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Chapter 9
I'm expecting them to scream at me, about how could I let their son suffer, how could I have shot him in the hand, the action that sent him tumbling off of the cornucopia, and the action that saved Peeta's life.
I expect his younger sister, who looks to be about 14 years old, start crying, demanding to know why I took away her big brother.
I expect them to start throwing things at me, and the peace keepers having to come and remove them from the room.
But that isn't what happens at all.
They sit calmly on the couch across from the one that Peeta and I are occupying.
I squeeze Peeta's hand, which I have firmly grasped.
"Hello, I'm Peeta Mellark, and this is Katniss Everdeen." Peeta begins after a few moments of awkward silence.
"Nice to meet you. We are Cato's family. Thank you for what you did in their Katniss."
I'm stunned by what Cato's very calm mother had just said. Why would she be thanking me?
"What do you mean?"
"Cato had gone crazy in there, either way we were never going to get Cato back. And you were just saving the person that you love when you shot him the first time. You also could have just let him suffer when he was being attacked by those mutts, but you put him out of his agony."
"But I let him suffer for a few hours!" I'm getting frustrated, how could they not care that their child was dead because of me. And how could they not care that I let him suffer.
"You were exhausted and couldn't think straight for a bit. We don't blame you for what happened to Cato, he brought it on himself."
I'm furious now. How could someone say that about their child! Did they not care about him at all?
I want to get up and shake some sense into them, but they stand up.
"It was lovely to meet you. Congratulations on winning." Says his little sister quietly. I think she is the only one who is sad about his death.
Then Clove's family walks in. Their daughter had tried to kill me twice, and had almost succeeded once.
"Hello, I'm Clove's mother and this is her father." Her mother says while gesturing to herself and her father.
" I'm Katniss Everdeen and this is Peeta Mellark." I say, still a little frazzled from the visit with Cato's family.
" We are so sorry that I daughter was so rude to you miss Everdeen, when she tried to harm you at the feast."
I'm not startled anymore, I've already come to the decision that the people in 2 didn't truly care for their children. Their slightly affected accents are now starting to get on my nerve.
"She was rude, but she was trying to keep herself alive." I state with a little edge in my tone.
"She was keeping you two apart. Everyone was rooting for you in most districts, even some of the parents of the tributes."
"Well that was very considerate of some of you." Peeta replies in as nice a tone as he can.
We talk for a few more moments before they leave.
Then we go through the normal routine that we have been going through on this entire tour.
Then we are in District 1.
This district is the one that is the most similar to the Capitol. The Capitol spoils them because they provide them with the luxury items that they can't seem to live without.
We talk with Glimmer's family, and the conversation goes very similar to the one with Cato and Clove's parents. The boy's parents elected to not meet us, and I can't blame them.
Who would want to meet the people who beat out their child to live in the cruel games.
We eat and dance the night away, then board the train.
We are heading toward the Capitol.
We arrive and do almost the same thing that we did in the districts, except there are no families of dead tributes to meet.
I'm partially relieved, because that was always the worst part in every district, but at the same time, I know I have a million and one interviews to do while I'm here.
But knowing Peeta's here too, just makes everything a little bit better. And then we get to go home and be normal.
At least until we have to mentor a boy and a girl to be slaughtered in a few months.
And when that time comes, I'm going to try my hardest to keep them alive.
