Chapter 9

I wake up a pure white room that only contains the bed I'm lying on and several machines with veins running into my arms.

"Alexander…" I murmur softly.

When nobody answers, I become frantic.

"ALEXANDER!" I shout, and scramble out of bed.

A door opens, but it does not reveal Alexander. It reveals a Capitol doctor.

"The dart that punctured your arm was a very painful tranquilizer, but it only puts you to sleep and leaves a hole in your arm that bled like no tomorrow when the dart was removed." He explains, speaking rapidly. "You lost a few pints of blood, which is mostly why you're still in here. You've been out of it for a day. That Alexander boy insisted he come with you, but now he's on your floor. By the way, you're in an underground hospital located beneath the tribute tower. Also, when you fell you sustained a minor concussion that will last for a few more days with the drugs that we've given you."

This is the first time that I've noticed how deathly pale I am. "What happened?" I manage to croak out.

He just sighs and calmly strides out of the room. My voice rises as I repeat the question over and over again. Soon, the door opens again and I run into the arms of the person awaiting me on the other side.

"What happened? Are you hurt? Did anyone else get hurt? What happened? Are you hurt?" I blabber out, bombarding Alexander with questions.

He just laughs and says "I'll answer your questions on our floor. In private." I guess now is not the time to be discussing this.

I don't question this, but I do check him over and change from the sterile white hospital gown into a sky blue sweatshirt and black sweatpants.

When we get to our floor Alexander dumps me on the living room couch and I understand just how hurt he felt when he thought our relationship was only on camera and in public. That explains why he was so nice to me at the chariots. He's serving his revenge up cold. Everything that happens in here is confidential, so no one will ever know. He can give me the cold shoulder as often as he wants here. Tears are springing into my eyes when my rebel mentors walk in. They pretend not to notice as I wipe my tears away.

"What happened?" I ask. So far, nobody has ever answered my simple question.

"Well, at the opening ceremonies the person who shot you with the dart wasn't aiming for you in particular. He probably just wanted to cause alarm to the crowd by shooting down the person who controlled the most attention. And that just happened to be you." Says Furlow.

"Well, what became of them?"

"Like the man on the train this man shouted 'LONG LIVE THE REBELLION!' right before he swallowed a berry and died." This time it's Mary who explains things to me.

"Okay, well what happened after I fell unconscious?"

"Alexander shouted for all of the horses to stop and carried you to a team of medical attendants who then brought you to that underground hospital." Furlow says in an overly patient voice.

"Nobody else got hurt?"

"Not at all."

"Good."

After a few more polite exchanges, I walk to Alexander's door and knock. He answers, sees me, and then leans against the door frame.

"What do want?" He demands roughly.

I stay silent, and when he is about to slam the door in my face but I slink in and close it softly behind me. I wrap my arms around his shoulders, and after a second's hesitation his go around my waist.

"You," I answer, and lean in slowly. I enjoy, there are no doubts about that, but something doesn't feel completely right. It was sort of a guilty pleasure for me, but it soon begins to bother me so much that I completely suppress the uneasy feeling in my gut and just enjoy the moment. I'm pondering why I could ever think that this didn't feel right, and felt so right at the same time, when there's a knock on the door.

Every time.

Well, I think with a smirk, at least he kissed back.

Alexander opens the door to reveal Ademia, who takes one look at the situation, apologizes, and then states her business.

"Well tomorrow you have training at ten, and I felt like I needed to warn you about this big busy schedule that you have!" Then she disappears down the hallway.

"I should probably go…" I say and give Alexander a peck on the cheek. Then I'm down the hall before he can even protest.

EEEEEK! I know, finally a love scene.(((:

Took me long enough…

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