Graceland Chapter 36: Part II Parting of Ways, a hunger games fanfic

So comes the end of Part II... This chapter I decided to change things up. Everyone is going to have a POV, but everyone only gets 500 words, instead of the usual 1,000. Which way do you prefer? Longer chapters per character with two characters, or shorter characters per chapter, but every character involved? Please tell me what you think in the reviews! :)

TheWomanWhoCodesAndWrites: We shall see how the issue gets resolved :D The books were all books I found on my bookshelf. I didn't want to have series included in the top five books and I didn't want it to be all stereotypical teenage girl books, so it got narrowed down to those ten books pretty easily. I want to add Snow back in, but I am having a hard time finding a spot for him...

Cinna's Bird: Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoy it.

MiaBelles: The Fault in Our Stars is my favorite book currently. I'm glad you enjoy the story :)

Rainbowdragon12: I'm sorry... I hate cliffhangers as well. I'm very glad you love all the books! :D I agree with that statement. They were all beautiful books. I'll admit I have never seen American Horror Story... I am too much of a chicken to watch it XD

Guest: We shall see :)

SunriseDestined: I'm sorry for leaving you like this... I will try to get rolling on my stories, but I need to write my other stories and update them all before I update this one again, sadly...

nevergone4ever: I agree with you one hundred and ten percent...

TARDISRose: I tried to update soon because I knew this was a cliffhanger, but I doubt this will make you all any happier with me...

ForeverYoung362: I'm so sorry I made Katniss do that! I felt awful, but I have been contemplating making her suicidal for months now. I finally decided she should be... I am glad you like Annie's taste because those are all my book taste :)

music lover from district 4: I am very glad you enjoy the story! Thanks so much :D

MewWinx96: Just so you know... I showed this review to one of my friends because I was describing how much I love my reviewers and how much they mean to me and how they are so funny, so I read yours out loud and it made my life! Then I went on to say how you always give me such creative and fun killing ideas I am certain to use one day... wait, what? I mean... not use one day... (quick! Hide the body!) I hope you still aren't sick! (Though it sounds like you a better now...) My teacher is having a girl! Oh my gosh, I am so excited! She said she was going to invite all her girl students in my class to her baby shower. I'm psyched! I hate writers block with a passion. I mean, my fingers should understand where my brain wants to go in the end. They should do better. Dang it, Gale! Hug back! (I do believe Gale is going to surpass Finnick as your temporary favorite, not this chapter, but one that is coming up... sorry...) TORTURE! TORTURE! TORTURE! YAY! Finnick's book ideas came from what I could find on my bookshelf... it was either teenage girl books or childish novels... I went with the latter (For obvious reason, I hope) Sadly, the OD was purposeful... Go ahead, scream! GOSH DANG IT, KATNISS!

Jade R. Manning: I have a love/hate relationship with Katniss... y'all can probably tell this. I mean, I get more pissed off at her in the book then I do any of the other characters combined and multiplied by 1,854.

Whatsupitsemma: So very glad I made you that excited! :D

Whatsupitsemma: THIS GIRL IS ON FIRE! Lol...

Whatsupitsemma: Peeta isn't the only one who is breadtastic... You're BREADTASTIC!

pumpkinking5: I feel so terrible for Peeta... I'm an awful person DX Poor Annie :( I'm glad you like the story!

LSU Sarah: Oh trust me, I would be heartbroken if anything happened to any of y'all! Y'all have truly become my friends, especially people like you who tell me stuff about them. I'm almost crying just responding to you, right now, and I cried when I saw your review. Sadly, I have no advice excel tell a teacher. If anything, leave an anonymous note. I have reported myself getting bullied twice to teachers and I must say it helped a lot. No one judged me and if anything, I felt better about myself. Don't worry, girly :) Keep your chin up.

LSU Sarah: I guessed lockers :)

Emma: New chapter right here. ORDER UP! :D

Guest: I imagined them all as how Gale was described as well, but I then though about me and my two younger sisters and realized there are a lot of differenced between us, so that is why the descriptions are the way they are :)

KARENKAPZ: Probably won't believe me, but I am actually a very high spirited and high energy very smiley person! I seem depressed in my fanfics...

