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"Hi Gale…" I speak slowly. He was still holding my hand. I gently pull it away.

"Hello Catnip." He smiled.

I had nothing to talk about so I headed towards my car. "I'll see you at the restaurant."

Gale nodded and headed towards his mom's car.

20 minutes later…

As we're five minute away, I notice Peeta keeps glancing at me. Rose had fallen asleep, some time ago.

"You okay?"Peeta ask concern.

I don't answer. I know we're heading close. As soon as Gale sees Rose… it will ruin the last bit of our friendship we have left.

"I don't know… I just need to lie down." Luckily, Rose's car seat was behind the driver's seat. So I pull back my chair and lie down for a while. Peeta pokes my side, which makes me, giggle a little. I push his hand away. "Stop."

"Your mind is saying no, but your way your mouth giggles, you're saying continue." Peeta smiles. He already knows my sides are my ticklish stop and that makes me laugh a lot.

"Yeah, yeah," I smile. But soon my smile disappears as Peeta parks the car at the restaurant. He undoes his seatbelt, and is turn around to see a napping Rose. I decide to just tell Peeta how I really feel. "I'm scared that when Gale finds out who Rose is, it will destroy our friendship."

Peeta stares at me blankly. Then he finally speaks in a comforting voice. "It's okay. Trust me. I mean, Gale isn't your only friend. You still have Johanna, Haymitch, Delly, –even though she may not be your best friend- and one of your closest friends, Annie. And many more. Even if Gale ends up hating you, he's not that special."

I nod and smile. "Thank you."

I give him a hug then a kiss. We kiss for a while, until I hear a yawn.

"Aw! Mommy and Daddy are kissing!" Rose claps tiredly.

Peeta chuckles. "Come on let's go."

"I'll get Rose," I volunteer. I come out of the car and undo her seatbelt and pull her out. As I put her on the ground, I see how messy her hair is. I smooth it out and hold her hand as we head towards the front of the restaurant where Peeta, Gale, and his family are.

"Hello Katniss and Rose!" Hazelle, his friendly mother greets.

"Hi!" Rory, Posy, and Vick say.

"Hi Catnip. Hello Mellark," Gale replies. Then he eyes Rose and walks closer. Then he stops in front of us.

"She is?" he points at Rose.

"She's Rose," Peeta replies.

"How is she related to you two?" Gale asks smiling.

"Umm…" Peeta begins sweating. "Our daughter."

Gale stops smiling and stares.

"Well , she's very beautiful." And with that he walks away.

"Really?" Hazelle asks Peeta. Peeta was such a smooth talker. The way he talks, and smiles… just everything!

"Yeah. Katniss and I have gone hiking plenty of times!" Peeta replies drinking apple cider.

"Oh Vick wanted to go so many times, but you know, I don't know many trails!" Hazelle says laughing.

I poke my food and look around. Rory, Hazelle, and Peeta are talking about hiking or something. Vick, Posy, and Rose are chatting about a kids TV show. Gale however, was staring at his food in deep thought. I sigh. It was so awkward between me and Gale. I missed the days when we could talk without the heavy atmosphere between us.

I feel so bad though. Did I cheat on Peeta with Gale? That is what has been in my mind since Gale returned. But all we did was kiss… I think. I can't remember! I just… I don't love Gale. I barely like him. I feel so confused. I don't think I'll ever tell Peeta about that.

"Katniss?" my husband's soft voice whispers. I turn and face him.

"Yes honey?"

"Hazelle asked you a question."

She did?

"Oh I'm sorry. What did you say?"

Hazelle laughs. "It's fine. Have you ever taken Rose on one of your hikes?"

I shake my head. "We want to wait until she's six. Usually she just stays at Greasy Sae's house."

Hazelle nods. "Maybe someday, we should all go on a hike!"

Peeta nods grinning.

