Living in Los Angeles it's not so easy for you not to get lost in the alcohol, drugs, and lights. As I stare out my window I see the lights and can hear the shouts from the club across the street. Currently, Annie and Johanna are over there partying it up. They'll probably come home drunk and Johanna will say something mean to Annie, Annie will cry and then Johanna will cry for being mean. It's like a big pool of tears when they come. I've honestly never thought about going over there, I've heard of the DJ that owns the place. People say that he's a player and always wooing the girls.
I hear footsteps coming up the stairs and hear laughing and giggling, that's how it starts. The door bursts open and they walk in holding each other up. "Yeah, I know I don't know why that lady was being such a bitch. Oh hey there Katniss," she slurs.
"Hey Annie, did you guys have fun at the club?"
"Yeah we had to leave early because we got kicked out," She says kind of pissed with Johanna laughing behind her. I look over at the clock and see it's two in the morning. Annie notices and says," Katniss you know this is early for us." It is actually, they usually get home at like six in the morning. I asked them one night where they went and they said that they go to Finnick's house and keep it going with him because the club closes at 3am.
They start walking away and about ten minutes later I hear Annie running over hear and crying. She runs at me and throws her head at me lap and I rub her back. I'm practically the mother in the house. She looks at me with her sea green eyes. I remember the first time I saw them I was in awe. After about twenty minutes I walk her to her room and tuck her in because let's face it she's wasted. Really wasted. I see that Johanna passed out on her bed. So I walk to my room and change into my pj's and I put my hair up in its braid and lay down. I'm so tired, I had to go shopping for food today with the girls and I had to go get my laptop fixed up. This took forever. I decide to get my laptop and read. In about half an hour I'm dead.
The next morning I wake up and Annie and Johanna are awake and eating their favorite hangover food, chilaquiles, which is eggs, tortillas, tomato, onion, and the basics. I walk over to the pan and it's empty. "What I don't get anything after what I dealt with last night?" I say half-jokingly and mad.
They both stare at me with mouths full. Johanna is the first one to speak, "Ummm… I'll make you some?" I just nod. There's a knock at the door and a man is standing there tall with brown hair and steel gray eyes. "Yes, can I help you?"
"Is there a Johanna Mason here?"
"Johannaaaaaaaaaaaa!" I scream. She looks at the door and run full speed ahead.
"Galeeee!" she says as she jumps into his arms.
"So, I'm guessing you know him from somewhere?"
She turns around to stare at me, "Of course I know him. This is they guy I've been talking about non-stop for a month." She says it like it's the most obvious thing in the world.
"Okay, well hello Gale will you come in for some coffee?"
"Sure," he says with a big smile on his face. I feel like I've seen this man before. Then it hits.
"Hey did you go to camp Marston in 6th grade?" I ask a bit shyly.
"Yeah how did you know?" he says a bit confused.
"What group were you in?" I say with squinted eyes.
"I was in the exclamation group."
"Gale…as in Hawthorne?"
"Katniss….as in Everdeen?" he says like I did seconds ago.
Oh my… He remembers me. Pictures start flying in my head. The bus, the cabins, the night sky, and a giant tree next to the lake. And Gale's eyes. He was the first boy that I ever loved.