Venom // Everlark ••Mockingjay short story plot twist••

Chapter 8

~a month later~

-Peeta's POV-

I watch her everyday, just thinking back to how she used to be, the girl who pulled out the poisonous berries just to save the both of us, the girl who everyone looked up to, the girl who loved me.

The girl I fell in love with.

I watch how she's perfectly fine with everyone else, just not me.

"Did you actually rape her?" Gale asks as he stands next to me. I look up to him to see him looking at her through the window.

"Of course not" I croak. "She wanted to, she said she loved me and she was ready"

He nods. "Sorry, I should have known you wouldn't have"

"It's okay" I mumble croakily.

I hear the door open, we both turn to see a doctor looking down at his clipboard. "Any news?" Gale asks. To our 3surprise he nods.

"We've found a liquid in her, it's called Tracker Jacker Venom. By the looks of it Snow had used it by injecting it into her neck. Which made her listen to him. He must have done something to make her memories of you turn bad"

Me and Gale have out mouth open in shock. We hear shouting and turn to see Katniss thrashing around in her restrains.

There's a knock on the door and a man, around twenty-three walks in shyly. "Uhh hi" he stutters. "I heard Katniss shouting from the halls and was going to ask if I could go in and see her?" he asks quietly.

The doctor looks to me, Gale and now Haymitch. "He knows Katniss" Gale tells us.

Me and Haymitch nod. He opens the door and she looks over, she sees him and quietens down. She starts to relax. He goes over and sits next to her on her bed. They talk for a bit until he looks over and gestures us to lock the doors. We do and Gale nods back to him. We see him unclasp her restrains, once he does she sits up and hugs him.

-Katniss' POV-

I sob into his shoulder. "I let Snow get to me Dylan. Now look what he made me do to him"

"Katniss, it's okay. None of it was your fault and he knows that. He still loves you just as much as he did before, probably even happier because you're carrying his child" I let go and put my hands on my stomach where there is a small bump. "Gale was telling me how he kept worrying if you and the baby was okay after seeing you on TV"

"I want to see him but I'm afraid I'll hurt him again"

"Do you want me to bring him in?"

I think about it then nod. He turns to Peeta and gestures fir him to come in. You can see the wave of worry that goes on his face as he walks to the door. He unlocks it and walks in slowly. I can feel Dylan rubbing my back, trying to keep me calm. I can feel myself tense up.

"Shh. "Remember how he threw you that bread to keep you and your family alive?" I nod. "That was Peeta. He didn't want you or your family to die so he purposely burned bread so he'd have to throw it away" I feel myself untense as the memory flashes over me

"Remember when you pulled out those poisonous berries in the arena to keep you both alive? That was because you didn't want to live without him"

I nod, remembering how I wouldn't let him die unless I did too.

"Remember how you were telling me about the balcony scenes with just you two, where you would fall asleep with him and stay there all night together?"

I smile a huge smile as I feel warmth in my chest thinking about that memory. The only one out of a few others Snow didn't wreck for me. The way he put the blanket over me mostly and held me close to him so I wouldn't get cold.

I see Peeta standing around five foot away from me wearily. I feel the tears roll down my cheeks as I look at the neck brace still on him. He sees my tears and quickly walks forward, taking my body in his arms as he strokes my hair that only he knows calms me down.

I cry into his chest, holding him tight to me. I can feel myself shaking, knowing I'm going to have another moment but I don't want to let go of him.

"Peeta, let go" I warn, he quickly steps back after letting go of me. I step backwards, I bump into something and see Dylan. I turn to him and he can tell what's going on.

He sits me on the bed so I'm facing him, still shaking madly. "Deep breathes Katniss, come on don't let him get to you. You love Peeta. You're carrying your child"

"I can't" I manage to get out before my eyes close for about five minutes before I open them to see I'm lying down in my restrains. There's doctors all around me as I thrash around and dig my wrists and ankles against the metal restrains that hold me down.

I clamp my eyes shut, trying not to think about the pain shooting from my wrists and ankles. I can sense the mutt is walking over by how I'm growling and fighting even more against the restrains.

I feel something warm and soft on my lips. I open my eyes, to see his blue mutty eyes looking at me ask his hands are in my hair. I growl but feel myself start to calm down, my eyes clamp shut as he keeps kissing me while I'm now only softly growling. I feel myself relax under the restrains and my eyes open to see the bright blue eyes I've grown to love.

He sits up and unclasps the restrains from me and sees my now bloody wrists and ankles.

"Did you just do that?" He asks. I nod. "Why?"

"It- I don't know, I guess it helps me to take my strength and anger out on things that I can't hurt rather than thugs that are weaker and I can hurt" I admit looking down guiltily.

"It's okay. There's nothing you should ashamed of" he says resting his hand on my shoulder.

"How am I going to cope with the baby because the Tracker Jacker Venom would go it too, causing it to be like me; attacking people"

"We'll love it no matter how it is, they'll be beautiful because you're their mother"

"I'm not beautiful, look at me. I'm ugly and pregnant"

"You're not ugly, you're far from it. Being pregnant makes you even more beautiful than you already are. That baby is going to be beautiful" he says as his hands are placed on my stomach.

I look down and smile at my stomach as his hands gently rub my little bump. I already know he's going to be the most perfect father for our little one.