"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.
"Well don't you all look lovely?" Effie says standing by the door with two avox's behind her
"Thank you Effie." I hear peeta say from a distance looking at him through the corner of me eye.
"You are very welcome peeta." Effie says "well Jake has told me that dinner is ready and we can start heading to the dining room" she tells us clapping her hands together making her new blue wig bobble with the action as we all begin walking out of the door before Effie stops in her tracks turning around reminding us about manners. As well as telling haymitch to hold off on the liquor as she turn back around walking to the dining room with us all behind her along the two avox's.
We make our way to the dining room with president snow and Jake along with his girlfriend Desiree already at the table observing us while the avox's begin to pull chairs out for us. I take my seat between peeta and haymitch not trying to be very close to president snow.
"So miss Everdeen how are you enjoying your visit so far mph. notice anything exciting here in Panem." president ask staring me down with his snake eyes as I try not to gag from inhaling his horrible scent now that it's finally hits me
"It's been nice." I lie keeping my voice stern and muffled trying hard not to breathe the smell of the horrible roses in again turning forward.
"Well we hope you are enjoying your stay Katniss. Right Desiree?" Jake says getting no response from the girl her eyes seeming frozen in fear only shaking her head yes messing with her food as the forks and spoons begin clanking and clicking again filling the silence. It was like that for about ten minutes with us all digging into to the roasted goose and mash potatoes until one of the peacekeepers walked into the room catches everybody attention.
"excuse me Mr. president but Mrs. Flanks has just arrived just like you and Mr. Jake requested." He tells us leaving the room just as quickly as he came. Then all of a sudden the table starts to shake but not because of natural disaster but because Desiree is shaking vigorously while shaking her head so much that she falls out of her chair. The avox's move quickly trying to help her up but Jake just tells them to stay away.
While Desiree begins curling herself into a ball repeatedly saying "I don't want to go. please don't make me go." rocking back and forth as Jake leans down trying to comfort her rubbing circles on her back while an older woman starts walking into the room with a different kind of serum in her hand then I had seen earlier.
Slowly walking over to Desiree unnoticed. The woman soon gets close enough to slide the serum into her arm making her relax as her muscles begin to clench and unclench. "Thank you Mrs. Flank had you come any later I don't know what I would've done." Jake says shaking the older woman's hand as she smoothed out her gray hair. "It was no problem I'm always here to help she says looking directly into my eyes."
"Well I'm just going to get her up to bed you all enjoy your dinner." he tells us lifting Desiree off her feet picking her up while her eyes begin to drop. She looks around the room once more before completely passing out while Jake takes her out of the dining room.
"Mrs. Flank why don't you meet me in my office so we can talk about… Miss Blake's prescription." Snow says throwing his napkin on the table. "Oh and one more thing you should all get some rest tonight tomorrow could be interesting." he tells us walking out of the room with Mrs. Flank right behind him
"well you heard the president we have a big big day tomorrow." Effie says with a stupid grin of her face as she gets out of her seat. "We should all get an early start for tomorrow. Who knows what kind of adventures could take place." she says as if nothing ever happened leaving the dining room with a wobble of her wig and a smile on her face.
"We should have never come here." haymitch says taking a swing of his whiskey and licking his lips. "I don't like the way that lady was looking at you two." he tells us "it feels like their up to something… something very bad." he says taking another sip of the whiskey.
"People from the capitol always look at us like that." peeta says putting his fork down on his plate.
"This was something different it seemed like she was… I don't know you saw what she did to that girl." haymitch says gulping down the last of his drink.
"I wonder what they gave her." Peeta says.
"You think they gave her the same thing from earlier?" Haymitch asked me
"No, this one knocked her out the one before was just to calm her down." I tell them
"Well mayb-."
"no, we can't speak about this anymore, not here we wouldn't want anyone to be listening just go to bed and well talk about this in the morning." Haymitch tells us getting out of his chair taking the bottle of whiskey with him out of the room leaving me and peeta alone as we finish our meals and head back up to our rooms in silence.
"Katniss did you hear that?"