and usually of a dark color like black. We searched for it in the rows of scattered clutter, the more we looked it became clearer that it was as if no one ever organized this stuff in here.
Annie was the one to find the pan we'd been searching for. Dispite the weight of it, she proudly held a blackish loaf pan that was covered in dust over her head while yelling that she'd found it.
As soon as Peeta could pay for it we were once again on the streets, looking for another shop to stop in. The next was a wedding store, Annie's choice actually.. She loves these types of stores. There seemed to be hundreds of dresses of every design for almost any taste.. The sickening white color, the way the silver sparkly design grew from the back made Katniss almost lose it when she'd seen it.
A replica of her wedding dress...
So finally another chapter it probably took me 200 attempts before I was comfortable with the way it read lol don't forget to comment :)friendly/ helpful critique or comments are always welcomed and remember to like/follow for more updates :)