"I am not living with her, no way, I can't! She lied to me, she left me, and she let me believe she was dead, that she was gone! You can't just forgive somebody who does that! I cried for weeks over her and she didn't even care, she came back and expected me to just be the same little girl. Well, no! I'm not the same girl! I was never that girl and I will never ever be that little girl again! I am not moving, I am staying right here! I refuse, absolutely refuse! I don't care what she says or does, it won't be good enough, she's not my mother, she's not!" Pearl almost shouts to Cedar, trying to convince him… no? Trying to convince herself. She didn't want to feel or show her vulnerability, she wanted to show she could be independent, that she didn't need anybody. But Cedar saw straight through it.
"Pearl…" Cedar starts softly "Don't lie to me"
Pearl looks at him blankly for a few moments before turning around and walking into her room, she slams the door shut. She instantly jumps onto her bed and buries her head into the pillows as she attempts to hold back her tears. She hears the door open and close, then feels the bed dip beside her, she squeezes her eyes closed trying to make the tears and the person go away.
"Pearl, it's okay to let yourself feel something, it's okay to want to be with your mum. Yes, she did hurt you, but she did it to protect you. She was a target, they wanted to kill her and they would have killed you too. She's done some things wrong, but are you really going to punish her for those selected wrong things and ignore all the good things she's done?" Cedar asks her. He hears her sigh and knows she heard him. He pulls a blanket over her before walking out of her room.
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A few months later, Katniss, Pearl and Cinna were settled fully in their new home and a routine had been set. Pearl still spent most of her time with Cedar and stayed at Gale's house constantly. But she permanently lived with Katniss and her younger brother. I wouldn't call them a happy family, or a perfect family. But they were, once again, a family.
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