Life or Death

Train ride to my death

Chapter 5

Train ride to my death

The doors close and we enter the main train car. The dinning room. Elegant, clean, classy, wealthy an more all thrown into one room. I'm amazed that I'm speechless. Jaiden and I take a seat across from Katniss and Peeta. Jaiden puts an arm around me. I don't mind but it's just different. Not typical for any guy but Nick to do that. No I can't think about Nick cuz I love Jaiden and I will love him till my death in the arena.

"So......" Peeta says looking away from Katniss to look at us. "I see we have love birds on our hands now." Jaiden smirks but I stay serious. I can't stop thinking about Nick. How could he love me all these years?? HOW? I keep asking my self when I see Haymitch walk in.

"These the new star-crossed lovers from district 12?" He asks probably drunk but also maybe judging by his arm being around me and all. I don't answer just stare intensely. "She's just like u Katniss. Got the stare and everything." he adds.

"And she's good with a bow." Jaiden adds. u wish he hadn't. "And knifes and she is the best with agility and the fastest girl in 12." he never shuts up I think sometimes.

"Really..... what about climbing?" she asks. I don't answer I continue my stare out the window. I can't even answer my own questions so why bother answer theirs.

"Yup spitting image of Katniss. She will be a hard one to control....hopefully she won't out-smart the game makers and cause us all near death situations." Haymitch says walking out. Peeta holds her tighter pulling her in to restrain. Ya he was definitely drunk.

After about 20 more minutes of just staring out the window Jaiden gets up and so do I and we walk to the living room train car. We sit and I try to stare out the window again when he speaks...

"Brenna you can't just keep quiet this whole time. Staring out the window isn't going to save your life." I turn look at him and say in a whisper before the tears can seep through my eyes....

"Then what will.... what will save my life?" I pulls me into him stroking my hair while I sit there wrapped in his arms crying cuz I'm not going to live and everyone knows that. For hours we just sit there on the couch cradled on each other's arms. I stare out the window until I see the the capitol coming up just ahead.

"I can't Jaiden.....I can't." I say looking in his eyes now.

"You can.... u can win and u will win." he says hugging me once more before we get to the main car where we exit. The Capitol train station is crazy packed. I can't figure out whether for Jaiden and I or Katniss and Peeta.