Hey, as you can tell this story is going to be longer than my last, ok I hope I will be able to announce the Quarter Quell this chaper! c:
When the nurse tells us we can see the girls I nearly sprint to Katniss's room.
She is laying in her hospital bed peacefully sleeping. They stitched up her arm and they say there will be a scar but it won't be too noticeable.
I sit beside her on the chair next to her bed, an take her hand.
Her eyes weakly flutter open and my hard nearly skips a beat at how much Pain is reflected in her grey eyes, absolutely no trace of blue or happiness.
"Cato" she says weakly that make my heart want to just break.
"Yes sweetheart" I say with tears gathering in my eyes.
"What happened?" She asks.
"You got drunk, took a piece of glass and cut a deep cut from your shoulder to your elbow, you bled a lot before I came out to bring you to bed" I say.
"Oh, that was fun" she said. Kat must still be drunk.
"Fun? You could have- gotten really hurt" I say.
I was going to tell her she could have died but I don't want her to feel bad.
"I'm sorry for scaring you" she says and I see the tears gathering in her eyes.
"It's not your fault, I should have watched you closer" I say and she wraps her frail little arms around me.
I never noticed how little she is compared to me, she so cute that I didn't even notice it.
"No, I should have controlled myself, but it numbed the dead feeling I had and, and I just kept drinking" she said weeping in my shoulder.
"Shh" I whisper in her ear and she pull away.
"Come on, lets take you home, they're announcing the Quell in a few days and I want you to be home when it happens" I say as she starts to get up.
"Wait" I say lightly pushing her back down.
"What?" She asks.
"I forgot to grab your crutches, and your leg is still broken" I say.
"Oh, right" she says.
She reaches up and wraps her arms around my neck as I lift her up bridal style and walk out of the hospital.
"When will we be home?" She asks tiredly.
"I think if we hurry we would be there by lunch tomorrow" I state.
"What about Finn and-" she starts.
"Hey guys" Finnick says walking behind us.
"Hey Finn" Kat says yawning.
"Why are you carrying her, she got a cut on her arm not her legs" Johanna says.
"Because her ankle is still broken" I say.
"Oh yeah" Jo says.
We walk in silence until we are halfway to where the train station is.
"Hey Finnick, can you carry Katniss, my arms are getting tired" I say, and thankfully Katniss fell asleep on the way.
"Sure" he says and I hand him Kat.
"Wow she's really light" he says.
"Yeah, but after half an hour of holding her you'll see how hard it is to hold her" I say.
After that the rest of the walk is silent until we get to the train.
"I think she's waking up" Finnick whispers to me.
"Oh, ok, let me see her" I say as he hands her to me.
"Are we home yet?" Kat asks.
"No, we just got to the train, try to go back to bed" I say kissing her forehead.
"How? I always thought sleeping was an escape from reality, it is but sleeping is worse than being awake, the things in my dreams are just so scary that I would rather just be awake" she says and I hid her tighter, if that's even possible.
"If you want I can sleep with you" I say.
"Sure" she says forcing a smile to her lips. I can tell its forced because her eyes are still as grey as a storm cloud.
I walk her to the room and set her gently onto the bed.
"Love you" she murmurs.
"Love you too" I murmur back.
When I wake up I can feel Katniss trembling below me.
I wrap my arms around her an pull her close to my body, feeling how cold she is.
She stirs a bit then wraps her arms around me also.
I kiss the top of her head then try to fall back asleep, with no such luck.
"Cato?" I hear Katniss whimper.
"Cato?!" She says sounding more frantic.
"Cato!" She yells at the top o her lungs, then she shoots up I'm bed.
"Shh, I'm right here" I say trying to pull her back down.
"God, I hate nightmares, I...I wish they would just go away" she says wrapping her arms around me again. I can feel her trembling again.
"I hate them too, but I hate seeing you like this too" I say stroking her hair.
"I'm sorry" she says.
"It's not your fault, what happened, in your dream?" I ask.
"I was laying in bed and I turned over, to try and cuddle with you, but when I did you weren't there, so I quietly said your name, I didn't get a response, so I said it a little more franticly because I thought someone took you. Then someone came in the room and tried to take me, so that's when I screamed it on the top of my lungs. And I woke up" She says trembling again.
"Did that person do something to you?" I ask.
