As I said in the explanation for this story. It has already been on this website before because I was going to re-write it but then I realised that I actually like this story the way that it is. So I'm re-uploading it bit by bit and dont forget to leave me a review!
Chapter 1.
Haunted.
The past year of my life has been a rollercoaster of a year. I dont think a day has passed where my mind hasnt been all over the place. Rye Mellark, my boyfriend, has been helping alot but there is only so much a person can help with when the problem is in your head. The main reason for my mind being the way it is, is Gale, my best friend. Six months ago he was in The Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death.
It was a very emotional month for me as I watched him have his interview and then watched the blooming romance that happened between Gale and his fellow tribute Delly Cartwright. It was surprising at first and after a day or two I realised that it was an act because Gale was never really good at acting but what I didnt realise until the end of the games was that Delly was actually in love with Gale. I watched the blood bath as he ended up being stupid and running towards the cornucorpia to get a weapon and almost being killed in the process. Then as he went through the games, hiding in trees, not killing anyone until a few days before the end when he found the District 1 Male, Marvel, killing the little girl, Rue from 11. He shot Marvel straight through the neck and sat with Rue whilst she died.
The last few days where even harder to watch, as Gale got a very serious injury across his chest, which caused him to get blood poisoning and almost died from it. I remember sitting there for the whole of one day,watching him gasping for breathe as the wound got more and more infected. Until he was found by Delly, who brought him back to life, almost getting herself killed in the process by the girl from 2, who was soon after killed by the male from 11.
She had saved Gale and the morning that he was finally able to walk again, it was the last day, even though they didnt know that. They where only hunting when they came out of nowhere. The mutts that chased them all the way to the cornucorpia. Gale and Delly had sat on top of the cornucopia waiting for it all to end and thats when Cato from 1 showed up and was killed by Delly which everyone was really surprised by. Cato's last movement though was to knock Gale off the side of the cornucopia. Delly reached out for him, just before he went over the side and held on as tightly as she could.
"Gale! Hold on, I'll find a way to get you up!" Delly screams at him.
"Del, I'm not going to survive." He replies, letting out a howl of pain as one of the Mutts catches his leg, tearing apart the skin, blood dripping onto the floor from above.
"Yes, you will. We can find a way around this, You cant die!" There are tears coming from her eyes now as she begins to realise that its useless. Only one of them can survive and they know it.
"Just let me go! Go home, live a long life." He says to her, as his hands starts to slip.
"No! I need you!" Delly shouts to him.
"I'm sorry!" He says and breaks free from her grasp, falling to the ground. Delly lets out a scream.
"No! I love you!" She shouts. The square has fallen silent now. Deathly silent. You cant even hear one breathe. I can see the Mellarks at the front of the crowd, watching the screen intently. I didnt want to stand with them today, normally I do but today, I just wanted to stand by myself.
A cannon sounds and I look back up to the screen to see Delly pass out on top of the cornucorpia, after the cannon booms, signalling Gales death. I dont even attempt to stop the tears that come from my eyes and the scream that comes out of my mouth as I fall to the ground.
Next thing I know I'm being engulfed by a pair of arms, hugging me. I also feel breath on my neck as whoever it is kisses me on the shoulder.
"Lev, we need to get her to the Bakery." Rye says from my side. I can hear the sobs coming from his throat as he tries to keep his tears under control.
"No..." I croak out.
"Katniss. You cant stay here." Leaven says. I feel myself nod and Rye and Leaven pull me up to my feet.
I glance once more at the large screen to see the Camera now on the district 12 team in the Capitol. Uncle Haymitch is sitting there with his mouth hanging open and a tear coming from his eye. He promised me that he would save Gale and I know that he feels bad about it. Effie is out of sorts. Crying and sobbing. I really dont understand how she has been able to be an escort all these years when she gets really upset everytime someone dies.
Peeta however is sitting there with his head in his hands and you can hear the sounds of him crying from here. I didnt realise that he liked Gale, never mind this much. The sight of him makes me cry even more as Effie wraps her arms around him and Uncle Haymitch pat him on the back. Uncle Haymitch will be used to loosing people by now, normally both of the districts tributes but this is the first time Peeta has ever lost one of his tributes and it wasnt just someone that he doesnt know, it was Gale. I really do feel sorry for him. Well I'm sure I will tomorrow but right now all I can think about is my dead best friend.
Rye and Leaven drag my to the Bakery where I fall asleep, crying to the sound of the announcement that Delly has won the 74th Hunger Games.
That is the last thing I remember from that day, apparently I was asleep for hours but they thought that it would be better to leave me where I was after everything that had happened. It wasnt long until we all found out the truth. Gale was alive and well. During the interview for Delly's victory, Caesar said that he had a surprise for her and when she turned around, Gale was standing there, with a small smile on his face. She automatically jumped up and started kissing him whilst my family and the Mellarks sat there in silence as we could believe our eyes. We didnt question it though because we know that if we questioned it then it will only turn out bad and we would learn something that we didnt want to know. So its like we have just been sitting in silence since that day. We all knew that this is going to end badly. They wouldnt bring Gale back for no reason. He shouldnt even be alive.
There is only ever meant to be one victor of the games each year but this year there was 2 and no-one even understand why but we can all tell that its bad. With all the random hushed conversations that Peeta has with Uncle Haymitch and occasionally Gale or Delly, we can tell that there is something going on but when Rye asked Peeta about it, Peeta just told him that he cant know or his life could be in danger but he will find out in time. Same with me I suppose but the difference is that I trust them both and I trust any judgment that they have to make. If I cant know then I cant know, its that simple.
Sometimes, I like to think that my life is the same as everyones else's in this god forsaken district. Living day after day, in the poorest part of District 12, The Seam and going to school like a every other citizen. Dragging myself through each day with absolutely no Hope that tomorrow will be any better. My father used to always say that you should hold onto Hope no matter what happens but its kind of hard to do that when you live this life. Living in fear every year that you or someone you care about will be picked for the Hunger Games at the reaping that they hold every year. But my life is nothing like theirs.
"Katniss?" I look up to see my little sister, Primrose, standing at the door to the bedroom. "Are you alright?" Ive been sitting here for a while now, staring at a wall and thinking about everything, like I do sometimes. I wouldnt say that im unstable but sometimes I can blank people out.
"Yeh, I'm fine." I reply to her.
"You're crying?" She mentions. I wipe my hand across my right cheek to find it wet with tears.
