Chapter 13 - Guilt

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"Damn that interview was a disaster, wasn't it Dallas?" Casco said to me, and I just nodded.

June was not in the best condition after her Games, she had a mental breakdown, became insane, and got diagnosed with schizophrenia according to the Capitol Doctors, and to add salt in the wound, Pixelle's stab in June's leg was so bad that the Doctors had to Amputate and give her a prosthetic one.

I felt like I was responsible for the way she was, I had failed to help her for 6 Days only helping her on the last day, it was risky to persuade Artulia to kick Pixelle out of the system, and open the shutters so June could get out, but it was more risky sending a sponsor to her with a key to the Electronics Store.

I didn't expect this to happen, but thankfully she was recovering somewhat, though her mind would never be the same again, I couldn't blame her, she manipulated for the entirety of her games into killing people so her fears wouldn't happen.

She was nicknamed by the Capitol, "Bloody Mary" since she killed 17 tributes, something that hasn't happened for years, she and I won next to each other and both held some of the highest kill counts of tribute ever.

Timeskip to A Month After June's Victory Tour

June was still insane when the Tour started but she was fine for most of it, she just freaked out in 3 for obvious reasons.

After the Tour was over, she went to my house in Victor Village to thank me, and because it was late, I told her she could stay the night in the spare room.

The next day in the early morning at maybe 5:00 AM when everyone else but me was still asleep June walked up to me with a a piece of paper while I was drinking my coffee, and I immediately knew what it was.

"Hey, what's this Dallas?" She asked
"W-where'd you find that?" I asked 
"Um, a d-drawer in the S-spare Room why?" She said
"I know that's a lie June, I know I put that in a drawer in my room, so why were you in my room," I asked her suspiciously
"U-uhhhh, I-I was j-j-just curious," She stuttered, I didn't believe her but I let the argument go
"Ummm, Can I ask a question?" She asked and I nod

"Ok, is this a European Language?" She asked, and I nodded once again
"But why?" She asked
"Well my mom's side of the family used to live in Sweden until the Capitol offered anyone who was living on the East Coast of Sweden to live in the Capitol since there were a bunch of Natural Disasters happening to the East of Sweden, my moms family accepted it since it was better than dying to a Tsunami, and then my Mom met my Dad and they had Ellis, Me, Sally and Avis, this didn't just happen to Sweden, Ireland, Britain, Norway, and Denmark also had a lot of its citizens who were in danger, fled here for refuge," I explained

"Doesn't really explain why it's in Swedish," She says
"Well my Mom's side of the family thought all of us Swedish, and because of situations like this where people read through personal stuff, I made sure I wrote everything in personal stuff in Swedish so no one can know what it says," I explain
"That... Makes sense, also I'm sorry for digging through your stuff..." She said
"No, problem, also I'm not going to get in trouble for writing in Swedish, as President Gaul only banned languages that we were hostile to, so no punishment for me!" I said taking the Paper from her hands
"Ok, thanks but my train is at the Station right now, bye!" June said waving bye at me as she left the house
"Bye!" I said waving back

I then went upstairs to my room, and read the Note from my Journal that June had taken.

Journalanteckning 116

14 Oktober 115'

June avslutade turnén för några timmar sedan, jag kan inte säga att hon inte såg vacker ut, för det var hon absolut. Us Victors gratulerade henne till sin seger även om det var tydligt att hennes sinne fortfarande var skadat, jag skulle ha älskat att dansa med henne, och det gjorde jag, även om jag inte tror att June hade rätt sinne där eftersom hon inte var precis fokuserad på dansen. Jag tror att jag har blivit kär i henne under Touren, eftersom jag tyckte att hon var vacker och gillade att vara med henne även om hon inte var i rätt sinnestillstånd, men jag tror inte att hon gillar mig tillbaka. Jag skulle älska hennes pojkvän, och jag kanske ber henne ut när hennes tillstånd är lite bättre än det är nu. Men jag får vänta och see. 

D.C.

(A/N Just translate what it says, it's not that important to the story though...)

I smiled reading the words that only me and my family would be able to read, I put the note into the drawer that June took it from and smiled knowing that what I had said in the note was all true.

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