Chapter 3
Nick's POV
It's beautiful.
And horrific.
At the exact same time.
The girl's blue eyes stare at me through the flames, her blonde hair glowing.
Mom starts crying when she see it and Dad holds her.
Lottie moves her paintbrush as if in a trance.
Primrose Everdeen
"Prim?" I whisper.
Lottie's eyes roll up in her head, and I catch her.
"Nick." Dad says through gritted teeth, Mom's still sobbing into Dad's chest.
"Take your sister away." His eyes are turning darker by the second.
I nod and fling my sister over my shoulder, running towards the house.
It's only when I get into the house, that I remember something.
I forgot the picture.
Lottie moans, and I let her go.
"Wh-where are we?" she moans.
"YOU KILLED HER, YOU MUTT!" I hear Dad scream.
Lottie's face pales, and she whispers. "Oh."
Mom presses her face against the window, and I jump back.
GO! Mom words. She looks behind her, and her eyes widen.
I stand in shock, until Lottie grabs my arm and drags me away from the window.
Half a second later, I hear glass breaking, and a knife unsheathing.
My eyes widen and Lottie hisses in my ear, "Hurry!"
She drags me into the spare bedroom and locks the door.
She turn around, her blue eyes shining.
"Get in the closet." She hisses.
I nod, and open the spare closet. I shove a trunk full of Prim's things aside and crawl father back in the closet.
A second later, Lottie crawls in and shuts the door. She feels her way over to where I'm curled up in a little ball.
Lottie holds me while I shake, calming me down.
"Lottie, why does Dad do that?" I whimper.
She hugs me tighter, and holds me while I jump when Dad shouts things at Mom.
I hear Mom's screams ans her gait running up the stairs.
"Lottie!" I whimper.
"Sshh." Lottie coaxes.
I start to sob silently, and Lottie hugs me tighter.
We sit there, listening to Dad's yells and crashes and Mom's tortured screams until they all fall silent.