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-iLoveTheMellarks
"What do we do?" I ask Haymitch nervously. He just sits and leans his head on his hand. He finally looks up and looks at me in the eyes.
"Nothing. We're not going any where." He tells me. I stare at him.
"Are you kidding? If we don't go now-"
"Calm down. She doesn't know where we are." He tells me.
"We signed into a hotel!" I tell him.
"You mean Daemon Spindler checked in." He says raising his eyebrows. I can't object to that.
"But…what if the real Daemon Spindler checks in?" I ask. He shrugs. I lay back and wish that this was all a dream. What was I thinking? I wouldn't trust Haymitch Abernathy to watch my food let alone trust him to take me to another district safe and sound.
"what if the original secretary tells my parents you took me out?" I ask. He takes out a piece of paper from his pocket.
"I took the sign out sheet before we left." He says with a smirk. He's
"I'm going to take a walk." I say. Haymitch shakes his head. "Please? I want to be alone." He sighs and then gives me a pair of sunglasses. I put them on and then a black sweat shirt that was in my backpack.
"Call me if anything happens." He says laying back down. I nod my head then make my way to the lobby. I hope the clerk didn't see my face when we came in. I put my hood up and then scurry across the lobby to the drizzling rain outside.
I look back to see if anyone saw me. The coast is clear so I continue walking. I don't know my way around district 2 so I just wander. I find a bench and dry part of it with my sweatshirt sleeve. I just sit and think. My life has turned to nothing. Three weeks ago, I was happy. I had friends, I was athletic, and I was healthy. Little did I know, in a few weeks I would turn into a girl on a different districts bench, sitting in the rain, with sunglasses and a black sweatshirt, hiding from my parents for a reason I couldn't even explain.
A girl passes me and I hide my face by looking down.
"Hello?" she asks. I don't look up and change my voice.
"Hi….bye now." I tell her. I don't mean to be rude but I can't risk being caught. I know I should tell my parents where I am…but I'm scared. I can't do it.
"Are you…Capri Mellark?" she asks. I shake my head instantly. How did she know?
"No! No Capri Mellark…whos that?" I ask in a high voice. She doesn't respond for a while.
"I know it's you. I won't tell anyone." She tells me. I begin to question if I should tell her.
"Okay..you caught me." I say looking up at her, still keeping on my glasses and hood. "How'd you know?"
"I saw you go in the hotel and no other kids are staying their right now, so you're the only kid that would come out…especially with sunglasses and a black sweatshirt. I'm Callie." She tells me putting out her hand. I shake it and smile.
"Hi. Nice to meet you." I tell her. She nods and takes a seat next to me on the bench.
"Why did you run away?" she asks in a whisper. I shrug.
"I couldn't tell you because I have no idea. It had something to do with me 'clearing my mind'. Well it's doing the whole opposite of that." I say with a sigh.
"I heard what the capitol banned you from." She says with a frown. I nod.
"Yeah. I hate it." Know she is going to ask about Colby, as does everyone.
"How's Colby?" she asks. I shrug.
"I don't know. I haven't exactly been able to talk to him." I tell her. She nods.
"Right…sorry. But what if I told you something that could change that?" she asks. I look at her confused.
"That's highly unlikely but what do you mean?" I ask. She smiles. "What are you talking about? Tell me!"
"I'll be right back." she says. I sit on the bench wondering what in the world she has in mind. I have some ideas but…there sadly, impossible.
But then the impossible has happened. Callie comes walking towards me…with Colby Anderson. My jaw drops. I open and shut my eyes to see if it's really him. He's in maroon shorts and a gray shirt.
"W-w-w-wait. Callie. Come here." I say holting them. She comes over without Colby and I take her off to the side.
"What's going on? Why is he here? Do you understand he could be killed on my conscience? " I ask harshly.
"Colby said that your old friend Ashley texted him after you were announced missing that she saw you getting on a train to district 2. He got here after running away from his house and had and had no place to stay so he has been hanging out with me. And I didn't really know it was you because of the whole 'only kid' thing. Colby told me it was you because he can tell by the way you walk, look down when you're sad, and you always take walks alone when you have stuff going on in your life. And nobody can tell this is you in that outfit. I have a secret place where you guys can hang out without getting in trouble." She says taking my hand.
She drags me over to Colby and takes us both to her 'secret place'.
"Hey." says Colby. I don't respond because I can't take the risk in public. "See. Callie? I told you. She never responds." MAYBE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO DIE?
"She will when we get there. She just doesn't want you to get hurt." responds Callie. She read my mind. Colby stops walking.
Colby clenches his jaw and bites the inside of his cheek. After a long mile walk, Callie finally says we are here. She takes us into a small shack on the outskirts of the district. It's all cement with one chair in the middle of the small cubic room.
