Fourth chapter :) It explains some weird things in the last chapter... hope you like it... please review
Without thinking about it, I jerk my hand away; grab her hands and cross them in front of her, so that she can't move.
"Katniss, what are you doing?" I hiss at her, trying not to wake Rory.
She kicks around her, tries to free herself out of my grip, but I don't let go of her. I push her out of the room and close the door behind me, then I take her wrists in one hand and open the doorstep and push her outside. Her face looks pale in the moonlight, unhealthy.
"Ouch, you're crushing my hands!"
I look at them, so small in my own, they are turning blue. I let her hands go. She massages her palms and shakes them a little bit.
"Why did you do this?" I look at my own hand, it's bleeding and there are bite marks.
"What?"
"What? You just bit me!" I show her my bleeding hand.
"I didn't! You should clean the wound…"
"You were just in my room, appearing out of nowhere and then you bit me! Don't say you didn't." I yell at her.
She turns around and goes.
"Wait! Tell me why you bit me!"
"I didn't" She says over her back and then she disappears into the darkness.
I go back into the house and start cleaning my wound at the sink in the kitchen. Suddenly the light goes on. I turn around, trying to focus on something in the too bright light.
"Oh Gale! What happened?" My mother comes and examines the wound. She looks at me and raises one eyebrow.
"Long and weird story." I wash my hands.
"Katniss?"
I turn my head to her and mimic her quizzical face.
"Intuition." She smiles at me. "So, what happened?"
"She suddenly appeared in my room and bit me." I smile at the thought of how strange this sounds.
"That's really weird." She gets a bandage and gives it to me. I combine my hand quickly, and then I go to the table and sit down beside my mother.
"Do you know what happened, since the war ended? I know there is something, but I just don't know what exactly." I look at her grave face.
"I don't know it, neither does her mother. Maybe the loneliness. I mean you've seen Haymitch…" She trails off.
Katniss reminds me of something, but I just don't know what… It's something about her behavior.
"Maybe she's addicted to drugs or alcohol." She says.
"I don't think so."
"We should go to sleep again, it's late."
I shrug.
"I think I'll stay some time in District 12. Maybe I'll find out what's wrong with her."
She smiles. "Maybe you can help her. – Good night." She gets in her room and closes the door behind her.
I think about my return to District 12 and almost bang into the door.
I lie down on the mattress and try to imagine how it looks like now in District 12. Is it still like after the bombing? Probably not. But I don't think it's like it was before… It can't be.
When I wake up my heads aching and everything is spinning. So I rise very slowly.
"What's wrong?" asks Rory.
I turn to him. I haven't noticed he's awake yet.
"Oh. It's just my head."
"What's with your hand? " I look at the bandage. It's blood red. My wound has been bleeding during the night.
"Just a little accident" I smile at him.
He shrugs and we go into the kitchen to make breakfast. My mother and Vick are already there and the breakfast is ready, so I go wake Posy.
When we come back my wound starts bleeding again and the blood drips from my hand.
"What have you done?" Posy looks at the little red drops.
"I accidently cut it." My voice sounds hollow.
We eat the remains of yesterday. I wash the dishes when everyone has finished. Then we go to the market in the square. The square is not very impressive. It's smaller than the one in 4 and it's not really beautiful.
Now the whole square is crowded with stalls. We go through the rows. Some stalls sell food and some sell clothes.
My mother buys three bags full of food. One is carried by Vick, the others are carried by Rory. I carry Posy on my shoulders.
"Oh, this scarf is beautiful, isn't it?" She points at a red scarf.
I smile. "Do you want it?"
"You don't have to buy it." She says, but you can hear she doesn't mean it.
I pull a few coins from my pocket.
"How can I help you? Asks the dark haired boy, behind the stall.
"I want to buy this red scarf" I point at the scarf.
She gives it to me and takes the money. I tie the scarf around Posy's neck.
"It's your second birthday present." I smile at her.
When we come back to the rest of my family Posy cradles from my shoulders and shows my mother her new scarf.
We're almost back at the house when I see her at the corner.
"I'll come a little later." I say to them and follow Katniss.
"Hi Gale."
"Why did you bit me?" I ask her angrily and show her my bloddy, bandaged hand.
"I didn't bite you."
"Just tell me; what's going on?" My voice is hoarse.
"Nothing. I don't know what you are talking about."
"Please" I grab her hands. "Please. You can talk with me, you know."
I look at her hands there is a rubber band around her right wrist. She pulls at it and it slaps back. Her pinkish masaic like skin is already red.
And then, suddenly, it's clear.
Think it through and it fits perfectly.
She bit me, she tries to distract herself with pain- her whole behavior. I've only seen something like this once before.
I watch her face, she's calm right now.
"You're hi-jacked." My voice breaks.