Chapter 6
This is a short chapter, but i wanted to update before I go out tonight, hope you all had a good Easter, please leave a review!
Disclaimer: I do not own the hunger games.
It took over half an hour for Peeta to calm me down, and when we eventually returned, Glimmer was sitting up on her bed talking quietly to a doctor.
As we approach her bed she looks up at me, I smile at her. Despite her trying several times to kill me in the games, I feel no anger or resentment towards her, she was just playing the game, we all were.
She smiles back at me, and I speak to her
"I'm sorry." I say to her, she looks at me in confusion, and I smile at her. "I…. I killed you, the buzzing you remember, I dropped tracker jackers on you, and you were stung to death."
Many emotions flash across her face, and I can practically see her train of thought, Anger, fear, resentment, pain, guilt and then sorrow.
"I'm sorry." I say again.
"Its ok," she says, smiling, " remember some of it now, I was trying to kill you as well, so I guess we are even." I stare at her in shock, I had expected her to be angry, sad, but not forgiving…
after eating lunch in the large, busy, white cafeteria, we return to the tributes rooms. We are informed by a doctor that Glimmer is fine and that she is just resting, he tells us that they plan to revive the boy from 7 at noon. He explains that they revive the tributes in order of health, so those in the best shape, will be revived first.
When I asked about Rue, he said that he did not know when she would be revived, but something about they way his eyes darted around, avoiding my gaze, made me suspicious.
We returned to the apartment, declining Paylors offer to stay and watch the boy from 7 be revived, unlike Glimmer, he had family there with him.
Again I wondered about Glimmers family…maybe she was less fortunate than I thought.
I fall on the bed, Finley running from the door to lie next to me, and Peeta follows, lying next to Fin.
We lie, I am drained from today, even though it is only the afternoon.
Peeta reaches for the black, slim remote and turns on the large television on the wall opposite us, he flicks through channels, until he finds a colourful animated TV show for Fin to watch.
Finley bounces up and down clapping his hands together in excitement. Peeta looks over him at me, smiling, I smile at him and throw my head onto the pillow and feel my eyes closing.
I wake in the evening, and Finley has fallen asleep on the bed, the TV still on, and Peeta stretched out beside him. I decide to let them sleep, and make dinner. I walk into the kitchen, open all the cupboards, and just stare. I have little cooking abilities, and what I see in front of me won't be easy.
I decide to make eggs, and begin preparing the food.
When Peeta and Finley wake up, I serve them scrambled eggs, with toast and salad.
After we put Finley to bed, Peeta and I sat down on the couch together in silence, we stay there for a while, then I speak.
"Why was that doctor not looking at me when I asked about Rue?" I say, looking up at him.
"I'm sure it was just a coincidence" he says.
I sigh, and lie down on the pillow, Peeta lies opposite me, and we fall asleep.
We are woken the next morning by the bright sun streaming in through the large lounge room window.
I go and check on Finley, who is fast asleep, and then help Peeta make breakfast.
A large loud knock on the door makes me jump, and both Peeta and I look at the door.
He walks quickly towards it, and opens it, revealing two of Paylors guards standing there,
"You are needed at the hospital." One of them says "President Paylor says it urgent."
We arrive at the hospital, and a doctor greets us, telling us that when they had revived Clove, she had awoken, and wouldn't talk, president Paylor hoped we could make her talk.
We are taken to a small room, where Clove lies in a bed, she look thin and pale.
I wonder why she is separated from the other tributes.
When we walk in she glares at me, but doesn't speak.
"Clove?" I say quietly.
She looks at me unlike Glimmer, she doesn't smile, or seem forgiving, her cold eyes just bore into mine, sending chills up my spine.