"I'm alright. I'm not sure why I was crying." I reply truthfully. Sometimes I'll find myself crying. It was probably because of Gale.
"I understand but mum said you need to start getting ready, we are meating the Mellarks in the square in 2 hours." She says and leaves the room. Tonight is the victors party. Delly, Gale, Uncle Haymitch and Peeta have already arrived back in the district and Haymitch should be here soon as he leaves Delly with Peeta to get ready for tonights party.
For the Party, there is a meal and its up to the Victor who gets to come and for some reason, Delly invited my family. Other than us, The Mellarks, The Cartwrights, The Undersee's, The Hawthornes, A couple of people from school that where Delly and Gale's friends and her prep team from the Capitol, Along with Effie Trinket and Uncle Haymitch are all going to the meal. After the meal is a party which everyone is invited to.
I pull myself up from the bed where I'm sitting and pick up my dress off the chair in the corner. Its a nice forest Green dress that Uncle Haymitch bought me about a year ago. "Come on Katniss!" I hear my mother shout from downstairs. "Haymitch is here!" I smile slightly. If it wasnt obvious, Uncle Haymitch is one of the best people in my life. Ever since my father died, he has been really helpful whilst my mother was in her depression.
I quickly get dressed and walk downstairs so that my mother can do my hair. Uncle Haymitch is there, dressed all nice and his black Seam hair slicked back. "Hi sweetheart." He says with a smile.
"Hey, You clean up nice." I reply. He laughs at me, giving me a one armed hug and a kiss on the forehead.
"So do you." He says into my hair. "How have you been?"
"I'm good actually." I smile slightly.
"Oh and I almost forgot. Delly mentioned that she wanted to talk to you when you get to the square."
"Why?" I ask, a little confused. Why would Delly Cartwright want to talk to me?
"I dont know, she didnt say. I just went to her house to see if she was ready and she said that she wanted to speak to you. So I told her I would tell you to go and find her when you got there." He replies.
"Okay. I will." I sit down to let my mother do my hair and Uncle Haymitch takes a seat on the sofa with Prim, falling into a conversation about school.
45 minutes later we are finally setting off towards town. It normally takes us an hour to get to town which is good considering we live on the oposite side of the District.
When we make it to the square, the Mellarks are nowhere in sight so we all go to the Bakery instead, finding Masan, The Baker, sitting at the table with a cup of tea in his hands. I can hear his quiet sobs as soon as I walk through the door to the back. "Masan?" I ask, as everyone else waits in the front of the shop. He spins around quickly. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine. You shouldnt see me like this." He says, quickly wiping away the the tears that are making their way down his face.
"What Happened?" I ask. Today should be a happy day.
"Truthfully?" He asks and I nod. "Earlier, they started playing re-caps of Peeta's games on the news and I cant get the pictures out of my head and just now I found the cream for his leg on the table and all I could think was that I almost lost my youngest son." Another tear crawls out of his eye and I take a step closer and stroke his shoulder slightly.
"Its fine, he is here and he is fine. He's not going anywhere again." I smile to him and he smiles back.
"I know, Im just scared thats all." He replies.
"There is no reason to be scared Masan." I pull him up so that I can see him better and look straight up into his eys. "Peeta is safe."
"Thank you." He smiles and pulls me in for a hug. I pat his back awkwardly. I'm still not used to hugging anyone other than my family and Rye, Peeta and Gale.
"Whats going on here?" I hear my boyfriend say from the stairs.
"Nothing Rye its fine." Masan says. "Katniss was just making me feel better."
"Yeh, she is good at doing that." Rye says with a smile before taking me into his arms and kissing me. His lips feel weird, his bottom one is trembling. I wonder why?
"Are you alright?" I ask him. Pulling away and looking at him.
"Yeh I'm fine, I just dont want to go out there with the cameras around. Why can't it just be a quiet party with family and friends." He says, sighing rather loudly.
"I understand. It's alright. Lets just get through today and then me and you can snuggle up by the fire with some tea. How does that sound?" I ask. Rye smiles, he pulls me closer and kisses me on the forehead. I hear someone clear their throat behind Rye and I expect to see Leaven but instead I'm greeted by the blue of Peeta's eyes. "Peeta! I didnt know if you would be here!" I pull away from Rye and run towards my oldest friend. I wasnt supposed to see him until he showed up at the meal. "I've missed you!" I say into his shoulder as I wrap my arms around him.
"I've missed you too!" He replies and thats when I feel a hand on my shoulder.
"Well dont get too attached Brother, she's mine, dont forget that!" Rye says and I pull away from Peeta to look at Rye.
"Well, sorry Rye but I havent seen him for 2 weeks." I say to him, wrapping my arms around his middle. "Are you jealous?"
"Me? jealous? Never..." He replies and I lean up and kiss him.
I can hear Peeta sigh behind Rye. "Whats up with you?" I ask, poking my head around Rye's shoulder.
"Oh just ignore him. He just wishes that he had someone." Rye says with a small laugh.
"Oh come on Peeta, you'll find someone." I say to Peeta.
"Oh yeh, right. He told me that the only girl he has ever loved is with someone else." Rye says to me and I pull away from him, looking at Peeta.
"Who do you love?" I ask him. There are a great amount of girls in this district that would date one of the Mellarks. I found that out when I started dating Rye because way too many people where jealous of me when they found out and rumours kept going around that I was only with him because he had more money than me. Or that I was actually in love with Gale and I was just messing with Rye. Obviously none of them where true, I'm with Rye for the simple reason that I want to be because I love him.
I can see why everyone likes the Mellarks. They are the wrestling champions of the District and they are all good looking. They dont have that much money but I dont care about that. The one thing that most people don't realise is that every single one of the boys have fat hearts and couldnt be less selfish. They are very kind and very generous.
Mrs Mellark on the other hand, Aymee, Is quite horrible to everyone, mostly people from the Seam. She thinks that we are scum for some reason. I'm not sure why she thinks we are all like that. She hates me, mainly because I'm dating Rye. I had a massive argument with her about it before. She thinks I'm only in it for the money aswell. The person that she is hardest on though is Peeta. I cant even count the amount of times she has hurt him. Given him bruises or breaks or burns. One day, Rye came to mine with a huge bruise on his right cheek, before we where dating, and he asked for my mother because something had happened at the Bakery. Obviously I had followed her and when we got there, we found a 13 year old Peeta lying on the floor with a broken leg. Leaven explians to us that it was his mum after Peeta had knocked over the sugar pot, breaking it and spilling sugar all over the kitchen floor. The only person that Mrs Mellark has ever shown love towards is Holly. The youngest Mellark and by far the cutest living thing in the world. Shes only 3 but as soon as you meet her you fall in love with her.
