I look into her eyes and I see all the light in her brown eyes vanish giving me a flashback of when I was in the arena with rue watching her die in front of me. The tears start pouring out of my eyes as the two peacekeepers drag her away "Katniss." I hear someone say almost falling through the door.
Slowly turning around to see peeta halfway down the stairs. I quickly rub the tears away from my eyes but it's too late and I already see the compassion in his eyes and I turn around towards the door seeing James walking this way and I begin to panic quickly running up the rest of the stairs skipping a step while grabbing peeta's hand as he stares at me with wide eyes from the shock pulling him up the rest of the stairs ignoring his questions and protest dragging him back to our room till he begins to comply but once we reach the top of the stairs I drop my bag and peeta tries to pick it up but I pull him into the hallway. "Peeta common." I whisper pulling him towards our room till we finally get inside both breathing heavily.
"What the heck was that all about Katniss." peeta yells barely catching his breath.
"I saw I saw peeta we shouldn't have come here." I tell him unable to fully catch my breath
"What happened Katniss?"
"They did something to her peeta."
"They? They who? What girl?"
Knock knock
we both turn our heads to the door and I look at peeta with wonder in my eye hoping that the peacekeeper aren't going to try to do the same thing to me and peeta as they did to Desiree.
"Who is it?" I say with my voice breaking
"It's James I was going to check on everybody when I saw a bag laying in the middle of the stair way." James tells us through the door.
"Okay." I say slowly opening the door seeing my bag in his hand and a soft smile.
"I hope I wasn't interrupting anything." he says between me and peeta his smile turning into a smirk because our faces our still red from running. I immediately begin to fill uncomfortable with the thought.
"oh no we were just um." "We were just getting comfortable in our room like you told us." peeta interrupts with a tone that make my face burn at the thought as James looks at me with a smirk on his face.
"Well I apologize you to can get back to that." he says dropping the bag next to the door. "One more thing dinner is in a hour." he says shutting the door.
When I look at peeta's face is blank and he just starts laughing. "Do you think this is funny? I almost had a heart attack and that silly little remark you made didn't help either peeta." "Common Katniss lighten up a little." "It's not funny." I say sounding somewhat like a small child. "Your right it's hilarious. you should have seen your face when he knocked on the door." he says laughing even harder and I just can't help but join in realizing how long it's been since I've laughed like this hoping it doesn't end.
"So what happened out there?" peeta ask me trying to catch his breath after laughing for over five minutes and the smile on my face fades off as I explain to him what I saw when I went to go get my bag.
"What do you think they did to her?"
"I don't know peeta? What if they killed her?" the thought makes me sick. I tell him going through the bags of clothes looking for something to wear for dinner hoping cinna didn't pack to many flashy things in my bag.
"I don't think they would just kill her Katniss that's just not how snow works." peeta tells me walking over to his bags going through his clothes
"Well what do you think happened to her?" I ask him pulling out a red dress with a sweetheart neck line from my bag.
"I think that they just gave her something to keep her quiet. Snow doesn't like it when people try to cause a scene." he said getting out a plaid shirt and jeans turning towards me.
"You think this is okay?" he ask me changing the subject but I ignore it and answer his question. "I think it's a little too casual wouldn't want Effie picking out your clothes would you?"
You're right it's too simple for the capitol. "he says putting the clothes back into the bag and pulling out a suit a plain white shirt and black pants "better?" he ask "much." I tell him looking towards the other door
"Do mind if I take a shower first peeta?"
"No not at all."
"Thanks." I tell him getting up from off the floor grabbing my dress and heading towards the bathroom.
Opening the door I see fluffy towels hung up on hooks and a huge mirror along the marble walls.
I see an empty hook that I place my dress and bag of makeup walking off the soft carpet and onto the cold white tiles passing the tub and walking into the shower. Seeing all of the options of and smells I press the button that doesn't have a sent just the soap on not wanting to smell like roses the whole day.
As I feel the heat form the shower I start to lose track of time feeling so relaxed. I soon realize that I've stayed in the shower long enough stepping on the cold tiles turning on the body dryer that blows warm air on me while untangling my hair. Once I feel dry enough I walk towards the mirror taking out some blush and lipstick from my bag putting it on just like Cinna taught me after months of practice.
then slipping on my black heels and putting on my dress looking in the mirror once more before putting my hair in its signature braid feeling satisfied with the way I look walking out of the bathroom and into the room looking around for Peeta.
Soon realizing he isn't here and I begin to panic thinking that maybe James found out I saw what happened too Desiree and decided to do something to Peeta as punishment for both of us. I quickly rush out the room till I end up at Haymitch's and start banging on the door almost falling on Haymitch as he drags me inside the room.
"Where Peeta?" I asked my nerves all over the place.
"he's is using my bathing since you nearly took 20 minutes in the shower and an extra 10 minutes to get ready I suppose." Haymitch says.
Allowing me relax a little more knowing Peeta's safe.
"What's got you all shaken up sweetheart." he ask me question
"Haymitch I really don't want to talk about it right know." I say rubbing my ear letting him know that they might be listening he nodes his head understanding seeing the other door as Peeta walks through the door with a towel wrapped around his waist looking up at me with a deep red blush on his face grabbing his clothes from the T.V stand a few inches away from him and heading into the bathroom not breaking eye contact with me until he shut the door.
Haymitch tries to get my attention away from the bathroom door waving his hand back and forth until I finally look at him.
"Wow I didn't know you two were getting along so well again." he tells me putting on shoes that kids would normally wear for reaping's.
"It's not like that."
"Katniss you love him he loves you. Don't want to admit it that's fine but right know you need to understand that you and Peeta are a team. Whatever you do or say reflects on the both if you."
"I know Haymitch I'm just not ready for that and I don't want to confuse him especially after the incident and Aston winning the games last year. It's been weird with us for a while."
"I get that Katniss I really do but were in snows house now and were playing his game by his rule. You don't want to lose." He tells me looking into my eyes.
"Haymitch enough of the speech already I get it." I tell annoyed rolling my eyes landing back on the bathroom door seeing Peeta.
"So Haymitch gave you the lecture too I hear." Peeta say's standing in front of the bathroom fully dressed with a wide smile on his face. "Yeah he did." I tell him softly.