Chapter 10
/wow, chapter 10 't think I'd make it to here. This chapter is just some Katniss and Haymitch fluff, Katniss telling Haymitch about her rough past. Guys, reviews are beautiful. I look so foward to reading refiews each time I post a chapter. I get super excited when I get reviews from people who have stories that I beg for the next chapter. So yeah, I love reviews. Reviews= more chapters :)
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Sorry, just... Chapter 10! Chapter 11 tomorrow. I'm writing the 12th now. I can only update once every 24 hours or it won't show that I've updated./
I stand at my sister's grave alone. It's not really a grave, more like a memorial. There wasn't enough left of the body to bury or really even identify. It's been two days since Peeta told me I had a serious problem. He's been driving me crazy, trying to get me to talk to the damn capitiol doctors watching my every move. I finally found a chance to break away and I did. The only place I thought of going was here. I've only visted it a few times, it's hard looking at the photographs and flowers of and for my baby sister.
I plop down on the ground and stare at it. I don't know exactly how long I've been here. It was around noon when I left and the sun is setting down. I'm sure he will find me before dark. He always does.
Sure enough, I hear the footsteps come up behind me. I turn around and I am surprised to see Haymitch standing there.
"I thought you'd be Peeta," I say.
"Nope, sorry to disappoint," he replies
"I'm not too much. I like you alright and Peeta's been driving me nuts. I just needed some alone time."
"I get it Sweetheart. Boys been worried sick 'bout you though. Been searching everywhere. I finally told him to calm his flour covered ass down and I'd look for you. Figured you'd be here, guess I was right."
"Well I'm fine. How did you know about this place?"
"Came by it on a morning hike."
"You take morning hikes?"
"Yes Sweetheart, I do, surprised?"
"Very."
"Alot to see in this world. I figure I won't be around in this life for much longer, so I try to enjoy it. Very beautiful sights beyond the fence of District 12. Now I understand why you risked your life everyday going over it."
I scoff. "Hardly the reason why I went over the fence everyday. Sure the woods are beautiful, and they calm me and I love them, but I went over to hunt. To feed myself and Prim since my mother didn't give a damn. Had to make it look like Mom was doing it all or they would have sent Prim and I to the community home. The children from there are so horrible looking, no hope.. I couldn't let Prim go there, they'd crush her like a bug."
"I figured you had a better reason for jumping over the fence then for the sights. Your mother didn't care if you and your sister starved?"
"When my dad died, we lost her too. She would just stare at a wall, no begging from me or Prim would "wake" her up. We were slowly and painfully starving, I was trying to sell Prim's baby clothes but no one wanted the rags. I was hoping we could make it for another month, then my 12th birthday would come and I could take tesserae. But I knew we wouldn't make it. I was walking in the rain one day and just gave up after Mrs. Mellark yelled at me for going through the trash cans. Then I heard alot of yelling from inside the bakery and Peeta came out with burnt bread. His mother told him to feed it to the pigs, because no one would buy burnt bread. He threw some to the pigs, but then without even turning to look at me he tossed some to me and went back inside. I realized later he must of burnt the bread on purpose. I tried to talk to him at school the next day but he avioded me. I saw some dandalions that day, and I realized we weren't going to starve. We could eat dandalions and Katniss roots, all sorts of stuff. And I could hunt, Dad taught me how to shoot a bow. It started slowly but eventully I could go into the woods without being scared of slight sounds. I met Gale a year or two later and we became hunting partners and friends. I guess it was more for him though."
"Wow. I never thought- I forgot how rough Seam life was," he laughs.
I laugh. "Yeah. Me too."
"I think it's about time we head home Sweetheart."