OK, so I decided that I don't want to include this short excerpt in the next chapter, so I am putting it alone, it is also some incentive for the amazing and sweet feedback I have gotten from all of you people. The number of alerts I have gotten in the past few days is amazing, you all amaze me and I love each and every one of you so very much.
The contest entries are being considered as we speak; the top three will get a PM by tomorrow at three. From that top three I will ask you to create the character, and then I will pick the best for this story.
Best of luck to all who entered, 'may the odds be ever in your favor'.
Love to All,
Dedicated
I stare at the ceiling, praying to God this isn't a dream. I can hear the sound of her soft breathing as I look down at her; if I stay much longer it's going to be taken to a whole new level of creepy.
The peace in her is evident; the signature scowl that usually covers her ivory face has been graced by a small smile.
I want to know more about her, long to know about her. Hell, the girl is turning me into a damn sap. It hasn't been this way since I fell hard for Clove freshman year. Even with Clove my heart didn't feel the tug it does now.
Clove and I weren't meant for each other, I guess in a way we were so much alike that it broke us apart. She had the personality of a snake; there wasn't a soft bone in her body. No, Clove wasn't for me, Clove's heart belongs to Marvel, it always has. I should have known it before, it was so evident but I refused to believe it.
I trial my eyes down Katniss' face, finally resting them on the ends of her long brown hair. I can't help but wonder what it would feel like running through my hands. Idiot my mind chides me and I chuckle softly at my absurdity, she doesn't want me touching her.
As I look at her, I start to think in my head, about a lot of things. Mostly my mom, dad too.
My mom loved my dad, they say it's sick. All the neighbors used to call her weak, say she got off on the abuse. She didn't, she was broken, broken into a million tiny pieces. I'm not like him, I don't want to hurt anyone, I won't be like him.
He is the sick one, he is the one that needed the help He's the one that got off of her pain. He's the one that will die in hell, and she's the one that floats above me in the sky. She's the angel, and to me, he's the devil.
I will make him pay; he won't get away with it. I won't let him. But I won't be like him; I will protect her until the day I die.
I turn my head back away from the ceiling, back to her pale face and beautiful features.
"I won't let anything hurt you Katniss, you can trust me, I promise never to leave you. Even if it means I'm your best friend while you marry Gale," I shudder a bit at his name "I'll stay with you. I'll never let anything happen to you." I whisper as I slowly turn back to the door.
She murmurs in her sleep, turning into the pillow like it's going to be the one to protect her.
I smile, shaking my head slowly.
"I promise" I whisper, backing out of the room as I shut the door.
I sigh, burying my head in my hands as soon as the door clicks shut.
Trying to get her could be the best and possibly worst decision I could ever make. She's a spitfire and it makes the fire inside me burn one thousand times hotter. I'll get her; I won't rest until I do.
Ok, this is short, yes. I consider this more of a peek at what is to come. If you read closely you will now know that Cato has OFFICIALLY declared that he likes Katniss. In the past he has hinted but now it is official.
This was an apology and a makeup gift for the short chapter I last posted.
I really hope you all enjoyed this!
If you have any songs you feel like I should base a chapter off of, tell me and I will try my best. Each chapter has a song that goes with it in my head as I write. I'm running out of songs.
Oh and just based on the few contest entries I have read I am not sure whether to be concerned or happy at the emotions I invoke in you. It's been everything from rap to slow sad songs. What can I say? This is going to be fun!