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The train almost arrived at the station of district two. We had called Annie yesterday just before we booked a train ticket. She was so happy we paid her a visit that she offered to pay for our room that he hotel. Naturally we declined her offer. He could pay for our own room. If we paid her a visit it. Wasn't for her to pay our room, it was for us to see her, and to pay a little visit too some old friend. Some friend that need to give us a really good explanation. An explanation good enough to make us forgive.
"I don't like the train." Peeta told me. He was looking by the window. The threes went by fast. We were almost there by now. District two was just some miles away anymore. Annie and Nick would be waiting for us at the station. I was thinking about Prue. I hope she was doing fine. I know she was doing fine, I'm sure mom is spoiling like no one else is spoiled. Haymitch is probably taking care of Prue like if she was a princess. "I don't like it either." I told him. "Maybe one day we'll be able to like it." I told him. I know it wouldn't make any difference. Time wouldn't change how we thought about the train. The one way that leads us to a possible death. I walked to Peeta and took his hand in mine. "Think about something nice. It'll be over in no time." I told him, but I couldn't follow my own advice. "What are you thinking about?" I then asked him, hoping it would distract him. "My family. You, Prue, Haymitch." Haymitch was part of our family. No doubt for it.
"Katniss! Peeta!" Annie yelled when she was us. Next to her was standing a little boy. What seemed like an eight year old. He was looking exactly like his father. Tall, for his age, but exactly like his father. "Annie!" I said while I was running towards her. Peeta had a little bit more trouble to run, he was having some troubles with his legs for some time now. Maybe we could use this trip to go to the capitol to make him a new leg. But that would mean more time away from home. "Finally! You didn't take Prue! I was looking forward to meet her!" Well, maybe next time than. She's too young to travel around. "But I get it. One month old, too young." I took her in my arms happy to finally see her again. "Hello you two!" Peeta said with a big smile on his face. "Peeta!" Annie said before taking him on her arms too. Nick was standing next to her waiting. "Nick! You're so tall! What does your mother give you to eat?" I tell him. "Miss Mellark." He greets me. Miss Mellark? No, that ain't work. "Nick, call me Katniss, like you've always done it." He makes me feel old when he calls me that way. "And don't even try to call me mister Mellark, that's my dad." He was feeling nostalgic, like always when he talked about his father. He missed him, I knew it when I saw it when he was baking, I saw it when he was making some new recepies. I just knew it. He missed his father, brothers, and even his mother, as much as I missed Prime every single day.
Annie brought us to our hotel. She wanted us to putt us bags away before we did what we come for. "I can tell you he didn't move. Actually, he stayed at the same place for days. I think regret what he's done. Don't be too hard on him you guys." She defended that little bastard. "Annie, let him defend his self. That's the least he can do." Peeta said for us both. It was a better idea to let him talk for both of us. I wouldn't be as civilized as him. "So, what's the plan?"
The plan? Not that hard. We go over there and kick his as! That's the plan. Annie went back home with little Nick. Knowing what we we're planning to do, she decided she didn't want to assist to it. I can understand that, and we never asked her to. The least people are around, the better it is for me. "You can still stop it you know." Peeta said. He was trying to calm me down. But I was thinking about this moment ever since Peeta told me Prue's pictures got on TV. That was a really bad idea of him. "Peeta, he stole from us!" The best argument would have been one single word 'Prue', but I missed her even more when I thought about her, so I thought Peeta did too. I knocked on the front door as loud as I possibly could. Was knocking so hard that for one moment I thought it would break. "I'm coming!" A man said from inside. Peeta was standing right behind me, to back me up and for moral supports. He was mad, I knew it, but not as bad I was.
"You sick little bastard!" I insulted Gale. He just opened the door and was surprised to see me. What did he thought!? That I would be happy he did that? "Katniss?" Was his first word. "How could you do that? Knowing what I told you! You knew how I felt about Prue being exposed! She's only one month old! You just couldn't wait? No you had to tell it to every single person in Panem! For what? So that everyone could see how happy we are now? Do you have any idea of what you just did?!" He tried to talk but I never let him the occasion. "Yeah, great idea. Let everyone see the baby I just had. It's not like if everyone remembered who won the 74the hunger games. Yeah, her parents, the first year were two tributes got to win. And then Prue, first born of the winners. Great idea. Let everyone now she's here and ready to take our place!" I screamed out loud. Peeta didn't say a word while I was insulting my best friend. "Katniss…" Gale started once again. But I still didn't want him to say a word. "Shut up! You had no right do this! You had no right! And then you didn't even just take something to show the whole world, no you decided to take our family pictures. The ones that we're still into my camera! Have you any idea of how that made me feel when I realized you did this?" I was burning from the inside, my anger took over my body. Peeta still let me do the talking, so I guess he thought I was doing well. "Yeah, why don't I steal some pictures from Katniss. It's not like if she's my best friend or anything. Yeah, it's not like if she risked her life to save mine. Why don't I just betray her, could be fun!" I was still walking forward while Gale walked backwards. He fell on his couch and I stood in front of him. "And I guess you don't know about that little circle in the capitol? That one little circle, that's growing every single day they wake up hoping for a new Snow to raise from the ashes. Hoping for just one more game. An epic one! I guess you had no idea they are waiting to find enough children from winners to make new games! You just had to do it for everyone in Panem, including them!" I never told that to Peeta. He had already enough on his mind. And I found this out not that long ago. About a month before Prue came to the world. I they wonder why I didn't wanted kids. "What?" Peeta said. "What did you just say? Snow still has friends in the capitol! They're hoping for new games? I thought it was just a rumor." So Peeta had heard it too. Thank you Haymitch, I guess he's to one I've to thank for that. "It's just a rumor, but you know how it goes. One sparkle is enough." Gale was looking shocked. He obviously had no idea. Well, he should have make his brains work before he did something as stupid! "Katniss, I'm so sorry…" Oh, his sorry, that forgives him everything. Now we just hug and kiss? No way! "You know what? Tell that to the friend you use to have. I can tell you she's not here anymore." I added before I left his house, crabbing Peeta's hand as I ran out.
"So you knew too?" I asked Peeta as I calmed down. We we're heading back to the hotel. District two was absolutely beautiful at this time of the year, but all I could see was the anger inside of me. "I knew. But I didn't want to tell you. I knew how you felt about having kids, and turns out you were right. I was trying to protect you." That's what we do, we protect each other, always and forever. "That's exactly why I didn't want to tell you about it. I knew you would feel bad about me having Prue. I didn't want you to feel bad, because you were right. Prue, Prue is the one thing I wanted without even knowing I did."
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