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Chapter 2
I wake to the smell of Peeta's cheese buns cooking. Prim is curled up at the foot of the bed. I'm glad that she got some sleep after her nightmare. It takes me forever to fall asleep after my nightmares. It usually takes a lot of comforting from Peeta. I just love him.
I go downstairs to find Peeta engaged in his work, delicately baking his cheese buns. I creep up behind him and scare him.
"Kat!" he yells and jumps back. I laugh at this and take a cheese bun fresh out of the oven. I bite into it and spit it out.
"You've gotten worse," I comment.
It's Peeta's turn to laugh, now. "Those are the rejects, Kat," he laughs. I chase after him, but he's quick. We run around the kitchen until we remember that Prim is sleeping upstairs.
"So why did you bake so many? There are three of us, not twenty," I point out.
"Some of them are going to the Hawthorne's," Peeta says.
"Oh. Who will take them?" I ask, hoping that it won't be me. I can't face them, not yet.
"I was thinking you would. Prim is in no state to take them and Gale hated me. Besides, you were his best friend," Peeta shrugs. Great. I get the honor of facing my deceased best friend's family. I feel amazing.
I take a cheese bun and fill a basket with more. Then, I set out to deliver the food.
When I reach the small house in the Seam, I knock, unsure of what to do. Hazelle opens the door, her eyes red from crying.
"Katniss, come in," she says. I do as she says and set the cheese buns down.
"I brought you some cheese buns. Peeta baked them," I tell her, looking at Rory, Vick, and Posy, all crying. Even Madge is here, grieving.
"How nice of him. Be sure to thank him for us," Hazelle says.
"Of course. I can teach Rory to hunt, if you like," I offer.
"I'd love to. Thank you, Katniss," Rory says, looking truly grateful. "Can we start now?"
"Sure. We'll be back soon, Hazelle," I say.
"Okay," Hazelle says, and goes back to Madge and her kids.
In the woods, I show Rory how to hunt. He can't get it at first and grows frustrated.
"I've got to do this! I've got to support my family, now that Gale's gone!" Rory exclaims.
"You'll get better, don't worry. I'll help, too. Don't worry," I say. Rory breaks down and cries.
"I just can't cope without Gale. I can't accept that he's gone," Rory cries.
"It'll be okay. It'll get better," I tell him. And it's only half of the truth. Things don't ever get fully better.
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