Part 40
When we finally got on the train, it started moving at once. The crowds of people were huge as they all wanted to wish us fair well. We barely made our way through the crowd. We went to the window to wave goodbye so they would have some pictures of us doing that. When we were pulling out of the station, I breathed my first breath of free air. I was going home. It is 6 hours, so it will be a long time. We all sit down and eat some breakfast. We have a variety of things. Bagels, oatmeal, eggs, French toast, bacon, sausage, yogurt, smoothies, milk, orange juice and so much more. It is a great breakfast to eat on a wonderful day like today. We sit around the table eating and talking and laughing for about an hour. I didn't get much sleep last night and I ask to be excused. Effie takes me to my bedroom which was the same one coming here. I lay down on the bed, thinking of being home in a few hours. I try my hardest to sleep, and after 30 minutes, I do. Peeta wakes me up some time later and says we are about an hour away and it's time to get ready. I get out of bed and look in the mirror. My hair is still good, I just comb through it. Perfectly straight all the way down my back. The bow is still in. I take the remote and change the color to green. Katniss will love this. I walk to the dining room where I find only Haymitch. Effie and Peeta must still be getting ready. "Hello Haymitch." I say. He gives me a glare and takes another swing of a bottle. I haven't talked to him really at all since we got out of the games. I think I know why too. "I'm sorry, I know about your Games. I shouldn't have listened to Glimmer but I did. I don't see why you are so mad about it though, everything was televised. It was all public so why are you made if I know." I ask him. He shakes his head a little. "What do you think of me now Prim. Some killing machine? I used to be pretty normal. I had a girl and a family. All that was taken away 2 weeks after I got home all because I used that force field as a weapon when it wasn't meant to. Don't you understand that everyone you love could be gone in two weeks like mine! You should have killed Peeta, or escaped and killed yourself." I know he isn't serious about me killing myself because he is drunk. But it still gets to me. "That is enough! Haymitch, you just ruined a perfect day. Go take those pills to sober you up. We are almost home." Says Peeta behind me as he grabs my shoulders and leads me away from the room. I'm crying now. "Prim, don't listen to him. He is just really drunk. Effie has some pills he can take and he will be sober in about 10 minutes." He tells me. "Peeta? Do you think everyone we love will be dead soon because of what we did. No, you did. Your family could be dead because I don't think things out!" I wail. He sees how upset I am and calms me down. "Prim, that won't happen. Think of this, we are almost home. Katniss is going to be there. Your mother and Gale and I will be there. You won't be alone I promise." I know he is telling the truth. He takes me into a bathroom where I fix my hair and make-up one more time. Peeta says we are five minutes from the train station and we take our spots on the caboose of the train. Fresh air feels nice. It doesn't take long for me to see my district. The sight of home puts butterflies in my stomach.