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Chapter 10
Greasy Sae's POV
I run as fast as my old legs allow me. Once I get to Haymitch's house I'm so desperate that I forget to knock. Peeta is sitting on the couch and Haymitch is sitting next to him, they seem to be talking. "Peeta, I need your help." I yell, out of breath. Once he sees my face his expression changes from pure pain to concern. "WHAT IS IT? WHERE IS KATNISS? IS EVERYTHING OKAY" he tries to stand up but Haymitch pulls him back down. "She locked herself in the bathroom and won't come out. She keeps saying that you are dead and she won't stop crying. I don't know what to do." I see tears start to make their way to Peeta's eyes. "Haymitch, let me go. I need to help her. Please she needs me." Normally I would argue with that, the boy can barely stand up, but he is the only one who can make the girl open that door. "Listen, you are pretty injured. Why don't you stay here while Greasy Sae takes care of you and I will check on the girl." Haymitch tries. Peeta shakes his head "No, Haymitch. She won't come out" he answers. "I will open that door if she wants it or not!" Peeta don't have time to answer before Haytmich makes his way to the front door and to Peeta's house. "I WILL KILL YOU IF YOU HURT HER!" Peeta yells.
Haymitch's POV
They are lucky that I decided to be sober, at least for now. I make my way to the boy's house. I let myself in and run upstairs. The room is a mess and I can hear someone sobbing. Katniss. I knock on the bathroom door. "Katniss open this door or I will open it myself." I say. "NO" she says through heartbreaking sobs. "Sweetheart, I will bring you to Peeta. Isn't that what you want?" for some reason this only makes Katniss cry harder. "He is dead. My Peeta is gone" she says over and over again. "Listen here. He is not dead. He is at my house right now and he will be okay" I say. "If you don't open this door right now I will open it myself." No answer. "Okay Sweetheart you asked for it." I throw my body against the door a couple times before the lock breaks. My heart aches when I see her. she is lying on the cold floor, curled in a tight ball, crying and sobbing desperately. I try to touch her but she flinches away "Please don't touch me" she tries to say between sobs. "I need to Sweetheart. I will carry you to my house so you can be with Peeta." I don't think I should tell her about his injuries. "What happened?" she says. "What do you mean?" I say as I position myself to pick her up from the floor. "What happened to Peeta?" she asks, she seems really concerned and I ask myself if she knows about something. "He will be okay. I promise." I try to comfort her. "What do you mean? What happened?" She starts to sob again. "Just let me bring you to my house and we will talk." She nods, I don't think she could speak over her tears even if she wanted to. I pick her up slowly. Katniss winces in pain and I ask myself what happened to this girl. I carry her to my house. I keep thinking about what is going to be Katniss's reaction when she sees Peeta injured.
Peeta's POV
I should go check on her. She won't calm down, I know her. Greasy Sae keeps staring at me like I have any conditions to run away. I can't stop thinking about her. My poor Katniss. I should've talked to her. How could I be so stupid. Gale hurt her in a way I never would and never will. "I'm going to get some bandages, don't move" Greasy Sae tells me before she goes to Haymitch's kitchen. I'm so worried about Katniss that I completely forgot about my injuries. My lungs burn every time I try to take a breath. Greasy Sae comes back soon after and put some bandages and things I don't recognize on the table. "Take your shirt off and get yourself comfortable." I do as I was told and she checks the abhorrent bruises on my stomach and abdomen. I wince in pain when she touches one of my broken ribs. "I will apply some herbs and bandage your abdomen. Try not to tire yourself to much or lift anything that weights a lot for a couple of weeks." Greasy Sae says, "I'm not a doctor boy, this is the most I can do." She leaves to go to the kitchen again and returns soon after with a bag of ice. "Put this on your jaw." I do as I was told. While Greasy Sae works on cleaning and bandaging my wounds I think about Katniss. Was Haymitch successful in convincing her to open the door? I should be the one taking care of her but look at me, I can barely breath without wincing in pain. I try to keep my mind from thinking about this situation but I just can't. Why didn't she tell me about Gale? She is probably in so much pain and I don't even know what to do. I need to bring her to a doctor as soon as possible. When Greasy Sae is done she goes in the kitchen again and brings me a even bigger bag of ice "You have pretty awful bruises on your stomach" She says as she holds the cold bag against it.
Suddenly I hear someone trying to open the front door and whimpers. Greasy Sae makes me hold both bags of ice against my injured body and goes to open the door. "Oh my God. Haymitch, I didn't say for you to bring her here. You know the boy doesn't want her to see him like this" says Greasy Sae. "I can't keep her away from him. She wouldn't calm down, she kept saying that the boy was dead and a bunch of nonsense. She needs him." Is Haymitch's answer. Oh no. How am I going to tell Katniss what happened without scaring her. I don't want her to feel responsible for this. How am I going to talk to her about what happened between Gale and her that night. I barely have time to think about an answer when Haymitch appers in the living room carrying her. She looks like a little child, so small and fragile. I just want to hold her in my arm, tell her everything is going to be okay and take all this pain away. I want to kiss her and show her how much I love her and that this situation with Gale does not affect my love at all. "Katniss, hey baby it's okay." I whisper, my voice breaking. She slowly looks at me. Her eyes are red from crying and more tears are still streaming down her face. Her lips are swollen and she is pale. When she sees me her reaction is exactly what I was expecting…
So here is another chapter guys. More everllark in the next chapter. I have a question that I would like for you to answer if you care about this story. You know who you are. *wink wink*. Would you guys like for me to keep updating short chapters everyday or update maybe once every two or three days but longer chapters? I barely have time to write since I have advanced classes and I have a lot of homework. I would like to know your opinion. See you guys next time and don't forget to leave me your thoughts.