It had been a while since the thought of Gale had crossed my mind, but as I was walking towards our old hunting place he was all I could think about.
I hadn't seen him since those days long ago. The dark days right after Coin had been shot, my trail held. Days when we had no true government to rule over us. Gale had been shipped off to District Two, and I wasn't about to chase after him. I don't think that I was able to at that time. Or maybe I really didn't want to chase after Gale.
I lingered on the edge of the field looking at how it had changed. After one last look I turned around to look at our little town, but my eyes saw the man I was just thinking about. He looked up at me and smiled. I tried to smile back he deserved that much, but his smile didn't stir up any of the old feelings it used to.
"How have you been, Catnip?" Gales says and I can tell he's trying to bring back a part of what we used to have.
"You know how I've been." I answer his question because he wants me to talk, but I'm not going to give him the reply he was hoping for. When I look at his face again I can tell that my words hurt him, but I can't bring myself to say anything nice. I can't just fall back into that mold of what he wants me to be.
"Katniss, I know that you…" HE starts but I turn away and shake my head.
"No, I don't want to talk about it. It's over." I say with my back towards him. Because all it take is one look at his face and I'll say much more than what's' needed. All we ever were was hunting partners, friends in the best of times.
"Catnip I'm …" I don't stay to hear what would have come out of his mouth next. I don't want to know. Once upon a time I would have stayed, but not now, not after everything that's happened. I walk away from him never stopping and never looking back.
Gale and I are nothing now, but two strangers that once knew each other and maybe had cared deeply for each other. But that was destroyed with one single accident.
Somewhere is my screwed up mind I know Gale wasn't the one who dropped the bomb, but that gets easily over shadowed by that fact that we helped make it. He helped make the weapon that killed my sister, Prim. This is something I can never forgive him for.
Once I'm far enough away from Gale and the memories I'm hiding from I turn to look back, but no one's there.
My heart clenches in sadness for a moment. Gale and I will probably never meet again. It's for the best I tell myself. We never would have been the same.
I feel arms wrap around me in a hug and I freeze for a second thinking it's Gale, but I notice blond hair and I relax into his embrace. Peeta and I walk towards our houses, and looking at his face I know what I ended between me and Gale needed to happen. That part of my life is now fully in the past.
I reach for Peeta's hand and he grabs mine giving it a slight squeeze.
Now I have a chance at a happy life.
Hopefully this turned out okay. This is more of how I view Katniss and Gales' relationship. Read and review if you can!