The Boy Next Door (Everlark)[Discontinued]

Chapter 20

Katniss POV

What bad things? I thought. Hopefully not death for the ones care about.
I shake even harder and Peeta holds me there and the demon smirks.
"You have been warned Everdeen. All you need to do is kill Peeta and your loved ones will be safe and so will you."

No, I think. Peeta is the one I want to keep safe. I never wanted to kill him.
"No!" I yell. "I don't want to kill Peeta." "Katniss, what are you doing?" Peeta asks. "Protecting you," I answer. "Because that's what you and I do. Protect each other. (From the book I know) Peeta smiles and I can hear the demon's rage fill up.

"Fine," the demon states. "We'll play but first, want to know who I am?" I look at Peeta and we both nod eagerly. The demon takes off the mask and it revealed to be a girl. "Joanna?" Peeta asks. The girl nods and glares at me.

"You know this bitch?" I ask her. Peeta looks at me and I can see Johanna smirk. Bitch, I thought. You think killing Peeta is okay. Killing me was a way better option. "Yeah," Peeta responds. "She was my friend back in middle school and then she became my enemy which I don't know why."

"Well, I should've known," I stated.
"The target is on you anyone so that person who is now Johanna hated you." Peeta nods and I wrap my arms around Peeta making Joanna smile and pulling us apart causing me and Peeta both fall to the ground.

"Hey!!" I yell. "What was that for?" I can see Johanna smirking again and I rub my hands together. I'm so glad Prim and Ryan are safe. I really wanted them to be together though. They both are so beautiful at heart.

"Haha Everdeen," Johanna answers. "And Peeta I've already murdered one of your loved ones." Peeta looked down and Johanna smiles. "Your girlfriend Delly Cartwright." I immediately bolted up after she said what I thought she said.

"Girlfriend?" I question. "Peeta? What's going on?" He looks down guiltily. "Katniss, I can explain...." he starts. "Yeah, a lot," I answer. "Who is she and why did Johanna say that she's your girlfriend?" Peeta was silent. No words. Instead of crying infront of him, I ran and then I cried shocked. I thought Peeta was my true love but he had someone else.

Peeta was calling my name from behind me but I couldn't even look back at him. I enter Haymitch's house and Prim and Ryan stare at me with confusion. I ignore their questions and I immediately began to scream and go insane.

This is over. My life. Peeta meant a lot to me and he was my second half, my missing piece of my whole heart. I grabbed a knife whether or not to commit suicide right now. With the knife there's a disadvantage and advantage. If I do this suicide I can go back to my father and I can finally reunite with him in such a long time. But if I don't commit suicide I could stay with Peeta and my sister who really looks up to me.

But if I really do suicide, my life would be lost and it won't be worth it anymore since there's no going back. And if I don't all of my nightmares will return and also my past that haunts me. I really don't know what to do so instead I put the knife down maybe thinking that my life would have a chance.

Knowing that this is a big choice for me and that I rejected it, I began crashing and throwing stuff around the room not caring of the organization around the room. You people can see that Peeta means a lot to me but you don't know how insane I can get.

"Katniss! Open!" Prim shouts.

Instead of listening to her, I changed my mind and slided the knife onto my arm.