In the Woods of District Twelve
Chapter 1
PEETA'S POV
I glanced over at Katniss who was wearing a beautiful flower print dress, some turquoise plastic hipster glasses, and her usual frown. Her raven hair was in her signature side braid and her makeup was perfect. The only problem was her attitude. "Lighten up," I whispered discreetly in her ear, "the camera's are rolling.". She rolled her eyes at me and put on her best smile. The audience went wild. "See, my advice comes in handy every now and then." She glanced at my face, looking like she didn't quite know what to make of that comment, and said, "You're right, I might just keep you around.". Whatever that means. Considering the conversation we had earlier, I guessed this was a joke. She giggled a little and grabbed my hand, interlocking our fingers and holding our hands up high. Just like I did on the float.
GALE'S POV
I saw Peeta lean over to Katniss and whisper something in her ear. She smiled and he leaned away, looking satisfied. On the outside I looked calm but on the inside I was thinking kill kill kill kill kill kill. "Stop being jealous." I heard a little voice say in my ear. I looked up to see Prim smiling down at me. How does she know these things? "I'm not jealous." I said defensively. "Yes you are, you're getting all defensive."
"Shit." I cursed under my breath, "uhhh, yeah, I kinda like your sister. And Peeta stole my girl so ya know, I'm a little upse-"
"Bullshit." She said quickly.
"Pardon?" I said, surprised.
"I said that's bullshit. I know you like Peeta, I've seen the way you look at him. And I just know things. You know?" Wow, she is good.
"Yeahhhhh, you're kinda right about everything." I said, scratching the back of my neck. She smirked and sat back up on my shoulders. I smiled and shook my head. Only to look back at the stage and see that they were now holding hands. Okay, that's it. I couldn't deal with this any longer. I set Prim back down and ran out of the town square, turning corners and winding my way through the maze of streets. I stopped at the electric fence separating district twelve from the woods and slipped through the loose wire. I quickly ran into the forest, not stopping until I was safely concealed in the trees. Katniss and I had a special hideout that only we knew about. I knew no one would find me there.
PEETA'S POV
I looked out into the cheering crowd, searching for a certain someones wonderful face. Not finding what I was looking for, my smile started to fade. I thought he would be here. It's required that all citizens attend the greeting ceremony. Where could he be?
The ceremony lasted a few hours, but I was worrying so much, I barely noticed the time pass. After the ceremony, we exited the stage to the right. "Why do you look so worried?" Katniss asked (concerned?).
"Oh. I'm just worried about Gale. Have you seen him?" We walked over to the dressing room mirror. There was only one dressing room since 12 is such a poor district and couldn't afford any more.
"No. Why? I thought you hated Gale." She picked up an eye pencil and started outlining her already heavily makeuped eye.
"I don't hate Gale. I just need to talk to him. And why are you putting more eyeliner on? I thought you didn't like makeup."
"This is a good look for me." She replied simply, and asked, "About what?"
"Stuff." Katniss gave me a weird look and walked away. Her raccoon eyes making the move all the more dramatic. I sat down and heaved a big sigh. My soon-to-be-boyfriend was off sulking somewhere, probably in the woods, and my ex-girlfriend was being really nosy and annoying and taking up some weird scene/hipster style. My life is so hard. I mean confusing... and hard.
GALE'S POV
I was still sulking and hiding out in my special hideout, when I heard some rustling in the bushes behind me. I immediately went into defense mode, whipping out my bow and arrows and aiming it at the source of the noise. Suddenly, a familiar face popped out from behind the bushes and I dropped my bow in surprise. It was Peeta.