A/N: Here you go, 17!
Chapter 17: Prim and Gale
(PRIM POV)
I stood there looking at the little girl in front of me. There was no was she was more then ten years old! It was obvious she was from a wealthier district because of her clothes and how she wasn't super thin. I wasn't sure about her. She looked like she was stealing my Katniss.
"Hi," she said extending her hand to me. "Kat's told me so much about you!"
"She has," I asked looking at Katniss and taking Melody's hand to not be rude. "She's never told me anything about you."
"I just met her yesterday," Katniss said looking at me. "I didn't have time to write or I would have to let you know she was coming. I'm sorry I didn't find a way to tell you."
"It's fine," I said, some what rudely.
Katniss is MY sister. I don't want to share her with some little kid who knows next to nothing about her. Katniss volunteered for me because I was twelve, terrified, and knew nothing about hunting. Since she's been gone, I've actually gone out with Gale and learned to hunt, though I'm not that good yet.
(KATNISS POV)
Prim has never been rude to me, but she sure sounded like it today. I'm pretty sure I know why, but she has no reason to be jealous of Melody. Melody is younger, CATO'S sister, and all I really know about her is that she's Clove's half sister.
"Catnip," Gale said bringing me out of my trance and hugging me. "I told you! I told you that you could win! I told you that you could come home!"
I laughed and hugged him back. Gale believed in me from the beginning. He was also trying to tell me something before the door closed between us. When we weren't surrounded by all of District Twelve, I'd ask him what.
"OH! This is Gale," I said when Gale finally let me go. "I've been friends with Gale for about four years now. He promised to take care of Prim and my mother while I was gone, not letting them starve. It's because of him that Prim didn't get any tesserae so her name wouldn't be entered more times."
"Thank you," Cato said to Gale. "Katniss has told me a lot about you. She was so worried she was that you would go work in the mines and wouldn't be able to help Prim, though you never break your promises. I knew you wouldn't let her down because friends like you never let people down. When she saw Prim on TV, she almost started crying because she wasn't just skin and bones."
(PRIM POV)
"I'm lucky to have had him around," I said looking at Cato. "From being forced to eat SOMETHING at least twice a day, to being reassured that Katniss would be alright and win like she promised me, he gave me hope. I just wish I knew you two were in love so I wouldn't have worried so much that you would end up killing her! I really thought you wanted her dead!"
"Never," he said smiling and looking at Katniss out of the corner of his eye. "I love your sister! I hope it's alright that I asked her to marry me on camera without even asking you first! She was so worried about not getting your permission first."
When Katniss won, I would have thought she would have sent me some kind of letter, even telling me that she loved him. I know she was in the hospital, but it would have been nice to know she hadn't forgotten me. I'm glad she's happy with Cato, but what about me? I'm her little sister and the ONLY reason she was District Twelve's female tribute! Didn't I even matter anymore?
UNCLE UPDATE: He has an appointment tomorrow, but no real change. He thinks he's going back to work on Monday, but he's not. There's no way. He's not healthy enough and no doctor in their right mind will give him permission!