Hunger Games Fanfiction

Please review… I need to know if I'm doing ok!

I do not own The Hunger Games.

Chapter 5

(Katniss POV)

A bright red light fills the inside of my eyelids. It's light but I why its light I don't know. My head hurts. A persisting banging keeps hammering against it. I can't bring myself to open my eyes, I'm too tired.

Mumbles and whispers can be heard and I recognise two very familiar voices. "What are you guys going to do Finn?"

Peeta. He's here. "I don't know it's up to her. If it was up to me, I would keep her as far away from that bastard as possible. Move house and school even country, as long as we never have to encounter that cow again." Finn's voice is sad and quite.

"I would feel exactly the same. I wish I had killed that 'thing' when I was at it."

"Peet, you would off gone to jail, you did the right thing but to be honest I would've killed him there and then. Little piece of shit."

I feel someone beside my bed and a pressure takes my hand, in a soft but firm grasp. A warm pressure presses against my forehead. "Whoa Peeta, brother right here. You're not even her official boyfriend yet. Speaking of which, when are you going to ask her out?"

What? Peeta chokes beside me and I tense. He hasn't let go of my hand. "Excuse me?"

Finn chuckles. "Oh come on. I see the way you guys look at each other and come on, when is Kat ever openly affectionate to another human being except for me?"

There's a long pause. "I guess bu-"

"Oh my god you actually like her?!"` Finn screams the headache more painful.

"I thou- I thought yo-you knew?" Peeta stutters.

"I do but I never actually properly knew, I was guessing and just to let you know, I am almost one hundred percent sure she likes you too."

"I don't think so. Not now…"

"What are you on about?"

I feel Finn sit down on my other side. "Finn. She just almost got rape" I tense at the word, images flashing back, " I really doubt she will be willing to go near another 'none brother' guy. Even if she does talk to me, she will still be angry, I think she saw be beating 'it' up. She's probably disgusted by me." His voice breaks at the end, making loose tears fall.

"Peeta, she loves you, she is tough and won't let this get imbetween your friendship. Anyway when is Katniss not annoyed at someone?" I can almost feel his smirk.

"Still… she most likely will not want to be around me."

I try to talk but it comes out as a croaky whisper. "I could never hate you"

And it's black

….

(1 hour later)

I feel better now. Noises are more distinct and the headache is gone. I slowly lift my eyelids and blink rapidly. I'm in a plain white room. A hospital room. A needle is inserted into my arm and a tube is hooked underneath my noise.

Everything is blurry but my focus is coming back. It's a small room. The window is open and the wall is lined with flower paintings. They are beautiful, I can tell even in my half awake state. A disinfectant smell fills the air. It's a surprisingly nice smell compared to the horrid smell of Uncle Haymitch's alcohol. The bed is comfy and a blanket is draped over my gown-covered body. Again the mattress is really comfy but why am I hear? I don't remember getting here or what I was doing before I came here. Where is this hospital anyway. There isn't a hospital near where I live, which means I've been driven here. The nearest hospital to The Seam is around twenty miles away.

I close my eyes, hoping that when I open them, I'll remember. Nothing. A door opens gaining my attention. "Kat!"

Finn runs up to me and holds me to his chest without interfering with any tubes. He's hugging too tightly. "Finn…can't breathe…" It hurts to talk and my voice is a little off.

He releases a little. He pulls back and I see that his eyes are red and puffy and tear stains are at each side of his face. I'm suddenly worried. "Finn what happened? Why are you so upset? Did something happen to Annie? Hay-"

He pulls me into another bear hug, cutting off my words. "You are an idiot sometimes." He chuckles. "I'm upset because of you. We've been so worried and you've been out for like five hours! It was scary; you lost a bit of blood. I swear if I see 'it' again I'm going to kill him." He looks into the distance.

I'm confused. "Who's 'it' and how come I've lost blood?"

Finn's head snaps down to me, a shocked look painted on his face. "You don't remember?" He sits on a chair next to me.

"I don't think so… I'm a little confused…"

I'm embarrassed by that fact. I can't even remember my own life, well the last several hours.

Tears start to run down his face. "Hey Finn, what's the matter. I'm sorry." I try to comfort him by putting my hand on his shoulder.

"What are you apologising for? It's most definitely not your fault."

He looks at me in the eye. "What's the last thing you remember?" He asks.

I rummage through my head. "Um, I remember you talking to someone, when I was out. I can't remember the whole conversation but you were comforting someone…"

He chuckles. "So you were awake. Peeta is going to be annoyed." He says the last bit to himself.

It clicks. "Peeta!" I almost shout.

I remember. Someone attacking me, someone was hurting me, me being scared and then Peeta saving me. "Whoa Kat. He's here, never left but the doctors thought that you would be waking up soon and they said that it should only be me to see you first as you could've been really overwhelmed."

"Ok, where is he?"

"He's just down the corridor. Are you angry at him?"

