Hello guys! Sorry I haven't updated in a few days, I've been kind of lazy, haha. Thanks for the wonderful reviews!
Candianboy98, Guest, Another Guest, And another guest, Yet another guest, Rubi, jessy0622, kaitykatwarblerlover, Liv, TragedyisTheKey, SierraElizabeth19, XliekeX, OurNightlock, Geust,
Wow! 14 reviews! You guys are awesome! Here is your well deserved chapter, hope you enjoy it:
Prim's party lasted late into the night, no one wanted it to end. Peeta was taken back to his room in the hospital for the night but was told that he should be released in the next few days once he's walking on his own. Everything had gone so well, for a while everyone had forgotten that we were hiding from the capitol underground and had lost friends and family, I think it helped lift everyone's spirits. When I woke up earlier this morning I had missed breakfast but I wasn't really hungry so I decided to visit Peeta. The hospital was deserted when I went down and Peeta was still sleeping, I didn't want to bother him so I went looking for Madge or Gale.
As I'm walking down the hallway my head is down staring at the ground thinking and I don't notice that someone is walking directly to me, I end up falling on top of him.
"Catnip you really have to learn to watch where you are going!" Gale brushes himself off the helps me up. "Sorry Gale, my mind was in another world." "Sure." He drags out the word. "A world where only you and Peeta exist right?"
"No!" I actually wasn't even thinking about him.
"So, where are you headed?"
"I was looking for either you or Madge, thought maybe we could get some training done this afternoon, I've been really lazy lately."
"Yeah, we could do that, let's go pick up Madge at her room first." I nod and we start making our way towards her room. Gale doesn't even bother to knock but just walks right in, we find Madge sitting on her bed reading a book.
"Hi Madge." Gale greets her with a smile. She grins and hops up off the bed and comes over to give us each a hug. "What brings you two here?"
"We came to ask if you wanted to join us for some training before supper." Gale tells her. "Oh, by the way, I haven't eaten yet today, think we could stop by the kitchen and grab a roll or something, I'm starved!" I say, rubbing my tummy.
"Yeah, sure, we can do that, so Madge are you coming?"
"Sorry guys, but I'm real tired and I think I'll just stay here and read for a bit." "Are you sure?" Gale looks a little disappointed. She nods, but gives him a sympathetic look. "Next time Gale, I promise." He gives her a smile. "I guess I'll see you at dinner."
"Yep, enjoy yourself, you too Katniss, see you guys later!" We wave good-bye, then head into the kitchen, my stomach growling louder with each step I take.
"Did you sleep in?" Gale asks. I nod, but don't say anything. "Yeah me too, so I had a later breakfast. Are we going to skip lunch and just eat supper?"
"Yeah we could do that, then we could have more time to work out and stuff." I agree. We soon entered the kitchen and not a soul was present, but a basket of fresh cheese buns was sitting in the middle of the large work counter.
"I don't think they would notice if we took a few, do you?" I ask Gale, a sneaky smile forming on my lips.
"I'm sure they wouldn't notice at all Catnip." He smirks and stuffs three large buns into his pockets and I do the same, but I only take two. We hurry away like two little kids sneaking cookies from their mother's kitchen. I really should go and see how Peeta is doing later, I promise myself that as soon as we're finished with training I'll go and visit him, hopefully he's awake.
When we enter the room we are greeted by a few others working out, including, Johanna, Twill, Thresh and what do you know, Peeta is there too.
"Peeta!" I run over and give him a hug, but quickly pull away when I realize he's covered in sweat. He chuckles and wipes his face with a towel and takes a gulp of water. "What are you doing here, aren't you supposed to be in the hospital?" I asks accusingly.
"Nope, the doctor told me that getting some exercise would be good for me since I haven't done anything for a week, but I'm just not to exert myself."
"Can you walk alright?"
"I have to limp a little, but other than that I can get around just fine." He pulls his pant leg up to reveal a long jagged cut about 10 inches long down is right calf, but it looks as though it is healing up nicely. His left arm is still in a sling so he's lifting weights with only is right arm.
"How long until your arm is okay?" I ask.
"The doctor said about 2 more weeks and I should be able to take it out of the sling."
"Wow, long time." He nods and laughs a little. "You're telling me."
"Hey guys, come over here for a minute." We both turn our heads to see Johanna motioning for us to come over to where everyone else is standing. I help Peeta up and we walk over together.
"What's up Jo?" I ask curiously. "Hold your horses brainless, I'll tell you in a second." Everyone chuckles to himself but then receives a glare from Johanna and that makes them act serious again.
"Okay, I have news for you all that has to stay between us! Understand?" We all nod and wait for her to continue.
