Ch. 34

Oh my goodness another chapter! Yay! Ok mostly, how I'm going to do the four years is the big decisions Katniss makes with Madge. Madge is kind of going to be her mentor across the span of the time. So she becomes important. I hope you like this chapter! Notice the time skip! Oh, and I want to share with you a funny review I received on the last chapter. Most of you freaked out at the beginnig, and i loved all your reactions.

Funny review:

Skatzaa 7/15/12 . chapter 34:

OH MY GOD! I WAS FREAKING OUT AT FIRST! i was all like "CATO IS A F*CKING ASSH*LE WHO DESERVES TO BE KILLED OVER THERE! DIEEEE YOU MUTHAF*CKAAA! UR SUCH AN ASS? RUSHING INTO THE MARRIAGE? WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK! etc etc"...and then katniss woke up. *headconcretewall* im sooooooooo glad that was a dream you have nooooo idea! awesomeee job writing it!- you totalllyy had me freaking out. good job!XD sorry for the language btw, but thats what was seriously running through my head. okk im out:P

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"Madge I'm dying here." I complain to her.

"It's been 3 months," she says nodding her head and looking at me like I'm some lovesick puppy. Well, I kind of am now. "This is noting compared to 4 years."

"Ugh. Don't remind me of it!" I complain.

"Well." she states.

"Maybe if you drag me to the hospital tell them I'm crazy and they can put me in a coma and then I'll wake up in 4 years and Cato will be back!" Yea, that sounds like a good idea. Madge rested her hand on my arm.

"I don't think that's how it works sweetie."

"Well it should work that way. I mean four years? What if he meets some skanky hoe bag?"

"Katniss listen to yourself! We're talking about the marines here! I don't think that sex is the main thing on their minds."

"Well- I-" I slam my head down on the bars table. I've already had 4 beers, and it's doing nothing for me here.

"If it helps, Gale's being an asshole and I put him on a sex punishment."

"What the hell is that?" I mummer.

"Well you see, Gale was being an ass and annoying the hell out of me so I ended our argument saying no more sex for month." I cant hold back the laugh that escapes my lips. I know Gale, and he's a horny bastard. I think he had a new girl every week. He called them his weekly flavors. "That shut that conversation up and I won."

"Well lucky you I'm going to be sex deprived for four years!" People at the bar shoot me questioning looks.

"Maybe not," Madge sing songs. I shoot her a glare.

"Madge. You and Gale are like a little fling. I'm married. Having sex with someone else is not an option."

"Worth a shot." she mutters. I slam my head down on the bar table again. I feel alone. "Six shots of vodka!" Madge yells. We're going to get caught. I mean we are underage, and I have a feeling the bartender's getting suspicious of our fake ID's. but I guess he doesn't care because 6 shots are lined up.

"Madge!" I yell at her. She just shrugs.

"Drink up. I want to do something stupid and not remember it while I'm doing it."

"Get a tattoo." I say under my breath as I down a shot.

"So doing it!" She yells.

"I was kidding!"

"Get a tattoo with me!" she whines.

"Uh n-no! Hell no! Are you crazy!" Madge thinks it over before nodding her head vigorously. She put the money down and grabbed my hand and drug me down the street to the only tattoo shop in town. Until now, I had no clue, but here it is. "Madge no!"

"Katniss yes! Please!" I could already feel the shots taking effect. Things were already get blurry, and the numbness was setting in. Madge was stumbling.

Eh what the hell?

The place had artwork everywhere around it. It was really bright, and you could hear the faint buzzing noise in the background, and he occasional cry of agony.

"Can I help you?" some girl at the counter asked.

"Two tattoos pleaseeeee." Madge giggled. Oh crap, I remembered she's the giggly type.

"IS she drunk?" the girl asked. I nodded my head and raised my hand. "Blehh," the girl said. "So what does she want?" She pointed to Madge.

"I want a tattoo right here," she turned around and lifted up her shirt and pointed to her lower back, kind of where a tramp stamp should be, "And I want in cursive it to say 'Kiss my ass' with two lips on the side." I gaped at Madge. Was she crazy? I just shrugged and kept my mouth shut. The girl started working on the design.

"That way when Gale is being mean I can just lift up my shirt and save my breath." She smiled lazily at me.

"He might take that as a challenge." I told her. She shrugged and giggled. The girl finished the design and led Madge away to do the tattoo. Another girl came up to me. She looked a little more friendly.

"Casey," she stuck out her hand.

"Katniss." I replied.

"So what would you like?" she asked. I thought for a moment, then came up with a good idea.

"Um Well I want my husbands name on my hip with our wedding date underneath. And the marine symbol."

"Oh is your husband in the marines?" she asked.

"Yea, he just finished training and was deployed last week to Iraq." I tell her. It's true. Cato called me and let me know how things were going, I let him know how I had been doing. He seemed relieved that I wasn't calling from the hospital. I did decide to leave out the fact that I had turned to drinking with Madge. But that was a small detail.

"Oh I hope he comes ok. You must be very proud." she smiles at me, and I nod my head. She starts the design. In the end, it came out pretty good. I went and checked out Madge. She was giggling every time the needle touched her.

Casey called me over and I checked the design. Cato's name was in block letters, and the wedding date stuck out on the bottom. To the right was the marine symbol. I smiled at it and nodded my head.

I cant say that it hurt a lot because I was half drunk and a lot of my body parts were numb, but when it was finished, I thought it was beautiful.

Hopefully Cato will be more flattered that that's what the tattoo is about, rather then the whole idea of getting a tattoo.

Little did I know, this wasn't going to be my last tattoo.