"I wouldn't ask him, he wont even tell me." Rye says from behind me. I didn't realise that I had walked closer to where Peeta stands but now im standing infront of him.
"Peeta?" I ask but he shakes his head. I guess he wont tell me. I know that he used to have a huge crush on me but he told me that he got used to the fact that I'm dating his brother now so he put all his feelings for me away. He can't still be talking about me can he?
As he shakes his head, he reminds me off the time he had his interview for the games last year. Oh yeh, Thats something I forgot to mention about Peeta. He is last years victor of the Hunger Games. The look in his face is exactly the same as it was that day when Caesar Flickerman asked him a similar question. Their interview started off really funny but then got a whole lot more serious when he was asked about his personal life. I remember, me and the Mellarks where all at the Bakery. Normally I would have been at Gales but I wanted to be at the Bakery to support the Mellarks so I let my mum and Prim go to Gale's instead. Me and Rye had only just started dating then. We got together just after the reaping so Peeta didnt know about it until after he got back.
"So Peeta? tell me, is there a special girl back home?" Caesar Flickerman asks him.
"No... no not really." Peeta replies. I look towards Rye and he shrugs his shoulders. I guess Peeta never mentioned anything about this before. He never mentioned it to me but I would have expected him to mention it to his brother.
"No?" Caesar says and then looks towards the crowd. "I dont believe it for a second! Look at that face, Handsome man like you you. Peeta, Tell me?"
Peeta looks towards the ground as if he's trying to find the right words to say. "Well there... there is this one girl ... I've had a crush on forever... But I dont think she ever knew anything..." He has a sad look in his eyes the next time he looks at the camera.
"Well... Maybe you can jog her memory..." He's about to shake his head but then realisation spreads over his face as he realises that he could be dead in a couple of days so what has he got to lose.
"Erm... well...I know most things about you and one day 4 years ago, It was raining and I... I threw you some bread... Thats all I can say without giving it away to everyone." He smiles and I feel my heart sink. The tears form in my eyes and I turn more towards the tv so that no-one can see my tears. I just recently started dating Rye and now his brother his admitting on live television that he loves me.
"Anyone have any idea who that is?" Rye asks the room. I close my eyes and hope that no-one says anything. I'm not sure who Peeta told about that day in the rain. Luckily I hear everyone answer a 'no' so I let out my breathe. "What about you Katniss? any idea?" I shake my head. I dont think I ever told anyone either. I told my family that I got it from the Bakery but they didnt ask how which is lucky.
"She sounds like a nice girl... So heres what you do Peeta... You go out there and you win this thing and when you get home... She'll have to go out with you..." Caesar says and Peetas face lights up at the thought of something thats probably never going to happen.
"Yeh...Maybe." Peeta replies.
"Well...All our hearts go out to you Peeta but thats all the time we have tonight." Caesar says and ends the interviews. Then it cuts to the reviews by Caesar Flickerman and Claudius Templesmith and Masan shuts off the tv set.
"Well that was interesting." Masan says.
"Yes it was. Now does anyone have any idea who he is talking about? Katniss what about you, You know most of the people he knows and are we guessing that its someone in your year?" I shake my head and the Mellarks fall into a conversation about who it could be. I dont listen to them though because I can't. I already know who it is but I cant tell them.
When Peeta got back from the Capitol, all Broken. All I wanted to do was comfort him but it was hard considering that he told the whole nation that he is in love with me. He took is horribly when he found out that I was dating his brother so I talked to him about it and he told me that he will try and get used to it.
Peeta never lies to me, I'm guessing thats why he wont tell me, because he doesn't want to lie to me. I've known him all my life and not once has he lied to me. Uncle Haymitch and Masan are really good friends so I've known him as long as I can remember. Also the fact that he is in my year. I used to count him as my best friend but then I met Gale and everything changed. My father had died and I started spending more time with Gale and Peeta understood because he would never be able to hunt as long as he lives. Peeta was My oldest and closest friend but Gale was my best friend.
Then I started dating Rye and we got closer again and I kept splitting my time between The Mellarks and Gale. It felt good to be in the Bakery again, for a reason other than trading with Masan.
"Should we get going?" Masan asks us all.
"What about Holly?" I ask, wondering about the little girl.
"I'll go and get her now." Peeta says and dissapears back up the stairs to get his little sister.
"Where's Leaven?" I ask, noticing the lack of his presence. I know that he is coming to the meal because he already told me that he was.
"He's next door with Brooke." Masan replies. Brooke is Leavens fiance. They have been dating for 2 years now and Rye says that Leaven is planning on marrying her as soon as possible. She is the Butchers daughter and she's 19 whereas Leaven is 21 which isn't that much of an age difference, especially when its the same age difference between me and Rye. Its not unusual for people to get married that young. Normally people get married when they are 18 because, its not usual in this district to live long with all the starvation and all the death punishments that the Capitol put into play. "He's meeting us at our table."
They've set it up outside so that the Everdeens and the Mellarks have their own table. Uncle Haymitch and Peeta however have to be on the table with the district 12 team, which means that they has to put up with Effie for the next couple of hours.
Peeta shows up at the bottom of the stairs a couple minutes later holding his little sister. She's wearing a really pretty pink dress which Peeta probably bought for her. He likes to spoil her which is something that no-one in this district ever gets so no wonder she is always happy. Peeta believes her to be, just about the best thing that has ever happened to him. I walk over and give her a small hug and she latches her arms around my neck, pulling away from Peeta and into my arms, so I hold onto as best I can and smile at her when she starts tell me about something that her teddy's did when she wasnt looking.
"Lets go!" Rye says. "Mum's not coming so its just us." I didn't think his mum would be coming anyway. She never comes anywhere with her family.
I link my arm around Ryes waist and his arm goes around my shoulders, kissing me, once again, on the head and ruffling Holly's hair with his free hand. Then we all walk into the front of the Bakery and out the front doors before Masan locks them and Peeta turns off the lights.
In the square, Everything has been set up and everyone is here. We are the last ones to show up. They all look at us as we walk out of the Bakery. I smile awkwadly as they all watch us, as we stand there not knowing where our table is. On the two tables closest to the stage are The victors family and the district 12 team. The first round table has Delly, Gale and their families on. The other table, which is really close to the Victors table is Effie Trinket, the stylists which I believe are called Cinna and Portia. Then their prep teams. Then two chairs left over for Uncle Haymitch and Peeta. Its a very big table.
