"Will you come with me?" I ask Peeta as we head out of Haymitch's house. We would be back there later to begin our journey to district thirteen, but now, I had to tell my mother and Prim to be ready to leave tonight. Peeta nods, and for a second, I can't help but to wonder if wants to go to his family as well. "Peeta..." I stop him as we are walking across the lot to my mother's house. He turns to look at me, as if he is confused.
"Yeah?" He asks.
"Shouldn't we tell your family too?" I asked him, and for a moment, I can see a glint of sadness in his eyes. We never really talked about his family much, because I knew that it was too much for him to bear. He shrugged, not really giving me an answer. I knew he wasn't close with his family though, like I was to mine. Sometimes I felt as if his mother resented him just a bit. I didn't know why, but they seemed to have a tough relationship.
"You're all I need." He tells me suddenly, and I can't help but to pull him into a hug. I have to comfort him right now, because he had done it for me so many times before, I had to do it just this once. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to make you sad..." He murmurs lightly in my ear. I shrug it off though. Because I am hormonal, I get more emotionally involved in things now. It was one of those weird pregnancy things that just happened, and I had no idea why.
"Let's go..." I pull away from him and take his calloused hand in mine once again, and we finally make it to my mother's house. I knock on the door, and it opens automatically, and I realized that it had been unlocked. "Mom? Prim?" I call out as I make my way into the house and Peeta follows closely behind. I sighed of relief as I saw that they were in the kitchen, mixing some kind of concoction of different herbs.
"Katniss?" My mom questions as Peeta and I make our way into the kitchen. Prim runs up to me and hugs me around the waist. I'd have to admit that I had missed her, and seeing her only reminded me of what I came here for in the first place. I had to make sure she was safe. "What are you doing out and about?" Mom asked me. "Prim and I were just about to stop by and drop off some more herbs." She told me.
"It's important." I say immediately.
"Is the baby okay?" Prim asks.
"The baby is fine... It's just, something else is going on..." I try to explain to her the best I can. I don't want Prim to be scared, and I don't want her to panic. I wrack my mind for what I'm going to say next, but it is hard. I mean, she wasn't a baby anymore, but she wasn't grown yet either. Prim was stuck in the in between... And she was smart for her age too, it didn't take long for her to catch on. "I need you to go pack your things..." I tell her gently, as I kneel down so we are making eye contact. "Try not to bring too much stuff though, because you'll have to carry it... We're going on a trip tonight." I explain, and I can see the confusion on her face, as well as on my mother's.
"Can I bring Lady? Or Buttercup?" She asks referring to her goat, and the world's ugliest cat. I wasn't sure how to answer her, but I just nodded, hoping that everything would be okay. After all, I just wanted her to be safe once the full on rebellion broke out.
"Come on Prim..." Peeta interrupts, "I'll help you pack." He tells her, and she grins, and they go off to her room. I stand back up, and face my mother. She looks scared, so I reach out to grab her hand.
"Katniss? What's going on?" She asks with confusion in her voice.
"We have to go to district thirteen." I say. "There's a rebellion starting, and I want you and Prim to be safe... Haymitch says it's a good idea, and we have no other choice." I explain the best I can.
"There is no district thirteen." She replies once the information I just gave her sank in... "How in the world are we going to go to district thirteen, if there is no district thirteen? We'll wander out in the wilderness and die..." She trails off. I sigh because I knew this was going to be hard.
"That's a risk that I'm willing to take for you guys to be safe..." I answer her. "It's either go to district thirteen, and have the chance of being safe, or stay here and be blown to bits. Your choice, but if you know what's good for you, I'd leave." I tell her. Plus, I am a good hunter... Even if there wasn't a district thirteen, we'd be able to make it in the woods. My mother nods, and I think she understands now. "You should pack some things... Come to Haymitch's house around eight tonight. We'll leave then." I say.
Peeta emerges back into the kitchen, "All done?" He asks me, because he and I still have to go home and pack our things. I shake my head, because there is one more person that I have to tell. "What else do we still have to do?" Peeta asks.
"I have to tell Gale." I say simply, and a part of me knows that he might not want to come with us.