Chapter 20

We land I am put on a stretcher despite my protests. The wheel me in and I look around for my brothers. Annie sits next to me on her stretcher.

"Mira! Look!" I say pointing at Finnick making his way looking for Annie probably.

"Finnick!" Annie gets up and her and Finnick share a kiss. I look around for my brothers.

"Aina!? Aina!?" I hear Luca's voice but don't see him.

"Luca!? Jacob!?" I say loudly.

"Aina!" This time it is Jacob's voice. I look and see them looking around.

Jacob looks at me he squints and then realizations goes over his face. He grabs Luca's arm and they run over to my stretcher. I get up and we all hug.

Luca is crying. I wipe away his tears.

"Qué está mal? What's wrong?" I say

"You sound so much like mom." He says.

"Really? But why are you crying?" I ask.

"You look so different. What did they do to you?" He says looking at my scars and bruises.

"Nothing that can't be fixed." I say.

"I missed you." He says

"I missed you too." I say.

I notice Jacob has been pretty quite which is unusual for him.

"Jacob why are you being so quiet?" I ask.

"It was my fault you got taken. It should have been me." He says.

I laugh.

"Why would you think such a stupid thing?"

"Well I should have saved you." He says.

"Estupido, no one could have saved me. You couldn't have done anything and I'm back now aren't I?"

"Yeah I guess your right." Jacob says not entirely convinced.

"I didn't recognize you right away." Luca says tears still running down his face.

"Was I looking to amazing for your brain to process?" I say striking a funny pose.

They laugh but then see a little bit of my scarred and bruised back. Jacob gasps and Luca turns me around so they can see my back.

"Aina! What the f-frick." Luca says angrily.

"It doesn't hurt at all. I am fine." I say my voice fast and unsteady.

"Aina, don't you dare lie to us." Jacob says.

"It is fine. I will be okay in a week tops." I say

"Aina! Don't play this off like it is nothing!" Luca says.

"I don't know why we have to talk about it." I say.

"Oh pobrestito, get used to it we are talking about this." Jacob says in a mocking tone.

"Ok fine. I got in trouble for hitting a peacekeeper but that is it." I say.

"So they did all this?" Luca asks.

"Well yeah-well no. They were doing it way before but the more recent looking ones are from that." I say as if it doesn't matter.

"Aina Trinity Telles!" Jacob says.

"Please don't." I say demandingly.

"Don't what?" He asks worried.

"Don't worry. I hate to see you guys all concerned like this." I say

"We have a right to be concerned." Luca says.

"Yeah our baby sister just came back all beaten up." Jacob continues.

"Did you expect me to come back all perfect?" I say with a hint of joking in my voice.

"No! I didn't expect you to come back at all!" Luca says angrily.

He puts his head in his hands. I place my hand on his back.

"But I came back. That's a good thing right?" I say.

"Of course, I don't know what I would do with out you, Conjito." He says

He looks at me seeing if I remember the old nickname. I smile at the name and all the old memories.

"Remember you started calling me that after I made Adrain put back a bunny he got in one of his traps?" I say to prove I remember it.

He smiles at the thought. I sit down on the stretcher. Jacob sits next to me and Luca sits on my other side. I rest my head on Jacob's shoulder.

"I got a few new stories." I say remembering the stories I made up to tell Annie.

"Believe me we have more." Luca says smiling.

We sit in silence until a nurse makes them go away so they can give me a check up.

Once the nurse is done she tells me I will have to stay until my cuts heal more and leaves.

Next to me is Annie. Finnick hasn't left her side the whole time. I watch them awkwardly but I don't have anything else to do.

Annie and Finnick talk about what has happened in the rebellion. She points at me at one point in their conversation.

"What?" I say thinking they are pointing at me knowing I have been watching them talk.

"Annie just told me you guys were friends." He says.

"Yep, you hurt her. I'll hurt you." I say casually.

Annie glares at me. I smile sweetly holding in a laugh.

"I don't plan to." He says.

"Good." I say

"Aina, where are your brothers?" Annie says.

"They left to go to sleep. It is what 5 in the morning. Honestly you should both be asleep." I say

"Well your awake too aren't you?" Finnick says.

"Yeah but my sleep schedule is horrible." I say.

"Mine is too." He says.

"Well then welcome to the club." I say.

"Glad to be here." He answers

"Any specific reason your sleep schedule is garbage." I say.

"To worried." He says.

"Oh well that must have been rough." I say.

"Yeah it really was." He says.

"But Aina she knows an amazing song it really helps." She says.

"Yep. I am known for my musical talent." I say jokingly.

Annie looks happy, genuinely happy. I smile and my hand goes to my arm but Annie stops me quickly.

"Aina don't." She says.

"Yeah sorry, force of habit." I say my fingers brushing the scabs.

They keep talking well I stare at the ceiling counting the panels on top of me.

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