Under the Willow

Chapter 21

   The girl with the dark hair finally opened her eyes. It wasn't her first, probably the fifth or fourth time. But it would be the first time she saw me.
   " Little duck."
   " Hi Katniss." I said softly.
  " Are you ok? How's mom? Did you get hurt?!?"
I brushed my nurse uniform. I just finished a shift at the hospital. We've been learning everything I already know about, like administering injections, stitching, and medicines. I've past all my assessments. 
I sucked in my stomach, trying to hide the fact it was burned, but healing. Katniss didn't need to know.
   " Mom's great, I'm a nurse, not a scratch on me. "
  " Is being a nurse hard?" Katniss asked.
" No, I already know everything." I said.
I kissed her forehead, seeing that it was already 9:00, and I had to be back for bed in thirty minutes. 
   " Bye, I love you."
   " Will you be back, Prim? "
  I paused at the doorway and turned around.
" I will always be here. I promise."

   I quietly closed the door, and made my way through the hallway. Right before I was about to get on the elevator, a man, wait not a man.
A boy. A boy, with his black hair cut shorter, eyes shimmering. He opened up his arms and smiled, blocking the hallway.

   " Missed me?"

In an instant motion, I sprinted towards him, and jumped into his arms, and squeezed my eyes shut.

    " Rory, I missed you so much."
" I missed you too." he said, put his head on my shoulder.
I squeezed my fingers on his arm, not wanting the moment to slip away underneath my fingers.
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" You're a nurse?"
" Yep! Now we can go to class together."
I stood in disbelief for a few seconds.
" How?" I asked.
" At first, I got nuclear weaponry. I didn't like it at all, so I switched."
We arrived at the classroom, set up almost like our science lab, and sat down next to Rory.
The woman who was teaching us had blonde hair tied in ponytail. Her dark blue eyes were like hooks to the soul.
" We are going to practice injecting needles again today. Once you feel ready, look for me to teach you IV's."
I picked up the needle and examined the place where we were injecting it. It was a little piece of flesh, but was hard, to act like flesh and a muscle. I carefully searched for a " vein " and injected the water into it. Rory couldn't get it after his first try, but after he got the hang of it. I tried a couple more times, but I felt ready to move to IV's. After the blonde lady, I'm pretty sure her name was Mrs. Crook, showed me how to do an IV, I practiced on Rory, and he practice on me. After class was over, both our arms were stiff and bruised.
" Hey I have to go. Gale wants me," Rory said.
" Ok. Meet you at dinner. "
After Rory left, I was alone with a few kids. I started to hear them snickering when I was cleaning my area. A girl with dark brown hair and hazel eyes threw a crumpled paper at me. As they left, I looked at it.
It had me, a stick figure standing. I had x eyes and my tongue was hanging out. A spear was in my chest.
Good thing your sister saved you.
I felt my face get red, and the eyes of Mrs. Cook on me. I simply threw the paper in the trash, and ignored what it said completely.
This is a new life for me. I am my own person.

Starting now.