"We could do it, you know" Gale says while I'm picking the grass before me as the sun rises over the horizon
"Do what?" I say
"Run off, we could do it" Gale explains, "There has to be something else out there"
I'm silent, for once. I know that we've talked about this before, but this time it's different. This time I'm actually considering-
"Never mind, I didn't expect you to-"
"Okay" I interrupt
"What?" He questions, dumbfounded
"I will run off with you" I say, now annoyed with his slowness "But what about our families? We can't just leave them"
"Obviously we would take them with us" He says
"How do you suppose we do that, even with the districts rebelling the Capitol will notice 2 families missing?" I point out
"I already thought about that, with the Hunger Games going on every year the only way to miss it is if you are extremely sick...or dead"
"What are you getting at Gale?" I question
"Think about it, what is the most frequent way people die in district 12?" He asks me
"Mining accidents," I respond quickly
"Exactly, we can fake ours and our families deaths and run off! No one will even suspect a thing! And with all this rebelling going on, most people won't even notice!" He says excitedly. It really is the perfect plan, we all go down into one of the old mine shafts that no one uses any more, set up explosives, run out through one of the exits leading into the woods and leave the district.
We make an agreement that we will leave on Friday morning, first light. We've mapped out the area and are positive that this plan is foolproof.
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It's Thursday evening now and my family is packing up for the big day tomorrow.
Mom is packing some food and medicines, Prim is packing her bag full of clothes and books and some other possessions.
In my bag I have packed 5 wool and cotton shirts, 2 pairs of pants 1 pair of shorts, 1 sleeping bag and blanket, a sweater, thick woolen socks and my brush. I pack up a few of my dear possessions as well, a picture taken 6 years ago of my family and I under a willow tree in the meadow. My mother's locket with a picture of my Father and Prim in it, a small hand mirror and my Father's old notebook filled with secrets of the districts to various plant information. Filled with old folk-tales to pictures of animals. I then fall asleep anxious for the events of tomorrow.
Gale's POV
At first when I tell the plan to my family they all seem very wary, but eventually my Mother agrees that it is the only way to escape. My siblings Posy-5, Vick-9 and Rory-12 don't truly understand, but go along anyway.
I grab a big rucksack and start stuffing clothes into it. I find my box where I keep all things precious to me and go through it.
Inside I have my Dad's medallion, his initials and date of birth are engraved in it. My medal of Valor, the old pocket watch that's been in my family for countless years, and various pictures.
Some are family portraits of my family when Dad was alive, one of Posy when she was born and, Katniss would kill me if she knew that I had this, one of her. It's not really a picture it's a portrait of her I found on the ground in front of the school 4 years ago.
It's spot on; her eyes look so real, so alive. I don't know who drew this, probably some lovesick boy, hoping that someday she would love him. It's utterly hopeless though, anyone who knows anything would know that I have set my boundaries and Katniss is one of them. I don't want to say that I own her, but I just don't want anyone near her, I want her all to myself.
I stuff everything from the box into the bag and fall into a deep sleep, the last one I would ever have in this bed.
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