Chapter 3- Long Goodbyes

Author's note- Okay so this is the 3rd chapter!

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Peeta's POV-

They close the doors and separate me and Katniss, she goes one way while I go the other.
I'm shoved into a vast room.

There's a wooden table with ruby red drinks and little cakes, iced with tiny flowers. I help myself to one of the 4 different cupcakes, the taste is an awful cardboard taste and completely puts me off anything else.

I head over to the red couch in the middle of the room, it's soft and has fluffy white pillows at either end. I sit down and rub my hands on my new brown trousers trying to reduce the sweat on my palms.

The door opens, and my mother and father enter, ' you have 10 minutes' says the peacekeeper before slamming the door behind him.
'hello son, are you okay?' says my father as he sits down beside me
I just nod, to afraid that the tears might start spilling down my face.

My mother heads over to the table with refreshments, clearly more concerned about them, than her own son. But that was to be expected, considering she never was really good with showing emotion.

' Remember to find shelter, preferably high ground.' He says trying to give me some advice although we both know I'm not going to win
'Don't forget to find some water. You and Katniss could always make an alliance, yeah?' he gives me a look and can tell he isn't helping

'Sorry' he mumbles as he wraps his arms around me 'You can do this, I believe in you' He hugs me tightly as I begin to cry, I can't help it, this is the most emotion you would ever get in a family like mine.
I stand up wipe my tears and walk over to my mother, I give her a hug and say 'I love you', she squeezes back 'I know'
At that moment the peacekeeper walks in times up.
My father gives me one last hug, 'We love you son' than walks out.

Katniss's POV-

I'm lead to a small room at the end of a corridor.
The door is shut behind me, in front of me is a coffee table filled with cakes and drinks but I'm too nervous to eat.

I sit on the red velvet couch in the middle of the room, I only know it's velvet due to the fact my mother has a dress with a collar made of the stuff, I lie up on the couch stroking the side as I brace myself for the goodbyes.

The door creaks open, I spring up. There they are, blood shot eyes from crying, fresh tears running down their pale faces from the bright blue eyes.
Prim runs to me and knocks all the air out of my system as she wraps her arms tightly around my waist. I stroke her soft blonde hair ' it'll be alright'
The peacekeeper at the door says in a deep manly tone 'you only have 10 minutes make them last' then he shut's the door.

Once he had said that I went into auto mode telling them exactly what they need to do to survive.
'
Right Prim listen to me, okay? Don't take any more food from them, it's not worth putting you name in more times, okay?' She just nods ' You can sell milk and cheese from your goat at the hob, and Gale will bring you game' I knew this because about a year ago me and Gale made a packed that if either one of us was to be reaped or pass away that the other would take care of their family, we never thought it would actually happen but here we are.

'just try and come home, if you can' I can see this is killing Prim right now.
' I'll try, who knows?! I could win, I am smart you know?! ' I don't meet her eyes just stroke her plait
' and you can hunt' says Prim a little more hopeful.

I sit prim down on the sofa and lightly kiss her forehead before turning around to mother. I grab her arm harshly ' You can't blank out again, not like when dad died'.
' I won't' she says quietly bowing her head in shame

No, you can't! Because I won't be there anymore, your all see has left. No matter what you see or feel you have to be brave for her, got it?'
I say rather loudly and with a hint of anger as I remember those days when she sat there paralysed with sadness, watching her children getting thinner and thinner. Slowly dieing and she did nothing to stop it. My grip around her wrist is getting tighter and tighter as I remember those days when she just sat there

' Katniss stop it, your hurting me' tears beginning to roll down her face again
I left go in horror, her wrist is all red and beginning to bruise ' I'm so sorry'
I wrap my arms around her ' Don't cry Katniss, it's alright, I'm fine' she kisses me on my fore head and whispers ' I love you' I suck back the tears.
Prim joins in and we all sit on the couch in silence.

'Times up!' says a different peacekeeper
We stand up and Prim clings onto my with all her strength as my mother tries to pull her away, in the end the peacekeeper just pulls me and Prim apart, Prim starts yelling 'NO, NO please' just before they are gone and the door slams I manage to yell

' I PROMISE, I PROMISE PRIM'
Then they are gone

I walk to the door and gingerly twist the handle, I open it just a inch to peer out, the peacekeepers are standing there, I close it as silently as I can and step back.

The door opens, oh no it's a peacekeeper, but no… it's not a peacekeeper it's Madge, mayor Undersea's daughter.

'Hello Katniss, you look lovely' She tries to make small talk ' thank you, you look lovely as always' I smile at her and she gives me a massive hug.
Me and Madge hang around in school sometimes, so I guess she is sort of my only friend besides gale.

'Here, I want you to have this as your token' she pulls the small gold pin off her dress and fixes it to mine 'token?' I say looking puzzled
'
They let you take one token from your district into the games, promise me
You'll wear it?' she says giving me another hug ' okay' she gives me one more squeeze ' good luck' then leaves.

I head back to the couch and just lie there with my eyes closed remembering all of those who I love.
'having fun there?' says a familiar manly voice, I open my eyes and there is Gale leaning over me.
I spring up and wrap my arms around his neck, he just holds me close to him. Eventually I meet his eyes, we just stand there not moving from each others embrace.

Gale begins to lean in, and this time I don't do anything but close my eyes.
His lips are warm and soft, you'd think I'd know everything there is to know about his lips but, this is different, it feels so familiar yet so foreign at the same time.

We stay like this until I have to break away for air.
'Please come back to me' he whispers into my ear ' I love you'.
We stay there, we don't say anything. We just hold each other.
'Times up' the peacekeeper starts to pull Gale away, but no I don't want him to go. ' No please, Gale don't let them starve' I plead
' You know I won't, I love you' he says as the door slams.
'I love you too' I whisper to myself.

Effie opens the door after about five minutes ' time to go, the capitol is waiting' she says with a beaming smile.

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