Him - an everlark story [undergoing editing]

Chapter 4 || Sparks ignite and trade them for a thought

Chapter 4 || Sparks ignite and trade them for a thought

Katniss POV.

I'm running. Running through an old, gloomy alley way. Running away from the person that has broken me into so many pieces, the person that has manipulated me for the past 3 years. Gale. He played me like a game of chess, moves and countermoves, until he reached the queen and that's when I was a goner. He's slowly catching up to me, I start speeding my pace up as I do that I trip over something and when I look behind my shoulder to see what I've tripped over I see a half unconscious Prim lying on the hard concrete floor.

"Prim no!" I say through tears. I hear footsteps come closer, towards me. Prim's crystal blue eyes slowly shut.

"Prim no, please wake up, please Prim!" I yell through another round of tears. I hear heavy breathing behind me, I turn around and see Gale holding a knife in his hand, and he has a smirk on his face. He grabs hold of me.

"I killed her, and now I'm gonna kill you" he says with a devilish smile that I will never ever fall for again, I try get out of his reach which makes him grab a hold of me tighter. I panic, I start moving frantically trying get out of his grasp, but that's when he puts me into a headlock position as he holds the knife against my trembling neck.

"Now you can be with both Prim and your parents" He says.

"Katniss" she says, I open my eyes and see a very worried Annie looking at me,

"It's alright Katniss, calm down" Annie says soothingly.

"I-t w-a-s h-i-i-m" I stutter as tears fall down my cheeks.

"I know but it was just a dream" she says calmly.

We hear a quiet knock on the door, Annie and I look at each other in unison with wide eyes.

"Who is it?" Annie says trying to stay as calm as possible.

"Uhhh... It's me Peeta your roommate, Is everything alright in there?" Peeta says, his voice is slightly faint as there is a door between us.

"Everything is fine" Annie says rather to fast and awkwardly, she is a terrible liar, but not as bad as me.

"Okay then, just letting you know breakfast is ready" he says unconvinced at what Annie said.

"Ok. We'll be out in 5" Annie says.

"Alright" he says, and then we hear him slowly walk away.

I sigh "Lets just get ready" I say already annoyed about the fact that he must of overheard me scream and yell in my sleep, the only person who knows about my nightmares is Annie, I've had them since my parents and Prim past away, Gale made them worse.

Annie nods knowing not to get on my bad side when I'm annoyed or mad, I walk into the walk-in-wardrobe and pick out my outfit for today. I end up wearing a yellow, loose hanging tank top, some faded denim high waisted shorts and a pair of white converse. My typical every day outfit.

As I come out of my bedroom the smell of fresh scrambled eggs fill my lungs. God it smells so good. I wonder who cooked. In the corner of my eye I see Annie exit the room.

"Oh my god that's smells so good" Annie squeals excitedly, I start to laugh at how excited Annie is. When we walk into the kitchen I see four plates of scrambled eggs set on the marble kitchen bench. I look up from the bench to see Peeta holding two jugs of homemade orange juice in his hands.

"Here let me help you with that" I say.

As I grab the jug both of our hands brush against each other even the tiniest bit of contact makes me get butterflies in my stomach, How does he make me feel this way? pushing that though to the back of my mind I put the jug on top of the bench top and sit down and wait for Finnick to come join us. While we wait no one talks, we just sit there waiting for someone to break the ice and start a conversation.

"Sooo.....where do you guys come from? I've never seen you two around Santa Monica" Peeta says just as Finnick walks through the doorway.

"We both come from Miami, Florida" Annie say just as she bites into her toast.

"Well, well, well you two have come a long way from home" Finnick says just as he sits down on the wooden stool.

"Why did you guys move to California?" Finnick says eagerly.

I look at Annie and telepathically try to tell her not to mention anything about us trying to start over but obviously I fail miserably.

"We moved here because we wanted to start fresh" Annie says.

"So what about you two what are guys going to study here at college" I say trying to change the subject, it's only a matter of time until they find out what has happened to us both in the past, Im not quite sure I'm ready to tell them yet.

"I'm going to be studying The Bachelor of Art" Peeta says.

I raise my eye brow, "Really? I would never expect some one like you to do that degree." I say

"Shocker...Isn't it. he's actually pretty good some day he will show you, I'm studying Marine Biology I have a Passion for sea life." Finnick says taking a sip of orange juice.

"Sorry I miss judged you" I say to Peeta giving him an apologetic smile.

"It's ok I'm used to it now anyways what are you two planning on studying" Peeta says.

"I'm studying Zoology." I say, I've always loved animals even though I did use to go hunting in the woods an hour away from Miami but I still loved animals and nature.

"I'm also studying Marine Biology, what can I say I love sea life!" Annie says happily.

Finnicks eyes widen "You're studying Marine Biology?"

"Of course silly! didn't I just mention that I loved sea life!" Annie says giggling at the way Finnick looks. His face right now is priceless.

"I thought I was going to be a loner and not have anyone to talk to during lectures, but now I have you to talk to! College just got a hell lot better" Finnick says showing off his straight white teeth.

Annie starts blushing she's never ever been given so much attention by a guy, everyone use to bully her and tease he in high school. Poor Annie.

I take a last bite out of my toast and scrambled eggs and look up to see Peeta staring at me, his Ocean blue eyes stare into my soul intently. I start blushing and I look down at my plate again hoping he won't notice me turn into a strawberry.

"So guys I was just wondering if you two would like to come to a party on Saturday, a party before we start college on Monday, it'll be fun." Finnick questions us.

I've never been a party person, I prefer stay at home and read or listen to music and just relax but before I can say anything Annie has opened her mouth and has said "We would love to come"

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Hey guys!

So this was more of a filler, but anyways I hope you liked it

Next chapter will be the party sorry if the chapter was too short I'll make sure they're longer for now one

Ashley xx🌸