𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀, 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁?
The horror of the arena is over, but Melanie's nightmare is just beginni...
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~•~•~•~ 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞. ~•~•~•~
My trip back to District 13 was pretty quiet. I didn't give Gale details about how it went while I was alone down there. I'm scared. This game between me and Snow is dangerous for everyone around us. The thing with the rose was a sign. A sign that whatever I do, he will always be one step ahead of me.
The only thing he failed to foresee was the destruction of the arena. And precisely because of this, now I will pay with the lives of my loved ones. With the life of my most important person.
After we got off the hovercraft, I headed straight for my room to avoid any questions about District 12. There, my best friend was eagerly waiting for me.
"Shall I ask how it went?" She asks as soon as I walk in.
"I'll tell you, I promise. But now I don't really feel like talking," I answer.
"You've been like this since you came back from the arena. I know that you are going through a lot right now and I understand that you don't feel like talking. But you know you can tell me anything, you have to know when you're ready to let me in again," Layla tells me. I sit on my bed which is opposite hers and look down at the ground.
I know what I'm doing to her is not fair. I don't let her near me like I used to and that probably hurts her. I understand very well what it's like to want to help someone important to you and they won't let you, and I know that right now I'm behaving the same way. But I can't talk about things related to Cato with her.
His mother was one thing, Layla is another. Celia shares my pain and can understand me completely. But if I tell Layla, that means I'll burden her with my problems, and I don't want that. I don't want another person to have to go through what I'm going through.
"I know, Layla. I'll tell you, just not now," I answer and look up at her.
"Okay," She says. "I'll wait for you as long as it takes." I know Layla is hurt right now but I really don't want to talk about that now. I'll tell her when I feel better or when the time is right.
~•~
Me, Gale, and Layla are sitting together at dinner. Every day we have a schedule that we have to follow so that there can be order. We all have the same dinner together. I can't complain about the food, sure, it's not what it's like in the Capitol, but it's certainly better than the starvation in District 12.
However, I dare not eat anything this time. I have no appetite, not that I've had much this month in general, but now I feel like I'm going to throw up soon. Snow's rose put me at a loss. How am I supposed to get Cato back when the President knows my every move?
