Finn POV
I am walking down the street with Rue and Ms. Sae. On our way to see dad! Yippee! I am so excited I am leaping for joy! Ugh! I miss mom, we've never been close like some people before but we are so much closer than dad and I. We are now in the hospital and Rue however is jumping with joy because she absolutely adores dad and the feeling is mutual.
"FINNNNYYYYYY! WE GO SEE DADA NOW!" Rue screams at the top of her lungs.
"Yup, we are! It is going to be great!" I respond with the least bit of sarcasm I can muster. Then Ms. Sae smacks me across the head.
"Hey" Rue says. "Not nice to hit! You ok Finney?" I will give Dad this, he taught Rue and I good manners.
"I'm fine Rue!" I say while chuckling.
"Ok then whets go see DADA!" She yells in my ear.
We have to first check in with the doctor and they then give each of us a wristband that says we have entry. And now a really hot looking nurse is taking us to the back of the hospital. Then we enter a dark hallway with no lights. She leads us to the very back door which has an access code. She quickly types something into the screen and the door opens. Then we see another big cement door with 3 padlocks on it. She pulls out a key and unlocks all of them.
"You have half an hour of visiting. There will be two guards outside the door in case he has another outburst." She then hands us each a small buzzer with a red button on it. "If anything goes wrong, press the button." She says then quickly walks out side.
"Are you guys ready to see Daddy?" Ms. Sae asks.
"YEAHHHH!" Rue screams.
"No" I mumble. But I walk in anyway. When we walk in, we see a huge living space with two velvet sofas a coffee table a flat screen TV a refrigerator, an oven and stove, a microwave and thousands of food items all over the counters. Then off to the side there is a ginormous king size bed. Then on the other side is a door which I presume to be the bathroom. I am amazed that everything is this luxurious, I mean come on they lock him into a room with TWO doors keeping him in confinement. Really, I was hoping for some cells with bars and spider webs and gross green soup for lunch. This looks more like a hotel suite than a confinement room.
Right now I don't even see Dad—which is ok with me—but Rue will be disappointed if we don't find him. So I ask Ms. Sae "Where is Dad?"
"While, I would presume in the bathroom over there considering there is no other room and absolutely no way he could have gotten out of here." She said. Then I heard her mutter under her breath "not like he would want to leave."
Then I heard footsteps coming from behind the door. The I heard a sigh and then Dad walked out of the bathroom looking slightly confused like he had just been thinking about the most important thing in his life and he couldn't decide what to think about the situation.
Then he looked up and saw Sae.
"Ahh Hello!" He said. "you are Greasy Sae Aren't you?" WHAT? Why did he call her Greasy Sae? He always told us she didn't have a first name. "my father has told me about you and your soup." She laughed. Then I remembered, in mom's story about the old days she had called her Greasy Sae. I didn't pay much attention to that part. Oops!
"yes that is me. But now I own a restaurant in town called A Bit of Sae but I fore sure sell soup there." Then Rue ran up to him.
"DAAAAAADDDYYYY" She yelled. After this Dad looked shocked. I am so confused right now. I thought he had met Ms. Sae a million times, and how could he forget Rue of all people? Obviously something was up. I guess he didn't just remember old memories of mom, he must have forgotten everything that happened after that too. Sae sighed.
"Peeta, this is your little girl nam—" Sae didn't get to finish her statement before she was interrupted by Dad.
"This is my little girl?" Dad asked incredulously. Sae sighed again.
"Yes Peeta, now let me finish. This is your little girl named Rue an—" Dad cut her off once again.
"My little girl's name is Rue? As in the girl Katniss faked an alliance with and then killed? The little girl who saved her life? Ahhh umm who is the mother?" he stammered.
"Peeta shut up and listen to me. Yes your little girl's name is Rue. And yes she was named after the girl that saved Katniss, but Katniss didn't kill her, Katniss tried to save her, she loved that little girl, like her own sister."
"LIES!" Dad shouted. "ALL LIES!" I am so confused now. What is going on? I will ask Sae about it after, but first I want to finish watching this comedy show!
"No Peeta, they are not lies. It is all the truth, and the mother is..." She sighed yet again. "The mother is Katniss."
"NOOO! NO WAY ON EARTH SHE IS THE MOTHER OF MY CHILD!"
