Chapter 2 – Getting Over You

The next weeks are like hell, every night I wake up screaming, now I know how Katniss, Peeta and Haymich feel, I just can't rest. My nightmares are about Prim, how my bomb killed her, Katniss in fire, how she saw me and knew that it was my fault.I know that she wants to convince herself that it wasn't my bomb, that I had nothing to do with Prim's death, I knew it when I gave her the arrow to kill Snow, but as I said to her, the only thing that could ever give me a chance with her, for her to love me instead of Peeta, was that I protected her family, we were best friends… And now I am the reason of why her sister is dead.

Paylor is now president and Plutarch secretary of communications. After the mess of Snow´s execution I was assigned to a room in the Justice Building of the Capitol, all Rebels were assigned here, waiting for new orders, but I know exactly what are we waiting for… we are waiting for Katniss's case to be resolved.

Katniss crime is now on trial. The defense side states that she is mentally unstable, that she didn't acted under her total mental conditions and therefore it wasn't her intention to kill Coin. So she is mentally unstable? Hahahaha if only Katniss could hear this… They say she is victim of post-traumatic stress. After several days of discussing the case she is found innocent.

My heart is relieved. She is allowed to live, but now I feel a pain in my chest, yes, she is living, but never with me. Plutarch tells me that they are sending her back to District 12 and Peeta will be sent too latter. It is hard for me to admit, but I know that this is how things should've been, I know that Peeta is better for her than me. He loves her, he always has.

I know what I must do, first, I will like to talk to Peeta, and second, get as far away as I can of the Capitol and District 12.

It takes me two days to find out where Peeta was, Paylor didn't wanted to tell me, she said that he wasn't ready, but I don't care, I am going to District 2 in 3 days and I want him to know a couple of things. I sneak off my room. The Justice Building of the Capitol is huge, divided in several floors. Originally, the rooms that we have now where offices, but they been modified for us to stay on them like if they were hotel rooms. Floor 1 is full of guards. Floor 2 has a Board Room, where the President and captains gather to make important decisions. Floor 3 and 4 are now used as hospital rooms and since floor 5 to 14 the floors are used for us to stay, the last floor it is of the President.

After making sure no one notices that I am off my room I take the elevator to floor 4, I know Peeta is currently on Room 407. I avoid the eyes of the nurses and doctors that walk all over the floor attending injured in different rooms and entered his room.

He is still in bed and looks at me confused.

"Gale? What are you doing here?" I take a little look to his room, he is in a hospital bed with some needles in his arm. The size of his room it is exactly like mine, but it just has one window and the bed, no TV, no closet, no desk…

"Hi Peeta, I won't bother you for long, I just want to talk to you." Now I look at him. He looks terrible, but better than the last time I saw him. He has gained some weight, but his eyes seem mired in a dark bag, his skin is less pale, but still not of his natural color and his hair is a mess, I guess that is because of all the time he has been on bed. He still looks sick.

"About what?" He looks at me confused. Yeah, why in the world I would ever search for him to have a talk?

"Katniss…" I answer to him slowly.

"Ohh…"He seems sad, but there is a tone of surprise. He didn't expect me to tell him that. "What about her? Are you here to tell me that she is dead?" In his eyes I see a familiar pain, I go back to the day my father died, my mother's eyes when she found out that my father would never come out of that mine, that he was dead.

"No Peeta, she is not dead, she is going to be send to District 12, such as you are." His eyes sparkled, he had new hopes, but soon that sparkle was lost, he looked at me confused again.

"This is what you wanted to tell me? What is that thing you wanted to talk about with me?" He makes an effort to sit in his bed but he is too weak to do that by his own and I go to help him out. If I could just hate him… but I can't, I actually like him, I guess if it was any other guy who wanted to be with Katniss I will kick his ass, but he seems like the kind of guy that could be my friend and I owe him so much.

"Thanks Gale, what is it?" He looks right through my eyes, waiting.

"I am giving up Peeta, I know I am not the one for Katniss, I know you are…" He opens his mouth to say something but I put my hand up to stop him " Please let me finish, I know my bomb killed Prim, she will never fully forgive me for that, and I know that I cause more damage in her life than love and relieve. But you are different for her Peeta. Do you remember what I told you at Tigris store? In the Capitol?" He nods "I told you that Katniss would choose the one she needs to survive, and that is you Peeta."

"Don't blame yourself for Prims death Gale, that wasn't your fault…"

"Maybe I didn't send the bomb, but it was mine."

"Gale…"

"It's alright Peeta, I just wanted to tell you to take care of her, to love her and be by her side."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"I am leaving Peeta, to never come back, I am leaving to District 2 with the intention to never see Katniss again." I look down to the floor. It is hard to renounce to everything you love. Katniss, my family, my home. Gale, remember that your house no longer exists, District 12 no longer exists.

"You know that I will never leave her, you have my word."

"Thank you Peeta, that would be all." I start to stand up and he puts his hand in my shoulder.

"Thank you Gale"

I know this is the last time I will see Peeta, I owe him so much and I know that Katniss will be safe with him. I return to my room and I surrender to the fatigue. For the first time in these 3 weeks I have a good dream. I dream about Katniss, her smile, her laugh, I know she will be safe, that with time she will have children and that finally she will be happy. Even if she is no longer with me.

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Gabriela