I have failed you guys, I'm so sorry! I literally had NO time to write. But I do now and to make it up to you guys, I might be able to post chapter 19 later tonight! (Hopefully!) I promise that the next chapter will have action in it. Enjoy!
Peeta's POV
Katniss is growing weaker and weaker now. It has been one week since our wedding was ruined by Snow. They haven't touched Katniss since they electrocuted her. I guess they wanted to see her grow weak and die slowly.
They take me every day into that same room. I spend one hour in there. One hour without Katniss. The Capitol torchers me in that room. They try the hijacking stuff again but it only lasts for a few minutes and I remember Katniss and how I love her. I am too strong for any hijacking from the Capitol. So on the third day, they gave up.
They hook me up to the same machine Katniss was connected to. Then they ask me questions about Katniss, her family, friends, my family, Haymitch, Annie, Johanna, Finnick, and Prim. I don't answer them because I know that the Capitol will use them against Katniss and me. When I don't answer, they shock me. I keep my lips close and after an hour of shocking, they send me back to my room where Katniss lies motionlessly on the bed.
It has been the same routine every. The Capitol torchers me and then I go back to Katniss. She is weaker than ever now. She can't stand and she is constantly shaking. I try to push out the fact that she is going to die. Here, in the Capitol. In this room. No, she won't. Haymitch will come. I won't let Katniss die.
I feel a shock and I come back to reality. I over hear the doctors talking and they are talking about Katniss.
"It has been one week already. Katniss could die at any day, any moment now." I guess when the electrocuted her, that took away the second week. They unstrap me and walk me down the hallway. But we go down a different hall instead. Where could they be taking me now?
I am pushed into a room and before I look back, I see the doors slam shut.
"Hello, Peeta." I hear a cold voice. I rapidly turn my head and I see Snow standing right in front of me. "How are you doing?" He asks me. I decided to keep this conversation short and simple.
"Fine." I reply.
"And Katniss?" Snow asks.
"She's fine too." I say even though she's not. Snow's not buying it either.
"Now Peeta, don't lie to me. I know she is very weak."
"They why bother asking me?" I snap back.
"I'm just making conversation." He answers.
"Well, I don't want to have a conversation with you." I say in a harsh tone. I hope he takes this personally but I know for a fact that he's not.
"Alright, but before you go…" He places something into my hand and I look down. It's a rose. A white rose. "Give that to Katniss." He says and then the guards come and on drag me out. I know how much Katniss hates white roses. Snow is just cruel. Plain cruel. I drop the rose on the floor and I keep walking. The guards stop me and one of them bends down and picks up the rose.
"I believe President Snow wanted you to give this to Miss. Everdeen." The guard says as he hands me the rose. I take it without a word and we continue back to my room.
When we arrive, I see Katniss at the edge of the bed. I walk into the room and the door closes and I can hear the door lock.
When Katniss sees me, she smiles. I realize how brave she is as she's trying to hide her weakness and her pain. She tries to stand up but her legs fumble below her. Luckily, I was right there to catch her. She gets tears in her eyes as I lay her back on the bed. She dries her eyes and then sees the white rose that Snow gave me and frowns.
"The guards took me to see Snow and he told me to give you this. I know how much you hate them so I tried to get rid of it but I couldn't. I'm sorry." I say and then I throw the rose as far away as possible from Katniss. Then I look back to her and she has a sad expression on her face. I used to be able to read her face but lately, her expressions are always twisted with pain.
I sit next to her and take her hand. "Haymitch will rescue us soon." I tell her. The truth is, I have no clue when Haymitch will come but I need to reassure her.
"How- how do you kn- know? She chokes out. I can tell that it takes a lot of energy for her to talk, which upsets me because I won't be able to hear her sweet voice.
"I just know." I finally say. She stares into my eyes and I stare into hers. I will never forget those beautiful gray Seam eyes, glistening in the light. Those are the eyes that found me in the Hunger Games.
I lie down with her and take her in my arms. I do this frequently since she is dying. I wish they injected me with the Nightlock formula. I see that Katniss has fallen asleep so I close my eyes too and drift off to the dream when Katniss and I are happy together.
When I wake up, I don't see Katniss on the bed.
My heart races and I sit up. "KATNISS?" I yell. So many thought flood my mind. Did she die and they took her away? Are they torching her in another room? Did Haymitch come and rescue her?
I'm sure that the last thought of Katniss being rescued didn't happen but I think it anyway. I run over to the other side of the bed and I see Katniss on the floor. I bend down to her and I feel her arm shaking. I let out a huge sigh of relief. Katniss isn't dead! She just fell out of bed. She opens her eyes and she half smiles.
"Peeta," She says in a weak tone. I lean over and kiss her forehead.
"I'm here Katniss," I say reassuringly.
"I love you" She whispers. I dig my arms under her and I gently place her back on the bed where she has spent the past week on. I crawl into bed with her and I wrap my arms around her.
"I love you too," I say. I feel her hand searching for something and when she finds my hand, she locks her fingers with mine. She must be feeling pain right now because she grips my hand tightly. This only makes me embrace her even more. She is close to death. I promised to keep her alive and I can't do anything to help her now.
A few hours pass and I feel Katniss breathing heavily. I figure that it's just a nightmare so I start to wake her up. But I find her already awake and she is shaking fiercely. She starts to get tears in her eyes as she grips my hand.
"Peeta!" She cries. I can tell from her tone that… this is it.
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