"you are right Peeta, she isn't the mother of your child, she is the mother of your children." Then Sae pushed me out from behind her so Dad saw me for the first time since I walked into the room. I expected him to ignore and be rude to me but what I didn't expect is what he did. He screamed.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU….YOU…THING! I HAVE HAD ENUOGH OF YOUR GAMES GALE HAWTHORNE! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE! YOU RUIN EVERYTHING! LEAVE RIGHT NOW!" I was taken by surprise and I didn't move because I mean, he's my dad, he won't hurt me. But then I saw him running right at me with a rolling pin in his hand. Uh oh, now might be a good time to run, but my feet won't move! Oh my lord! My father is about to kill me!
Katniss's POV
Gale and I hunted for a long time. After, I went back to the nearest hotel. Then I lay on my bed and just thought about the past day. It felt so good to talk to Gale again. Now I know for a fact that I love Gale, more than I thought was ever possible. I might even love him more than my kids, but could I sacrifice leaving them for Gale? I don't know, I mean my kids, Finn and Rue. I sighed how could I leave little Rue when she was only 2? What kind of mother would I be? And I would probably hurt Finn so much. When people ask who is your mom he would say Katniss Hawthorne. And then when people ask where I am they say oh she ditched us and married some guy from her past while she was still married to my dad. How would that sound? Horrible I know. I can't do that to my kids. But I couldn't expect them to live with Gale and I. They might not even like each other. Plus Gale has always wanted kids of his own. I couldn't ask him to raise me and Peeta's kids. Ok, I am getting way ahead of myself, I don't even know if Gale is single. I will have to discretely figure that out.
Somewhere, during my train of thought, I fell asleep because the next thing I know, I see sun streaming through my window. I quickly get in a shower then put on a baby blue sweater and some jeans. I then rush to the bathroom and put my hair in my signature braid. When I walk back into my room, I realize I didn't eat dinner last night so I walk over to the phone and call for room service. I order hot chocolate, and waffles. After they arrive and I wolf everything down, I realize I should call Greasy Sae and check in on Finn and Rue. I hope they are alright. Then I run to my purse and pull out the slip of paper with Greasy Sae's restaurant number on it. I dial and wait while it rings. Then I am greeted by Delly's cheery voice.
"Hey" I say. "It's Katniss, can I talk to Sae?"
Delly hesitated. Then—with all cheeriness gone—she says "Ms. Sae isn't here right now. I will have her call you as soon as she gets back."
I quickly say "what? Where is she?"
"uhhhh, ummm, there is a customer here. I gotta go. Bye." Then she hung up.
It was the strangest phone conversation I had ever had. Why wouldn't she answer the question and why did she act all nervous? At least one thing will take my mind off all of this—going to see Gale.
When I am driving back to his little cottage, I am thinking about how I will find out whether he is single or not. Maybe I could say something like "So Gale how many dates have you been on lately?" No, that is way too obvious plus, it sounds like something a 13 year old would say. What about "Gale, how do the ladies down here compare to the ones in District 12?" That is just as bad as the first. It makes me sound like some guy interested in the ladies here. Then, I realize I am out of time to think of something because I can see Gale's house now. Oh no. I am getting the same jittery feeling I got yesterday when I saw Gale. Why does this keep happening? Why can't it be like the good 'ole days when nothing was weird and we were just 2 best friends keeping their families alive? Or even if he was my boyfriend, that would have been fine to, because there wouldn't be any confused feelings. Now…I don't even know if he is dating anyone! He doesn't even know I have kids! I never even thought about the possibility of him having kids. What if he does? That will leave us as only best friends and me being married to a man who wants to kill me! What would that be like? Oh my goodness! I just realized, I haven't even called the doctors to check on Peeta! What must hey think? That I am some weirdo possessed person who leaves her family the first chance she gets?
This is all so messed up! But now as I approach Gale's house, all my trouble are evaporating. Except for the one about whether or not Gale is single…Oh dear lord let him be! I know that he is the one I love and that I want to spend the rest of my life with him, no matter what it takes! I need that fire in my life, to keep me warm, to keep me loved, to keep me burning! How can I say this to him though? And what do I do if I spill my heart to him and then find out that he has a wife? He and his wife would probably never want to see me again. How could I live like that? Now, I am right in front of Gale's door I take one knock and hear Gale say "It's open C'mon in!"
I walk in expecting to have Gale run up and hug me, instead, I find Gale sitting on his couch holding a baby and a beautiful red headed woman sitting next to him. This concludes my worst nightmares, Gale has a wife.
Hahahahahaha! I am so evil! I am sorry about the cliff hangers, but I just had to do it! Yeah, I know, I have TWO cliff hangers, one with Finn and one with Katniss, you will have to wait and see what happens!
