Insane // Everlark

Chapter 24

-Katniss' POV-

My eyes flutter open. My head is throbbing badly, I look around and it's very familiar, I see the two families sitting at the table. I sit up. That's when I realise they are talking. I look around the room and see a picture of me and Prim together.

I'm in my mothers house.

They notice i'm awake. They come over and gather around me. Then I see my mother, but not my uncle. Where is he?

"Are you okay now?" The mother that run over to me earlier asks.

"Yes thank you, I'm very grateful for you helping me to here"

"It was our pleasure, we couldn't just let lay there until you woke up"

"You should have just left me, I belong on my own at the moment" I mumble.

"Well whatever is going on in your life at the moment, you don't deserve. You are a lovely, kind young girl"

"Thank you, I apreciate it but it won't help in any case really" I say as I stand up and put my jacket and boots back on. "Thank you though"

"It's no problem" they all say.

I smile then turn my head to see my mother.

"Mother" I nod.

"Katniss" she nods.

"Where's Phil?" I ask.

"He left" she mumbles.

I nod. "Good" I say under my breath. "Anyway, I'd best get going back to the Mellark's, they're probably worried about me"

"Especially Peeta.."

"No. Actually Rye and Michael, me and Peeta aren't on speaking terms at the moment" I say folding my arms. "Anyway, I'll see you around" I say as I open the door and walk out after the two families.

They see me behind me and look at me confused.

"Oh I don't live with my mother" I say.

"But your only sixteen, where do you live?"

"At the Mellark's. They kinda took me in"

"Oh, they are very kind people. We were just heading over there now"

"Oh, I'll walk with you then" I say.

"Can you give me a piggy back?" one of the girls ask me.

"I would love to, but I have a very bad back and it hurts when somethings on it" I say.

The children drop it but the four adults look at me with suspicion. The children run off when the bakery comes in sight.

They turn to look at me.

"I used to get beaten badly, along with other stuff" I explain.

They gasp. "By who?"

"My mother and my uncle who is called Phil" I say.

"So that's why you now live here?" they ask, I nod.

"Yeah" I say. "They would whip my and my uncle would do horrible stuff to me"

"Like rape?" they ask quietly.

I nod. Causing them to gasp.

We walk into the bakery where Rye and Michael are on the counter. They see me and gasp.

"Katniss! Where have you been?!" they exclaim.

"I went on a walk and I was about to head back when I fainted" I explain. "These people helped me to my mothers"