Chapter 7
They're Alive….And Here
"Come on, Wivvow!" Rye calls out to Willow in his cute voice.
"Coming!" she calls back before running to her brother.
I lay my head on Peeta's shoulder and he clasps my hands. "We'll meet them today," he whispers. "I can't wait but I can wait," I say. He laughs. "You're confusing," he says.
Suddenly, in the distance, we see a blonde-haired girl and a bronze-haired man. Prim and Finnick. I jump up and run to them.
"Katniss!" Prim calls out. Yes, I finally hear her voice. It's exactly her thirteen-year-old voice, since she's in her twenties now, but it still had that gentleness and care in it. "Prim!" I run to her and hug her. Tears start streaming down my face. Not sad tears. Happy tears.
I pull away and get a good look at her. She was even prettier than before. Her face was still fresh as a raindrop, but her hair was longer and it swayed in the wind. She was wearing a pink dress that I've seen Annie wear before. She was taller, but still a bit shorter than me. Her skin was as pure as before and a big smile was plastered on her face.
"Oh, I've missed you," I say. Then I turn to Finnick. Nothing much has changed about him except his hair was a bit curlier than before and his eyes were glowing. "Finnick!" I say before I hug him. "Hello to you too, Girl On Fire," he smiles. Peeta, Willow and Rye come running. Rye tugs at Prim's dress and hugs him and Willow. "Hello, Marshmallows," she beams at them. "Hello, Finnick," Peeta says and he and Finnick hug.
Once we're done greeting each other, I finally get to ask my question. "How did you make it out?"
"How about we go inside?" Peeta says. "I baked a cake."
I nod and we all go inside and sit down to have tea. "So," I start, "how did you do it?"
Finnick and Prim look at each other before turning back to us. "I found another opening to the tunnel before you blew it up," Finnick says. "Then I crawled back to Thirteen."
My jaw drops. Finnick is just so brave.
"Wow," is all Peeta can say. "Wow indeed," I say. I turn to my sister. "Prim?"
"I ran out of there," she says. "Isn't it obvious?"
"But why did you keep your lives secret?" Peeta asks.
"Well, Katniss," Finnick starts. "I wanted to surprise you sometime. Only your mother, Annie, and Johanna know we're still alive. Prim, go on."
Prim nods. "Well, I was on a life support machine, and I didn't want to tell you because I know the truth would hurt. Like Finnick said, only our mother, Johanna, and Annie knew. Then my mother and Annie thought it would be great time to surprise you, so we showed up everywhere to shock you."
"You talked to Peeta," I say to Finnick. He nods. "Yes, I did," he says. I open my mouth to speak again but he says, "I didn't want you to know just then."
"Oh," I say. "You kept us wondering if you were really dead the past week."
They both laugh. "That was the point of it all," Prim says.
"Well, I'm glad you're alive," I admit.
"Prim was begging to meet you and your mother finally agreed to it," Finnick says. "I was dying to not scare you, I must admit."
We all laugh. "So, Prim, you married?" I grin.
"Not exactly…" she bites her lip and I laugh. "But I'm with Rory."
My eyes grow wide. "That Rory?"
She nods. "They know we're alive too, Katniss. And please don't blame Gale for the parachutes."
"I don't," I say. "It was Coin's hovercraft that dropped the parachute bombs."
"Rory sometimes comes visit us in 4," Finnick says. "And Prim and he became best friends…and then lovers."
I smile. "That's what would've happened to Gale and me," I look at Peeta, "if it weren't for this wonderful person."
Peeta raises his eyebrows. "So you wanted that?"
"Not really," I say.
"Well, Katniss, it's nice to finally get to see you again," Prim says. "After….all these years."
"It's been too long, Prim," I smile. She nods. "Far too long," she agrees.
But just then…..
Cliffy! Haha! I'm sorry, but like I said, I'm stuck in bed so I'll be writing more and more. And until then, farewell, readers of this story. Never mind – just bye.
