no school for me today!
Chapter 25 – Peeta's POV
Katniss and I dropped Prim off at the junior high building. We walked to the high school building. Nobody paid attention to us, which was probably a good sign that nobody else found out about the incident in choir. We got to Katniss's locker. "Peeta, what's the schedule today?"
"Uh, we have two finals this morning; math and science. Then we can leave."
"Oh, thank God!" She shut her locker and we walked to mine on the other side of the hallway. "What do you think of my mom making you stay at our house?"
"To be honest, I couldn't be more relieved. I really don't like my family. My father isn't that bad though. I will probably miss him, but we could visit every once and while."
"Have you even told them?"
I chuckled. "No. Not really planning on it. I'll just go get my stuff and leave."
"You should talk to your dad."
"Yeah, maybe. My brothers and mother won't even know that I'm gone. If they notice they will probably throw a party."
"Well, that's, uh-"
"Yeah. That's how they are. I really don't care as long as I get to be with you."
"Thank you very much!" The first bell rang.
"We have to get to math now." I sighed. I wasn't really nervous about the material on the test, but I just hate tests.
After the finals, Katniss and I went back to her house. "Mom?"
"I'm upstairs!" We went up and found her in her room. She had three suitcases open, two of which were stuffed to the point where they might explode on the plane. "Thank goodness you're here. I need to fit all of that," she pointed to a pile of clothes on the floor. "In the last suitcase."
We finally got all the clothes in, but now we had to close it. "Katniss, could you sit on it?"
"How would that help, mom?"
"It needs some weight. I'm not going to ask Peeta and I don't want your guys' hands near my ass."
We shrugged and Katniss go on the suitcase. It closed, but with much difficulty. "Perfect." I said. "So what time are you leaving?"
"Well, that's what else is good about you being home. I want to say goodbye to Prim at school, and then got to the airport.
"You're not taking the train?"
"No, the hospital is paying for my ticket and they insist on me getting there as soon as possible."
"Oh. I see." Katniss hugged her mother. "Mom, as proud as I am, I really wish you weren't going."
"Me too." Her mom said. I grabbed the suitcases. "Peeta, let me take at least one!"
"No, I can get them."
"Thank you. And thanks for taking me. I just don't want to leave my car at the airport the whole time." Katniss and I put her mother's bags in the car. The only thing missing was her mother.
"I'll get her." I got out of the car and ran back into the house. Lilian was sitting on the couch. "Lilian, are you okay?" She turned to me. She was crying.
"Yeah, I'm just going to miss this place. I'm ready to go now." She got up and walked out the door. I closed it and we drove to see Prim. We walked into the junior high office. "Could you call Primrose Everdeen here?"
The lady at the desk nodded and looked something up on the computer. She dialed the number on a desk phone. "Hello, Primrose needs to come to the office…yes right now…thank you…bye." She hung up the phone. "She'll be right down. You can wait by the door." She looked at her computer and started to type.
Prim appeared within five minutes. "What are you guys doing here? Am I in trouble?"
"No Prim, mom's leaving and she wanted to say bye to you." Prim stared at us in disbelief.
"Now?" She looked to Lilian.
"Yes." Prim went to her mother and hugged her.
"I'm going to miss you so much, mom!" Katniss stood off to the side with her head down. "I really don't want to, but I have to get back to class. Rory and I are working on our final project in art. Bye." She hugged her mother again, then Katniss. Then she looked at me. She was a little shorter than Katniss. "Peeta, are you going to really stay with us?"
"Yes I am. Are you okay with that?"
"Yeah, I guess so. Bye." She turned to go away. "Oh, and I'm walking home today, so don't pick me up." She walked out.
Katniss and I walked in the door of her house. We had just dropped Lilian off at the airport. Katniss hadn't spoken at all the whole ride back, and I knew why. She lay on the couch and pulled a blanket over her. "Peeta, can you come here?" I came to her.
"Yes?"
"I love you so much. Don't leave me. That's all that has happened to the people that I love, they have just left me."
"I'm never going to leave you, unless you give me a good reason to."
"Promise?"
"Promise." Katniss shivered. "Do you want me to get you another blanket?"
Katniss shook her head and stood up. She ran upstairs, stopped at the top and motioned for me to follow. "Lay with me." We crawled under the covers. At first they were cold, but after a few minutes they were warm.
"Feeling better?"
"Yeah, but I still feel cold."
"Oh God." I felt her forehead. It was hot. "You're warm. I'm going to get a thermometer."
"No, please. I don't want to be sick!" She buried herself under the covers.
I found the thermometer and came back. "Open your mouth." I slid the thermometer under her tongue. After ten seconds it beeped and I looked at it. "Babe, you're at a hundred point eight."
poor Katniss has a fever…what will she do now?
I think I'll write one more chapter then skip a couple of days (in the story, I'll crank out 2 or three more today)