Far from happily ever after (sequel to Hopeless love)

Chapter 24: The accident

Chapter 24

Peeta's P.O.V.

We've been here for three months now. I swear that when I come back this time, I'm gonna quit. I told the guys that yesterday and they agreed, said that they were also going to quit.

We don't even know why we didn't quit earlier. If we had, we wouldn't be here now.

I haven't been able to Skype a lot with Katniss and my babies during these three months, and that makes me feel depressed.

I just want to go home to them now. I really don't want to be here anymore.

I don't know what to do. Right now I'm lying on my tent bed, looking up at the tent roof. Finnick, Marvel and Cato are playing cards. We're all pretty down. But I think Marvel is depressed. He weren't there for the birth of his daughter. He didn't ever want to let her go but he had to, because he had to go here with us.

"I wonder what Caitlin is doing right now", Marvel says sadly. "And Glimmer".

"I wonder if the twins are playing with Matty", I say.

I really hope Katniss is okay. She was so sad when I left. She couldn't stop crying when she started there at the airport. It broke my heart. But Riley... Gale had to pry her arms off me, he had to drag her away from me. I had to contain myself so hard not to break down.

I saw that Gale put her in Katniss arms when I walked away, that made me feel a little bit of comfort. I know that Katniss will do everything she can to help the girls.

Matty is just a two month old baby so of course he doesn't know anything about what's going on. But he's two months! And I had to leave. I don't know when I come back.

I promised Katniss that I would come back home alive, and I promised Riley. Now I have to promise myself.

I will quit when I come back home, I'll spend every minute I can with my family and run the bakery. That's what I really want to do.

I almost forget why I joined the army sometimes. But than I remember. The baby. I was always referred to as the baby of the family. I didn't want that so I joined the army to prove I'm not a baby. And the fact that I was so devastated because I really thought Katniss didn't love me. So I joined the army because of that as well. Big mistake that kind of backfired. Or it really did backfire and came punching me in my face. Katniss did love me. And as for being the baby... I still don't like it but maybe that wasn't reason enough after all. Right now my reasons seem so stupid.

"Can somebody please slap me?" I groan.

"Thinking of the reasons again?" Finnick asks walking towards his tent bed.

I've been talking a lot about my reasons since we got on the plane and here. I keep repeating my reasons because I feel so stupid.

"Yeah", I mumble.

"Man you gotta stop putting yourself down like that", Cato says and pats my shoulder when he passes me.

"I can't I'm full of regret", I say.

"We all are", Marvel says.

None of us came here for the right reasons. Mine because I didn't want to be a baby and because I thought Katniss would never love me. Marvel because he was tired of his parents constant fighting. Cato because he was tired of hearing how his parents were more proud of his brother than him. And Finnick well he was young and stupid. He wanted to be cool. And that was before he met Annie, after that he just felt like an idiot.

"I really can't believe how the girls can love us when we're all such losers and idiots", Marvel says, angry at himself.

I sigh.

"I don't know, maybe they look past that", I say.

"Obviously", Cato says. "You know what Clove said to me our first date?"

"What did she say?" Finnick asks.

"Suck your own dick Cato fucking Sword, you're an asshole!" Cato says mimicking Clove's voice perfectly. "I was trying to be cool, totally backfired".

We start laughing.

"But she went out with you again", I say.

"I begged her to forgive me", Cato says. "I was literary standing on my knees".

I don't know why but this makes me crack up. The only thing we have to laugh at out here is each other.

***

About two hours later we're out on the field. It's creepy out here and all I can think of is to not die out here.

"Guys we have to go this way", Cato whispers.

We follow him.

We can't find anything. I'm starting to think that this mission is waste of time. But then again, maybe it's not. The last time we didn't find anything it was a trap.

"No guys, we can't go there", I say and they turn to me. "It could be a trap".

They nod and we all walk away from the house. We're not doing the same mistake twice.

We walk to the other side. That's when I see it.

"Guuuuuys!" I yell. "Watch out!"

But I see that the car is going to hit Finnick.

I hear someone starting shoot and I feel an intense pain in my leg. I got shot in my leg. I see that Finnick got shot on his arm and he's losing speed. Fuck!

I ignore the pain and continue to run towards Finnick. I can't let my best friend die. I'm faster than him, even with a bullet in my leg.

"FINNICK!" I roar as I run up to him and push him aside.

We both fall down on the ground and the car runs over my calf of the leg that they shot me on. Cato aim at the car and starts shooting at the tires. And the car loses its speed.

I lay on the ground, grinning in pain. Fuck it feels like my leg is gone. I look at the ground and it's turning red all around because of my blood. I'm going to bleed to death.

"Peeta! Fuck!" Finnick yells and crawls up to me.

I'm starting to see spots.

"Marv! Help me!" Finnick says.

I can hear someone starting to shoot again. I'm guessing it's Cato.

I feel how I'm being carried up, then it all turns black.

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Hey guys, I hope you liked the chapter.

Omg Peeta. What if he dies. What if he breaks his promise to Katniss and Riley?

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-Josephine xx