The Hunger Games: Everthorne

Chap 3

The lady shows us the compartments of the train, our rooms, the dinner room and the living room.

When we have some free time before dinner, I go strike into my bed. I put the pin that Peeta gave me on the night stand and burry my face in a pillow. But I can't shred into tears. I hear the door opens and I lift my head.

"Gale..." I whisper.

He opens his arms and I run into it. I bury my face in his chest and then star to cry. My friend hugs me tighter and says in a low voice:

"You are going to be okay."

I pull my face away and look in his eyes.

"Are you?! I don't want you to die!!" I tell him, now feeling angry.

He sighs and looks down, without knowing what to answer. We hear a knock at the door and I turn around when it opens. I don't want that someone else see me in tears.

"The dinner is... Gale! What are you doing here?!" Shouts Effie troubled.

"We're coming. Just give us five minutes." He answers politely.

The woman sighs heavily.

"Five minutes." Then she shouts the door.

I wipe away my tears and take mouthfuls of air, to calm me down. Gale wraps his arms around me from the back. I feel something different but I don't care.

For the first time, I realize how I feel safe in Gale arms. But we need to go, otherwise Effie will be mad.

"Are you okay?" Say Gale when I pull away.

I nod and take a deep breath.

"Let's go."

When we arrive to the dinner room, Effie was standing.

"Sit down and start to eat. I will go get Haymitch and it will be long."

I can see a smirk start to grow on Gale face, and I can't stop myself either. Haymitch is an alcoholic. He is always drunk and will be funny to see Effie Trinket with this guy.

There is so much food on the table. I can't stop myself of thinking about all the children starving to death in district 12. I sigh sadly, I can't do nothing.

"Are you alright?" Ask me Gale.

"Yeah. Just... thinking about home." I answer sincerely.

We start eating and Effie arrives with our mentor.

"Please, if you didn't want to do it for them, do it for me." She whispers.

I look at Gale, we just ignore her latest comment and continue eating.

The day pass quite rapidly. After supper, Gale and I try to talk to Haymitch. But, like normally, he wasn't sober. Our mentor threw up and all three look at each other, has the man fall in his puddle of vomit.

"Go to sleep. I'm going to take care of him." Has Effie says, coming closer to the man.

My look goes on Gale and he sigh.

"I'm going to take you back to your room."

He takes my hands into his and lead me.

At my door, I look at him.

"What are we doing to do?" I ask him.

He knows what am talking about, the games. My friends sigh.

"We're going to see Catnip."

He kisses my forehead and says:

"Goodnight. Try to sleep, we have a hard day tomorrow."

He winks and then go to his room. I feel myself a void. I didn't want him to leave. But, I go to my room, I can't change thing know. We're going to die in two weeks. These thoughts give me shivers. I put myself in a pyjama, more like a longue shirt, and then go to bed.