Chapter 24 - Will You Catch Me If I Fall?

PEETA'S POV

The pain is becoming unbearable.Every night when I go to sleep I see her face. In my dreams. She keeps showing up, dead.

I just hope she is not dead.

My family and I are going to District 11 today, to visit family. We will be using the car, an old Jeep my dad bought when he was just married to my mother.

I am sitting in the cold floor in the bathroom, knees to my chest and fists clenching my hair. It's getting easier now, I am finally learning to let her go. I close my eyes, just trusting the world to keep her safe.

Have you ever hated yourself for staring at the wall, wishing that that one person was right beside you?

Have you ever been touched so gently and lovingly you had to cry?

Have you ever felt this way?

She made me feel that way.

"Peeta, dear, time to go," my mother calls.

"Coming!" I yell back. I get up and walk to the sink. I quickly splash some water in my face and look at myself.

I am much lighter than I used to be when she was still here. My eyes are bloodshot and my hair is a mess. A squirrel could be living inside of it.

Oh, what has she done to me?

I hop downstairs and put my shoes on. I walk outside and see my older brother, Raice and mom and dad are already in the car.

I get in the backseat by the right window and we drive away.

After half an hour, we get on a highway. Cars are driving fast here. I take my phone out of my pocket and put my headphones in the little hole on the top. I put them in my ears and select a song to listen. I place my head on the door and close my eyes.

After a while, I sit up and look around me, seeing my dad and mom engaged in a very important conversation. Raice is reading a book.

Just as I'm about to unplug my headphones, I see a truck speeding up in front of us. It's on the wrong way of the road. For some weird reason, I am not afraid. Whatever is going to happen, it's going to happen anyway. Nothing I can do about it.

I glance at my brother, when the truck hits us. The air that was still in my lungs has been slammed out of my body. The truck hit the left front of the car. The drivers seat has been crushed backwards, into Raice. His upper body and lower body are separated from each other.

He's dead, like my dad.

Then, it all becomes black.

KATNISS' POV

I'm back in 12, but there's no sign of Peeta. I just left my house, phone and wallet in my pockets. Surprisingly, my phone still has some power left.

I am in his house, desperately wandering around, searching him. But the whole house is empty. Sille and Grayn even left, with Aviana to their grandparents. According to a note for Peeta's parents.

I storm outside again and run to the bakery. When I get there, it's yet again, empty. No single soul there.

My phone starts to ring.

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Um hello, it's me, Ylja, the author, remember? Woops it's been a long time since I updated. I'm not even going to say I'm sorry, because I just didn't find the time to write.

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