(Katniss's POV)
he whispered words in my ear i never thought i would hear from him, words of care and compassion? when has rick ever been kind or even nice to me! hes always been flirty and wanting me to go out with him and now hes acting nice? has he really changed?
"dont worry katniss peeta was my best friend i miss him too" rick whispers in my ear and i froze, what was he trying to do here? hes being kind to me since when is rick kind! but im in need of someone to just help me and comfort me. what austin said was horrible and crushed me maybe i was wrong maybe hes not peeta just some guy who looks like him. but what if it isnt i mean peeta's body was never found it crashed near distrist 6 it could be him but how do i prove it him. i look over at austin or peeta whoever he is and i reconize it before anyone else. the clouding of his eyes him clenching his fists my husband was having one of his attacks.
"everyone out" i scream standing up they look at me like im crazy and i just glare at them. "get! out! i told you!" i scream again and they all rush out well all except peeta and rick. i turn to rick and glare at him. "get the fuck out rick!" i yell and turn to peeta hes stood up now and has his glare aimed at me i walk slowly over to him. "peeta..." i coo "stop remember not real peeta this is not real none of this is real come on peeta" i repeat stepping closer and closer to him i finally get within arms reach of him. i go to grab his hand and thats when i feel his hands on my throat squeezing tighter and tighter choaking me squeezing the life from me. before i black out i see something above peetas head and then i go limp.
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i wake up a few hours later im in a hospital room and the one person i dont expect to see is here.
"rick?" i say quietly "what happened? wheres peeta?" i ask quickly my husband is alive and hes not here i want to know where he went. rick sighs beside me.
"katniss its ok just calm down austin chocked you and now your in the hospital and if you mean austin hes in a different room getting some work done on him" he says and i shake my head.
"no! stop let him go! i love him the way he is and its not austin its peeta there is only one person in this whole world who has attacks like that. its my husband peeta mellark!" i say and sit up getting out of bed "now tell me where my husband is before i punch your face in!" i threaten and he bites his lip.
"just down the hall three doors down on you left" he says and points out the door.
"thank you" i say and walk down the hall into his room "peeta?" i say softly peeking my head in "are you in here?" i ask sweetly the way i usually talk after he has an episode like this. he looks up at me.
"katniss?" he says quietly "what are you doing here i almost killed u!" he said and all i can do is smile.
"im here because there is only one person in this whole world that do what you just did" i said "thats my husband" i smile at him and looks at me like im crazy.
"huh?! katniss i almost killed you! only a complete idiot would do that!" he says and i smile.
"then im the biggest idiot of them all!" i say and walk over to his bed. "there is only one person in the world who has those attacks and thats my husband." I smile sitting beside him. "your peeta and of that I'm sure" he just looks confused.
"those aren't attacks katniss rick said they were-" he starts and something clicked in my brain 'rick? rick! this is all his fault!;
"rick! he told you this!" I almost scream interrupting him I storm out of the room and back into mine rick is still there and I slam him into the wall.
"what did you tell him! what did you do to him!" I yell at his face and he just looks at me shocked and scared.
"what I didn't do anything what are you talking about?" he asks frantically trying to get away from me I just push him harder against the wall.
"you know what rick! what did you tell peeta to forget me!" I scream in his face. how could someone be so heartless he had a family who loved him and he loved back. he just laughs and looks at me.
"I didn't tell him anything to forget you that crash is what did it I just changed his past he thinks I'm his best friend he thinks he's lived here his whole life katniss he doesn't love you anymore that wasn't my fault when I found him he didn't love you so really I just gave him a new life so now you can be with me" he says and before I know it his lips are on mine and he's kissing me I push him hard in the chest and step away from him my fists clenched tightly at my sides.
"get the fuck away from me you bastard!" I scream tears in my eyes how could he tell me that and think I could ever love him he took my husband away from me! I walk out of the room and out of the hospital I don't care if I wasn't supposed to leave my room I need to think and I go to the only place I can, the forest. I climb under the fence and climb up a tree close to the fence and burst into tears. I lost him possibly forever and I cant do anything to get him back I have to leave tomorrow my kids need me. I sigh I have to stay peeta needs me more and I need him. I need him back I pull out my cell phone I am required to have and call my house thankfully after a few rings haymitch is the one to answer.
"hello" says a sleepy voice I forgot 6 is in a different time zone then 12.
"haymitch! I need to talk to you I'm not coming home tomorrow I might not be for a while" I tell him and he's suddenly awake.
"what do you mean by that! katniss you have to come home!" he says I sigh
"haymitch I found peeta don't tell the kids but he doesn't remember any of us he doesn't even know who I am and I know its him because he had an attack and he went after me haymitch its him I have to stay I have to get him to remember" I say quietly.
"alright sweetheart but what am I going to tell the kids?" he asks I bite my lip.
"I don't know haymitch I will be home in a week at the longest ok? no matter what happens I promise" I say I hear him and he sighs.
"ok sweetheart see you in a week" he says I nod.
"see you in a week bye haymitch" I say
"bye sweetheart" he says and we hang up.
