Panem High (Sequel to 'Two hearts beats as one')

Chapter 13: Poor Peeta

Chapter 13

Katniss P.O.V.

I'm lying in my bed. I've stopped crying. But I'm listening to depressing music.

"Leave me out with the waste this is not what I do, it's the wrong kind of place to be thinking of you".

It's Damien Rice. And this song is depressing. But it still doesn't make me feel any better.

"It's the wrong time for somebody new, it's a small crime, and I've got no excuse".

Oh god. Why isn't this helping me? I don't want to feel this bad. Soon Peeta will be here. And what am I going to do? Throw him out?

"But is that alright? Give my gun away when it's loa..."

The door slams open and Finnick and Annie runs inside my room. Well mine and Peetas to be exact. I'm going to move room. I can't just throw Peeta out, but I can move to another room.

They have let me be for the past hour. But before that they banged on the door, begging me to come out. Begging me to stop crying. Begging me to talk to Peeta.

Well at least I did one of those things. I'm not crying anymore. But it feels like I'm dried out, so maybe that wasn't so much on purpose, but still, one of three, that must count as something. Right?

"I'm not coming out", I snap before they can say something. "I'm not, so save your breath!"

"It's not that Katniss", Finnick begins.

"Nothing you say can make me feel better, understand?!" I say, turning to my side and face the wall, or the window. It's closed. Peeta doesn't like that. He can't sleep without the window open.

One time I asked him why but he didn't know, so I asked him:

"But what about in the winter? Won't we get cold?"

And he answered me:

"No, 'cause we'll warm each other baby".

I get tears in my eyes at the thought of that memory. It wasn't so long ago. That's hurts to think about.

"Katniss! Snap out of it!" I hear Annie shout.

I look at her. She has never used that tone against me before. I didn't even know she has such a hard tone on her voice, and we've known each other since kindergarten.

I get so surprised that I turn around again, so I can look at her.

"Excuse me?" I say, feeling a bit offended. But Annie doesn't seem to care.

"We need to tell you something", Finn says.

I just roll my eyes.

"Well I'm here, so I don't know what's stopping you", I say.

Finnick and Annie look at each other. They seem like they don't know how to say it.

Has something happened? Like for real? No joking around to get me out of bed?

I sit up at the edge of the bed.

"You guys?" I ask.

They look at each other and at me, then back at each other, still with the same look.

"Okay, now you guys really freak me out", I say, looking from Finnick to Annie and back. "Spill!"

"Katniss... Peeta, he..."

I roll my eyes. Of course. They're better at theater than I thought. Maybe they should play the lead rolls in the school play. They really deserve an Oscar for freaking me out like that on purpose.