Epicblonde52: I made a book trailer for 13 reasons why once. I am going to see if I can find it, actually! :D I hope you enjoy the chapter :)

TheHardCritic: I'm glad you like and I think the reason she didn't call 9-1-1 is because of panic and if I recall correctly, she was a minor smoking (or high or something) during the scene and did not want to get caught. I wish I could tell you the exact reason, but I wrote that scene months ago. I am glad you enjoy the story :)

Mockingjay28: I;m very glad you like it. I tried to stay real to the books while developing their characters. I personally made myself connect to Annie the most. Everything that she does I can typically relate to. I'm glad you like it :)

Chapter 10- Parting of Ways

Peeta

I hate waiting. I hate not knowing the fate of the one I love. I hate being confined to sit in the hall of this metal chair, being absolutely no use to anyone, with no one's hand to hold but my own. Primrose Everdeen, the little sister of the girl I hold closest to my heart, has been able to come in and out of Katniss' room, but because of the swimming pool forming in her blue eyes, I can tell she has no idea if her sister is going to get better or not. I clench my fists and try hard not to shake out of anger or fury. Still, I must do something. I end up just sitting there and let silent tears run down my cheeks. Why did she do this to herself? Could she not see what she means to the house? What she means to Prim? What she means to me? "Peeta?"

I feel a pair of small, delicate hands get placed very lightly on my arm, like a bird resting after a long flight. It is very similar to the way Katniss grabs my arm, so I can tell within moments Prim is the one trying to get my attention. I look up into those swimming pools, so very similar to mine, and try to give her a weak smile. "Hey, Prim."

Prim lets the tears overflow and cries for a while. I don't blame her. I feel the same way, right now. Still, this can not mean good news. Prim is always putting on a brave face when she leaves the room Katniss is in. The swimming pools always have a glimmer of hope swimming in them. When I look at her now, that hope is missing. After Prim sobs on me for what could have been mere seconds, or many hours, she tells me the news. "They say it is a fifty-fifty shot. Usually someone like that would live if they reach the hospital in time, but she was apparently using drugs and heroine. There was alcohol in her system as well. They also said she downed the pills with a Red Bull Energy Drink. She was lucky to make it this far." She seems to have trouble holding back her tears once again. I understand. I feel the same way. Prim starts to cry again and I must play the part of being strong once again. "Peeta, what if she dies?"

I shake my head. "She won't die, Prim. She can't. She'll remember she has you over here waiting for her. Katniss wouldn't be selfish enough to leave you on your own." Prim keeps crying and I feel my voice start to shake, still, I continue to speak. "Our Katniss is impulsive, but she is caring and the bravest person I know. It was probably an impulsive decision for Katniss to take those pills. She is too caring to leave you by yourself. Brave people also have their moments of weakness. This is all this is, Prim. A moment of weakness," I say. My voice is shaking, but Prim has calmed. She stands up to start walking back to the hospital room. I stay in my chair. Tears are welcome to fall once again.

Gale

"Is this all of it?" I ask Johanna, as I pick up a box filled with who knows what.

She nods and looks around the now half cleaned up room. "Yeah, I think that is it. You want help with that, babe?" She tries to take the box from me, but I shake my head.

"Not on your life. You are not carrying any heavy boxes. If you want to help, grab a pillow. I'm not letting a woman, much less my girlfriend, much less my pregnant girlfriend, carry anything that has any sort of potential to hurt them." My voice is stern, but there is a smile playing on my lips. It's all I can do to try to keep the mood light around here. Johanna and I were tasked with taking Katniss' stuff out of the room and taking it down the stairs where a new room will be set up for her, closer to Haymitch and Effie. The space that Katniss' items used to fill will be taken up with a crib and some furniture for the baby.

Johanna is picking up the pillow from her bad and holding it in her arms. She sits down on the edge and just looks at it. "I cannot believe Brainless tried to kill herself." She lets out a sigh and continues to look at the pillow. "She just wants to leave little one here without one of her aunts."

I put the box down and find myself taking a seat next to Jo. "She'll make it."

After a couple of moments of silence Jo kisses my cheek before she starts to talk. "If Katniss doesn't make it, little one here will be named after her. Katniss if it is a girl and Ever if it is a boy. Does that sound good, babe?"

I smile and kiss the top of her head and let a trail of kisses go down to her neck and to her belly. "Katniss and Ever both sound like great names. Katniss is going to live, though. Any other thoughts for names?"

She shrugs and looks at her belly once more. "I've come up with a name for a boy. Connor Toby. You like that? Connor because I like the name and Toby after my brother. You should come up with the girl name. I know you want it to be a girl."

I shrug. "Yeah, I would I guess. Are you sure I can come up with the name?"

She nods. "Of course, Gale. I couldn't think of a girl name to save my life!"

I look at Johanna's belly and ponder over names. After a moment it dawns on me. "Julietta Kate. Julietta named after Juliet in Romeo and Juliet because I want her to be as happy as Juliet was with Romeo and Kate because the name Kate sounds pretty with almost anything."

