Hailey POV
The rest of the classes is pretty uneventful besides for a fight in fourth period over who would sit next to me. It's finally lunch time! Kye walks me to the lunchroom, when we walk in the whole room goes mute. I look around for Amanda. I spot her all the way in the back of the room sitting alone.
As I walk towards her I get some wierd looks. Kye looks at me like I'm crazy for even looking her way. I glare at him and continue to walk to her table. I get there and she doesn't notice me until I sit down. She looks up shocked like she expected me not to come."Hey! You came!" I laugh at her disbelief and say,"I'm a Mellark, and Mellarks stick to their word."
We talk for awhile then a boy comes up to our table. We both look up Amanda smiles at him and I just sit there not knowing who he is."Hey Amanda, who's this?" She looks at me and interduces me,"John this is Hailey Mellark, Hailey This is my brother John Ludwig." He looks at me with shock,"Your Katniss and Peeta's daughter!?" I look down in shame then nod. Amanda decides to explain to John about what happened in history class. " John, yes she is Katniss and Peeta's daughter. Father lied to us about Uncle Cato."
"What did he lie about we saw her mother kill him!" He says in a harsh whisper I can feel tears pool in my eyes at the reminder of my parents games.I decide to speak for the first time in this conversation,"I cried for Cato when I saw his death. I felt so terrible for his family and friends. I know why my mother did it. She did it for love and so Cato didn't have to serve a long painful death by mutts. If you think about it my mother didn't kill him, the Capitol did." I say through tears.
I look up and see his hard expression crumble."I'm sorry for snapping at you guys." He says in shame."It's okay." I say drying my tear streaked face."Oh your crying! I'm so, so, so sorry!" He says. I look at him and see him staring at me with a pleading exspression. "I forgive it's just my parents games are a touchy subject. Specifically Cato's death." They look at me with confused faces."Why him?"
"He loved Clove you could see it in his eyes, I knew he had a family that loved him back in 2, and it's hard in general just to see someone be murdered not to mention by your parents." They look at me with understanding looks on their faces. The bell rings signaling the end of the day."I'll see you guys later ok?" They nod and we go our separate ways only then do I realize that now I have to sing with Kye in less than a hour. I internally groan and run to Kyes car only to see him kissing another girl.