Katniss gave me a few minutes, then I walked into the dining room. Whoever was here last night didn't leave a trace. I sat down where I usually did, at the end of the table. I tried to ignore the empty seat beside me.
"Annabeth, are you okay?" Gavin asked. "I heard you screaming."
"Yeah, yeah," I sighed. "It was nothing, just an, uh, spider."
"You were screaming. From a spider?"
"Yeah..?"
"Okay, okay. Leave Annabeth alone," Freyna said, walking in.
Gavin shrugged, then went back to his eggs. I wasn't hungry. I silently excused myself, and went back to my room.
I picked up a random book, and started reading, hoping to get my mind off, well, everything.
As I turned pages, I couldn't help feeling like something was...wrong. I heard the soft pitter-patter of a slow rain, and shook the feeling.
I kept myself in my room all day, and I realized why Percy shut himself in his room while on the train. There's something about isolation that could be comforting.
I suddenly dropped my book as a deafening noise filled the district.
The Mines had collapsed.