Chapter 1. The Triangle is Back
I ran a comb through my hair and pulled out the wrinkles in my clothes before I left. I had to look presentable if I wanted to win back Catnip, even if it was slowly. I even went through some conversations I would have with her. Finally, I headed out the door to search for her. I walked quickly through the halls of the compartments. I knew it would probably take a while to find her, because District 13 is a huge underground city. I am not going to bore you with the details of my search. Finally I found them.
"Katniss, is that you?" I asked loud so she could here. She looked at me and gave me a small smile. The only downside to this was that Peeta was there. Damn, I thought, How am I supposed to win her over with him around?
"Gale!" the girl I loved cried. She smiled wider. I could not believe I was going to be seeing her every day, no mine, no Capitol, no nothing. I could finally get her to love me as much as I loved her. smiled back at her.
"Hi Gale," Peeta said neutrally refusing to even look at me. He was the only bump in my road. My smile dropped a bit, but It soon returned, because I always knew love never came easy.
"Peeta," I said, still looking at Katniss. I tried to think positively, but I couldn't when I saw Katniss holding hands with Peeta. She was holding hands with him. Why isn't that me, I thought. Then Katniss, did something that made me feel so much better. She let go of Peeta's hand, took a few steps forward, and offered to give me a hug. I smile and accept the embrace. I saw that Peeta was a little bit upset, but he never said anything.
"How is it here for you, Gale?" he asked trying to be nice, even though I could here the jealousy in his voice.
"It's fine here," I replied. I could tell he did not like me hugging who he thought was his girl, so I held her tighter, and inhaled her scent. She did not smell like much, as always, but I loved her smell. Why? you might ask, because it was her's.
"I missed you so much," I said trying to win her over a little bit by the tone of my voice. Also I was trying to get Peeta jealous. I never liked him much. "I'm happy you're alive!" I said knowing it would pull a string on Peeta. It did, and he flinched.
"I'm happy I get to be around you more again," she said returning my happiness."How are you?" she asked politely. We were still in our embrace. Meanwhile I could see Peeta's face turning purple.
"Do you know where Prim and Katniss' mother are?" he began impatiently. Oh boy, I got baker boy angry! I think sarcastically. "We would like to see them," He says infuriated with me. With this I knew she had not chosen him yet. I smirked at him.
"They are in the infirmary," I answered him. He looked away and tried taking a few deep breaths, but he was still a mad mud pie. "Prim is training to be a doctor," I said filling Katniss in on her sister. Katniss smiles at that.
"That's great," she said. I wished I could hold her forever. I wanted so badly to kiss her, but I knew now was not the time. She would probably be angry, and at the time we were in a good mood. Peeta gritted his teeth. Maybe he could read minds.
"Why don't we go visit your sister and mother?" he said teeth still gritted. I knew I had made him mad, because (A.) I was still hugging who he thought was his girl, and (B.) becasue I had a shot with her, more hope than he could have ever wished for a while ago. This gave me a pang of success. Then Katniss had to look over at Peeta. She saw him upset and let go of me. The girl I loved gave Peeta a small kiss on the lips and whispered something in his ear that made him smirk at me.
"Follow me," I said neutrally. My fists were balling up, but I tried to act like I didn't care. I started heading to the infirmary.
Hey guys! So I hope you like this. The next chapter will be really interesting. I know what's going to be happening, some of you might, but don't spoil it for the others!