His boots shuffle against the floor. "I just finished slicing up your meat Gale!" Greasy says. "I've got a couple coins to pay you." Gale mutters. "Naw that will be alright darling consider it a present the reaping is in three days!" Greasy says to Gale, she's always so nice to people to bad not every one could be as nice as her!

Let me tell you about Gale he and I used to be like cousins our parents knew each other since they were little you could of saw us walking down the street when we were little we were the best of friends. When his father died he never talked to me I tried to talk to him but he just pretended like he never heard me. At first I was heart broken but then I realized he was just like my mother he just got up and left me when times got tough.

I looked up at him he took a quick glance my way but the look of recognition didn't even pass on his face was it really that long since he saw me? I scolded myself I don't even care if he remembers me he kicked me out of his life long time ago! So why do I care for him I don't.

"Thanks Greasy Sae"

"No problem sweethearts come back any time"

I walked out the door I needed to get away from Gale! "Hey sweet heart looking for a job?" I turned around and saw who was talking to me it was Cray the head peacekeeper he used girls and gave them large amounts of money for it. "No I rather work at the mines then work for you!" I said and I made sure the disgust showed in my voice. "Awn don't be like that, its not so bad!" "I said NO!" I turned to walk away but I was suddenly shoved and pinned to a tree. "You'll like it"

"Get this not now not ever, not in a million years!" I said this in a low tone that was deadly I was even surprised with my voice. Suddenly Cray was off me and was pinned to the floor being punched over and over again. " She. Said. No. You. Disgusting. Pig .So. Leave. Her. Alone!" The person that was punching the hell out of Cray said. He got up "You will be whipped when I tell!" Cray said "Not likely because you would be whipped to so lets keep it between all three of us!" I said. Cray didn't have to confirm my suggestion he already knew it was the best choice. He walked out of the little scene. I looked around to see whom it was that punched Cray and my eyes landed on Gale. Great now I have to thank Gale!

"Thank you!' I said quickly. "No problem I have been wanting to do that to him for a long time anyways now I just got a reason." He said softly, he was looking me over to see if I got hurt. "Anyways I must get going to deliver all this meat to my aunt" I said then I say how much meat he have in his hands it was only one package it was not enough to feed all his family then I looked at how much I had. I had two baskets full of meat more than enough for six months and it's only my aunt and I.

" Well I need to get going bye!" he said quickly. I turned to walk away.

The rest of the day fell by fast I kept on thinking of how gale saved how little food and me he had. I looked at the time it was nine o'clock at night. "Aunt I'm going for a walk!" "Um hum" was all she answered. I brought a basket full of the finest meat that I got today from hunting. I looked at the basket again Greasy did a beautiful job at cutting the meat. I headed out to Gales house I knocked at the door and left the basket at the doorstep and ran behind the tree as I expected Gale picked it up and read the note from it said, "Here take this to show my thanks!" I saw him glance around as if to see if anyone was there but I heard him mutter a thank you.

Hazelle said "Gale where did you get that" "I got it outside its from a friend!"

I walked away with so many questions in my head like why am I not mad at him and why did he call me his friend am I his friend? Remember Kiana you don't care its just that he did something nice for you that you have to do something nice for him I headed back home.

"Kiana we have to take!" Aunt Alice said. "I have to go out to district 2 for a while they called me asking for someone to help at the hospital and I accepted." I wasn't surprised at all that she would leave me "Ok! I said I would get a job while you are gone!" "Yes you should go to Cray's you fit perfectly there" I was outrage " How dare you say that I am nothing like the other girls!" "I never said you were I didn't mean it like that" "Yes of course you didn't!" I ran off to my room

It was the middle of the night I heard her come in and sit on my bed "I'm sorry Kiana I dint mean it, I love you!" Aunt Alice said I knew she thought I was asleep.

A.N. ok next chapter will be better please review I really hope I get a review! Please help me through this! This chapter is 951 words WOW and I was just writing and it comes out! Not bad for a beginner eh!

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