A/N: Hello! Sorry for the delay again! this chapter is a lot longer than usual though so I have an excuse. Has anyone here read and/or seem The Fault in Our Stars?! I read the book ages ago and I saw the movie on the 4th... IT. WAS. AMAZING. I cried so much. Tell me what you think in a review? Id love to know.
So my last question was who become the new president of Panem and the answer was Paylor. Heaps of you guys got it but this chapter...
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KATNISS POV
Hours and hours I have been thinking what happened and I realised that I have loved him for a long time. The feeling is familiar to me and although a shock that I said it, I don't regret it.
I didn't get a reply from Peeta, only a soft snore. I am terrified for when he wakes up and asks questions but I won't bring it up unless he does.
I run my fingers through his hair and start to play with it gently so I don't wake him up. His hair feels soft but a little longer than what looks good on him but I don't mind. I let them ghost his features on his face but I don't let them press to hard.
My body starts to sag from exhaustion and I slump down, not being able to move because of his head in my lap. Even though it's his head, the weight of it is starting to get to an over whelming weight for my skinny, weak legs.
Just as I have the courage to move his had the door opens and a nurse walks in with a clip board. I sit up a little and scan her over.
She has long brown hair that is pulled into a pony tail. Her grey uniform is covered by an off white apron type thing and she looked just as tired as I feel.
"Miss Everdeen, I need you to come with me" She says and looks up from the clip board.
"Im not going anywhere" I say stubbornly and lick my lips. I don't want to wake Peeta up. "I am to tired and Peeta just fell asleep" I explain
"Miss Everdeen, Mr, Mellark is not a patient here. He should be in his quarters asleep not in your bed" She scowls and I bite my lip. "You need to come with me" She says sternly.
"Why do I have to come?" I ask. She should have said why in the first place.
"We need to do some testing."
In the middle of the night? That doesn't make sense.
"It's the middle of the night" I say and she looks at the clipboard. Then she looks at me and narrows her eyes. "It doesn't make sense to do testing in the middle of the night."
She adjusts her stance and shrugs. "Im not the doctor. I was sent to come get you" Im not in the mood to fight anymore so I nod.
"Can you wait outside?" I ask and she nods, leaving the room. I lift Peeta's head up and shuffle out of the way before outing his head on the pillow. I kiss his forehead and slide to the edge of the bed. I haven't walked much and I am still attached to the machines. This doesn't seem right.
I turn around and shake Peeta's shoulder to wake him up. His eyes flutter open and he looks around confused.
"Can you lock the door?" I ask quietly and he raises and eyebrow. "Please?" I ask. Watching him get up and walk over there comforts me but makes me annoyed because I still can't walk well.
The sound of the door locking helps me feel safer somewhat more and I put my elbows on my knees. I don't want her to come back because she didn't seem right.
If they wanted me to leave the room I wouldn't be connected to the machines anymore.
"Katniss what is going on?" Peeta asks and sits next to me. He still looks exhausted.
"Let's just go to sleep?" I suggest and lay down quickly before he can answer too many questions.
Peeta goes along with it and lays down so he is facing me. He has slightly puffy eyes from lack of sleep and his skin is red and dry. He watches my face and I watch his both of us not sure what to say.
"Let's get some sleep" I say and continue to watch him. He doesn't acknowledge that I have spoken but just stares at me. I give in.
"A nurse came in" I say and he looks at me very confused. I smile a little in amusement. "And she said I had to go with her to do some testing but it's the middle of the night and I am still connected to the machine. It didn't sit right at all so I then you woke up and now we are here" I say in the softest voice I can manage.
"How did you get her to leave?" He asks and runs a hand through his hair.
"I asked her to wait outside" I say and shrug. Peeta nods and yawns quickly.
"We should actually sleep you know" I whisper and move so I am more comfortable. I feel bad because my back is to him in order for me to get comfortable.
Before long his arms wrap around my mid-section and he pulls me into his body. His body heat is welcomed to my starting to freeze body as well at the small circles that he is drawing on my stomach that are lulling me to sleep.
Waking up seems to be the hardest part of the day. I have to convince myself to open my eyes but when I finally do I am greeted by bright blue eyes watching me from a chair. I sit up and rub my eyes tiredly before I put my hand down and realise the bed next to me is empty.
I turn to the blue eyes and see Prim sitting there smiling at me in grey clothed that look sizes to big for her small frame. I sit up a little more and smile at her a little.
"Peeta had to go to command with Haymitch" She informs me and I nod. "He told me to say in here so you weren't alone"
"Thanks" I mumble and look around the room. "Aren't I meant to be in a secure room?" I ask her and she shakes her head.
