I feel bad when I sit at the table next morning. Mom is pretending nothing happened that night, without knowing I was listening to them. Finn asked where dad was and she didn't even answered. When she walked away to get us some bread, Finn asked me what was going on. But I only shaked my head, telling him not to ask mom. He just shrugged but didn't asked any farther. I swallow the last part of my bread. Then I grab my bag and walk away without saying anything. I open the door and see dad.
'Dad...' I say shocked. He smiles. 'Hi.' he only says before he walks trough the door. He searches around. 'Katniss, I asked you if you could -' 'I did' Katniss says, while pointing at some boxes. 'I packed all of your stuff in there.' she says before she grabs her bag to head to her work. 'What?' Finn asks. 'Dad isn't gonna leave!' he protests. Dad smiles and gives him a kiss on his head. 'Your mom and I need some time to think, Finn.' he says before walking away with the boxes. Finn sighs. 'God damn it!' he screams before grabbing his bag and walking away, leaving me behind as the last one. I sigh and start walking towards my school. Another day of hell...
A hand grips my mouth from behind. I scream but nothing comes out. Then I feel two hands lifting up my body. I scream again, but again; no sound. 'Missed me?' I hear a voice saying. I look at the face of the person. '...Rye...' I say. I smile. 'I missed you...' I say, while thinking at the fact that I don't have real friends here. He puts me back on the ground. We used to be friends four years ago, but he moved out of the district. I never thought I'd see him again. I hug him tight. 'I missed you too, Rose.' he whispers in my ear. Rose. That's how he calls me. If someone screamed the name "rose" instead of "prim" I knew it was him.
He looks at the school. 'I gotta go there. you?' he asks. I nod. 'Me too. So you're stuck with me this year.' I tease. He smiles and starts walking. 'You've grown a few inches, Rose...' he says while looking at me. I nod. 'Yes. you too.' I say. I look at him. His hair is light brown, and he has dark brown eyes. He has grown a lot since I last saw him. And I don't want to admit it since we're just friends, but he's hot. Girls will fall over him. And suddenly the selfish thought to lose him to other people haunts me. But he has to have other friends. I can't take that away from him.
4 more minutes before it's time to go home. Our teacher gives the homework and I write it down. I'm sitting next to Rye. He asked me if he could sit next to me, I said no. But when he gave me the puppy eyes, I had to let him. He asks me if we could make homework together. I want to be alone, so I refuse. He nods.
'Why?' he asks me, giving me the puppy eyes again. I shrug. 'I already promised someone else, Maybe tomorrow?' I suggest. He nods and smiles. The schoolbell rings and I get up. He grabs my wrist. 'Rose? With who are you going to make homework?' he doesn't let's go of me. 'Are you... dating someone?' Rye asks.
I shake my head. 'No, Rye...' I say while smiling. And before he can answers I already walked away. When I reach the outside of the school building I see Chad. I walk towards him. 'Hey, Chad.' I say. He looks over his shoulder to me. 'Oh, hey Prim!' he says. 'I want you to meet someone. This is Mary' he says while pointing at a girl with blond hair. 'Hey...' I say emotionless. She nods in greeting. Then I look back at Chad again. 'You want to come over to make homework at my house?' I ask Chad. He nods. 'Homework? Yeah sure, why not?' he says, and together we walk home.
'Made any friends?' I ask him. He nods. 'You?' I shake my head. It feels awkward again. He stops his passes. 'So who were you talking to?' Chad asks. 'That... boy.' he says. Is he jealous of him? I'm searching for a little jealousy on his face but he's emotionless.
'That boy is Rye. Don't worry about him. He's an old childhood friend of me.' I say and I start walking again. He follows me, and we don't say a word before we reach my house. I grab in my pocket for a key. 'Damn it!' I say while walking towards the window. And another time I say it: 'damn it.'
'How could she?!' I almost start screaming while giving the inside of my house one more look. Chad presses his finger against my lip. 'Don't make any sounds, okay?' he whispers. I nod, still in shock. 'Chad… Does this changes everything between our family?' I ask him. When he opens his mouth to say something I hear a loud moan coming from inside. I look trough the window again. 'They're both pantless now…' I notice.
'Who?' I hear a deep voice saying behind me. Dad.
'D-dont go in there, dad!' I stutter. He raises one eyebrow. 'Why?' he ask before he opens the door. I see his eyes getting bigger and rage crowling up inside him. 'We need to talk…' he says before slamming the door and walking away again. I push the door open and see Gale putting on his pants. I sigh, shake my head and run upstairs. And when I fall onto my bed I start crying.
The tears come naturally and before I even know it my pillow is wet of the tears. I hear Chad yelling at his dad and try to focus on his words, but somehow I can't focus. So I just get back in bed. I hear someone walk upstairs. It's not my mom, because her footsteps are lighter. When Chad opens the door he sighs. 'How could they?' he asks before he closes the door.
'What did you just yelled at them?' I ask while he sits at the edge of my bed.
'I told them to never do this again, because one move already hurted five people. Imagine what more of those moves can do.' He says. I nod and suddenly I open my arms. He smiles and hugs me tight.
'It's gonna be alright, Prim…' Chad says. 'I know…' I say.
