Okay, so I was just Pm-ing with an author called Peace Love Hunger Games (they reviewed so you can check out their profile and story from there) and they said that Gale should… well I don't want to give away the chapter, so just read! :D –Syrina Kamar
p.s. this takes place right before the victory tour, about 3 hours before katniss wakes up Haymitch. Normally I would write a time actually from the book, but this sounded fun!
***Chapter 2***********************
( 3rd person pov)
Katniss and Peeta are walking down to the town square, both thinking the same thing: "I wonder if now would be a good time to ask to come to dinner". Both of them open their mouths to ask, when another though takes over Peeta's head:
He sees Gale Hawthorne, walking into a shop in the square (he knew if Gale saw them together he would cause trouble), he must ask her –it hurts him to think it- to leave him and go home. "Katniss…you need to leave…uh…now.." It breaks his heart to ask, but he had to.
"Umm…okay" Katniss' throat thickens, she do NOT expect that.
Apparently Peeta sees her disappointment, so he puts his gentle hands on her shoulders and says, "Please Katniss, this is really important. Please, and then… when I get back, you can come over, I will cook us some lamb stew, and a 'special' dessert for us. Kay?" he really hopes that this works. And that she wont leave him forever.
Katniss smiles, "Okay…"
"Then you'll allow it?" he says to her with a hint of fright in his voice.
"Yes, I'll allow it." She replies with a nervous smile on her face.
Peeta's smile was uncontrollable, "Great, I'll see you tonight" he says this as he embraces her in a hug. But when she quickly pulls away, he feels a small pain in his heart….
….until she kisses him on the lips and says, "See you tonight". She walks away leaving him standing there in shock.
He must have been standing there a few minutes, because the next thing he knows, the one and only (I'm glad there is only one) Gale Hawthorne is talking to him from behind his back.
"I saw you kiss her." He says with the anger crystal clear in his voice.
"Then why didn't you stop us?" Peeta replies to Gale, without turning around.
"Because I didn't want her to see me do this…" he replies with a loud tone. Almost implying that he is using energy while speaking.
Before Peeta can respond, Gale has thrown a punch into the side of his head. Peeta just wishes he could walk away, but he knew that somehow this would get to the Capitol and everybody would hate him and Katniss. So Peeta punches him right in the stomach, having almost no effect on Gale.
Gale seemed to think he was all powerful after the lack of affect that the last punch had on him, until he throws a punch meant to fit onto Peeta's nose perfectly. But Peeta catches his wrist and knees him in a place that should never be kneed.
It continues on like this for what seems like hours, Peacekeepers finally come to the rescue. But Peeta keeps yelling in defense to Gale's constant screaming at him for false happenings.
"Why cant you get it through your thick skull that she loves me and not YOU!?"
"Because I worked for YEARS to get good with her! And all you did was lie on live television!" he defends.
"She loves me! She said it herself! Maybe the Games really are a good thing so that I could save her from YOU!" With that comment, Gale lunges himself for Peeta. They punch and kick constantly, until a Peacekeeper finally trys to pull them away. But all Peeta wants is one last kick, the one that sends him flying down a well.
*** The next week**********
"What is this?" Katniss demands holding up the weekly Victor news paper. It has Peeta's and Gale's face on the cover, explaining the whole story that she just read about Gale's death.
"I…uhh…" Peeta is left speechless, but he knew that he would need to tell her eventually.
"Thank you so much!" she runs into Peeta's arms. He thought she would be mad and never talk to him again. "He wouldn't leave me alone! Thank you Peeta" she has a grin on her face, not a scowl.
"But Katniss, you know that now you are going to need a new hunting partner, right?" he says with a hint of sarcasm.
"You're not coming with me." She says still smiling, even while he kissed her.
"Because you're-I am, too loud" they both say at the same time.
***Author's Note*****
Yes, he fell down a well. This was fun to write, but normally I write parts that are actually in the book… small exception. Thank you guys for reading, and if you have any suggestions send me a message. And if you don't have an account, GET ONE- or review….that works too.
'til next time -Syrina Kamar
