The rest of the guys around us looked confused they probly thought I was crazy

And here dally was quiet and not saying anything his blue eyes cool

"and how do I know your really Veeta?"

I gaped at him I couldn't believe this he was kidding right? he thought I was lying! I showed him the palm of my hand mutely where he had cut his initials into my skin and smirked

"it's a shame you cant erase scars cause if I could trust me they wouldn't be there anymore!"

I turned and walked off still fuming. I would kill him before I left me and daggers and cass and TJ and Kenny he would die I guarantee you with our without his stupid gang he would fucking die.

***

(Dally)

I watched her walk of and I flipped her off sticking a cigg. in my mouth and lighting it.

"who was that ?"

I shrugged "just some one form New York"

"who's cass?" it was jonny's quiet voice

I shrugged and didn't answer. Cause I couldn't tell them. I couldn't tell them that her words had gotten to me that bad. Truth be told I had forgotten I had forgotten them all even my baby sister cass.

When I was a kid me and Veeta ran away together I still remember her showen' up on my doorstep bloody from her dad beating her and we me and her and cass hopped a train to NYC

We met up with daggers TJ and Kenny there and we sorta became a gang. Me and daggers were the oldest and we took care of veeta and Cass.

Not that they needed it that is. But when they were in trouble we'd bail them out no matter how much they didn't want us too they thanked us in the end.

But then I … I dunno I just got so sick of it and one night I just lashed out at Veet and Cass. I scared myself and left I came back home where I knew things were normal. And I forgot I cant belive I could forget them any of them but I did.

But oh well fuck them they shouldn't be turning all soft over me they needed to be tough they live in NYC for christs sake!!! They couldn't go getting all soft and mad over me worthless Dally I wouldn't let them specially not Veet and Cass.

***

I had my fists shoved in my pockets and I was glaring at the ground like it was the cause of all my problems and fuck who knows maybe it was. Cause no ground means no rail road tracks which means no way back to this god damned hell hole

Yes I decided the ground was the cause of all this shit and kept on walking on it and glaring at it I couldn't believe it. I had been here what a couple a' hours and all ready I had seen Dally and we'd duked it out (if you could even call it that.)

I walked back to the people known to the state as my parents house and climbed up the little trellis thing peeled white paint sticking to my hands .

Once I was back in my room I unlocked the door dad was probly suspicious of my being locked silently in my room for so long. But fuck him he couldn't prove I wasn't

I walked down the stars of the house they were sagging I hoped one day they would fall to hell with both the people known as my parents on them I really truly did. The house was silent which was odd but I didn't care I turned a corner to go into the kitchen and rain the fridge but stopped dead in my tracks.

The woman known as my mother was lying in a pool of blood next to my dad.

I looked at them and laughed then looked around the house. How could I not have noticed it was ransacked??

I sat down and laughed at the Irony of all this they came here to keep me safe but then my parents get murdered was that even irony?

I don't care tears of mirth ran down my face as I looked at them

What a shame that some one else had gotten to them before me or daggers.

I stood up still laughing to myself and went back upstairs. Now I could leave. I grabbed my duffel and slung it over my shoulder walking the short distances between my house and a park I knew was here somewhere.

I finally found it and put my shit down god I was fucking tired I needed rest but I couldn't sleep so I just lay there a book held over my face not really reading it.

And after a while the page not even turned from the one I opened it to the book fell onto my face and then I slipped into a not totally dreamless sleep

***

when I woke up again it was dark. And I could hear the voices of what sounded like drunken Socs

"fuck" I muttered

I sat up looking for the source of the noise when my gaze fell upon the fountains some they were drowning a kid!!!

I stood up and marched over there my eyes set in a glare I growled at the guys

"leave the kid the fuck alone!"

They looked at me and let him go

"look what the cat dragged in"

One sniggered his speech slurred

I rolled my eyes and socked the guy as hard as I had socked dally earlier that's when his buddies got a little mad.

"forget the kid lets drown her!"

He grabbed me and I brought my knee up between his legs and doubled over in pain and the two remaining socs ran for it. I smirked going over to the kid who they had been trying to drown.

"hey kid you ok??"

He looked up at me and nodded

"thanks"

He said through chattering teeth

"whatever" I shrugged

I turned around to leave when I hear someone else's voice it wasn't the kids either

"wait weren't you the girl that dally was yelling at today?"

I turned around recognizing him as one of the guys with dally

"yea what's it to ya?"

"why?"

It was a simple question but one I wasn't willing to answer

"because he's a fucking bastard who should've stayed with his family where he belongs!!!!"

I shouted

"I agree"

Came a voice behind me

***