It's my first fanfic and Englisch is not my native language . So it might be... horrible or something. but feel free to review, cause then I can change something and then I'll know what to cange:)

This is Gales POV. Peeta never returned. Katniss lives alone in District 12. Gale lives and works in District 2 and Katniss' and Gales families live in district 4. Gales heart is broken when he meets a depressed Katniss.

Disclaimer: I don't own the hunger games, Katniss, Peeta or Gale. Unfortunately... :)


Am I asleep? Probably not. But it doesn't matter. It's as always—I'm awaking, covered in sweat, my heart broken.

You can't really call it a nightmare, because it's reality. She's not here. She hates me and never wants to see me again. Ok, if you call it a nightmare, then my whole life is a nightmare. And it really is.

I thought life would get better when the war's over. I thought it can't get worse than it was with this cruel Capitol. But it is. Two years and it doesn't get better. My life is meaningless. It has lost its meaning two years ago, when I killed Prim and since then Katniss can't stand looking at me.

Every day is the same. I wake up in the middle of the night. Lie awake. Go to work. Sit in this stuffy room. Go home. Fall asleep.

I don't really know much about District 2. Neither do I care. I don't go in the woods. They remind me too much of Katniss. Everything reminds me of her. So I suffer every hour, every day. My mother tried to distract me, when she visited me. Without success.

She visited 2 weeks ago, asked me to come to Posys Birthday. They live in district 4 now. She said it's nice there and that she works in the hospital as a cook. She works with Katniss's mom. I'm glad she's happy now.

Today is Posys Birthday. I've bought her, her favorite sweets, Caramels with chocolate. The ones we never could've afford before. I have 1 hour left, until I'll fly to my family. So I sit on the chair before the window, like every time if I don't know what to do, and wait. I can't help it; and think of Katniss. What is she doing? Is she happy? Will I ever see her again? Has she forgotten me? Is she with Peeta?

My stomach turns uneasily when I think of her and Peeta together. Has he won over her? Or is she still alone? Since the day in the capitol, I don't even look at the girls around me. They aren't Katniss. I could never love someone like I love her. She's the only one who owns my heart. I'm hers.

The usual questions buzz through my head. Why hadn't they just hi-jacked me, like they did with Peeta? Why can't I just hate her, like Peeta did? Why can't I just be with her, like Peeta is?

No, I could never hate my Catnip, even If someone would have hijacked me, twisted my mind and changed my memories. I could never hate her. I could never try to kill her, like he did.

I get up and go to meeting point, where I'll be picked up. The hovercraft already waiting for me, so I get in and sit down on a seat next to a redheaded girl. It's the only place left.

After the Capitol was destroyed, the hovercrafts became official connections between the districts. It's not really expensive, so that everyone can afford to visit the other districts.

The redheaded girl strums with her eyelashes. "Hi, I'm Glitz. What's your name?" I'm not in the mood for a chat, so I decide to ignore her.

"Heeey?" She waves her hand in front of my eyes. "I asked you about your name!"

"Gale." I groan. Some people turn their head toward me.

"Oh… I've seen you in TV. You were one of the rebels in the Capitol, with this Katniss-girl. What do you want in 4?" She babbles.

Something bothers me about, how she talks about Katniss.

"I visit my family." Why can't she just shut up?

"Me, too! How long will you be there?"

Hooray .Please, just let me alone! "Two days."

"Oh… why not longer? We could meet somewhere. Maybe tomorrow in the square… Or somewhere else?"

"No." Shut up.

"So tomorrow in the square… what time?"

"I said no. I don't want to meet you!" Can't she see she's unnerving me?

"Oh… Ok."

Then she starts talking about some people, which I don't even know.

And I just stop listening to her, thinking about my family. She still talks, as we get out of the hovercraft.

There's my family waiting - my mom with Posy in a pink dress, Vick and Rory.

And behind them I can see a girl in a green hoodie. You can barely see her face, but I recognize her.

It's Katniss.


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