I give them a smile before they walk off to sit at their table and I watch as Effie straightens up Uncle Haymitch's Tie that is slightly askew. We arent stood there for much longer as the Mayor comes over and leads us all to our table. I take my seat between Prim and Rye. It always goes in age order around the tables in district 12. It did last year anyway. Starting with Masan and ending with Holly, which means that I get to sit between my boyfriend and my little sister which is good. If Peeta had to sit on this table though, he would have to sit between me and Rye so technically I should be sitting with Peeta. Leaven and Brooke join us later. There is something off about them, they seem happy and no-one is every happy today. Normally its because we lost 2 tributes but it still doesnt make sense.
"Whats got you two all happy?" Rye finally asks them as if reading my mind.
"We'll tell you all later but right now lets get through this." Leaven says and we nod in agreement. I get what he's saying. Here is not the place, Today is for Delly and Gale not us.
A couple minutes later the Mayor stands up to make an announcement. "Today we celebrate our illustrious Victors, Delly Cartwright and Gale Hawthorne. All the struggles they have been through in the games are worth it. The fact that they got to come home to us is one of the best things that any of us could hear." He smiles around at us all. "Now lets hear from the both.
"I just wanted to say..." Delly starts, looking around at all the people that arrived. "How thankful I am for all of you. You where all there for me when I got home and You have all been there for me since, especially my mother who I look up to. I love you mum." Mrs Cartwright mouths it back and Delly smiles. "I also want to thank the Hawthornes for bringing up such a wonderful man because he is honestly the best man I have ever known. Besides my father of course." Everyone laughs. She looks down at Gale and he smiles back. "Gale, I can not say how thankful I am for you. After everything we have been through, you where there for me when I needed you the most. I love you."
"I love you too Delly." He replies, staring right back at her. Thats when he stands up to make his speech. "I would pretty much like to say the same thing. I wouldnt have come back if it wasnt for Delly. She saved me and thats something I'll never be able to repay. I... I would like to thank my mother who has been able to bring us all up over the past 4 years without my father and was still able to keep enough money to pay for stuff that we needed. I would also like to thank my best friend Katniss Everdeen." I look towards him and smile. "She has been my best friend for 4 years, since my father died and she helped me through it, as her father died the same day. She knew exactly what I was going through and you where always there for me, up until now. When I got back from the Games you where there. I know it sounds strange but I would also like to thank the Mellarks. Peeta, you helped me in that arena, same with Haymitch. Rye, you looked after Catnip for me whilst I was away. I was alway jealous of you both. Peeta more because you where always a better friend to Catnip than I was. You where there before me and I could never live up to that. Thank you to everyone." He raises his drink to toast to us all and sits back down.
As he sits back down, the Mayor stands up to announce the food, "Now, as the food is served, I hope you take into recognition the happiness that we are all feeling from this extraordinary events where we got not just one person but two people back from the Capitol." The Mayor says and the food is served.
For the first course, we have some type of Broth. I recognise it as Greasy Sae's handy work. Probably the best broth she has ever made, obviously because there are Capitol citizens here. I glance over at them to see them enjoying it. Not that I care, I just dont want Greasy Sae to get complaints. Peeta is laughing at something that Uncle Haymitch says, both of them ignoring everything that is coming out of Effie Trinkets mouth. I catch something about Manners and Sit up stright! She scolds. I laugh silently to myself, luckily no-one heard me, they are too caught up in their own conversations.
"So Katniss?" Masan asks me, over Prim as everyone else carries on talking. I quickly look away from the other table and focus on the Baker. "I was wondering, considering, you are around nearly all the time, if you would like to start working at the Bakery. I understand that you are hunting and you have school but it will only be a couple of afternoons and maybe a couple of saturdays. Its just that we are going to start struggling soon. What with Leaven getting married, he's going to want to spend less time over at the Bakery and more time at his house with his wife. Also with Peeta, after everything that he has been through, I've cut his hours down, as you know so soon enough its just going to be me and Rye a lot of the time. You'll get payed for it off course, I was just wondering if you would like to do it?"
I think it over quickly. What have you got to lose. You dont really need to hunt anyway. You could do a couple of days after school and Saturdays would be okay. You love it at the Bakery. You will be getting more money for Prim... "Yeh, alright I'll do it. When do you want me to start?" I ask, finally agreeing.
"What about Monday? Its Saturday now so you have a couple of days and youre not at school so what do you say 6:00am?" I'm about to protest that Its too early but I'm used to getting up earlier than that to go hunting so its not a problem. Luckily everyone has a week off after the Victory tour so I will be able to get used to working at the Bakery without having to deal with school at the same time.
"Yeh thats fine." I tell him and Masan smiles. "Good. You will only be working the register at first but maybe eventually we can teach you to bake and you can help in the kitchen." I nod to him, eating a piece of the bread in the middle of the table. "If you show up at 5:30am on Monday morning, I'll have Peeta show you the ropes. Normaly its his job to work the register on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays but he's really useful in the kitchen."
"Yeh, sounds good." I reply. Secretly I cant wait for it. I get to work around people that I actually like and I'm getting payed for it. I was going to look for a job after I finished school anyway because I'll be too old for Tesserae and I cant live of hunting forever and never would I let Prim sign up for Tesserae.
The second course is served not long after. A delicious Beaf stew thats clearly from the Capitol but is by far the best thing I have ever tasted. In the middle of the table are different things that you can pick at once you've finished your stew. Cheese buns, Croissants, Muffins, Different types of bread. Infact, I'm pretty sure that they are all from the Bakery. I smile at the sight of a cheese bun. I love these things. I wonder if I'll ever get to make one when I work there. Masan would always let me have a freshly baked one when I was around during open hours. They are even more amazing, fresh out the oven.
I glance back at the teams table to see Effie Trinket loosing her manners over a Cheese Bun. Its pretty funny to watch actually. I have to hold in the laugh and even when I do, I make it slightly weird choking sound. Rye looks at me, alert at the sound. When he notices that I have a smile on my face, he unclenches. I pull his head down and direct it toward Effie and he starts lauging. "Wow! Thats pretty disgusting." He says as she sinks her teeth into it further. Uncle Haymitch watching her intently as her eyes roll back into her head. "I guess she has the same taste as you." Rye says smiling at me. I turn towards him, our faces inches from eachother.