Johanna smiles and pats her belly. "Well, Connor Toby or Julietta Kate. I like both those names a lot."

Finnick

The thrashing and screaming is what captures my attention. "Annie?" I run out of bed and across the living room. Three in the morning. Johanna and Gale are sleeping through the sound incredibly. Katniss is in the hospital and Peeta is probably passed out in a chair there. The suicide attempt was three days ago and Katniss still hasn't woken up. Annie and I have been in constant prayer. Still, one thing I fear more than Katniss' death is looming near. Annie is being taken from Graceland and being forced to go with her mother. Annie is leaving in the morning. I would be in bed with her tonight, but Haymitch and Effie will be up to get Annie before either of us usually wakes up. Of course I haven't been able to sleep all night, knowing Annie will not be here tomorrow. I run down the hall and enter into Annie's room. I take her body in my arms and kiss the top of her head. "Annie, I'm here. I'm here Annie."

Annie opens her eyes and tears start to fall out of them. "Finnick," she says as she wraps her arms around me. No other words need to be said. Everything is spoken in just saying my name.

We sit there like that until four in the morning, at least. Still, it seems not time has passed. Eventually I start humming. The song is one of her favorites. "Finn, can you sing the words out loud?"

I kiss the top of her head and do as I am told. I only know the chorus, but I know that is the the part she wants to hear right now. "The story of my life, I take her home, I drive all night to keep her warm and time is frozen. The story of my life, I give her hope, I spend her love until she's broke inside. The story of my life."

Annie just listens to the words as I sing them over and over. Nothing should be able to come between us. Everything should be perfect now. We fought so hard for perfection and now we are double crossed with a knife in our backs and a laugh in our face. Hasn't she suffered enough? What is so terrible about Annie that all this has to keep happening to her? She is going to have to leave before Johanna's baby is born. She will have to leave not knowing if Katniss was alive. Selfish thoughts fill my head. What did I do to deserve the best part of my life to be ripped away from me? Am I only allowed happiness in moments? I fought so hard to be strong in the past. I fought hard to keep Eloise and Daisy safe, and now they are safe and happy. I finally find perfection, after it stared at me in the face for years, and now it is being ripped away from me. What did I do wrong? What did Annie do wrong?

Katniss

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump.

Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss. Katniss.

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She is a fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter. Fighter.

She is a sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister. Sister.

Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. Never.

Never. Fighter. Sister. Never. Fighter. Sister. Never. Fighter. Sister. Never. Fighter. Sister. Never. Fighter. Sister. Never. Fighter. Sister. Never. Fighter. Sister. Never. Fighter. Sister. Never. Fighter. Sister. Never. Fighter. Sister. Never. Fighter. Sister. Never. Fighter. Sister. Never. Fighter. Sister. Never. Fighter. Sister. Never. Fighter. Sister.

Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Death.

Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose. Overdose.

Katniss. Death. Overdose. Katniss. Death. Overdose. Katniss. Death. Overdose. Katniss. Death. Overdose. Katniss. Death. Overdose. Katniss. Death. Overdose. Katniss. Death. Overdose. Katniss. Death. Overdose. Katniss. Death. Overdose. Katniss. Death. Overdose. Katniss. Death. Overdose. Katniss. Death. Overdose.

Peeta. Gale. Johanna. Finnick. Annie. Haymitch. Effie. Rue. Rory. Eloise. Daisy. Vick. Thea. Daniel. Toby. Louis. Daliah. Posy. Prim. Prim. Prim. Prim. Prim. Prim. Prim. Prim. Prim. Prim. Prim. Prim.

Blackness. Taking. Over. Life. Suicide. Overdose. Drugs. Death. Prim. Prim. Prim. Prim. Prim. Sorry. Blackness. Death. Prim. Can't. Hold. On. Prim. Hurts. Life. Fades. Prim.

Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Good. Bye. Prim.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepppppppppppppp.

Johanna

I cannot imagine myself being a mom. The concept seems too foreign. The idea of me holding this baby that belongs to me in my arms, the thought is weird. The image of Gale holding a little blue or pink bundle though is perfect in my head. Posy is four. Gale would have been thirteen or fourteen when she was born. He probably had to help out with her. I place my hand over my belly. No one would guess I am pregnant. Connor Toby or Julietta Kate. Either would be good. I am personally hoping for a boy, but I know Gale would love a princess to look after. An image of Gale, twenty-two years old, a bit of scruff covering his lower face, sitting at a tea party with a little dark haired girl wearing a big fluffy dress crosses my mind. Another image of Gale playing soccer with a dark haired little boy on the beach of Graceland replaces the image of Gale and the little girl. Both images cause my to smile. Why am I smiling at a time like this? Katniss is dying. Annie is leaving. I was raped. Things like this makes most people want to go insane. I'm not most people. "Johanna?" Gale comes up behind me and kisses my neck. He puts his arms over my shoulders and brings the kisses up until he reaches my cheek, then my lips. "Johanna, what are you thinking about?"

