A/N: I think this is a bit different
from the others since there's absolutely no dialogue. It's just Dani
thinking. I hope you guys enjoy it!
Dani had been sitting in the living
room with her father and brother for several hours now, and not one
word had been spoken. She quite liked these silent moments. Their
house had always been on the quiet side. Her mom was a quiet person,
who only saw the need to talk when neccessary, and Dani supposed she
had inherited this quality. They just didn't feel the need to
constantly fill the silence. Her father on the other hand, enjoyed a
good conversation, and her brother had inherited this quality. The
two could strike up a conversation with just about anyone and could
go on for hours. Still, at home they too often went about the day in
near silence. That was just the way her family had always worked.
They talked too each other all of the time, but they weren't afraid
of silence either.
On this particular day, Dani's mother
had gone to the woods to hunt. Nickel, now almost eight, had begun
tagging along occassionally, but Katniss had asked him to stay here
for the day, which he was still pouting about. Dani figured her
mother wanted time to actually hunt instead of teaching Nickel how to
aim. Still, from what Dani heard, Nickel was learning fast, and may
even become as good of a shooter as their mom someday. Dani, unlike
her brother, had never been hunting in her life. She didn't have a
problem with the actual killing as much as she did the skinning and
preparation of the meat. It grossed her out. She couldn't aim a bow
and arrow anyway. She much prefered to spend her days painting or
baking with her dad while her mom and brother went off to the woods.
Dani had been trying to read some teen
romance book. She'd been really into it for most of the morning, but
her mind had begun to wander sometime after lunch. She was currently
staring out the window at nothing as she thought over things.
Dani enjoyed thinking. She figured
that was probably why she enjoyed silence. You couldn't think well
when it was loud. It wasn't that she had any particular troubling
thought that she needed to think through. She just liked thinking
about small, little things. She thought about the view out the
window, her family, her small group of friends, and life. Nothing
captured her mind for too long.
Dani wasn't sure how long it had been
when she decided she'd been thinking long enough. It had felt like
just a few minutes to her, but when she looked up and noticed the
absence of her brother and father, she wasn't so sure. Then, she
picked up on the scent of meat being cooked in the kitchen. A quick
look at the clock told her it was almost supper time, and she smiled
to herself. She always got lost in her thoughts. Dani wandered off
to the kitchen to find the rest of the family. She was sure her
father would make a joking comment about her being "lost in her
thoughts again." Her silence would be broken. For now that was
okay though. Sometimes noise was nice too, expecially when it comes
in the form of family.
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