"I hope she doesnt have the same taste in men because I think you're a little too young for her." I say with a small laugh.
"Yeh and I'm taken by someone so much more beautiful than her." He whispers to me, sending shivers up and down my spine, in spirals. He leans forward and kisses me. Thats when Uncle Haymitch lets out a puff of air in our direction.
"I'm trying to enjoy my food! could you please not make out with my niece?" He says over the noise. Rye starts laughing against my lips and I smile. We both put our hands up in surrender and get on with out food.
For pudding we have all different goodies from the Bakery which includes the biggest chocolate cake I have ever seen. And most tasty. I cant get enough of it. I must eat about half of the cake that is placed in the middle of the table. Its like a party in my mouth. I'm surprised I'm able to digest all this food. "Dont worry you'll get used to it." I hear someone whisper in my ear, making me jump. Unsetteling the food in my stomach. I probably look a littl green right now. I turn around to see Peeta standing behind me.
"You scared the hell out of me!" I announce.
"I'm sorry. Come on, they are moving the tables and people have started to arrive, we should move out of the way." He gracefully offers me his hand and I take it, he pulls me up and leads me away from the growing crowd and to a group of chairs off to the side. Rye is nowhere to be seen.
"Katniss!" I hear someone shout behind me. I turn around as I sit down to see Delly running over to us. Oh right I forgot she wanted to talk to me. "Can we talk?" I nod and she looks at Peeta.
"Its okay, I'm going. Would either of you ladies like a drink?" He asks.
"Yeh, I'll have anything, you choose." I say to him and he nods slightly.
"Whiskey please Peeta." Delly replies. I'm surprised, Delly would even drink Alcohol.
"Are you sure Delly?" Peeta asks. "You know what happened to Haymitch." He's not asking a question. He's stating a fact. Uncle Haymitch must have told them what happened to him years ago.
When he got out of his games, he started drinking really heavily. He was in love with one of his district partners and when she died, it destroyed him and he was never the same since. Eventually the amount that he drunk, went straight to his liver and mother said that he got really really ill and had to be sent off to the Capitol for treatment. Being a Victor they where allowed to help him. If he was a normal citizen they would have watched him die. Mum said that he stopped drinking fully, the year I was born which I'm glad about because I never had to see him like that.
"I'm only going to have one Peeta, I promise." Delly says and Peeta just walks away, nodding as if he doesnt believe her. I dont really believe her, after everything she has been throught, I doubt she will only have one but I dont say anything.
"Anyway, what did you want to talk to me about?" I ask her.
"Well actaully, I just thought that considering You and Gale are friends and your friends with Peeta who is my Best friend that ... well, would you like to be friends?" It sounded like that was hard for her to say but I nod with a smile. Did she think I would say no or something?
"I already consider you a friend Delly." I say with a smile.
"Good." She replies, mirroring my smile. "I was just making sure."
Peeta returns with our drinks a couple minutes later and I have to quickly take mine off him so that he doesnt drop them all, he also got himself a drink and had to carry all three back. Delly takes her Whiskey and he looks at her as you would expect a brother to look at his little sister. "Dont drink it too fast." Is all he says to her before she walks away to talk to Gale.
"Where's your idiot brother?" I ask Peeta as he sits down.
He shrugs his shoulders. "I dont know, he dissapeared during the meal. I'm not sure where he went." I wonder where he went. He wouldnt have gone home without telling me so he probably went to talk to someone. Its strange, he's been dissapearing a whole lot lately and he wont tell me anything about it. Either he just wants to get away or he is planning something. "I'm sure he will show up soon but until then, do you wanna dance?"
"Yeh alright." I reply and he offers me his hand, dragging me towards the dance floor.
My father taught me to dance when I was younger. He would spin me around the living room of our house to the sound of him humming. It was one of the best moments of my life. This though is nothing like that. Peeta can dance. I'm not sure how though. I know that he had to dance on his Victory tour but from what I saw, he didnt't do that much dancing. I smile as Peeta spins me around the dancefloor, past Uncle Haymitch and My Mother. She looks really happy which I'm glad about because shes not normally happy these days.
When the song finishes, Peeta carries on spinning me around. I dont stop even though we are the only ones on the dancefloor as everyone has stopped dancing whist the music pauses. When it starts again, I'm not even paying attention because Peeta keeps making me laugh so I'm concentrating too much on my feet and where they are going. Then suddenly, Peeta steps on my foot and I let out a yelp as it takes me by surprise. "Sorry, It might have been a year and a half but I still havent got hold of my new leg." He says, giving me a small laugh. I catch sight of a camera coming past us and focusing on us so I pull further away from Peeta slightly. He seems to catch on and lets go of my waist. We dont want the Capitol to get the wrong idea bout us. If there is one thing we have learnt from this years Hunger Games, its that the Capitol love a good love story.
When Peeta was in the Games, he got injured really bad and the Capitol had to cut off his leg and give him a prosthetic. We all found out in the interview after his games. Caesar had asked him what his new leg was like and thats when we all found out. When he got back, He started getting really irritated with the leg and one day I went to his house to find him screaming at it as he sat on the floor. It turns out that the attaching thing had snapped, cutting his leg across the wound that was still healing from where they cut off his leg. I had to get the blacksmith to fix it and My mother put something on his leg to help him heal faster.
Peeta stops suddenly on the dancefloor and I search his eyes for an answer as to why. I know that he's thinking about his games. I pull him back to where we where sitting and help him sit down as he falls into one of his depressive stages again. We are all used to them now but they dont last longer than 5 minutes which is a good thing.
I remember watching his games and cringing everytime someone came near him. It was horrible. By far the worst games I have ever seen. Everyone was murderous. There where huge fights every day. The arena was a mountain with the cornucorpia right at the top. Peeta had found a hideout but it didnt stop the Careers for long. They had found him and sliced him across the chest. He got away with his life though. That was the first of the injuries that he acquired. He got a huge burn all over his back from a forest fire that happened and stings all over him from Tracker Jackers. A deep cut in his thigh, which is why he had to have his leg cut off. He injured his spine, but the doctors at the Capitol fixed that which I'm glad about because it could have had him immobile for the rest of his life. Apparenlty, it was known to be the most viscious games ever.
His District Partner, 'Mae' was killed at the cornucorpia by the girl from 2. Peeta had lost his mind at watching it happened and spent the rest of the arena trying to gain his mind back. Even sometimes now he starts talking to himself telling himself that everything is okay. It was horrible watching Mae die. The careers ripped her apart afterwards and Peeta was still hiding in the tree line as they set her on fire.