" I go here when I want to be alone." says Callie. This makes me think of something crucial. The guy that was watching me on the train knows I was going to district 2. I decide not to worry too much about it right now until something actual happens. "You guys can use it now. I'll keep watch."
I nod and smile at her. She leaves and this is the first time me and Colby are alone since our break up. I smile at him, taking off my sweat shirt and sunglasses and jump into his arms suffocating him in a hug. He laughs and hugs back.
"So you don't hate me?" he asks.
"I never hated you! You never got the point that I couldn't talk to you!" I tell him. He just laughs and hugs me again. No kissing occurs right now because we are just...friends. I can't even call him that because I can't take the risk. "I missed you."
"I missed you too. A lot." He says. He leans in to kiss me but I back away. He hangs his head. "Why not?"
"You know why not." I tell him. He rolls his eyes.
"But we're alone!" he exclaims.
"I know. But I can't take the risk. Even talking to you is getting questionable." I tell him. He starts walking around the shack even thought there isn't really anywhere to walk.
"Capri, I don't care what happens to me! I mean nothing to anyone! I ran away from home, and I could bet you anything my uncle didn't notice!" he shouts.
"How could you say you mean nothing to anyone when the girl who loves you is standing in front of you?" I shout. He shuts up and sits in the chair, leaning forward with both his elbows on his knees.
"If you really, truly loved me, you wouldn't let the capitol break us apart."
"No if I really, truly loved you…I would never talk to you again just so you wouldn't get hurt." I say sharing the seat with him.
"I told you, you don't have to protect me." He says. I lean on his shoulder.
"but that's what people do for each other when their in love, right?" I ask looking at him. His blue sea eyes meet mine. Then before I can stop it…we kiss. This one is different. It's like my life being restored. I feel like the girl I was three weeks ago. It's longer then the others. When we break apart Colby smiles.
"Exactly." He says. I smile and then notice that I could've just put him in danger. I grab my black sweatshirt and put it on and my sunglasses. I tie my hair back in a pony tail and zip up.
"Where are you going?" he asks.
"I'm sorry, I should've never have came here." I say open the door. He stops me.
"Wait! Why can't we just be together! Stop caring about what will happen to me, I'll be fine. I promise." He says. I shake my head and head out the door.
He comes out after me and stops me.
"Capri, you are all I have left! I have nothing worth living for anymore! If we can't be together…I'm telling the peacekeepers we are together." He says softly not making eye contact.
"What?" I ask loud enough for him to hear me over the rain. His hair is drenched and his sneakers are muddy.
"I'm telling the peacekeepers we kissed, and we've been talking." He tells me. I shake my head.
"No! Don't even talk like that! If you do they will take you away and do who knows what!" I shout. He looks at me.
"Watch me." He says running away. I run after him through the rain and mud until we get to the 'square' of district 2. There is a big podium with two peace keepers standing there. Colby tells them something and I know I can't stop him because they will see me 'socializing' with him. The peace keepers look angry and order him into the building probably to tell everyone what he said on national television. An announcement goes off.
"Adults and children of district 2. Please report to the nut square. A special announcement is to be made." says a voice. I look over not seeing Callie anywhere.
I go as far away from everybody as possible, but I can still see the huge tv in the front everyone.
"We have an update report on the missing Capri Mellark." says a man on tv. Colby pops up on the screen, drenched.
"Hello, everybody. My name is Colby Anderson. Capri was my girlfriend until she was no longer allowed to from certain rules that applied to her. We both understood that if she did talk to me, I would be punished." says Colby. Well one of us understood that. "But I am sorry to inform you that Capri and I have been seeing eachother secretly. I know my punishment will take place. Now you must be wondering why I am in district 2. I am here because Capri came here with Haymitch Abernathy to get away from everyday life. So, Capri Mellark has now been found." he tells everyone. Everyone gasps and looks around for me. I hide my face. I can't believe him. If he is trying to prove a point, it's working. Colby is taken away by peacekeepers.
"STOP! STOP! DON'T TAKE HIM AWAY!" I scream. I didn't even know I said it until every single person was looking at me. I begin to cry and I run back to my hotel room. Haymitch is waiting for me.
"Let's get out of here." He says grabbing my arm. I continue to go with him. We take a cab to the train station avoiding everyone. Haymitch gets two tickets to district 12 and the train arrives soon after. We take a seat and I can't nap because I have too much going through my mind such as, what my parents will do.
We finally arrive after a while of worrying. When I walk into district 12 my stomach twists. The cab arrives and I begin to panic.
"What's going to happen?" I ask with an unstable voice.
"Not a clue." says Haymitch. Haymitch is for once worried. Neither of us want to face my parents. The cab driver drops us off at my house. I slowly take small steps towards the house. The fingers slide slowly up the railing and my feet go up the steps to my porch as if it was a walk of death. For all I know, it could be.
I get to the door and twist the door knob. I am not ready to face the people I have known and loved my whole life.
