(Katniss POV)
Gale comes to pick me up so I can finally reunite with my Mom. I'm quite nervous to go see her. What if she's changed? What if she doesn't remember me? Nonsense she has to remember me I'm her daughter.
The ride there is fairly quiet which makes my head go crazy with crazy thoughts. What if we could get Dad and Mom back together? It's not like they didn't love each other it's just Mom didn't want to travel the whole work with dad.
"Katniss, are you coming?" I look up from my seat to see we are in the driveway to his house.
I unbuckle my seatbelt and follow closely behind him. He opens the door and I hear the clattering of dishes and conversation.
"Mom, I'm back." We walk into the kitchen where my Mom stands. She looks back at us with a big smile on her face.
"Katniss." I run up to her and hug her tightly. It feels so weird to have my Mom's arms around me again.
"I missed you," I whisper. It's to the point where the hug is a little over done but I don't stop hugging her.
"I missed you too." I finally let go of her and take a good look at her, not much has changed at all.
"You look so grown up," She breathes. I hug her again since I can't form words for the happiness and excitement I have right now.
We sit at the table and everything just hits me. I'm meeting my Mom and my brother for the very first time in a very long time. "I thought I would never see you guys again." I look between my Mother and Gale, who both have big smiles across their faces.
I think about Prim, I should've brought her to meet Mom. I put my head in my hands and shake my head at myself in disappointment. "What's wrong?" I look up at Gale, he has a concerned look on his face.
"I'm so selfish and self conceded." My Mom grabs my hand tightly and looks at me like she can't believe the words coming out of my mouth.
"How dare you say that, Katniss, I might not have been there for you for a long period of time but I know you well enough that you are none of those things. Why would you think like that?" I lean back in my seat, still holding onto her hand.
"I forgot all about Prim." My Mom also sits back in her chair, releasing my hand. "I'm so sorry, mom, I promise I'll bring her over later today." She nods her head.
"How's my little girl?" I smile at her question.
"She's great and I can imagine that when I tell her she's going to be meeting you she'll be ecstatic." A small but visible grin appears on her face. "I thought she'd be mad at me for never being there for her." I shake my head in response.
"No, she'll be happy to see you I promise you." I try my best reassure her that Prim will be so glad to meet her, but I think the only way to reassure her is to actually bring Prim here.
"How about you two come over for dinner?" I notice the absence of Dad's name, I also notice the two rings on her left finger.
"What's he look like?" She looks up at me in confusion.
"Who?" I nod to the two rings on her finger, she looks down at them and fools with them.
"Oh, uh, his name's Plutarch. He's at work right now but he'll be back for dinner." I nod my head then stand up.
"I better get home, I'll see you guys tonight?" She nods her head then stand up with me. We hug, but I can feel the tension between us.
"I'll see you tonight." With that Gale takes me home.
We sit quietly in the driveway for a few minutes before he speaks up, "that was quite a reunion." I nod my head then look over at him.
"You think Dad will be okay with this?" He nods his head lightly.
"Of course he would, he's happy that you and Prim will be back with Dad." I lean over and hug him tightly.
"Thanks." I get out of the car and walk into the empty house, they must be out.
My phone lights up with a text from Peeta. What he says really catches my attention; Hey it's Peeta. I was wondering if we could talk about maybe having dinner tonight?
Shit, what do I do?
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What do you think Katniss will do? Do you think her Dad will follow through with her metting Plutarch? Do you guys even enjoy this story? Give me feedback please!!!
I'm so very sorry for the lack of updates. I've had a biology and a Biomed paper that I've been working on and it has literally killed my brain. I'll start back up on updating this weekend.
-Syd
