The Sun's Rays

Love, Dale

"No." My voice came out in a deadly whisper.

My mother was in the hospital bed. Tubes were running in and out of her body, and she was hooked up to many monitors that were beeping. She also had a bloody bandage around her torso.

Dale gently led me out of the room. I calmly set Buttercup on the ground, before I gave him a piece of my mind.

"Dale Hawthorne let me back inside that room right now!"

"No, Primrose. It will be good for both you and your mother if you weren't there to make your mother get riled up in that state." Dale calmly said.

I narrowed my eyes. I knew that Dale would be even more stubborn in this matter than I would be. Honestly, Dale was the only person I knew who could even come close to me in stubbornness.

"Fine." I growled.

I turned around and walked a couple of paces, before turning around and running past Dale. He was prepared for me, but I smashed through his arms and crashed into a doctor that was going into my mother's room.

The doctor gave me a look of surprise, but when I started yelling at him, he figured out who I was. He straightened his jacket, readjusted his glasses, and wiped some pretend dirt off of his shoulders, before dealing with me.

"Primrose." He said calmly.

I stopped yelling at him, and crossed my arms and pursed my lips.

"I know how hard it is for you to cope with your mother and your brother in the hospital at the same time, but please be aware that you screaming loud enough to wake the whole hospital, would not be good for not only your health, but the health of the whole hospital." the doctor calmly stated.

I was about to give him a piece of my mind, before Dale grabbed my arms and said an apology to the doctor. He put his arm around me in a secure grip to make sure that I wouldn't run away again. I didn't struggle. I found Buttercup hovering near the door, and I scooped her up.

"Where do you want to go?" Dale said.

I should go and see Haymitch or Amy, but honestly I wanted to get out of that Hospital Wing.

"Anywhere but here." I said

Dale led me to my room and stood outside my door. I opened my door, and hesitated. I didn't want to be alone. I nervously hugged Buttercup and bit my lip.

"Dale," I looked at him "will you stay with me?"

He looked a little taken back by my request, so I quickly covered for myself.

"I just wanted comfort, i didn't mean..."

Dale laughed.

"Of course I will."

I wasn't sure what to do next, so I went inside my room. I set Buttercup on the floor, and she immediately went on one of the pillows on my bed, and curled up. It was at that moment that I realized that Buttercup has grown a lot since I last saw her. She was almost a full grown cat now.

Dale and I awkwardly stood in the room for a couple of minutes, looking at different places. I wasn't sure on what to do, so I picked Buttercup off the pillow and grabbed a couple of spare blankets, and made them into a nest at the foot of my bed.

I then kicked off my shoes and socks, and went under the covers. I heard Dale do the same thing, and climb in next to me. I felt his arm slip under my back, and I froze. He just put his arm around me. I accepted the invitation and put my head on his chest. He kissed the top of my head, and I fell into a deep sleep.

***

I groggily opened my eyes, and sat up. Dale was still snoring right next to me, and I rolled my eyes. Dale could sleep heavily when he wanted to. I picked out my while t-shirt that had the Deathly Hallows symbol on it, and some jean shorts. It was when I was in the shower that I got the thought that I didn't have any of the usual nightmares I normally had last night. I must be getting over the games quicker than everyone thought. I hopped out of the shower, dressed, and did my hair in the usual braid. When I finally stepped out of the bathroom, I found that Dale was nowhere to be found. I then found a note on the bed and I opened it up.

Prim,

I went back to my room to change. Meet up at the reef?

Love,

Dale

I smiled. The note wasn't very romantic, but Dale wasn't much of a romantic guy, either.

I reread the note, and noted that he used the word 'love'. I then remembered Rye's somewhat disturbing comments on what a boy meant when he wrote love towards the end of a love letter. I smirked, and imagined her comments on this letter. Rye would be freaking out as usual, and then she would ask details about what happened at the Reef. I highly doubted that anything was going to happen at the reef.

I stepped outside my door and made my way out to the reef. I briefly wondered why there wasn't a lot of people out, when I realized that classes were going on right now. Honestly I haven't spared a thought to something as mundane as school since Haymitch. An incoming beep came from my watch and the message said that I was excused from school until Haymitch got better. That was a huge relief.

I entered the Reef, and took a seat on a couch. Dale wasn't there yet, unsurprisingly. I normally don't take that long to take a shower. I put my head against the couch, and closed my eyes. I heard the door open, and I saw Dale enter the room. My face immediately exploded into a grin. Dale smiled at me too, and he plopped down on the couch next to me.

"How are you on this fine morning Ms. Mellark?"

"Swimmingly, how about you Mr. Hawthorne?"

"Even better now that I'm with you Ms. Mellark."

"Is that so, Mr Hawthorne."

I moved closer towards Dale.

"It seems like Mr. Hawthorne likes Ms. Mellark very much."

"It turns out that Ms. Mellark likes Mr. Hawthorne very much, as well."

"Why are we talking in the third person?"

"I don't know."

Then, I kissed him. It was the kind of kisses that made fireworks explode and made wars end. It was in that moment, I realized that good things can come out of bad things just as much as bad things can come out of good things.

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Long time no see!!!! I wrote this on Sunday but my stupid sister took the ipad away from me so I couldn't update. Wow,  writing this made me realize how much I missed Prim and Dale. :( and I bet all of you thought this chapter was going to be PG-13 right? ;)

Dirty minds are one of a kind

~Eat_sleep_swim04