He killed a total of 4 people in his games but only because of self defence. I think we can safely say that the 73rd Hunger Games kept the Capitol on the edge of their seats. Sometimes, Peeta still has chest pains from the gash across his chest. He will also just shut down randomly as he just did.
"Katniss!" I hear Rye shout from somewhere near the Bakery. I turn around to see him running over to me buttoning up his shirt. What was he doing and why is he buttoning up his shirt? "Whats wrong with Peeta?" He asks when he is finally by my side once again.
"He's having a moment. He was reminded of his games again, we just need to leave him alone." I say to him as he takes a seat next to his little brother. "Where were you?"
"Erm... I...I went to the Bakery to get something and I ended up having to change my shirt after I spilt something down it." He says but when I look at his shirt, I notice that he is wearing the same shirt as he has been all day. "Oh yeh, this is Leaven's we have the same shirt. I liked mine so I just borrowed Leaven's." He smiles as if he is happy with his reply, like he made it up. I decide to not ask him anything more about it and turn my attention to Peeta instead who still stares at the floor.
"We need to get him home." I say to Rye. He's never been like this at a party before. He is normally like this at night or a day when he stays at home. "People can't see him like this."
"No, he'll be fine. Just leave him for a second. I'll get Bailie to look after him for a second. I want to dance with my amazing girlfriend." Rye says, running off to find Brooke's little sister.
I turn back to Peeta to try and break him out of his trance. "Peeta..." I whisper to him. No-one else is around. Most people are near the foods table or on the dance floor which I'm glad about because Peeta wouldnt want people to see him like this. He told us before that if he is ever like this in a public place to get him out of there. But I cant get him out of here without Rye seeing and I know that it will cause an argument. It annoys me how much Rye argues with me.
"Hey..." I whisper as his eyes move from focusing on the floor, to focusing on me, only for a second but then he looks off into the distance. I take his hands in mine to find him shaking. Why would he be shaking? I dont recall him ever shaking before. "Peeta, come on... Its fine, youre home." I say, trying to reassure him. Its almost like trying to get someone out of a nightmare but stranger because he's awake just not conscious. My mother says that it might be there for the rest of his life and thats whats scary. She said that it normally happens with people who have a weak mind but Peeta has a really strong mind which my mother says is weird but if you have a strong mind then it should wear off soon but if you have a weak mind then it can take over your life. He wont remember chunks of his life and eventually he might just be gone. She knows what shes talking about, she went through this with Uncle Haymitch when he won his games and then again with herself when dad died. So she's seen it happen and she's been through it herself.
He looks up to me again and this time he has tears in his eyes. I smile and he smiles slightly back. "Katniss?" he asks and I nod. "Did I black out again?"
"Yeh, I tried to take you home but Rye told me to stay." I say. "He wants to dance with me but after that, me and you can go back to yours and I'll make you some hot chocolate or something, how does that sound?" He nods with a smile and I pull him up to his feet. Everytime he blacks out, he always needs to stand up to regain his strength. I hold him close to me and he wraps his arms around my shoulder tightly.
"Katniss?" I hear Rye say from behind me. "Peet, are you alright?"
"Yeh, I'm fine." He replies in a voice that sounds like he just woke up.
"Good, I brought Bailie over here to look after you for a bit whilst I dance with Kat." Rye says and Peeta smiles thankfully. "Come on Kat."
I smile at Peeta one more time and follow Rye onto the dancfloor. Its quite weird dancing with Rye. He has never had any dance lessons ever so he has two left feet when it comes to dancing. He stands on my feet with nearly every step he takes which gets me laughing. At one point he gets really angry with himself because he wants to 'dance with a girlfriend without embarrasing her'. Obviously I assure him that he isnt embarrasing me because at the end of the day, the only person he is embarrasing is himself. His dancing just makes me laugh. "Rye?" I ask after we have danced for 2 songs. He looks down at me, after getting frustrated with his own feet again. "I think I'm gonna get Peeta home. You stay here and enjoy yourself. He needs to go home. I'll come by the Bakery tomorrow." I say and he nods.
"Just make sure he gets to bed and has something to eat." Rye says. There are only a few times that Rye actually shows care for his little brother. He might not show it most of the time but its always obvious that he cares for him deeply.
"I know Rye... How many times have I taken him home before now?" I ask with a laugh. I always seem to be the one to take him home because normally, the Mellarks are working at the Bakery and I'm the only one left to take him home. I dont have a problem with it though.
"Fair enough. I should be in the Bakery at about midnight. If youre still at Peetas and awake, ring us to tell us how he is please?" Rye asks. I nod and leave him on the dancefloor to walk back over to Peeta who is almost falling asleep in his seat. I dont understand why his black outs make him really tired but I do know that he needs to go to sleep after one.
When I get to Peeta, I pull him up out of his seat. "Thanks Bailie but you should get back and enjoy the party, I'm just going to get him home." I say to the girl, still sitting on the chair next to where Peeta was just sitting. She's only a year younger than me but acts older than she actually is.
"Okay, I'll see you later Peeta. Bye Katniss." She says with a smile before skipping off to join the others. I watch her go, wondering how she is able to stay happy in a world like this. Each year she faces the reaping just like the rest of us but somehow she is still able to stay happy.
"Are we going?" Peeta asks, breaking me out of my thoughts. He has his arm around my shoulders and is leaning on me more and more, the longer I stand there.
"Yeh, come one lets go." I reply. He nods slightly as I start to guide him through the party to the exit of the square but we are stopped by Delly.
"Hey Peet, whats wrong?" She asks, noticing that he has his arm around my shoulders.
"He blacked out again, I'm just going to get him home." I say to her.
"Do you want some help?" She smiles slightly.
"No, its fine." I say and she nods. "You enjoy your night and could you tell Gale I said I was sorry that I'm leaving early, he will understdand."
"Yeh of course, I'll come by tomorrow and see how he is." She smiles and walks away to dance with Gale.
I lead him away from the party and out of the town square. As we walk down the dirt road, leading to the Victors Village, the sound of the party drowns out and eventually there isnt any sound to be heard. Probably because everyone is still in the town square.
"So... How have you been... Whilst I was on the tour?" He asks.
"I'm not actually sure. I feel like there is something going on with Rye." I tell him truthfully. I still dont understand why he has been dissapearing all the time and he must think I'm an idiot because why would I not notice that he's never aroud. Considering that he used to be around all the time and now he just isnt.