"So, I came across this information by accident so no one else can know, it's top secret."
"Would you just spit it out already!" Gale yells at her. She gives him a glare but Gale just glares back, not affected, they sit there at have a stare and glare contest until Johanna breaks away blinking her eyes rapidly.
"I have, from a reliable source." She begins. "That all the Districts have now rebelled, including the career districts and they want to join our army against the capitol. I heard that in the next 2 weeks, everyone eligible to go will undergo intense training, so since that will probably include us I thought I'd let you all know ahead of time. Your welcome."
We all just sit in silence for a few moments, letting the news sink in. I'm excited and nervous and scared all at the same time. I'm thrilled that we get to fight against the capitol, they have made our lives hell for too long, but I'm scared that people will die, people I've known and talked to.
"Do you have any idea when Coin will be letting everyone else in on this information?" Gale asks. "Because when she does we're going to have to act surprised otherwise if she finds out that we knew before the meeting she might kick us off the team."
"She wouldn't do that." I counter. "We're some of her best fighters!"
"Still, I wouldn't put it past her." "Can I tell Madge?" Johanna seems to think about it for a few seconds then nods. "But make sure she keeps the cat in the bag, the less people that know, the better." Gale agrees and our little group breaks up, going back to our stations.
I haven't shot an arrow for a while so I head over to the archery section. A few minutes later Gale joins me. "You know, these weapons are only for killing far off, it might be helpful if you learn an additional weapon for close combat, it might come in handy."
"Thanks for the advice." I say sarcastically. "Hey! I was just helping you out!" He says defensively. "That's why I said thanks!" I give him a smile and pick up my bow and a quiver of arrows and start out by shooting 10 feet away from the target and getting farther and farther. When I can get the arrow in the red circle in the middle from 50 feet I decide to take Gale's advice and try something else.
Because I have a pretty good aim I walk over to where Johanna is throwing axes at targets and dummies and pick up a few throwing knives. I start from 5 feet away and get the knife in the center, I back up and try it from ten feet. It lodges itself in the target but no in the center, the next one I throw doesn't even stay in but falls to the floor. Johanna smirks and comes to stand beside me.
"You need more power in your throwing arm, you're used to a bow so this is a little different. Try it like this." She takes one of my knives and throws it with such control and power that it sticks into the target so deep you can't even see the blade anymore. She bows mockingly and hands me another knife. "Now you try."
I take it from her, aim and throw it has hard as I can, it stays but I still didn't get it in the bulls-eye. "Try again Brainless."
"Just leave me alone, get back to your axes." I spit at her. "Fine then." She yells back and stocks back over to here station and begins throwing the axes with such intensity that one of the targets falls over and cracks.
After a few tries I hit the center, then I keep trying from farther and farther away until I'm quite please with my progress. An hour later when my arm feels like it's going to fall off I decide to take a break and go sit next to Peeta on a bench.
"You're getting really good at that." He says, smiling. "Thanks." I say, grabbing my water bottle and guzzling almost half of the content. "Are you about ready to head out, it's getting close to dinner time." He asks when I'm finished drinking.
"Yeah, I'm finished here, I need to go and take a shower anyway." I look up and see that everyone else is getting ready to leave as well, they must be getting hungry.
We all squeeze onto the elevator together and get off at our respective rooms. "See you all at dinner!" I wave when I come to my hallway, Peeta follows.
"I'll meet you back out here in half an hour, is that okay?" He asks. "Sure." I then open my door and walk in. I take a longer shower than usual, letting the warm water run down my back. When I'm finished I put on a pair of dark pants and a forest green sweater, I decide to leave my hair down so I take the time to blow dry and brush it until it looks pretty again. It hasn't quite been half an hour yet so I sit on the edge of my bed and wait. I'm guessing that Peeta won't be out early, considering how it might be a little difficult to take a shower with his broken arm. After exactly 30 minutes had passed I hear a knock on my door and hurry to open it. I'm expecting Peeta but Prim and Carla enter instead. I don't know why they knocked.
"Hi Katniss, we have to hurry to get ready for dinner, we're gonna be later!" Prim squeals, running around her room preparing herself. Unlike me, Prim is actually a girly girl and likes to spend time fixing her hair and making herself look pretty, she doesn't have to do much though, she's definitely the beauty of the family with her long golden curls and flawless skin, bright blue eyes and slim form. And she's barely 13!
I wait for them to get ready and Peeta ends up waiting with me too, then we all walk to the dining room together.
Our dinner table is filled with laughter and jokes and just having fun together, sometimes I wish it would never end, but things like this never last forever, I know from experience.
Yeah I know its barely over 2000 words but I wanted to post it today. Hope you enjoyed it, please leave a review, I love getting them!