"what am I going to do" I ask myself
"why not ask me" says a voice and before I even turn to look at who it was I already know. its rick.
he whispered words in my ear i never thought i would hear from him, words of care and compassion? when has rick ever been kind or even nice to me! hes always been flirty and wanting me to go out with him and now hes acting nice? has he really changed?
"dont worry katniss peeta was my best friend i miss him too" rick whispers in my ear and i froze, what was he trying to do here? hes being kind to me since when is rick kind! but im in need of someone to just help me and comfort me. what austin said was horrible and crushed me maybe i was wrong maybe hes not peeta just some guy who looks like him. but what if it isnt i mean peeta's body was never found it crashed near distrist 6 it could be him but how do i prove it him. i look over at austin or peeta whoever he is and i reconize it before anyone else. the clouding of his eyes him clenching his fists my husband was having one of his attacks.
"everyone out" i scream standing up they look at me like im crazy and i just glare at them. "get! out! i told you!" i scream again and they all rush out well all except peeta and rick. i turn to rick and glare at him. "get the fuck out rick!" i yell and turn to peeta hes stood up now and has his glare aimed at me i walk slowly over to him. "peeta..." i coo "stop remember not real peeta this is not real none of this is real come on peeta" i repeat stepping closer and closer to him i finally get within arms reach of him. i go to grab his hand and thats when i feel his hands on my throat squeezing tighter and tighter choaking me squeezing the life from me. before i black out i see something above peetas head and then i go limp.
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i wake up a few hours later im in a hospital room and the one person i dont expect to see is here.
"rick?" i say quietly "what happened? wheres peeta?" i ask quickly my husband is alive and hes not here i want to know where he went. rick sighs beside me.
"katniss its ok just calm down austin chocked you and now your in the hospital and if you mean austin hes in a different room getting some work done on him" he says and i shake my head.
"no! stop let him go! i love him the way he is and its not austin its peeta there is only one person in this whole world who has attacks like that. its my husband peeta mellark!" i say and sit up getting out of bed "now tell me where my husband is before i punch your face in!" i threaten and he bites his lip.
"just down the hall three doors down on you left" he says and points out the door.
"thank you" i say and walk down the hall into his room "peeta?" i say softly peeking my head in "are you in here?" i ask sweetly the way i usually talk after he has an episode like this. he looks up at me.
"katniss?" he says quietly "what are you doing here i almost killed u!" he said and all i can do is smile.
"im here because there is only one person in this whole world that do what you just did" i said "thats my husband" i smile at him and looks at me like im crazy.
"huh?! katniss i almost killed you! only a complete idiot would do that!" he says and i smile.
"then im the biggest idiot of them all!" i say and walk over to his bed. "there is only one person in the world who has those attacks and thats my husband." I smile sitting beside him. "your peeta and of that I'm sure" he just looks confused.
"those aren't attacks katniss rick said they were-" he starts and something clicked in my brain 'rick? rick! this is all his fault!;
"rick! he told you this!" I almost scream interrupting him I storm out of the room and back into mine rick is still there and I slam him into the wall.
"what did you tell him! what did you do to him!" I yell at his face and he just looks at me shocked and scared.
"what I didn't do anything what are you talking about?" he asks frantically trying to get away from me I just push him harder against the wall.
"you know what rick! what did you tell peeta to forget me!" I scream in his face. how could someone be so heartless he had a family who loved him and he loved back. he just laughs and looks at me.
"I didn't tell him anything to forget you that crash is what did it I just changed his past he thinks I'm his best friend he thinks he's lived here his whole life katniss he doesn't love you anymore that wasn't my fault when I found him he didn't love you so really I just gave him a new life so now you can be with me" he says and before I know it his lips are on mine and he's kissing me I push him hard in the chest and step away from him my fists clenched tightly at my sides.
"get the fuck away from me you bastard!" I scream tears in my eyes how could he tell me that and think I could ever love him he took my husband away from me! I walk out of the room and out of the hospital I don't care if I wasn't supposed to leave my room I need to think and I go to the only place I can, the forest. I climb under the fence and climb up a tree close to the fence and burst into tears. I lost him possibly forever and I cant do anything to get him back I have to leave tomorrow my kids need me. I sigh I have to stay peeta needs me more and I need him. I need him back I pull out my cell phone I am required to have and call my house thankfully after a few rings haymitch is the one to answer.
"hello" says a sleepy voice I forgot 6 is in a different time zone then 12.
"haymitch! I need to talk to you I'm not coming home tomorrow I might not be for a while" I tell him and he's suddenly awake.
"what do you mean by that! katniss you have to come home!" he says I sigh
"haymitch I found peeta don't tell the kids but he doesn't remember any of us he doesn't even know who I am and I know its him because he had an attack and he went after me haymitch its him I have to stay I have to get him to remember" I say quietly.
"alright sweetheart but what am I going to tell the kids?" he asks I bite my lip.
"I don't know haymitch I will be home in a week at the longest ok? no matter what happens I promise" I say I hear him and he sighs.
"ok sweetheart see you in a week" he says I nod.
"see you in a week bye haymitch" I say
"bye sweetheart" he says and we hang up.
"what am I going to do" I ask myself
"why not ask me" says a voice and before I even turn to look at who it was I already know. its rick.
