Unplanned Surprises - A Hunger Games Fanfiction
DISCLAIMER: I do not own The Hunger Games.
Thanks for the reviews from last chapter, I really love reading them! Here's chapter two! Enjoy!
Katniss' POV
2. Chapter 2
"KATNISS!" I hear Prims voice ring through the house. I raise my head and look at the door, just in time to see Prim bound through and right up to me. She comes over and kneels down next to me. "D'you wanna go to the beach now?" she smiles and gets up to walk around my room.
I lean up on my elbows and look out the window. A cloudless blue sky. A rarity in twelve. "Sure, gimme a minute." I say and sit up.
Prim grins at me and goes to the door, pausing as she reaches it and peeps round at me. "I'll be on the beach!" and with that she closes the door and hear the soft thumps of her footfalls on the stairs as she goes to get ready.
I smile to myself and get up. I trudge over to my suitcase and search through it in the hope that I will find a swimsuit. After about five minutes I feel the Lycra material slip through my fingers and I pull up my black bikini.
I quickly get ready, and make my way downstairs and towards the small room with the beach stuff in it. I search through the pile of sandy objects and pull out a folded beach chair.
I push through the glass door that is now unlocked, Prim must already be out there. I walk out onto the brown wooden bridge, lugging along my beach chair with me. I stop for a minute and breath in the salty sea air and let the heat wash over me. This is a lot different from twelve. There it smells of smoke, old wood and trees. It's also usually chilly in twelve, it feels weird to be leaving the house without a jacket.
I slowly make my way towards across the creaky bridge, the wood beneath my feet warm from the sun. I soon reach the sand and see Prim sitting in the shade of a nearby palm tree. I walk towards her, the sand scolding my feet slightly where the sun has been baring down on it all day.
It's a relief when I reach the tree, the sand beneath my toes is cool and the shade is very welcome. I unfold the beach chair and set it in the sand before sitting on the sanding material.
The beach isn't that busy. There's about a dozen people lazing in the sun and several people bobbing up and down in the sea.
"I'm going to go in the sea, coming?" I prim pipes up next to me.
"Sure." I say and stand. I take Prims hand and we jog to the waters edge. Prim doesn't stop when we reach the waves and dives straight in. I however, pause and stand, shifting from foot to foot.
"Come on Kat!" She giggles, doing nothing to hide the amusement in her face. "The waters lovely!"
I grimace and take a small step into the waves. The warmth of the water surprises me, it's almost as warm as a bath, but still has that cool feel to it. I take another step and another until I'm up to my thighs and I dive in. I swim over to where Prim is and smile. "You're right, the water is lovely!"
"I know right! I've only been in a few times, because Haymitch and Effie wouldn't let me come here on my own, but now that you're here, I can come more often, right?" She says.
"Right." I laugh. But unfortunately, I don't know if that is entirely true. I'm going to be so busy for the whole year, with work, I don't know if I will have time to laze on the beach and mess around with Prim.
Prim and I stay in the water for a while, watching the surfers further out in the water, there's three of them, all joking around. They are really good. The tall blond one catches a wave, staying on the board till the wave rolls in on itself, the bronze haired boy gets the next wave and does as well as the other boy and then the boy with the shaggy blond hair catches a huge wave and rides it until the very end, making me gasp when I think it's going to collapse on him.
After a while, I tell Prim that I'm going to go back and sit I the sun for a while and I plod out of the warm water and up the beach. I get back up to my chair and plonk down with a huff. I rest my head back and try to get my pale, pasty skin to tan.
I sit here for what seems like ages and let my skin soak in the suns rays.
"Katniss?"
I lazily open my eyes and wait for the momentary blindness to disappear. I look for the source of the voice I heard. And I see it immediately.
"Gale?!" Standing in front of me is Gale Hawthorn. Gale my old friend from district twelve! We used to hunt together in the woods. When I left district twelve for high school, he went moved away, I had no idea he moved here! "What are you doing here!"
"I live here, what are you doing here?" he asks in disbelief.
"I'm here for the year on my gap year! I can't believe you're here!" I exclaim.
"I know! How long have you been here?" he asks.
"Um, Prims been here since her school finished for the summer, so about a week and I only got here today." I say.
"Prims here? Why haven't I seen her?" he asks.
"I don't know, she's quite easy to miss!" I laugh. He laughs as well and I get up to hug him. "I've not seen you in years Gale." I mumble over his shoulder.