I kiss him back on the lips. It is just a quick peck, but a kiss is a kiss, no matter how small. "I am thinking about how much of a screwed up person I am. One of my best friends is being forced to leave the one place that ever cared about her. Her boyfriend is going to become a royal pain in the- in the- well I can't exactly be a mom and curse, can I? You know what I mean. While all that is happening one of my other best friends is dying because of a suicide attempt and I'm here just... I'm a mess."

Gale takes my hand in his and kisses the top of it. There is a lifetime of comfort in a single touch. "Johanna, you are not a mess. You are the perfect woman and will be a fantastic mom. No matter what happens, Jo, I will always be here. I love you, Johanna Mason." He looks around and kisses my hand before dropping to one knee. "Johanna, this is incredibly stupid, and we are really young, but I want to be the man put on that child's birth certificate. You deserve someone to be by your side forever. Marry me, Johanna?" I didn't realize there were tears falling from my eyes until Gale got up and kissed the tear trails. His voice lowered into a low, sexy, whisper. "Come on, Jo. All you have to do is say yes."

I nodded. "Yes. One hundred percent yes."

Annie

I sat on the couch, my belongings packed in a brown suitcase with pink polka dots. It's goodbye. I have to go. I can't even stay long enough to learn if Katniss is okay, or meet Johanna's baby or finish my bet with Finnick...

Finnick is sitting next to me. We are both silent. After a while the silence is unbearable. "I guess you're going to break up with me, huh?"

He looks shocked. "Why on earth would you think that?"

"I'm going away, Finnick. My mom won. I'm being shipped off, away for here. Away from all of you. I'm finding my way back to hell." I am not able to stop the tears from falling onto my cheeks. "I don't want to go."

Finnick pulls me close and places a kiss on my forehead. "Annie, as soon as October gets here you will be eighteen. You can leave that awful woman and come back to me. Annie, I would never let something as simple as distance tear us apart. Distance can be easily changed. The heart cannot. Distance is temporary. The heart is permanent."

I sniff and take Finnick's hand in mine. Was it always so much bigger? After I squeeze his hand I reach junto the front of my suitcase and pass him the five books he was going to have to read for our bet. He only finished one of them. "Take them, Finn. Mom will ruin them."

He takes them and puts the on the table by the couch. He starts to get up but I force him back down. "Don't leave me."

He shakes his head. "The thought of leaving you, Annie, kills me." The tears fall quicker and I think it is a small miracle I'm not flooding the place. I've cried enough tears to fill the ocean. I'm not going to see the ocean as long as I'm with my mom. I lean into Finnick and let him hold me. There is nothing else to do. "Annie, I was going to get those books for you."

I shake my head. "I've read them all, Finn. Beastly would have made it to the top five, but I just cannot take any of the other books off my top five. It is in it's own category."

He gives a small shadow of a smile. "Oh yeah? What category is that?"

I let a few more tears escape before I tell him. I don't want to go with that woman. I don't her to ruin everything my heart has made dear to me. "It's called books that Finnick loves," I say. I couldn't think of a better name for the list of books. I couldn't think of a worse one either, though.

"Annie, quit acting like we are never going to see one another again. I finished another book last night, after you fell asleep. You are going to win this bet. The Fault in Our Stars and Thirteen Reasons Why are already on the top five list. I am going to owe you a date."

I let a small smile escape me and Finnick looks into my eyes before pressing a kiss to my lips. When we break apart there are a thousand words that need to be said. I can only think of six. "You should read The Giver next."

End of part II! I hope you all enjoyed this section of Graceland! Part III will be out before too terribly long. I really wanted to say something to you guys, but I honestly forgot and it is going to drive me crazy... Oh well!

Thanks to my 139 faves and 164 followers! Guys, when I started this story I was aiming for 100 reviews... I have gone so far beyond that and that is thanks to you guys! You are al beautiful people. Goal for this story now... 1,000! Can we make that happen in the course of this story? I hope so! This is also the fifth highest review count Finnick and Annie category story! How amazing is that? Fourth highest one in English! I love you all so much!

-Juliet