The Rose Of The Capitol|| Finnick Odair

Chapter 25- The Fear

—Rose's POV—

Me and my family were in my room. Finnick passed the night sleeping in the chair by my bed, I told him to go rest a little and after some time he agreed

This whole time neither Josh or Haymitch came to visit me. Did I do something to them?

Johanna came in the morning and we talked for hours. She told me that Peeta was really bad. I'm worry about him

Right now, my mother and my brother, are in here. I keep looking at my mom and I know that she knows that something is on my mind

"What is happening, Rose? You are so quiet" Peter asked

"Nothing, don't worry about that. Can you please go pick something for me to eat?" I asked wanting him to get out of the room so I could finally talk to my mother

"Sure" he gave me a kiss on my forehead and went to the door

I looked at my mother again just to see that she was already looking at me

"Why did you lied to me?"

She seemed confused for some time but, when I picked my necklace from the nightstand, her eyes widened

"Rose......" she tried but nothing got out

"Dad didn't died because of a disease, he died because of Snow. How could you hide this from us?" I said and in that moment we heard a gasp coming from the door

When we looked to where the sound came, we saw Peter looking at us

"Snow killed dad?" He asked in shock

"Peter....." I tried but he interrupted me

"And you didn't told us?!" He said to our mother

"You two were too young to understand. I was protecting my children" she said and start crying

"You had many opportunities after that, why didn't you told us?" He asked

I could see that he was angry. He was really young when our dad died. Over the years, we never talked about this in front of him because we knew how much hurt he still was

"I was protecting you two. You have to believe in me" she plead

"You always told us that we shouldn't never lie. Where are your manners now, dear mother?" He asked

"Peter!" I said in shock. He never treated us like this

"Respect me, I still am your mother" she said

He shook his head like he was not believing in all of this

"You should have told us. He was our father"

"He was my husband! The love of my life. What you want me to say Peter, that your father died because he was a generous person. Do you want me to say that your father died because he was trying to help people.........I was left alone with two babies. I had to work hard to give you and your sister food. I had to work hard to raise you two alone" she said making us shut up "Then your sister went to the games and it seemed like the story was repeating itself. I was going to lose another person to the Capitol. I was going to lose another person to Snow. You wanted the true Peter, here you have it, your father died because he was killed by Snow. Your father died because he was a rebel searching for freedom. Your father died because he was a hero"

With that she left the room in tears. I looked down and put my hands in my face. She was trying to protect us and we were so ungrateful

"Peter......"

"Don't!" He also got out of the room leaving me here alone

I felt arms around me and immediately knew who the person was. He held me so tightly trying to calm me down

"I need to talk to her" I said

"Not right now, she needs time so does your brother" Finnick said

This whole story made me remember things about my father making me even more sad that I already was

I was not ready to revive the past

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We entered the cafeteria and instantly heard people calling my name

"Oh my god, my Rose is back" I heard a very known voice and instantly smiled

I saw Lily running to me and putting me in her arms

"I missed you so much" she said

"I missed you too, Lily" I said

We went to the table and I saw Ellen with her arms crossed

"What happened Ellen?" I asked

"They didn't let me go visit you, do you believe in that?" She said and also gave me a hug making me smile

Ana got up and start crying

"Don't ever do that again" she said and like everyone else she hugged me

I looked at Cecilia and she gave me a little smile. I sat down by Finnick's side and start eating. It was good being back. It was good being with the people we love

"So when it's the big day? I already have so many things in my mind......." Ellen was interrupted by Lily clearing her throat

"Oh, he didn't said anything yet" Ellen said looking at Finnick who nodded

"What is going on? What big day are you talking about?" I asked genuinely confused by all of this

"Nothing....." Finnick said

I nodded and start eating again. I looked at the end of the table and saw Josh and Haymitch eating

"Did I do something to them?" I asked Finnick

"No, just........it's complicated to them. They think that it's their fault that you were taken" he said giving me an apologetic look

Our conversation was interrupted by something falling on me. It was........water

"Oh my god.......I am so sorry" The woman apologized quickly but I couldn't take my eyes off the water that was on my clothes

"Rose?" Ellen called my name but I couldn't move or even talk

"Are you ok?" Finnick asked and put his hand on my shoulder making me quickly get up

"Get away-y from me" I said and looked at the water on the floor "I don't wanna die"

They all got up and came to me

"Relax, it's just us. You are safe" Finnick said

I shook my head

"No, no, no they are coming. They will kill me" I saw the lady trying to clean the water "Get that away from me"

"Rose, look at me" This time it was someone different.......it was Josh "No one is going to hurt you. I promise. Now, can you please, give me your hand?"

I nodded and took his hand in mine. He quickly got me out of the room and start walking with me

"What......." He didn't had the time to say anything because I hugged him

"Why are you avoiding me?" I asked after sometime

"Because it's my fault. I promised you that I would protect you and I failed. I should have done more" he whispered

"The only one who we need to blame is Snow. He did all of this" I said

He nodded and kissed my forehead

"Let's go, kiddo. You need to rest"

There's somethings that we never forget. Our mind makes us remember things that we did wrong or things that makes us scared

It serves to remind us of the important things that happens in our lives

I just hope that with time these things that made me feel scare go away

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