You don't forget the face of the person who was your last hope (On Hold)

Chapter 14

"Prim!" I scream as I dart up from bed and make a fast and frantic run for Prim's room to check she's alive, once I reach her closed bedroom door I run/limp my way to her side of the bed she was sharing with my mother who had now woken up and witnessed my actions, once I reached her I engulfed her in a hug that I'm sure surprised her because she took her time to return, but when she did she clutched me as tight as her one working arm would let her.

"I'm okay Katniss it was just a nightmare calm down." She soothed after figuring out what caused me to burst into her room and do this.

In return to her soothing words I just tightened my grip enough to let her know that I had accepted her words.

"You coming back to bed Catnip?" Asked Gale who had now materialised in the doorway to the room.

"I won't be able to sleep I can never sleep after a nightmare." I quietly answered turning my head to Gale and releasing Prim from my iron grip embrace I had on her.

"Well..." He started but paused trying to find words "We could go hunt it is 4:30. we could get breakfast I noticed that we where running low on meat last night." Gale answered with a sly and mischievous smile.

"That's an idea." I answered returning the smile.

"What about your leg Katniss?" My mother asked reminding me that I was still sitting on their bed.

"It will be fine." I stated reassuringly turning my gaze in her direction.

"okay fine but at least let me change the bandage before you go." She asked me in a soft tone.

"Okay." I answered in a quite tone with the ghost of a smile playing on my lips.

In return she just smiled and threw off the bed covers from over her body and she made her way out the door motioning for me to follow so I did "I can give you some of the pain killers I brought back from the Capitol." She spoke while leading me to a chair in the kitchen where she sat me down then made her way around the kitchen and began to collect her medical supplies from their various homes spaced out around the kitchen.

"Is it okay if I just cut your pant leg? So that I can get to the wound because they already are ready for the bin their covered in blood." She asked making her way back to me with a small basket of supplies.

"Yeah I guess." I answered not having much regard for material items.

"Okay you just sit there and wait till I say that it's okay to stand up." She ordered me while she set to work, I then obeyed my mother knowing that she knows what she's doing and that there would be no point in arguing even if I did have any objections.

"You want some tea?" Gale asked me making me aware of his presence causing me to jump. , which got a small chuckle out of him.

"Yeah please." I responded while nodding and smiling at his funny little mannerisms.

"Okay." He answered making his way to the stove where he proceeded to make the tea.

"Do you want some Mrs.Everdeen?" He asked politely keeping his attention on the kettle he was filling.

"Oh emm... yes please Gale, thank you." She answered while pouring rubbing alcohol on my wound which got an annoyed intake of air out of me and a jolt of my leg.

"Don't be a big baby Katniss, you have had worse." She said responding to my actions which she knew was wrong by the end over her statement because she then looked down at my leg and didn't make any more attempts at conversation, her bringing up the games was the worst thing she could have said, her words began to eat away at me so much so that as soon as she had completed her work I got up and went upstairs to get changed without  saying a word in either Gale or my mothers direction.

Once I had arrived back downstairs my mother was starting to make Prim and herself some breakfast, when they had realised I was there my mother made one over her attempts of saying sorry without actually having to say it " You look nice."  She complimented as her attempt. In response I just glared at her as a way of getting her to realise that, that was not going to cut it.

"I'm sorry Katniss, I just..." She started but paused "I miss you talking, I don't mean conversations I mean when you start the conversation and the smile you used to have on your face, but it's gone and I'm still grieving about that." She said finishing her previous statement in a soft yet sad tone.

"No I'm sorry, I'm sorry that I don't smile and talk anymore, but it's pretty hard to smile and talk after having been though two games and be the face of a revolution on top of that." I stated harshly while making a quick exit out of the kitchen and though the front door where the cold morning air bit at my skin.

"You gonna leave me behind too?" asked Gale who now stood in front of me outside the house.

"Gale I just need time to think can I have that?" I asked in a serious but soft tone.

"So you don't want to hunt anymore?" He asked scanning my facial expression.

"No I don't I'm sorry I just need time to my self in the woods."

"What ever you say but can I at least go and hunt on my own cause we are running low on meat." He asked knowing he shouldn't push it given my current mood.

"Yeah that's fine but just leave me to think for a bit." I answered feeling bad for getting annoyed a him.

"Well let's go." He stated starting on the path out of victors village that led to the woods.

Upon our arrival into the woods that had now began to turn to its autumn colours, we parted ways without a word because I knew what he wanted to do and he knew what I wanted. About an hour had past by the time I had began to reach a solution to my problem, I had to just forget about what my mother has put me through because it was in the past and can not be undone now, sure I'm a very stubborn person but I will forget in time, a lot of time but in time.
I grew tired of walking so I sat down against a large tree in an attempt to gain the willpower to go home and face my mother but I just couldn't.

While scanning through my options one more time with the intention of making my way home after I began to sharpen a stick with a jagged rock that I had found sitting around my little area of sanctuary. My sharpening and thinking session was interrupted when I began to feel a presence to my left which I immediately knew was Gale, which was good because I was getting bored. "I was about to go find you I was getting really bored." I stated not looking up from my homemade wooden knife masterpiece, until the end of my sentence.  When I looked up I was greeted by the face of a wild dog that looked old skinny which meant it was hungry but it was well able for me, once I had realised my situation I slowly got up to a standing position but that didn't help, it caused the dog to react violently and lunge at me for a chunk of my flesh which it successfully got it got a large chunk out of my left side sending me to the forest floor with a large whaling of pain to escape my throat once I had hit the ground I jammed my handmade weapon into its bony rib cage before it could do me anymore harm. As soon as the dog had bled out I pulled myself against the tree I was at before and held my deeply wounded torn up side in hopes that I could stop anymore of my blood from escaping my body because who needs it more me our the ground...

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