Hey, guys, it's chapter 4 to Lock and Key. But first, shout outs to: destinyblue, mangere275, hungergamesluver4567, firework7, Forget-To-Breathe and all the guests. Here is chapter 4.
Katniss' POV (One week after)
I spent a week at Gale's apartment, where we both 'catched up'. Gale told me that he wasn't married, but his brother, Rory was. I told him that Prim was married as well. He also told me that he was a doctor at the local hospital, and was also a writer. I told him I was a lawyer. I told him all about the new case Finnick, my boss, had assigned for me. I felt a bit guilty that I didn't call Finnick for so long. He and I had been friends for a long time, and I knew he was worried. But I couldn't risk the call because my parents might trace it to Gale's house, and it might cause trouble. It would just defeat the whole point of this exercise. But what I couldn't figure out was why I picked Gale's house, out of all places. I mean, we haven't talked to each other for so long. I sighed.
"Hey, Gale?" I said, as he cleared out the breakfast plates.
"Yeah?" he replied, from the kitchen, over the running of the tap.
"Do you mind if I go out and buy a couple things?" I asked.
"Sure, but I need you to go to the grocery for me, and buy some stuff," he said, coming out of the kitchen. He went into his cupboard, and took out a list. It was a grocery list.
"Okay, sure," I said, and grabbed my jacket, in case it rained and tied it on my waist before heading outside for the first time since I temporarily 'moved' to Gale's apartment.
I decided to save the grocery stop for last, so I spent my time wandering around the place aimlessly, looking at the windows of shops. Finally, I stopped at a cell phone store, and got a phone. I might need it. I wandered around a little more, until I found a bookstore. I went in immediately, and looked around. One book caught my eye. I picked it up. A Touch of Winter by Violet Lockhart. The cover was of a scene in winter. I picked it up and placed it in the basket. I looked around a bit more in the Romance section, casually picking up some more books, before I headed into the Classic section. Personally, I never enjoyed Classic books, but today, I decided to try them. I picked up two books that I'd heard about from my friends, and finally went to the cashier. In total, I had at least fifteen books. The bookstore didn't have much people, so I was first in line. While the woman, whose name tag pronounced her as Lavinia, cashed the books, I looked around, until my eyes came to rest on a box of books, just beside the counter. On it was labeled in red marker, 'Last Books before Out-of-Print'
"So, I see you've seen the box," Lavinia said.
"How much are they?" I asked. Lavinia stared at the box thoughtfully for a moment.
"Well, since you bought so much, I'll give you three free," she said.
"Alright," I replied, and went to the box. In the end, I went with two more books by Violet Lockhart, and a book called Angel's Bridge by Amelia Strauss. I paid Lavinia, and got out of the store. I made my last stop to the grocery, and got everything on Gale's list. As I was coming out of the store, a guy bounced me. I would have fallen, had he not held me. I looked up, and saw a very familiar pair of green eyes, which were at the moment looking at me in utter surprise.
"Katniss?" he said.
"Finnick?" I said, at the exact same time.
Cato licked his lips a bit, watching the woman that he had recently found. He watched her, in the manner of a predator stalking its prey, assessing her. She had the same hair as the woman in the picture, but she was a little too short than the height he had been given, and her eyes were green, not grey. She wasn't the one he had been looking for. His pursuit for the woman in the picture, Katniss, had been taking longer than he had expected. Usually he could find information about his latest mission in less than three or four days, but this one was rather challenging. Katniss was clever, but he will find her in the end. After all, Cato liked a challenge.
So there you go, chapter 4.