"What do you mean?" He asks.
"Well, Ever since you left for the victory tour, he has been dissapearing for, sometimes hours and he wont tell me where he is going. Your dad doesnt know either and I asked Leaven about it but he said that Rye dissapeared all the time when he was younger but I dont think its that. When he gets back he seems really happy and I'm not sure why because I havent figured it all out yet." I tell him and he looks out infront of us with narrowed eyes as if he is trying to figure something out. "He did it again today. No-one saw him leave and when he was coming back he was buttoning up his shirt which he came up with some bullshit story to cover it but I know he was lying." I can feel the tears begin to fall over my eye lids at the thought of him going behind my back. He is meant to be my boyfriend. He's not meant to lie to me.
"Well I'm sure its nothing Katniss. You shouldnt worry. I've seen the way he looks at you and acts around you. He loves you and dont forget that." Peeta says. I notice the gates of the Victors Village infront of us. Its still really quiet but that s normal for the Victors Village because other than the fact that we only have 4 victors. There is also the fact that normally, Delly and Peeta are in town working and Gale volunteers in the mines to fill his time, so its normally just Uncle Haymitch that is here all the time.
"Thanks Peeta. You never fail to make me feel better." I say to him. As long as I've known him he always made me smile when I was down. The week my father died, he spent the whole time trying to cheer me up. It didnt work until 2 weeks later when he finally got me to laugh and we went to the meadow.
When we make it to his, I help him down into on of the chairs in the kitchen and flick the switch on the kettle, causing it to start making a noise as it boils the water that Peeta must have put in this morning. He always has a brew when he gets up in the morning. I grab the chocolate powder out of the cupboard where it normally is and spoon some of it into his favourite cup. I'm not sure why its his favourite cup because its only plain orange. Not like bright orange but mute orange, like the sunset. It is the only one in the kitchen that isnt from the Capitol though, he said he bought it from the Hob about a year ago. Just before he went on his Victory tour last year. "Are you not going to have one?" He asks from the table, as I put his cup next to the kettle to wait for it.
I think about it for a second before agreeing. "I might do actually. I never got to drink that drink you got for me at the party." I let out a small laugh and grab a Capitol cup from the cupboard. I do have a cup that I like to use but its across the Village at Uncle Haymitch's house. I always have a brew or some hot chocolate when I get to his but I've only ever had a couple at Peeta's and I didn't see the point of going over to get it when Peeta has spare cups. This one is a little smaller than Peetas and is decorated with all different flowers. Unlike Peeta's its a weird shape, almost like a triangle. Peeta's is just round. I spoon some of the powdered chocolate into my cup and stand there waiting for the kettle to click, telling me that its done.
"So... Did your father tell you that I'm working at the Bakery now?" I ask him as we wait in silence.
"No, he didnt actually. How did that happen?" Peeta asks in reply. His face holding confusion.
"Well, he said that I was starting on Monday. He said there is a shortage of staff because Leaven will want to spend time with Brooke once they are married and that you arent required to work as much as you used to." I tell him and he nods slightly.
"I knew that there was a shortage of staff but Dad always said that considering it was a family business, it should only be family that work there." Peeta says. I shrug my shoulder in respond, suddenly rather confused at why he hired me. "I guess he sees you as part of the family." He laughs a little.
"Yeh I guess he does." I smile towards him and we hold eye contact for a couple of seconds before I hear the familiar ding of the kettle. "Kettle's done." I say and turn around to deal with the drinks.
"I know that I consider you part of the family so I dont see why he wouldnt." Peeta says from behind me and I smile.
"Thanks..." I say quietly and I can almost hear him smiling.
I quickly dump some hot water in both cups and give them a stir before walking to the table to give Peeta his. I slide it over and he cups his hands around it. "So what job does he have you doing?" Peeta asks as he blows on his drink to cool it down.
"The register. I'm taking over from you. Your dad said that you are useful in the kitchen." He laughs slightly at my job. "Whats wrong with the register?"
He calms himself and looks at me. "Nothing. It just gets kind of boring. Not many people around. Most of the orders are deliveries."
"Well who makes the deliveries?" I ask. I never really asked about work at the Bakery because it was none of my business. All I knew was when it opened and when it closed because Rye told me.
"Whoever is free in the kitchen really. We have to have someone on the register all the time so it was normally Rye or Leaven. Most of the time it was Rye though because Leaven knows more than him so if we needed Leaven and he was away then dad would have had extra work to do and nobody wants that." Peeta says and I nod. Why would anyone want to do extra work. I know that he owns the place but he has three sons that can do it for him. I'm surpised he even works anymore with all the help that he has. "When do you start?"
"6 on monday. He said if I show up at half 5 that you can show me the ropes before I start." I say and he nods.
"I'd be glad to." He smiles.
"Good, well when you have finished that, then you need to go to bed for a while." I say to him and he nods.
"Yeh, I was going to. I dont understand why they make me so tired. Its not like I'm doing anything physical. I'm just thinking about something." He smiles sadly. I know its hard for him to go through it because he keeps missing things and most of the time he's tired because obviously these things make him tired but also he wakes up almost every night with nightmares.
"I understand... But remember I'm always here for you if you want to talk about it." I say to him, reaching across and grasping his hand.
"I know." After a second he pulls his hand away from mine, wiping it on his pants. "Sorry, my hand is sweaty from my hot chocolate." I smile in response with a nod.
"Yeh I think mine is too actually." I say laughing even though mine isnt. I'm just trying to make him feel less awkward. I can feel the awkwardness coming from him.
"Katniss... would you be able yo get the bread out of the oven for me?" He asks me.
"Of course." I reply and walk to the oven to pull out the bread. I'm normally asked to do this a lot at the Bakery if I'm there during open hours.
"Thanks. You just have to turn that litttle nob on the left to turn the oven off." He shouts across the room. I search for it and turn it. This oven is completely different than the one at the Bakery.
I take my seat again and we carry on talking for a while.
When I look to the clock I see that its already 10pm. How did the time go past so quickly. I hardly spent much time in the party but it finishes in 2 hours. "Right come on. You should be getting to bed." I tell Peeta once I notice that his cup is empty.
"Yeh, okay." He replies, pulling himself up from the table. "Do you want to stay over?"
"I cant. I'll need to be home soon so that Prim doesnt worry." I tell him.
"Come on Katniss, you cant get walking through the district at this time of night especially when there is a party going on. Most people will be drunk." He replies as I help him up the stairs.
