Love in the heart of the games

Chapter 31 OMG Yay!

Katniss' POV

I wake up in a completely white room with a massive headache. I try to move my hands to cover my eyes from the brightness  but I can't. I look down and see they are strapped to the bed. I start screaming for Haymitch but no one comes. I wait and do it again. Finally someone comes. It's Cinna. "Can you turn the lights down my head is pounding." I beg. My voice is hoarse and it didn't sound like mine. Where am I how long has it been since I was in the out of the arena? These questions run through my mind when he shakes his head. Almost as if on cue Flavious, Venia, and Octavia walk in with all their little makeup tool thingies. I groan internally. I just woke up! My muscles ache, I miss my family I'm terrified this is just some big dream and I just want to sleep without a nightmare. But obviously they don't care about that because they unstrap my hands and feet and waist and wait for me to stand up. But I don't so Cinna grabs my hand and pulls me up but not in a mean way.  I'm sat in a chair and then all heck breaks loose. "Are you okay!?"  "Congratulations!"  "Are you excited?!"  "Are you happy?!"  "Are you happy to be marrying Cato?!"  "Has-" They all start asking questions and I have no Idea who said what but I cut off the last question, "What about Cato and marriage and,k what?!" My voice goes up an octave and it hurts my throat. "The rule change. You have to marry Cato. Remember silly?" Octavia says and I blush at my foolishness. "How could I have forgotten. Oh yea cause when it was announced  my 12-year-old- ally just died!" My voice dripping with sarcasm and anger boiling inside me. I watch all three of them cringe slightly at my harshness but I don't care. They treat it like a holiday! And they are happy for me that I won?! That I killed three people?! How stupid can these Capitol people be! I see their faces are even more hurt and realize I just said that all out loud. I still don't feel sorry. It's all true. And the truth hurts. 

I turn and walk out looking for a bathroom. I can take a shower by myself. After all I have been by myself for the past three weeks without their help I think I can take a shower safely with a bunch of Peacekeepers roaming around somewhere or another. I find a door with the lights on and I hear no voices so I just walk right in like I own the place. I glance around and it is a room exactly the same as what I was in and then my eyes land on the bed with blonde hair peeking out from under the thin covers. My breath catches in my throat. Cato. The bed is at the end of the room and Its about 15 feet away so I start walking then running and my echoing footsteps must have woke him because when I'm about three feet away he stands up and opens his arms and I run into them without hesitating. His grip around my shoulders makes it hard to breathe but I don't mind. We stop hugging when the door opens and I hear thre pairs of tentative footsteps aproaching. Two of them sound like high heels. Octavia and Venia. And Flavious. I turn around and look at them. It isn't Octavia, Venia and Flavious. 

Haymitch, Effie and Johanna Mason.

Oh Crap. 

Johanna steps up first. She walks right over and looks straight at me. She lifts her hand and smacks me across the face. "I deserved that." I say when Haymitch starts to say something probably very harsh to her. She then turns and walks out. "I deserved that. But I have to say, It hurt...alot."  Haymitch is next to step up. I can tell he is suspicious of Cato but he ignores him and hugs me. I start crying hysterically. Haymitch is like a father to me, I know I can trust him. "I know Sweetheart." His usually irritating nickname for me makes me smile slightly but I keep sobbing and doing this weird gasping thing in the back of my throat after every breath.  I finally stop crying and look up at Effie. I step out of Haymitch's arms and walk to Effie.  She imediately wraps her slim arms around me and hugs me tight. "I'm so glad you came back." She says softly. I smile. It's nicce to know someone was rooting for me other than my disrict. 

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Stepping on to the train was like stepping back in time. We are heading from the hospital to the Caoitol.   The hopital is right off the coast of District 13's Ruins.  It will take about 6 hours in the impossible speed of the Capitol train. It's like the day I was reaped except I'm now horribly scarred forever.