Finding a dandelion in the snow

Chapter 3: Train station

Chapter 3

Katniss P.O.V.

I hate taking the train. So how lucky am I when I don't have to? I am at the train station though, at the platform to be exact. I'm waiting for Peeta. He had to leave town last week to visit his sick aunt. He had to make sure that his small cousins weren't to take care of themselves. Turns out that they were. He called his parents and just decided to move his fathers sister to our town, so they can be near.

His aunt isn't with him now, but his cousins are. They're three, and called Kayleen, seven years old. Dylan, five years old and Charlie three years old. I've met them before, I even met Kayleen when the other two munchkins weren't even born. They know me and I hope they like me. Peeta says that they do.

As I'm waiting I see a train on its way in. It's not going to stop at this platform, that much is clear. That's when I see it. In the corner of my eye. A girl. She's starting to run from the other side of the platform, towards the train. She's gonna jump.

No! I think to myself as I spin around and start to run the fastest can, my hair flying around me.

As I run like I've never ran before, I hear people scream out of fright, but none of them are doing anything to stop the girl.

Idiots! I feel like screaming as I speed up when I see how close she is to the edge of the platform.

I don't think I've ever run as fast as I run right now. People around me are still screaming of fright and panic. I see them all look at me as I run. They look at the girl who's also running, but not as fast as me.

I finally reach her. I reach out my arm and grab the hem of her jeans jacket. I jerk her back just as she is about to jump and the train passes us.

We both land down on the ground of the platform, dirt flying all around us.

"No!" The girl cries.

"What the hell were you thinking?" I scream at her.

She can't be more than fifteen. And I know I recognize her. She's one of the new freshmens at my high school. I've seen her in the corridor. Her light brown hair always down her shoulders, covering the sides of her face. She a cute girl.

I grab her arms, holding her steadily in front of me. Looking right at her. She's not looking at me, she's looking down at the ground.

"How can you even think of doing such a think?" I shout, shaking the girl hard, her head dangling forward and backwards. "Huh? What would your family say? Your friends? Everyone on this damn platform?"

She doesn't answer me. The only thing she does is crying. Poor girl. How can anyone be so miserable they want to take their own life? I can't even imagine it. I can't even imagine to think the thought.

I calm down just enough to stop shouting and screaming. My pulse slowing down. I take a deep breath.

"Look I'm sorry for yelling but you scared the crap out of me", I say in a calm and soft voice. "Don't ever think about doing this again, whatever happened to you, it's not worth it because your life is so precious, you're so special, and earth needs you to live, I need you to live".

She looks up at me, still not saying anything.

I shake my head and let out another breath of relief. I put my arms around her and pull her towards me. I hold her close to me, one of my arms around her, and on hand on the back of her head. She leans her head in my shoulder and I hold her closer to my body.

What if I'd been just a second late? She would've died. She would've been ripped apart by the train. Everyone would have it on their conscious, and the poor train driver... I don't even want to think of everything that could've happened if I would have been a second late.