"No I woke up before he could, but I did get a glance at his face. He looked like my first buyer" she says and I pull her even closer, if that's even possible.
"Shh, he already bought you, he can't do it again, and if he, or anyone you or I don't know comes and even touches one little hair on your head, I will personally beat them till they can't walk anymore" I say.
"I love you" I say.
"I love you too" she replys.
We lay beck down on the bed and after a few minutes I hear her quietly snoring.
I fall asleep a few minutes after her.
This time when I wake up it's from my own nightmare.
Kat starts shaking me at my eyes burst open.
"Are you ok, I felt you shaking" she says.
"Yeah, just a nightmare" I say.
"What happened?" She asks.
"I was asleep when I felt you being pulled away so I shot up and ran after the person that took you, when I caught up we were in some torture room, and I watched you get tortured to death, because I couldn't do anything about it. I couldn't move it was like my feet were bolted down" I say.
"Wow" she says and kisses me on the cheek.
"Come on, we have a few more hours you need some sleep" I say.
"Ok" she says and closes her eyes.
I wake up and stand up, walking over to open the curtains.
"Cato, what time is it?" Kat asks me.
"Uhh, I think it's ten in the morning" I say.
"Oh, can you help me up, I left my crutches in the lounge car" she says sitting up.
"Sure" I say as I walk over and lift her up bridal style.
After I start carrying her she wraps her arms around my neck and rests her head on my chest.
I walk into the dining car and set her down in one of the chairs, while sitting next to her.
We eat and I carry her back to the lounge car, and that's when Finn an Jo walk out.
"Morning" Finnick says gruffly.
"Good morning guys!" Katniss says all bubbly.
Probably shouldn't have let her drink that much coffee...
"What's got you in such a chipper mood?" Johanna asks sitting next to Kat.
"I don't know, but right now I would love to go on a run, too bad I can walk" she says really fast.
Finnick sits down next to me after she finishes talking.
"Is she pregnant?" He whispers in my ear.
I shake my head 'no' and he sighs a sigh of relief.
"One more hour until we are at twelve" Jo says.
"Yep" Finn says.
After that it gets really quiet.
"Well, this is awkward, Cato could you take me back tot he room?" Kat asks.
I walk over and pick her up bridal style as she wraps her arms around my neck.
I place her down on the bed and she just sits there for a while.
"Well, yell for me if you need anything" I say walking out.
"Ok" she says and flashes a smile before I leave.
Katniss's POV
I lay down in bed and manage a few minutes of sleep before wake up to another horrible dream, of course!
I slowly sit up and crawl over to my bags, gathering everything and neatly packing them inside.
"Cato!" I yell.
He runs in an looks at me with concern.
"What is it? Are you ok?" He asks.
"Yeah I'm fine, I just wanted to get out of here" I say and he walks over to me and picks me up as I wrap my arms around him neck (of course) and bury my head in the crook of his neck.
"How long until we get home?" I ask.
"A few more minutes" he replies as we get to the lounge car.
"Can you hand me my crutches?" I ask.
"Sure" he says and walks over to the side of the room and grabs them.
"Thanks" I say with a smile.
"No problem" He says as the train comes to a stop.
"Finnick!" I yell through the train.
"Yeah" he says running up.
"Time to get off" I say.
"Ok" he says.
We walk off the train an walk to my house in victors village.
"Hey Finnick, where is your stuff?" I ask when we walk into my house.
"Still in four" he says.
"Oh, when are you going to get it?" I ask.
"After they announce the Quell" he says as we all (Me, Cato, Finn, and Jo) sit on the couch.
"Ok, lets watch then" I say turning on the tv.
I turn the tv on as soon as the president walks up on stage with a little boy holding a little box.
The boy holds out the box and Snow slips his hand in and grabs out a little envelope that has the number 75 printed on the back.
He slowly tears off the top and pulls out a card and starts reading.
"As a reminder that even the age of the rebel does not matter, for the third Quarter Quell, all tributes shall be the youngest age to be reaped" he says and my mouth gapes open.
I have to mentor two twelve year olds.
Cliffhanger! c: Did you like my idea for the Quell? I just thought it was so evil! Also the beginning part almost made me cry writing, did you almost cry like I? :'c
Please review or PM me if you have any questions about this chapter, or others!
-Krissti