You've Got Time - An Everlark Fanfiction

ONE

Katniss POV

I take one last look at the letter before shoving it in my pocket. I walk through the main door until I get to the reception where I find a young woman sitting in a somewhat box type thing, I guess it's for her protection.

When I reach her she gives me a warm smile which I try to return but I know in the back of my mind that she won't be smiling in a couple of seconds.

"Hi I'm Katniss Everdeen and I'm here to give you this" I tell her whilst pulling the letter out of my pocket for the millionth time today.

The girl who's name tag reads 'RUE' reads over it and after a couple of minutes she gives me a confused look, "You're turning yourself in?" She questions.

"Well it said on the letter that someone had already gave my name and I can't and won't lie. Not again. So here I am"

"Okay Miss Everdeen I'm going to have to ask you to sit down right over there whilst I call a guard to come and get you"

"Thank you" I tell her gently. I then turn around and sit in a chair metres away from her desk.

This is crazy. It's what needs to be done but it's crazy. After seven years of thinking I got away with it that letter comes around and bites me in the ass. It's been 2 weeks of constant different scenarios running through my head, constant staying up all night to do research. I've even done some research on him.

And of course he's not been caught, he told me he never would but after all this time I would think he would've had to make a mistake somewhere. But no, he's still the same sly, cunning bastard he always has been. I don't know who gave my name up but if I had to bet anyone I would bet him.

After what feels like seconds but I soon realise was half an hour a guard comes out and says my name to which I rise out of my seat. He comes over and takes me by my arm and starts walking through the door at the side of the room.

We soon reach a room where I'm told to strip from my clothes and then stand with my arms out whilst another guard whose name tag reads, 'G.HAWTHORNE' searches my naked body which is one of the most uncomfortable experiences I've been in especially since this guard likes to get handsy. If it was anywhere else I would've slapped him in the face by now.

As I stand there after that furrow search, waiting on my new clothes, I can't help but think back to a memory when I was in a similar situation.

"Peeta I can't believe I just did that, I'm going to get caught, I'm going to get put into jail I-" he cuts me off with his lips pressing to mine however.

He deepens the kiss and I can't help the relaxing feeling that comes over me. When he pulls away for air, we're both quite breathless, he looks me in my eyes and places a hand on my check softly, "Baby as long as you're with me, we'll be fine. I won't let anything happen to you, I'll be here to make sure you're okay."

I let out a small sigh before I wrap my arms around his neck and I feel his go around my waist, "you'll stay with me?" I whisper in his ear.

I feel him smile at my neck before replying with such certainty, "always"

I'm snapped out of my little flashback by a pile of ugly light brown coloured clothing being shoved into my arms. I take a deep breath trying to remind myself that this is what I wanted. I chose to come here. I chose to face up to this.

I place the clothes on and to my surprise they actually fit quite nicely. If only the style, cut,  and colour could be changed then I could actually consider wearing this.

I'm grabbed by the arm again by the same man who took my in here but now I catch sight of his name tag, 'J.BOGGS'. I feel all the blood rushing to my head when he takes me through another door and the first thing I see is multiple uniforms like mine. Although these people seem to be oblivious to me, that is until one of them looks me up and down and shouts at me, "Hey where did you come from? I've not seen you around here before, you must've crawled up from that hole over there"

That was the shittest insult I've ever heard but in these circumstances it's enough to bring me to tears. I get escorted to a room with 3 bunk beds and 5 girls sitting on each of them.

'J.BOGGS' turns to me and explains that I'm not wearing the correct uniform for being a new person here because there were not enough left so I'm actually wearing permanent inmates uniform. I nod slightly when he asks if I know what he means and a few moments later he's out the room.

A red haired girl comes up to me and introduces herself as Annie. Personally I think she looks way to nice to have ever done anything wrong in her life but then I guess that's what people would think if they saw me, "So what are you in for?" She asks.

"I moved some drugs" I say shyly.

"What you touched drugs and you got arrested?"

"No I mean I smuggled drugs into a country" I hiss at her stupidity.

"Really? You don't seem like you could do that all on your own? Is it a family business or?"

"An ex-boyfriend" I state.

"Ahhh so what he grassed you up?" She questions.

"I don't know, I've not been told and I've not seen him in 7 years" I tell her.

"How did you get involved with him?"

I then go on to tell her the story about an 18 year old me that just left high school, whose father just died, whose mother went into a deep depression, meaning she had to provide for her younger sister who at the time was being such a little bitch that every aspect of her life was miserable.

I continue by telling her about the boy that came up to a depressed me and showed me the best time of my life. Showed me how to live, how to smile, how to laugh, how to get turned on. But most importantly he showed me how to love.

I tell her that of course I didn't know he was doing anything illegal and by the time I did know, it was too late. I was already madly in love with him.

Annie seems touched by this story as when I finish she pulls me in for a massive hug.

I feel another pair of arms wrap around us and I quickly jump back, not knowing who it is that's hugging me.

Before me stands a brown haired, green eyed boy who extends his hand to me and puts on a 100 watt smile, "Hi I'm Finnick Odair" he introduces himself as.

"Katniss" I reply back without taking his hand but reaches down and takes mine anyway.

"Well Katniss, welcome to prison"