Chapter 7

I jolted away to rustling footsteps and someone yelling out my name. I opened my eyes to see everyone up and Prim inches away from my face.

"Katniss get up! We have to leave." Prim exclaimed. I groaned and turned on my side. I heard Prim sigh. "Do you really want me to make Peeta wake you up?" she asked.

"I'm up! I'm up." I yelled as I quickly scrambled to my feet. There was no way I was letting him anywhere near me. Yah, he was supposed to be my husband or boyfriend but, I had no memory of that. All I had was stupid flashes that I had no idea what they related to. I just didn't understand how I could remember some people and then not remember the ones that were most important to me. I remembered Prim and Rue but no one else. I stood up and walked to Prim's side.

"Did you get enough sleep?" Prim laughed.

"What?" I asked confused. She smiled and pointed to my head. I groaned as I raised my hand and felt the haystack that was my hair. I tried to untangle it but helplessly failed with a sigh. Peeta walked over to me. I smirked and stepped away.

"Katniss trust me I know what I'm doing. I've done this for you like a million times." He told me smiling. I looked at Prim and she nodded.

"Come on Katniss, you can't tell me you still don't feel anything. You love him." She insisted. I looked back at Peeta. Did I love him? I asked myself. No I said. But it would be lying if I said that I didn't feel something when he looked into my eyes. I could say that my heart didn't uncontrollably jump out of my chest when he came close to me. I could feel something but I had no idea what it was. I knew it was there though. No matter what, it was always there haunting my insides and messing with my mind.

"Her memory's gone Prim." Finnick's voice rang through the silence. Prim smirked at Finnick.

"That doesn't mean he erased her feelings. He couldn't do that if he wanted to." Prim barked. Finnick sighed.

"Well, katniss do you feel something?" Finnick asked looking at me. I froze. I couldn't answer that. I felt my eyes wandering to the ground. I felt everyone's stare on me. It made me want to make a run for it.

"Umm," I said awkwardly.

"Do you?" Peeta almost demanded. I found myself looking in Peeta's eyes. I had the sudden earge to just run into his arms and let him hold me. I quickly shook the thought of it out of my mind.

"I feel safe with you. I know that I feel something else to but I don't know what it is." I answered truthfully unable to look away from Peeta's eyes. When my voice came out I could see in Peeta's eyes that he was relived but sad. I guessed that he wanted me to remember. I wanted that too with all my might but I just couldn't. No matter what I did I couldn't. I knew that there was something about him. "But I still can't remember." I added in a low voice.

"Katniss, it's fine. We don't expect you too, I only hope." Peeta told me. I nodded.

"I do too." I whispered. I sighed and walked towards everyone else. "Let's go, we don't want them to catch up to us." I said looking around. Finnick smiled trying to hide his laughter. I glared.

"She's right; we don't want them to find us." Finnick stated. Everyone nodded and turned in the opposite direction that I was turned. I sighed turning around and following them threw a patch of bushes. When I finally caught up to them I stood by Prim's side.

"Why can't you just admit you love him?" She demanded. I shook me. Because I can't tell him that, he'll take advantage of me. Oh and because I don't love him! I answered her question in my head.

"Because I don't love him!" I hissed through my teeth back. She looked unconvinced.

"Please katniss, you can't take your eyes off him." She smirked. I glared at her.

"I do not!" I replied defensively back. She laughed.

"Oh come on! Just give Peeta a chance. Even without your memory you probably won't be able to stop yourself from falling in love with your husband." She told me in a low voice so no one could hear.

"He is not my husband!" I hissed. She sighed in frustration.

"You're impossible." she insisted. I shook my head. When was she going to give it up? When were they all going stop? I couldn't remember so, that was the end of it. There was a one and a million chance that I could ever remember anything and I wasn't the one. I would never remember and I accepted that but why couldn't they? I guess they were all stuck on who I used to be. I turned to Prim then. She was looking forward whistling. I heard another song echo back then. It sounded familiar. A memory flashes in front of my eyes then, I was in the forest. It was the same memory from before. It was the memory of Rue dying. I heard the same tune then, I replied singing my tune. It was the same tune that I was hearing now but what did it mean? I asked myself. I closed my eyes trying to make the memory reach further. I remember running through the woods in a hurry. I whistled and panicked when no one responded. I ran in a direction and then heard someone scream. It must be Rue I told myself. I ran towards the scream my bow and arrow set, ready to strike if I had to. I ran threw a pair of trees to see Rue tied up. I untangle her and she turns away panicking and pointing behind me. Marvel stood there with his spear in his hand. He threw it the same time I released my arrow. He dropped dead and so did Rue. I was knocked out of the memory then when something hit my side making me tumbled over. I fell then hit something hard; I felt arms trying to help me up. I opened my eyes to see Rue climbing a tree and disappearing. Peeta was the one I bumped into. I shoved him hands off me and furiously looked at Prim.

