Peeta shows up a few hours later. Prim picked up the kids and dropped them off. Johanna and Dustin got here a while ago, Prim and Alex haven't left and Finn and Annie came with the kids a little while after Jo and Dustin.
Kilee struggles to retell everything to Peeta.
He doesn't know what to think. What to say.
"And they texted me and said that I'm a bitch and a whore and that I don't have any friends and I deserved to have my innocence taken and I deserved everything." She sobs.
"Did they specify everything?" I ask. She nods.
"Kilee, please tell me you didn't fleece the messages." Johanna begs.
"I didn't." She mumbles. I get up and run upstairs and get her iPod. I go back down and have her unlock it, reading through the messages.
"Good. Don't you worry." I kiss her forehead and stand up.

...9...

"Can I help you?" The secretary at the police station asks.
"Yes. I need to speak with an officer." I say.
"Alright." She leads me down the hall and into a room. It's a room full of officers. "Here you go." She walks out.
There's at least twenty police officers in here.
"How can I help you, Mrs?" An officer asks.
"Okay...my daughter got expelled from school for drinking, cursing and beating a kid till she passed out. But she came to me hysterical today and told me that she went to a birthday party a couple months ago. They got her drunk, then forced her to take drugs. Then the brother of Jordan raped her. They videoed her throwing up and posted it in the schools website. Then my daughter went and cursed the girl, Jordan out. They started to fight and Jordan fell down the stairs and feel unconcious. It looked like Kilee pushed her and I have proof right here that it's true. They put a gun to my daughters head last week and swore her not to tell or she would kill everyone in the family, including her."
"Goodness. How old is your daughter, what grade is she in, what is Jordan's last name and where does Jordan go to school?" He asks.
"My daughter is twelve. She's in seventh grade. Jordan's last name is Trillcon and they go to Derby Junior high school." I say. The twenty cops inspect the evidence I have and trace the girls number.
Then they go pick up my whole family and then take off to the school.
They go as far as informing the state of Kentucky and tell us that all our family there is being taken to a police station for protection.
"This is all my fault." Kilee buries her head in her heads.
"Hey," Peeta says softly. "This is not your fault. This is nobody's fault except for the people that did this to you." He soothes. I snort.
"It's definitely my fault." I stand up and begin to pace.
"No it's not." Kilee says.
"Yes it is. Had I made you stay home-"
"How were you supposed to know that was going to happen?" Peeta cuts me off.
"I wasn't but-"
"But what? Katniss, if I went back to Arizona because you'd have told me to and the plane exploded, would you blame yourself because I died when you didn't even know the plane was going to explode?"
Way to give me anxiety, Peeta Ryan.
"Yes. If I hadn't told you to go-"
"You couldn't have possibly known the plane was going to explode." He says.
"I would still blame myself because I would feel guilty and not know what to do because in a terrible wife and mother and I hardly deserve to live!" I storm off to the bathroom, locking the door behind me.
"Mom! Come back!" Kilee begs.
"She will Ki. Give her time." Peeta says.
I fucked up and let Kilee go to that girls house and she had to pay the price for it.
She got raped. She got forced to do things she doesn't want to do.
I can head her crying outside of the door, on the couch.
And now I know. I need to hold back my emotions for when I'm alone or just with Peeta and I need to go and I need to be strong for my kids. I need to suck her up. I can't cry or say how I feel. I need to listen to how they feel. I need to stop being weak in front of them or they'll start being exactly like me. Then I'll fuck up a whole generation and more of not only Mellark blood, but Everdeen blood. All for my own selfish reasons.
I'm not about to fuck up the family history.
I run my hands over my face and walk out of the bathroom.
She's hysterical and Peeta and everyone is trying to calm her down and it's not working.
I know what she needs. It's only been a week and I think a day. Yeah, because it's September eighth. It's been a week and a day for sure. I pull my phone out, earning a glare from the adults. I ignore them and go to my albums and type Christina Perri and out it on shuffle, turn the volume all the way up and toss it on the coffee table. The lonely starts playing as I lift Bailee out of my seat and sit down.
"What is that going to do!" Johanna snarls. I shoot her a glare and a warning with my eyes to shut up. Kilee resumes her crying on my shoulder. I run my fingers through her hair and sing along with the music.
The next song makes me smile. A thousand years. Peeta and I danced to this. This was our first dance.
We all know it. I told Kilee a while ago and she smiled.

...9...

Weeks later, Kilee is back to school, she has anxiety attacks at random and refuses to to talk to anyone. She won't even talk to me or anyone in the entire family. She's gone back to her hoodies and I'm scared she won't make any friends. Peeta went back. He really was reluctant but he went.
It's Saturday and Kilee locked herself in her room.
She won't even come downstairs for dinner.
I'm freaking out and overwhelmed and I grab my phone and sneak out into the backyard.
I don't know what to do. I walk all the way across our property and sit down.
The kids can't see me. I start crying. I don't know what to do.
Of course Peeta decided now is the first time to call me since he left.
I know I need to answer him.
Whatever. He's going to find out.
"Now really isn't a good time." I tell him.

PEETAS POV

She's crying. I can hear it in her voice. She's trying to be secretive.
And her 'now isn't really a good time' excuse is because she doesn't want me to know she's crying.
"Katniss, what happened?" I ask her softly. She starts to ramble and I can't understand a word she says but I feel terrible for leaving. "Katniss baby. Slow down honey, I can't understand you." I say gently. She exhales.
"I can't do this Peeta I need you. I can't do this. Hallie, Bailee and Brennan keep asking me about the Easter bunny and Santa and they keep asking me 'does daddy still care' and I don't know what to tell them! And then Kilee won't speak she won't shower she won't drink and she won't eat and I can't do this because I'm not capable of helping and comforting them. That's always your strong point! Peeta I can't do it anymore."

KATNISS'S POV

He's quiet for a really, really long time. I just sit there, gasping, trying to calm down.
"Katniss," he begins.
"Y-yeah?" I choke.
"I'm coming home. Pick me up at six, okay?" He asks.
"Peeta you really shouldn't-"
"Stop. I'm coming home and there's nothing you can say to make me change my mind." He hangs up before I can say a word.