About seven minutes later, we order dessert. I eye Rose's food. Ice cream, cake, and cookies. Yeah, she's defiantly going to fall asleep in the car from all this food. I nudge her. "Do you want to use the bathroom before eating?" She nods and we stand up and head towards the bathroom. I give Peeta a peck on the cheek. "Rose and I will be in the bathroom." He nods and I follow Rose. As I walk, I can feel my ex-friend's stare.

After we return from the bathroom, I whisper to Peeta how Rose asked me why Gale stared at me so much.

He shrugs and continues eating.

Vick, Posy, and Rose were all asleep. Their heads were on the table. I laugh gently as Peeta kisses my cheek lightly. I turn my head and eye him. "Hope your enjoying your dinner. "

I shrug. "It's okay. But I would really like to go sleep right now."

Peeta smiles. "We'll leave soon."

He faces Hazelle. "We have to go. But on Saturday, we should all go hiking! How about that?"

Hazelle nods. "I would love to do that! Vick, wake up! Posy wake up!" She shakes them to wake them up. They sit up and blink their eyes. They rub their eyes.

"Are we going home now?" Posy ask. Gale nods.

"Bye guys." Vick and Posy say. Gale laughs and puts Posy on his back. He wraps his free arm around Vick and the siblings walk towards the exit. Peeta picks up Rose and talks to Hazelle. I gather my things as Rory pulls me aside.

"Can you come to the Hob tomorrow? Meet me there. I need to talk to you. Tomorrow at 10 AM,."

I nodded as Peeta told me its time to go. I hug Rory and Hazelle goodbye and shake hands with Gale. I just couldn't hug him.

"Where are you going this early?" Peeta ask me as he bakes some cheese bread, pancakes, and eggs for us three to eat. Rose is drinking orange juice and I'm waiting at the table sitting next to her.

I shrug. "I just wanted to visit Greasy Sae. You know. Thank her for watching Rose." I'm not sure if I should tell Peeta about Rory wanting to talk to me.

Peeta scoffs. "We have a phone, Kat."

I make my infamous shrug again. "I feel like walking around."

"We should follow you. Rose and I. It would be f-"

"By myself." I state, trying to make my point lucid.

Peeta turns and around and continues cooking. I sigh and drink some more of my orange juice.

"What!" I turn to face Rose, who just had a strange outburst. "So, you don't Daddy and me to follow you? Why? "

"Mommy just wants to be by herself right now, okay?"

"No. No okay. Take us with you! We're family!"

I sigh heavily. "Rose, you have to understand sometimes grown-ups like to be by themselves sometimes. Do you understand me?"

"No."

We have an intense stare down. Each of us scowling at the other. I sigh in defeat. I guess Rose inherited my stubbornness. "Fine!"

"Rose…" Peeta says her name in disapproval.

"No, its fine Peeta. We can all go on a little walk. Do you have to go to work today?"

He shakes his head and places our plates with our food on it on the table.

Rose smiles. "A walk and a big breakfast? Yay!"

Peeta and I smirk. What a bubbly little girl.

A green short sleeve v-line with blue jeans and brown boots, is what I wore. Rose wore a pink sundress with tan sandals, and Peeta wore a white polo with khaki shorts and white sneakers.

I have to find a way to distract while I go talk to Rory. "Hey Peeta can you and Rose go thank Greasy Sae? I need to use the bathroom. Peeta nods and him and Rose walk towards her counter.

"Katniss!" a voice calls. I face the other direction and see Rory. I wave and he motions for me to follow. As we walk behind the Hob, I start to wonder what he wants to talk about. When he stops walking. He shows me two big smooth rocks that are straight at the top. We sit next on them and Rory begins talking.

"Thanks for coming."

"No problem."

"I want to talk to you about Gale."

"What about him?"

"Well, he still…finds you attractive."

I sigh. "Does he have feelings for me?"

