What If's and how could you's.
"Katniss why don't we just runaway" I say desperately hoping she will agree and we can finally live in peace, no hunger games, no capitol, just me and her and our families.
"Gale we can't, what about Prim?" She said raising her voice in anger.
"She can come and our families, please Katniss." I say begging her.
"No. I just," She says in a muttered tone.
"Just what Catnip!" I say "Are you to scared or what. I would really like to know why!" I yell at her. Her eyes water as a tear falls onto her cheek.
"Gale, Please. I...I can't leave. The reaping, District 12 is OUR home. We can't just pick up and leave." Katniss managed to say through her tears.
"Fine, whatever. I guess we don't feel the same." I say leaving her behind. She runs up beside me.
"Gale, what are you saying? You know I love you, but you know I just can't leave home. Why are you so angry about this?"
"Because Katniss, we each have so many names in the reaping jar! What if you are chosen, I wouldn't know how to go on. You just mean so much to me." I say. I can feel tears slipping from my eyes.
"Gale, I'm so sorry." She says firmly and walks away. At that moment I felt my heart smash into tiny pieces. Like a glass vase when you through it at a wall for fun. Not caring about what happened to it. I felt like I couldn't go on, like all my reason to live was gone. My knees buckled and I collapsed onto the hard ground. I rolled into a ball and cried. I laid in that spot for 20 minutes crying like a baby who lost its balloon in the wind.
"Gale" a voice said to me.
'Hmm? Oh sorry what's up Madge?" I mumble.
"Oh nothing."
"Ok, then what did you want." I say rudely.
"Katniss told me to tell you she gave your share of the food to Rory."
"Ok. Thanks Madge. Good luck."
"You to." She sounds so polite. Since the reaping is only at 2 I decided to visit the meadow to clear my head. While I walk to the meadow I hear footsteps behind me. I turn around to see who it is and to my surprise it's Peeta Mellark.
"Hello?" I say curious to why he is there.
"I want to go." He demands.
"Mellark, what's wrong. What the hell are you talking about?"
"I said I want to go. Like go into the forest run away. Me and Delly want to go with you." He says. I grab his sleeve and yank him aside.
"Mellark listen here. It's not happening and even if it was you wouldn't be going. And how do you even know about that…you…you creep?" I say angrily.
"Oh funny story. I was walking by the meadow and saw Katniss sneak in. I decided to see what she was up to. Then I saw you and well the rest you already know." Peeta declared.
"Well it's not going on and yanno what, I think you should probley just give up. Katniss ya she doesn't like you. Maybe you should stop stalking and leave US alone." And with that I turned around and stalked away before he could reply. I finally reached the meadow and laid down on the soft grass. Wow I said to myself. I wished I could stay in that moment for a life time. But of coarse today was reaping day and I still had to get dressed.
When it was around 1:30 I lined up in with the boys of the age 18 and waited. After a bit of talking with Alex AddMary, The Mayor of District 12 read his lousy speech about Panem and its history. Then our ridicules escort straight from the Capitol, Effie Trinket arrived with her bright pink hair and annoying yet hilarious accent came out to announce who our tributes were. I zoned out until I heard the girls name that was being reaped "Primrose Everdeen" she called I knew what I had to do.
"Any volunteers?" Effie spoke. No one answered. Soon after Effie called out the boy tribute. "Peeta Mellark". She read in her annoying Capitol accent.
"Any volunteers" I was about to yell out my name when Katniss came and grabbed arm. "Don't" she said. But it was too late; I screamed my name out and ran up to the stage.
"What is your name?" Effie said
"Gale Hawthorne."
"Well hello Gale." Effie announced 'SO District 12 these are your hunger Games tributes." All I heard come from her lips was"welcome to hell."