"You can't just say something as ridiculous as that and walk away Gale!", Katniss's anger was dulled, stifled through the dense forest.
Gale paused, his back towards the woman he'd know all his life, he slowly lifted his palms in a gesture of uncertainty, before turning around to face her.
"It's not ridiculous. I've said it a thousand times Catnip and I'd say it a million times more but nothing will ever change..." Gale replied, slowly raising his head to stare are Katniss.
"Why should anything change? I don't need to remind you about everything that's happened in the last year. There's been so much of change, none of it good! Can't we just be the same?" Her voice pleading with her best friend, trying to make him understand.
Placing his hands into his pocket, Gale softened and whispered, "We're older. We've been through too much to go back. I'll always be waiting for you Catnip. So when you decide to grow up and move on, give me a call."
It all began, like any other tale, with a boy and a girl.