Hello all! Wow, its been almost a month since I've updated! Iv'e had writers block for a while and been really busy at school and doing all kind of stuff (I know excuses, excuses). Thank you for the followers, that makes me happy. Again I want two more follows or comments to continue. Don't be afraid to criticize, just don't be mean about it. If you enjoy Lord of the Rings please go check out my other story called 'The Shire'. I'm going to try to update more often now, but the more follows and comments the more I will try to update. Enjoy my newest chapter, and thank you for reading.

KATNISS

• The procedure went on for more than an hour, but Josh's pained moans and yelps only went on for the first twenty minutes. It took all of Katniss' strength not to run in and tell Peeta to stop, to leave Josh alone. She knew Peeta was helping the kid, but that didn't stop her from wanting to stop him from being in pain. She debated calling Annie and telling her everything. She could come get him and everything would be okay. Josh would go back with her and Peeta and I can go back to normal. But she knew she couldn't do that. She had always been bad at saying no, especially to children. She would give Josh a chance, because she didn't have the heart to turn him in.

Katniss heard the door upstairs open and close, followed by the bathroom door opening and closing.

A few minutes later, Peeta came down the stairs. His wavy, ashy blond hair was damp and hung over his eyes. He was wearing a pair of faded blue jeans and no shirt, exposing his stocky, somewhat muscular build and lightly tanned skin. He smiled tiredly and Katniss began bombarding him with questions, "how is he? Is he going to be okay? Is he awake? Is he..."

Peeta stopped her, "He'll be fine Katniss, he's resting upstairs now."

Katniss nodded,

"Dinners ready"

Peeta nodded and him and Katniss sat down at the to eat.

Nobody spoke a word over dinner. Neither of them wanted to be the one to break the silence. So both just sat there in silence, leaving the other to their thoughts. Peeta broke the silence

"So… the kid is Annie's son, Josh right?

"Yeah, it took me a while to make the connection. But once I figured it out I felt so stupid, he's the spitting image of Finnick! The same bronze hair, golden tanned skin, sea green eyes, he even has the same cocky personality!"

"Well I didn't really pay attention to his looks. Your sure it's Annie's son?" asked Peeta, getting up from the table and reaching for the phone.

"Don't!" exclaimed Katniss, grabbing Peeta's arm.

"Katniss, Annie's probably worried sick. I doubt she would just send him off to twelve alone. And if she did, she would have told him to call. So either way, we need to contact her and tell her we have her son so she can stop worrying."

"She didn't send him off Peeta, I know that much. He ran away…" Peeta cut her off,

"All the more reason to pick up the phone and call Annie…"

"No!" exclaimed Katniss, "He ran away for a reason Peeta, I don't have the heart to just turn him in. Lets just give him a chance to tell us what happened, then we can decide if we should call Annie or not."

Peeta stared at Katniss, speechless, but after a few moments he nodded.

"Thank you. Now, should we bring him some dinner?"

Peeta nodded again and set to the task of making a small plate of food, consisting of a small bowl of leftover soup and a piece of fresh bread.

Katniss carried the tray upstairs, Peeta following close behind her.

As soon as Katniss entered the room she was hit with the strong smell of antiseptic, mixed with the metallic smell of blood. The room was completely dark apart from the little light from the low fire in the fireplace. Josh's pale form was laying on the bed, although some color had begun to return to his skin. His forehead was wrapped tightly with bandages, although blood was already beginning to show through. His leg was in a makeshift splint made of planks of wood and tightly wrapped with layers of bandages.

His eyes were closed, so Katniss set the plate down on the bedside table and kneeled next to him.

She reached her hand out and laid it on Josh's shoulder.

"I'm awake you know," said Josh, smiling slightly.

Katniss jumped back, startled. Josh laughed weakly and Katniss made a face at him, "JUST like your father…"

Peeta walked forward and put his hand on Katniss's shoulder, "Your father was a good guy, a lot like you from what I can tell"

Josh nodded, eying the plate of food on the table.

"Are you hungry?" asked Peeta, Josh nodded. Katniss handed him the plate and he quickly began eating.

"Why are you here in twelve?" asked Katniss as Josh finished the last bit of bread on the plate. He looked up at her, as if he completely forgot she was there.

"I told you," he said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "My Annie was getting too overprotective, and I was tired of it. I wanted to see other districts, so I left."

"Just like that, you just left?" asked Peeta.

"Yeah, I left about two weeks ago I think."

"And you walked here all the way from four?"

"Yeah, I walked through the woods"

Katniss and Peeta glanced at each other,

"Where exactly were you planning on going?" asked Katniss.

"I didn't think about that much till after I left, but I was thinking beyond the districts."

I know it's not my most eventful chapter but I'm already in progress on the next chapter