"Prim! Rue!" I yelled. Prim looked away and ran to a tree. I saw an arms come and pull her up. I huffed in frustration and stalked over to the tree. A hand grabbed my wrist. I turned to see Peeta.

"Katniss, just let them go." He insisted. I sighed.

"They could get hurt." I said. He smiled.

"Katniss, they know how to take care of themselves." Peeta told me. I knew he was right but if something happened and I wasn't there it was his entire fault. I knew that I couldn't live without Prim. She was my little sister. She was the only family I had left.

"So how did we meet?" I asked Peeta. He smiled.

"We knew each other as kids but we never really connected until we both were in the hunger games." He told me.

"So we were friends?" I asked. he shrugged.

"Not really, it was Haymitch that made up the whole love birds thing." He barked. I nodded to myself. I didn't remember any of this but somehow it sounded familiar. I blinked to see myself pushing Peeta against a vase. It looked like we were in an elevator. "you didn't know about it at first." He added laughing to himself. I blinked again to see Peeta in a suit talking to a man. There was an audience off the stage.

"Handsome lad like you, there must be some special girl. Come on, what's her name?" the man asked.

Peeta sighed. "Well there is this one girl. I've had a crush on her ever since I can remember. But I'm pretty sure that she didn't know I was alive until the reaping."

"She have another fellow?" the man asked.

"I don't know, but a lot of boys like he," says Peeta.

"So here's what you do. You win, you go home. She can't turn you down then, eh?" the man encouraged.

"I don't think it's going to work out. Winning… won't help in my case," Peeta said.

"Why ever not?" the man asked. Peeta blushed then.

"Because… because she came here with me." he stammered. What? I thought as the memory faded. So I was in the hunger games with Peeta. Peeta said that I hadn't known about the plan. Maybe I was watching this and then when it was over, I pushed him like I saw earlier. I was finally getting glimpses of memories I had that Peeta was in. I looked up at Peeta. Should I tell him? I asked myself. No. he'll make a big deal out of it. I didn't want that.

"So what happened after that?" I asked him. He smiled.

"Well, you were pissed and then when we were alone you pushed me in an elevator." He told me laughing. I smiled. I was right. It was a memory. I was getting my memory back.

"Then what happened in the hunger games? I mean I know we won but what else?" I asked. He half smiled.

"I was in a group with Cato, Clove, Glimmer, and Marvel. They were looking for you; they trapped you in a tree. Then you dropped a tracker-jacker nest on us and got away with Rue's help. Then I protected you, Cato cut me. I ran off and hid. They announced that two people from the same district could win together so you ran off to find me. when you did, we hid off in a cave. We kissed, then won." He explained. I nodded.

"So then after we won we got married?" I edged confused. It was hard to put everything together. It was like my life was a puzzle now and I couldn't find the pieces. He nodded.

"Yes, Snow made us get married and then tour the districts. Then he put us in the 74th hunger games. That was where we met Finnick and Mags. Mags died in the games. Then we were saved but I was left behind. You became the mocking jay. Snow hijacked me and then you saved me but it was too late. I was already programmed to kill you." Peeta told me.

"Wait programmed?" I asked confused.

"He did the same thing to me that he did to you so you lost your memory," He sighed.

"So you could remember anyone either?" I edged. He smiled and shook his head.

"No, he made me think that you were the enemy and that it was my job to kill you." He sighed.

"So when we saved you, you tried to kill me?" I asked. He nodded. Snow had done this to me. Everything thing that made my life a living hell in the past was all because he did it. He almost made Peeta kill me and now he had taken my memory from me.

"I'm sorry Katniss, if you're uncomfortable with me hovering all the time. It's just that I was always thankful for you for not giving up on me when I got hijacked. I just want to help you the way you helped me." he apologized. I was taken aback by his words. I never would have thought of it that way. I looked into his blue eyes. They were so comforting and gentle. No wonder why I fell in love with him. He was so caring and kind, so protective and thoughtful. Wait what am I saying? I thought. I couldn't love him.

"Its fine Peeta, I understand." I stuttered. I froze when I heard someone whistle a tune. It was Rue. I whistled back quickly. There must be danger ahead. I looked at Peeta nervously.

"What is it?" he asked. I didn't answer, I just looked ahead to see everyone walking ahead right into the trap.

"Stop!" I screamed just as I was 3 figures come through the bushes with their weapons ready.