Hey guys! Sorry I didn't update on Sunday. I got sick over the weekend and couldn't get to the computer. Anyway, please tell me what you think when you get to the end. Enjoy!
"California?!" Gale screamed into the phone.
A thick sigh collapsed my ribcage, and I tried my best to respond in a calm tone. "Look, Gale, I never said I was going to take the job. I said we could talk about it."
"If we are talking about it, that means you're considering it."
"Gale," I said. "I need to think this over without any outside pressures so I'll talk to you when I figure it out."
The line went dead without another word spoken, and I sighed again as I ran a hand through my dark hair. As the line of traffic began to move, slowly but surely, my grip tightened on the steering wheel. If I did end up moving to Santa Cruz, I would get a tan and that'd be good to my chances with the opposite sex. On the other hand, however, I would be leaving all the friends I had at this point. Mostly that meant Primrose and Gale but still, they were my friends. But all the new people I would meet would more than make up for that.
Decision made, I pulled into the parking lot behind the run down apartment building I lived in and put the car in park. I unclicked my seatbelt and stepped out of the car into the rain. It was dark out so the moonlight glinted off each, individual raindrop. The staircase was dripping with cold rain, I soon found as I fell on my hands.
Cursing a little, I stood upright and unlocked the door. Slamming the door closed behind me, I slid to the floor and started crying. Leaving my sister and my boyfriend was going to be the hardest decision I had ever made. But I would make it anyway, heavy heart or not.
My few moments of sadness passed, and I was left to feel the vibrations of Prim's hard knocks. "Katniss, let me in! I have a huge paper to write."
Without even a word to my sister I moved out of the way, and Prim fell into the small apartment. "Are you okay, Katniss? You never cry. What's going on?"
"I-I'm moving to Santa Cruz, California." I muttered cryptically.
Prim's eyebrows crinkled into a cute, confused scowl. "What? Why? I can't pay for this apartment by myself!"
"Look, Prim," I said. "This is a great opportunity. I have to take it."
"What about Gale?"
Sighing, I ran a hand through my hair for about the third time today. "I've already thought about that, he's not very good to me."
"What do you mean? He's great to you."
I shook my head. "No, I've never told you this, but when he's drunk he hits me. Hard."
Prim thought a minute. "Yeah, you should go. Nothing's holding you here."
"I would miss you, Little Duck." I smiled and poked her nose.
She shrugged. "You could visit. Or I could visit you! Then we could go to the beach."
I shrugged. "Maybe,"