"Gale has been in relationships with a lot of women." He says dodging my question. I ignore it and continue to listen. "And usually he ends it or they end it. Every time I ask him why, all he says is 'We drifted apart' or something dumb like that. But with this one woman, Sheryl, he really loved her. I saw thee way he would perk up when she came around. How he would always talk to her, buy her gifts, take her on a date, things like that. But one thing I noticed is that she reminded everyone of you. She has long wavy brown her with gray eyes. She was kind of stubborn and she was enigmatic. When I asked Gale if he was only dating her because she was like you, all he replied was 'Katniss is in the past. When I look into her eyes, all I saw is Sheryl. Not Katniss.' But then, the unthinkable happened.

They broke up." I gasp at this part. After he has gotten over me, he finds the perfect girl, and they break up? "I asked Gale why he let such a perfect girl leave him. He replied, 'I messed up. I messed up Rory! Never –ever tell a girl a part of you will still love your ex- or in my case, Katniss.'" I didn't believe at first that part of him still loved me. He might as well go and kill that part, because no part of me will ever return those feelings.

I stand up and clench my fists. "I have no feelings for your brother."

"I know. I told him how dumb he was for saying that. He just scoffed and shooed me out his room. That's the last girl he's dated before we came to D12. He spent about three weeks in his room mourning. He hurt him. "

"So did you guys really visit because you and Vick and Posy missed-"

"No. Gale simply made it up. Really we came because Gale feels that maybe you and him can have another try. I knew you were married to Peeta and he did too, but he thought you would divorce. None of us knew about Rose though. I told Vick and Posy how we have to lie to mom saying we missed you a lot and we should come visit. Don't get me wrong- I've missed you- but I've made new friends and I can always call you. "

I shake my head. "Well Rose is a sure sign that I'm not leaving him."

Rory stands up. "Well, that's all I wanted to tell you Katniss."

When he begins to walk away, I call his name. "Rory wait!"

He turns around. "Why did you tell me all this?"

He makes a small smile. "Who else would?" He begins to walk away.

"Wait!"

He faces me. "But you told me without hesitation. Why? Do I tell Peeta?"

He turns so his back is facing me. "It's your own choice to tell her or not. And the reason I don't hestitate to tell you… The reason why I like you Katniss… is not because of your friendship with Gale… it's because of Primrose."

I freeze at the mention of her name. "Prim?"

He nods. "I was in love with her. When she died, it took awhile for me to heal and move on. But this isn't about me. It's about you. Gale wants you, Katniss. Don't let him get you."

He proceeds to walk away. And this time, I don't stop him.

I find Rose and Peeta sitting at a table talking to Greasy Sae, eating some of her soup. Rose waves at me and runs over to me to give me a hug. I embrace her tightly. I pull away and gaze in her eyes. Her brilliant, glimmering blue eyes. The ones that resemble Prim's.

"You're beautiful." I whisper.

She smiles. "Thank you, Mommy."

Peeta finishes his soup. "Well Greasy Sae, we'll see you later." We wave bye and head to our house.

By the time we reach our front door, I realize what day it is. Friday, tomorrow I have to deal with Gale. Rose frowns. "Mommy , can I go to Jessica's house? You said I could."

Jessica is Rose's four-year-old friend she met at daycare. Jessica has a caramel skin color with curly brown hair. She is a cheerful girl much like Rose, so I understand how they're friends. Peeta nods his head.

"I'll take okay. Katniss, you look tired. You should rest."

I nod and give him a kiss. "When you come back, you should lie down with me."

He wiggles his eyebrows. "I'd like that."

"Can we go now?" Rose asks laughing. We laugh with her.

"Let's go then," Peeta says.

"Bye Mommy, I love you!"

"Love you too. Bye honey."

Peeta waves bye as they head out the door and close it behind them.

I sigh and lie down on my bed. I turn on the TV and wrap myself with my blanket. I remember Rory's words.

"Gale wants you, Katniss. Don't let him get you."

There is something Rory is not telling me. But I will find out one way or another.

Sorry, this was updated sooooooooooo late! I've been so busy and since I'm about to start school again, I've had to prepare for that. Trust me, chapter 3 will be uploaded faster. Thank you for reading hope you enjoyed! Review please!

~Diamonds