Katniss' Pov
"right come on sleepy head" I say while picking up rye's dirty clothes
he makes a grunting sound
"come on school is in 10 minutes"
as soon as i say this he leaps out of bed
"10 minutes" he screams "you could have woken me up sooner" he says while rushing downstairs
"your clothes are on the dining room chair" i shout after him
i walk out of ryes room and walk past willow's
oh god i miss her, i miss her so much
i decide to go in
when i walk in gabi is on the floor
"Gabi?!" i shout
she is passed out on the floor with a bottle of alcohol next to her
how did she get in?
i take the bottle out of her hand and lie her on willows bed
i run downstairs to tell peeta and he runs up with me
we put her under the covers and decide its best just to leave her till she wakes
I'm sitting having lunch when gabi walks down the stairs
"I'm so sorry Katniss, i didn't mean to i just, i just, i dunno, I'm sorry" she says walking towards me
"looks its okay just please tell whats going on" i say standing up and bringing a seat over
"i just miss willow so much" she says "and i miss Robbie and i miss Noah, out in their world they have each other and in my world, here in this district, i have no one"
i stand up without saying anything and make her a cup of tea
"you do have someone Gabi, you have this family, you have annie and haymitch, yes i know its not what youu were meaning. but the past has been and gone and we cant do anything to change that. at least we know they arnt dead and we ar lucky to know that. there is a lot more families mourning out there thinking their child is dead. we love you Gabi, just want you to always know that yeah? and we will always be here and just say next time if you wanna stay, we are more than happy for that to happen" i stand up and kiss her on the fore head and take through the empty cups of tea
rye Pov
even though I'm already 10 minutes late for school I still stop at my dads bakery and pick up some nice bisuits
"hey dad can I please have the usual" I ask as I walk in
all the regulars greet me and cheer to me and of course I say hi back
"rye mellark, school started 10 minutes ago" dad looks at me angrily while handing over the biscuits
"look its not my fault mum woke me up late" I smirk and hand him the money
"love you" I shout back as I walk to the door
schools got pretty shit since the games, they still teach It in history and that's what I hate the most
my whole family except myself have been in them and all people do is ask me about them and if I'm okay
my answer is always the same "yes I'm fine" with a grin
I'm not fine though and I guess I never will be
and nowadays I cant tell who is my real friends and friends that just want the attention for being friends with the famous parents and the sister who 'died'
by the time I arrive at school I have finished all the biscuits and I missed the whole of the first period
whoops
unfortunately my second period is history
when I walk in everyone stares like I'm some weird ailien
I go sit by the only friends I actually trust
Rowan and Claire
I was close, like really close to Rowan a long time before the games and I met Claire when we were voting for the president and now we are all pretty close
"wow, new record" Claire whispers from behind me
"i was tired okay" I smirk
"that's what they all say" rowan joins in beside me
"right, Rye you havnt been here 5 minutes and already disrupting the class, take it you know all this?" the teacher screams from the front
"no, sorry miss" I say back holding in my laughter
she goes on about the games that have just happened and shows us clips
and I really really hate it
Miss Larence hates me, I have no idea why cause I have done nothing
she shows us clips of people getting hurt and saying how they should have done this should have done that
it comes to willow
"now, see how she does that, shell have to do better next time" she says but I can tell as soon as she said that, she immediately regretted it
"oh rye I'm so very sorry" mrs larence looks at me in sorrow
"no your not" I whisper
"what did you just say" she says back
"this is a history class, not looking at peoples techniques for killing someone. those are kids in there its hardly likely they are gunna be brilliant at killing or defending themselves is it? so why don't you go into the fucking games and show how its done since your so judgmental how those kids are doing it." before I know it I have my bag on and I am leaving the class room
I walk out and start kicking the lockers
urgh, why couldn't of she just came back, her and noah and Robbie
that's all people wanted, for them to come home
I start walking towards the woods as I don't see the point staying in school
I mutter to myself getting really annoyed
like urgghhh
when I get to the woods I go to my usual spot
Its just so hard, I think to myself
everything these days are
I suddenly hear a rustling noise behind me
I quickly twist my head to see what it is
and standing there is thorn
I stand up and give her a hug
"your back" I say in relief
after thorn saw the whipping to willow and mahic she went home and tried to fix things with her parents
"they didn't accept" she sighs
I break the hug "what do you mean they didn't accept"
"they aren't forgiving me, they aren't letting me back in the house"
she sits down on the grass "any news on willow?" she continues trying to change the subject
"no, havnt heard from them since they were here last"
"that's odd, I went to the capitol for a the day on my way back here tying to find someone called mark tine and no one had seen them since they were here"
hmmmm I think "that does sound odd"
we both sit in silence
"what about Robbie and Noah, they will know where she is, they were here after the whipping to take willow back"
"no, no one has seen them either" she says back quickly
"they wouldn't have run away, would they?" I start to second guess myself
"well maybe Rye, in a world like theirs and supprised theyre still wanting to live"