Katniss looked between the two men that had made a great impact on her life. Peeta, the baker, and who is extremely hot. The one she swore she would not let die while in the hunger games. Then there's Gale, the one who she had been best friends with for five whole years. Who again is also extremely hot, and he also goes hunting with her pretty much everyday. Katniss looked between the two men that had made a great impact on her life.
"Katniss just choose, this is hard for us too. You know how much we love you, and it is killing us to know if you love one of us back. And, I am sure that I speak for Peeta on this one." Gale says.
"Gale being my best friend and all don't you think I deserve a little bit of time to think this over? Like what if I make the wrong decision, I'll have to live with it for the rest of my life. Don't you want me to be happy?" Katniss asked.
"Katniss of course I want you to be happy I just also want to know who you love-me or Peeta." Gale says.
"I'm not going to tell you if you don't stop badgering me about it!" Katniss says.
"Why are you getting mad at me?" Peeta speaks.
"I'm not getting mad at you Peeta." Katniss tells him.
"Then why are you yelling?" Peeta asks.
"Because Gale is asking me stupid questions so I answer them." Katniss explains.
"Okay, sorry." Peeta says.
"It's okay Peeta. Now Gale, please, just stop talking to me about who I should love, eventually I will pick between you too, so from now until then can we all just pretend like you don't have feelings for me, both of you?" Katniss asks.
Gale looks at Peeta, and they nod their heads.
"Thank you."
Prim walked into the kitchen where her mom was giving a patient some stitches. Prim went to wash her hands to start helping her mom.
"What should I do?" Prim asks when she finishes washing her hands.
"Clean this bowl, and put more stuff into it." Mom says, referring to the bowl she cleans her needle with.
"Okay." Primrose says as she takes the bowl to the sink and washes it out. She puts more water and sprays some cleaner into it. She brings the bowl back to her mom and talks to the person whom her mom is stitching up. Prim was always so good at the soothing thing. That is something Katniss has never learned yet…. But will she?
Peeta is in his bakery decorating cakes for his father when Katniss walks in. She is smiling brightly. That is something Peeta hadn't seen for a long time.
"What made you so happy?" Peeta asks.
"I don't know. It finally seems like my life is turning around from after the games. Sure I still get the nightmares, but I'm starting to feel like I was never in the games, though I know I was. I don't know how much sense that makes though." Katniss explains.
"It makes perfect sense, at least too me. Do you think the nightmares will ever end?" Peeta asks.
Katniss shakes her head. "To be perfectly honest, and I am sure you want me to be honest but no, I don't think they will ever go away. Take Haymitch for example, its been so long since he was in the games and he still gets nightmares from it time to time."
"Yeah, I guess." Peeta looks down.
"Hey, don't worry, okay?" Katniss says. "Everything will be okay, I can tell you that. We can always talk about it if we need too."
A small smile creeps onto Peeta's face. "Okay."
But he was still looking down. Katniss looks away, but quickly looks back. She reaches across the counter and places a smooth relaxing kiss on his lips. Before she pulls away she whispers into his ear "Please stop being down, and believe me."
The look that is now on his face tells her that he believes her. She's instantly more happier now that she knows he believes her. Peeta brings Katniss towards him right then and firmly kisses her back. She kisses him back then the break apart right before Gale walked into the bakery.
"Hey Katniss, what you doing?" Gale asks.
"Just talking to Peeta, you?" Katniss asks, pretending like nothing ever happened.
"I just went for a walk, and I couldn't find you at your house so this is the first place I thought you would be besides the forest. I checked here first."
"Oh, yeah well I have been here all along. Was there anything you needed?" Katniss asks.
"Oh no, I just wanted to see what was going on." Gale explains.
"Oh okay." Katniss looks at Peeta and remembers he was still here, "Well anyways Peeta that was a good conversation, but I better get going. If you want to continue talking after your done working, just come get me and we will go for a walk or something."
"Okay." He says. "Bye Katniss."
"Bye."
"What went on in there?" Gale asks. "Why was it so tense just after I went in there? Why do I suddenly feel like your hiding something from me?"
"Gale relax. I am not hiding anything from you. It is nothing, we were just talking about the games and how we both still have nightmares about it. There was no harm or anything to do with it, I promise." Katniss says.
"Okay, as long as your being honest I will believe you." Gale says.
"Thank you." Katniss says, and continues walking. The rest of the way back to Victors Village was a very quiet walk. Right in front of the door Gale stops Katniss, and puts his arms around her waist. He says, "Katniss I need you to know that if you don't choose me, I wont be mad. Sure I'll be disappointed that you don't love me as much as I love you, but I wont be mad. You will always be my best friend. And if that is all you can give me, that is fine. Because Katniss, I know you are hiding something from me, but you just don't want to tell me because you don't want to hurt me. Tell me rather than lying to me. It will make the world go round much easier…" Gale says, then walks off. Katniss stands there taking in all of what Gale just said. She knew that every single word he said came from the heart. And like always, she feels guilty.
Katniss walks into her house, where a patient is laying on the table healing from the stitches. Prim is in the living room doing her homework while mom is laying down on the couch. "WHat are you all doing, and hi Mr. Keen." Katniss says, walking towards her mother and sister.
"Doing homework, where have you been all day?" Prim asks.
"Walking around with Gale and talking to Peeta in the bakery." Katniss decided she wasn't going to tell details since she isn't 'aloud' to date yet.
"Oh okay, well me and mom spent the entire day putting stitches into all of Mr. Keens major cuts. Fun day." Prim says. "Oh yes I can tell." Katniss says. She holds her arms out for Prim to come in. She does, Katniss holds her sister in her arms for at least 30 seconds before letting go of her, "I love you, you know that?"
Prim gives a gentle laugh, "Yes, I know that. I love you, did you know that?"
Katniss smiles and nods. "I will always know that."