"Mm, I missed you." he whispers
"I missed you too" i say. Which again, is only half true. I did miss Gale for the first couple years of high school, but Gale never had a phone and we lost touch. Eventually, I stopped thinking about home and Gale and just got on with school and work. He just got sorta, fazed out...
I sigh and try to pull away, but Gales arms stay locked around me. I try to push off him, but he still doesn't let go. Well... This is awkward. "Err... Gale... You can... You can let go now." I say, blushing.
"Oh right..." he murmurs. I expect him to release me now. But no... Nope, he doesn't.
"Like, right now." I say.
He laughs nervously and steps back quickly. Luckily, before the awkwardness can become unbearable, Prim walks out of the sea and comes over us. "Gale?"
Gale spins around and lunges at Prim. "Prim!" he picks her up and spins her around. By the time he stops and puts her down shes staggering around and giggling like a maniac.
They talk or a while and I end up blocking them out and watching the shaggy blond surfer and his friends catch the huge waves. After a few minutes I see the bronze boy and the shaggy blond catch a wave together. The shaggy blond falls off and once the bronze one finishes riding the wave, he laughs at the shaggy blond so he pushes the bronze one off his board, causing my to chuckle under my breath.
"Catnip?" My eyes snap back up to Gale, my brow creasing.
"Please don't call me that." I groan, but he just chuckles. I sigh and stand up. I fold up my chair and we begin to walk back over the sand towards the bridge.
"Hey, lemme hold that." Gale tugs at the chair in my arms.
"No, no, I'm fine..." I say, repositioning the chair in my hands.
"Aw, c'mon, lemme take it!" he says and pulls it out of my arms, chuckling.
"Fine." I scowl at him and he laughs again.
We reach the house, Prim disappears down to her room and Gale puts the chair down in the pile of beach stuff. "So, I guess I'll see you around?" I say.
"Yeah..." he says and toys with the end of my braid.
"Soo... Bye!" I say.
"um, yeah... Hey, I only live down the road, we should do something together." he says.
"Yeah, sure. Err, see you later!"
"Yeah, see ya." he says and I shut the door after him. He gives me a grin and a small wave before pushing his hands in his pockets and walking away.
I smile. I cannot believe he's here! But... He seems a bit... Different... From when we were kids. Like something's changed between us. It's probably just that we haven't seen each other in ages, maybe we just have to get used to each other.
I slowly go into the kitchen to get some water after the long hot day. I search around the cupboards for cups, with no luck. I groan, not wanting to have to San the whole kitchen for something to drink water from.
"It's the one above the sink." a gruffly voice says.
I turn to see Haymitch lounging in one of the chairs in the corner. "How'd you know what wanted?" I ask, going to the cupboard above the sink and fetching a glass before filling it and taking a sip.
"I was actually talking about the anti-depressants." he says sarcastically.
I scowl at him. "first time I've seen you in years and before saying hello you start with a sarcastic comment. Thanks." he chuckles and goes back to reading his newspaper.
I go back to my room and sit down on the rug. Sometimes I wonder how on earth Effie and Haymitch are together. They are so different it almost hurts. Effie is a manner freak and Haymitch has no manners. Effie is a clean freak and Haymitch couldn't be clean if he tried. Well, I know they say that opposites attract, but this, this is like cats and dogs. Maybe they are like marmite, you either love them or hate them.
I decide it's time to unpack, so I jump up and open my suitcases.
Soon I finish putting everything in its place and I slump down on my bed. I turn my head to look at the digital clock on my bedside table. 6 o'clock. Only 6? I'm so tired! It must be the jet lag.
I drag myself up from my bed and change into my pyjamas before shutting my curtains and sliding into bed. I turn all my lights out with a remote control on my beside cabinet and snuggle down into the mattress.
It's been a relaxing day. Unfortunately, I won't get many days like this.
Soon my eyelids get heavy and my breathing gets deeper. I feel myself slipping away.
"DINNER!" my eyes snap open and I sit bolt upright. Effie is standing in my doorway with a huge smile on her face that quickly slips off as she sees my expression. "Oops, sorry dear... Goodnight."
She gently shuts the door and I collapse back onto my pillow. Effie is going to take some getting used to.
Sorry for the short chapter, but I wanted to update today! I might not be able to update till next tuesday because I'm going to Paris and I don't know whether there will be internet in the hotel I'm staying at! Let's hope there is! Please review! Reviews make me update quicker! Thanks! X