I'm stunned and confused. "Why would I be angry at him? He saved me."

"You remember?"

"Some bits, I think."

"Tell me if something I say isn't true." He nods. "We were going to the park to meet up with everyone. I was talking to… someone and you were further up the park with Annie. I got angry at the person and they got really angry and took me to an alleyway…" Tears start to form in my eyes.

Finn comes over and hugs me. I look him in the eye. "Finn, who did Peeta save me from?"

He looks down.

He opens his mouth to answer when the door clicks open and a thirty year old man walks in. The man looks… funky? Yes, he is wearing a long, white coat but his hair is tinted in the shade of midnight blue, even his eyebrows are slightly blue. He wears a pale blue shirt and navy blue tie, that's encrusted with several small diamonds. Everything about him is blue! Eyes and everything. Its kind off creepy. I try to keep in a giggle and I can see Finn is trying to do the same.

The blue man flashes a goofy, wide smile. His teeth are perfectly straight and blindingly white. "Hello Miss Everdeen! It's great to see your eyes open. Let me introduce myself, I'm Dr Flickerman but please call me Ceasar. I've been looking after you over the past day. His face turns into a scowl. "I'm so very sorry about what happened."

I look down, embarrassed and whisper, "Thank you."

"Okay well let's get this started. You lost quite a bit of blood from a head injury that's what made you loose conscious, you have many bruises and scratches. The head injury will make you feel light-headed for a couple of days and you may have some short-term memory loss but don't worry it will all come back with time and I've told your brother, Uncle and boyfriend to not tell you what happened, you need to gain your memory by yourself. It seems that your voice-box has been badly bruised, so it will ache to talk and swallow for a few days but it will go away. We've given you some strong painkillers, that was why you were out for so long."

I nod my head in understanding. "Who did you tell to not tell me?"

"Your brother, uncle and boyfriend."

I give a confused look to Finn. "He means Peeta." He whispers.

"Oh, he's not my boyfriend."

Ceasar chuckles. "I don't think he thinks it like that. He even told me he was your boyfriend."

I stare at the doctor open-mouthed. "Well you are able to get changed and walk around your room and get something to eat but someone has to be with you at all times. I'll discharge you later on and you've been assigned a therapist that you'll meet in a few hours. If you agree, you can meet him every so often, to make it easier to regain your memory."

I nod, not really listening. "Okay, well the pain will go and I'll come back in an hour to see how you are. A nurse will come in soon, to give some pain medication. Get better Miss Everdeen."

He smiles and with that he leaves.

Both Finn and I start laughing but I stop suddenly when my throat starts to hurt badly. I cough a bit and Finn gives me a glass of cold water. "Sorry but that guy is freaky!" Finn starts chuckling again, making me smile.

"I know, even his eyebrows were blue!"

I get changed and cleaned up. I get dizzy a couple of times but I make it back to the room. "So is Uncle Haymitch sober and here?" I ask.

"He's here but last time I saw him he was passed out on one of the benches, not entirely sober."

"Well it is Haymitch." We chuckle.

Uncle Haymitch is my mother's brother. He visited frequently when Dad passed. He's been a drunk for as long as I've known him, that I can't imagine him sober. He's a good laugh and we love him to bits. Haymitch does teach everyone valuable lessons but lately he has just stayed in his room drinking or goes out and doesn't come back for hours. He doesn't talk to Finn or I very much at all and it does upset me. He now lives with us and is our guardian but he says he's going to leave straight away when we turn eighteen. For some reason I don't believe him.

I'm talking quietly with Finn, when the door opens again and the boy of my dreams walks in. "Katniss!" He shouts.

A huge smile appears on both of our faces and he runs over to me and I stand up. We encase ourselves in each others arms. "I was so worried. Thank god you're up; the doctors wouldn't let me come in when they thought that you would wake." His voice is sad.

I snuggle closer into his chest, enjoying the warmth and comfort he brings to me. "Thank you Peeta and I'm sorry." I whisper.

I can feel the tears running down my face. He pulls back and wipes my tears with his thumb. "What are you sorry about?"

I don't know exactly myself but I feel like I should be apologising. "I'm just sorry about everything."

He kisses my forehead and a tingling shock runs through me from the contact. "It's okay." He murmurs.

"Hey Peet?" Finn asks.

I've almost forgotten that he's still here. "Yeah?" Peeta looks up, to him.

"Why did you tell the doctor that you were Katniss's boyfriend?"

"I didn't." He instantly says, turning red.

"Are you sure?"

Finn is teasing now. Peeta looks confused. "I actually didn't."

His eyes are saying that he isn't lying. All our faces our in a state of confusion. "Well who did say?" Finn asks.

"I did." A voice says from the door.

Chills run up my spine and I stumble to the other side of the room, almost screaming. I look at Peeta's and Finn's faces and they are pure hatred. It clicks.

The boy at the door did it. My old savour.

Gale.

Please Review.