"Last night they decided to discharge you from the hospital as long as you do nothing but sit and walk around. No training or anything" She informs me proudly and I sigh in relief.
"So I can come live with you and Mother again?" I ask and she bites her lip. "Prim?" I ask worried.
"I don't know if Peeta told you and you forgot or if he didn't tell you but he wants you and him to share a quarters" I inhale sharply and I shake my head, im not entirely what for but it seems right.
"What time is it?" I ask when my stomach lets out a loud grumble and to change the subject.
"0800 hours" She says and smiles a bit "Eight in the morning" She says and I nod in understanding and laugh a little. "If you get changed" She hands me some grey clothes "We can go get breakfast"
PEETA'S POV
I wake up from tapping on my shoulder and I turn my head a little to see Haymitch standing there with Prim behind him.
"Isn't this meant to be a secure room?" I ask in a confused whisper. "And wasn't the door locked?"
"We have a key and Sweetheart here has been released." Haymitch says gruffly and gestures to the door. I tell Prim not to leave her alone before I walk out.
"What time is it?" I ask and rub my face tiredly. "It better be important"
Haymitch rolls his eyes and tells me to follow him so I do without a word. I've learnt that if you try and do your own schedule here you slowly get downgraded to the lowest rank of the district.
"Its only seven in the morning and word got out that you wanted a quarter with Sweetheart so we have to go talk to the president." I control myself from groaning. This president is just like Snow in my opinion.
"I don't get why it has to be asked for permission. We are going to do it anyway" I say annoyed.
"Yeah but would you rather get in trouble constantly or just get permission in the first place" Haymitch says and I laugh a little. The no alcohol is really getting to the old man.
We reach command and we don't even bother knocking and just walk in. Coin looks up from the TV and meets my eyes with a scowl.
"Whatever it is this better not take long" She says angrily, the only emotion she knows.
"Mellark here wants to have a quarter with the Mockingjay" Haymitch says stiffly.
"Hang on" I interrupt "Didn't we agree that she isn't the Mockingjay?" I ask confused and they both roll their eyes
"She won't fight but she will do propos with you and act like a good symbol." She purses her lips "You know you are not allowed a quarter unless you are family or married, so still a family." Coin looks at me with a smug face.
"Please President" I say not sounding desperate but more of a chance. "We need each other more than you think." I offer and she scoffs at the idea.
"No one can need another human being that much" She says with distasted. I look to my left and see that Haymitch has snuck out.
Thanks for that Haymitch.
"President she doesn't sleep well at night, I don't either, not a lone anyway but when we sleep in the same bed and hold each other we sleep better." She rolled her eyes at my words.
"Some stupid, little, childish nightmares will not make me change my decision." She looks me dead in the eye like she is daring me to continue.
"Point proven" I say even though she had no idea what I was talking about. I don't want to argue with her. I walk out of command without being dismissed and start to walk the corridors trying to think of ways for this to work.
I can always just marry here but I know she won't want that, marriage is not for her. We can always just do it anyway but that is more trouble than it is worth.
I lean on the wall and bang my head on it gently. It's not that hard to give us one little thing after all we have had to do. I give up and wander down to the dining room to have breakfast.
When I walk in I glance at the clock and I see it's only seven forty five. The breakfast line is empty except for a few people so I line up and grab my servings of slop. The back corner is the table I like to sit at, the others just take an empty table but I always aim for this one, less people stare at you back here.
It's not even five minutes before I am joined by am excited Finnick.
"Morning" He says cheerily and I cringe "Im not that bad" He says in mock offense.
"Its more the attitude." I say and shrug.
"What happened that I missed out on? Is Katniss still okay?" Finnick asks and I shrug again.
"Coin won't let us have a shared quarter because we aren't married or a family or whatnot" I say and my anger boils up all over again.
"Come on Peeta, I thought you were smarter than that!" He says in a hushed tone, I wait for an explanation. "Just say that you are planning on marrying within the next nine months and you need to start to share things to see if it's going to work out or not. Annie and I did that"
I bite my lip, it seems like a great idea but I have to talk to Katniss. "Im not sure it will work, anything to do with marriage or children freak Katniss out" I shrug a little.
Im about to continue talking when the now crowded hall, falls into dead silent. I look up and see Katniss standing at the entrance awkwardly looking at her feet.
"Get her!" I hear someone shout loudly followed by three pairs of footsteps.
A/N: Was that terrible or okay?
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What does Katniss get in a parachute once Rue has died?
