the hunger games: if it happened to me

Chapter 23

Four. Just 4 of us left in this arena. 2 more kills so me and Ferny can go home. We make our way to a little cave under a river. It's well hidden, and center of the arena. Ferny's cut is getting worst. He can barely even speak. He's shaking so much and it's getting kinda cold. I'm getting really worried. I dont know how much more Ferny can take.
Just then an announcement goes on. "Attention tributes. The Capitol has decided to be extra generous today. They've decided to have feast. A gift feast. Each of you need something. Desperately. At the cornucopia, there will be a table with 3 bags. Find the one with your state number and take it. The feast starts now and as always, may the odds be ever in your favor." The announcement finishes.
"Ferny. Your medicine. I have to go." I scream as I get my bow and arrow. Ferny grabs my hand. "Iri. Stop. It's too dangerous." He pleads. The look in his eyes melts me. "I have to. I don't wanna loose you. I need you. If anything happens to you, I wouldn't be able to live with myself. I love you." I say. I meant this. Every single word of what I just said is real. Tears running down my eyes. I lean in and kiss him. "Now there's no way I'm letting you go" he whispers.
Eventually he falls asleep. I wait out for about what I think is 15 minutes. Then I head out. I grab my bow and arrows. I'm walking very quietly so I won't be found. I see it. I see our bag. It has a 16 printed on it. I see two other bags. One must be for Cato. The other must be for Brooklyn. Just as I'm about to run to get it. I stop. Because I see Cato running for his. Once he leaves, I check again. Coast is clear. I run as fast as ever, I get a hold of my bag. As I'm staring to run back I feel someone running towards me. It's Brooklyn holding a knife. She's from state 1. Been training since she was little. She never misses. Not once. I panic. This is exactly the type of dangerous situation Ferny didn't want me to be in. In my defense I grab an arrow and shoot repeatedly. I shoot 3 arrows, 2 land on her arm and 1 on her lower stomach. She catches up and I can feel her behind me. Just like I feel her knife going into my hand. A million different kinds of pain going through my body. I take the knife out slowly with my shaky hands. I can barely get a grip of it. I've never been good with knifes but there's not much choice now. I have to be good. I aim. Straight as possible. And I throw. I close my eyes because I don't wanna see how this turns out. Seconds later I hear the cannon. Another kill. I look back and see how my knife landed in her head. Disgusted I run back to our cave. No sings of Cato.
"Ferny I'm back!" I scream. I give him a long hug. "I told you not to go. What? What happened to your hand?" He says worried. "It's nothing. I killed her. I killed the girl from 1. Now it's just 3 of us left. Me. You. and Cato." I say. I open the bag. There's medicine inside. Perfect. I knew it. But wait there's also a warm bread loaf with a cooked chicken. Then I notice a note. Like the one I got before. It reads: "5 kills. Not bad. Enjoy. -R" oh ralph would say this. I'm thankful though. After we eat, I quickly grab medicine and put it on ferny's leg. "Here you need some of that too" he says as he puts some on my arm. He smiles at me and gives me a long kiss. "I love you, with all my heart, I don't ever want to loose you. If I loose you, I'd loose my other half" he says. I can tell by the way he looks at me, that he's being sincere. He's not pretending anymore, and neither am I. "I love you so much more" I whisper to him. We lay down, my head on his chest and his arm around me. He kisses my forehead and in this moment I knew that what we have going on is no longer pretend, it's real.