"I've dealt with drunk people before." There has been parties before in the district. After the games this year, there was a party then and I had to walk home from the square by myself because my mum and Prim had walked home earlier in the day and mum asked Rye to walk me home but he drank too much and passed out in the square so I had to deal with the groups of drunk friends on their way back from the square.
"Katniss, please. I cant let you go out there alone, I would never forgive myself if something happened to you." He says and I finally nod. I've only ever slept at Peeta's once before and that was with Rye. We where over for dinner one night and once again Rye got drunk. So I had no one to take me home and me and Rye slept here. Rye fell asleep downstairs and no-one could get him upstairs so he stayed on the sofa and I went upstairs to sleep like a normal person. I've tried to tell Rye to stop drinking but he wont listen to me. He doesnt drink as much as Uncle Haymitch did but it wont be long until he will probably drink about as much. Being from town he isnt able to pay for drinks but everytime there is a party or everytime he is at Peetas he gets drunk for some reason. Maybe I'll talk to Peeta about hiding all the liqour in his house.
"Where am I sleeping?" I ask him. He lives here alone so its not like I'm going to have to sleep on one of the sofa's downstairs.
He doesn't even think about it, just answers straight away. "I have 5 spare bedrooms so its up to you which one you want to sleep in?"
"You only have 5 rooms? So that means you only have 4 spare rooms?" I ask him a little confused.
"Yeh, I'm giving you the pick of the rooms." He says with a smile. "My room is the warmest in the house and it has to biggest bed so I added it into the amount of rooms because you can sleep in there if you want, I'll just sleep in the room next to mine."
I laugh a little. Why would I sleep in his room? Thats his room and his bed not mine. "Its fine, You could use the big bed, you need more rest than I do but Rye told me to keep an eye on you so I'll take the one next to yours and we can leave the doors open. How does that sound?" I ask as we reach the top of the stairs and I walk him to his bedroom.
"That sounds alright, yeh but I'm really sorry If I wake you up when I have a nightmare." He says apologetically. He doesnt even have to say if I have a nightmare because he has one nearly every night and he's got used to it now. When he first got back, it was horrible. He was so tired that he was snapping at everyone for stupid reasons. He shouted at me for sneezing once, I was so taken back that I kept staring at him for about half an hour because that was the first time that Peeta had ever shouted at me. The second time didnt come long after because he shouted at me for staring at him. I got used to it eventually though and it seems he has too because he doesnt shout at anyone anymore.
"I dont mind. If you wake up from a nightmare, I'll sit and talk to you." I say and we go to our seperate rooms.
He does wake up from a nightmare. Around midnight and I almost fall out of bed because of the screaming. He never screams in his sleep so it must have been a really bad nightmare. I quickly jump out of bed and fly around the corner to his bedroom. "Peeta!" I shout expecting him to wake up but when I get there he is still thrashing around in his sleep.
"Katniss!" He shouts in his sleep. Why is he dreaming about me? You need to wake him up! Wake him up before it gets worse!
"Peeta! Wake up!" I run over to the side of his bed and start to shake his arms as he screams and thrashes around. "Come one Peeta! Its a dream!" I attempt to restrain his arms as he throws his arm and hits me across the face. I can still feel it stinging.
"NO! dont..." He's starting to calm down and as soon as he stops moving, his eyes open and he jumps up in surprise when he sees me standing next to his bed.
"Peeta, its just me! You where screaming." I say and he relax's, only to pull me to him a second later.
"Katniss...Oh god... I thought you where dead!" He shouts into my hair. I pat his back a little awkwardly until his breathing finally stops being heavy.
Without realising, I had climbed into his bed whilst he hugged me. He wasnt lying, this bed is really comfortable. Compared to the ones I'm used to anyway which would be mine in the seam and Rye's in the Bakery. I look down at Peeta to find him asleep across my thighs. Well there is no way I can move now without him waking up and if he wakes up then he probably wont be able to get back to sleep so I make the decision to just stay here.
Wait! I promised to ring The Bakery. Luckily Peeta has a phone on his bedside table. I reach out for it, having to shuffle slightly to get the phone in my hand. I remember Peeta telling me that The Bakery is on speed dail number 2. I think he said that Haymitch is on speed dial number 1 because that is how the phone came. I press number 2 and the phone begins to ring. "Hello?" Masan asks after the third ring. "Peeta?"
"Its Katniss..." I whisper through the phone.
"Katniss? What are you doing in Peetas bedroom?" Masan asks me. "I thought you where staying at the Bakery tonight, we where looking for you."
"I'm looking after Peeta. He had a black out at the party again. I've been here since about 8." I say to him. "Did Rye not tell you?"
"No, Rye is currently passed out on the kitchen counter." Masan says and I have to stifle a laugh. "So why did you ring up?"
"Because Rye told me to ring up at around midnight because you would be in, to tell you how Peeta was." I say. "He's fine, by the way. I made him some hot chocolate and then got him to bed. He had a nightmare a couple minutes ago but he's back to sleep now thankfully."
"Okay well thank you Katniss... for looking after him..." He says.
"Its fine. I didnt mind. I didnt really want to be at that stupid party anyway." I say, laughing slightly.
"Okay well you should get some sleep. I'll see you tomorrow at Haymitch's for that dinner?" He asks. I completely forgot about that dinner. Uncle Haymitch always invites us all around for a dinner the day after the victory tour. Me and mum normally cook though but this time we are getting help from Peete. He couldnt help Last year because it was a dinner for him for winning the games so he wasnt allowed to help but this time he can help because he doesnt have to work and he lives across the street. But Delly and Gale are allowed into the house until the dinner is ready.
"Yeh, I forgot about that but yeh I'll see you there." I reply.
"Alright and Leaven and Brooke are going to tell us their news at dinner tomorrow so we can find out then and your mum is coming over tomorrow morning. Do you want me to ask her to bring you some extra clothes?" Masan asks. The thought hadnt actually crossed my mind. Before I went to bed, I borrowed some of Peetas clothes. Only a shirt and some shorts but it didnt cross my mind that I would need more clothes for tomorrow.
"Only if its not a problem?" I ask.
"No, its not a problem at all." He replies.
"Thank you. Anyway, I better go before I wake Peeta up." I say.
"Yeh, see you tomorrow Katniss." He says and hangs up.
I place the phone back on the reciever and rest my head against the headboard of the bed. Peeta is still lying across my hips with his arms around me. Its surprisingly comfortable and within minutes I'm asleep and dreaming of the woods.