Chapter 3
Gale Point of View
Katniss just stormed out of the house. Now, Peeta and I are sitting at her table in silence. It's all his fault. If he had agreed with me, none of this would have happened.
"This is all your fault, Peeta!"I said crossly.
"My fault?"said Peeta just as crossly, "You are the one who started this stupid argument and you call it my fault!"
"Get back to your bakery, you twit,"
"Well you get back to your snooty government, fool,"
"Well guess what, when I get Katniss, she will join it."
"No she won't and you know she won't. She wants nothing to do with that."
"Well good luck bringing her to your bakery."
"I know she doesn't want that either, just leave her alone."
"No, you leave her alone!"
"Gale, please shut up and leave."
"Fine, but I'm going to see Katniss."
"No, you will just make her worse. I'll talk to Katniss."
"NO!"
We both charged to the door. I pushed Peeta out of the way and opened the door. He pushed me back and ran out the door. I ran out after him. I looked frantically around District 12 for Katniss. I ran Katniss's mother's house. Peeta went too, unfortunately. We banged on the door. I glared at him and, to my surprise, he glared back. Mrs. Everdeen opened the door.
"Hello, Mrs. Everdeen,"said Peeta politely,"Do you know where Katniss is?"
"She is in the house and she's asleep,"said Mrs. Everdeen.
"Oh, great,"I said relieved, "I just need to talk to her."
"Me too,"said Peeta.
"You can't talk to her,"said Mrs. Everdeen curtly, "She is in no fit condition to speak to either of you today."
"But this is important!"I moaned.
"No, it's not more important than Katniss's state right now!"said Mrs. Everdeen.
"We could try talking to her,"said Peeta.
"I've told you, she is in no mood to talk to you!"
"How would you know? We haven't tried yet!"I said angrilly.
Mrs. Everdeen exploded with anger.
"ARE YOU QUESTIONING MY AUTHORITY AS A NURSE. I KNOW WHEN A PATIENT IS NOT IN A GOOD MOOD! I..."
"Gale let's just go,"said Peeta quietly.
"YOU MAY NOT LEAVE UNTIL I'M THROUGH TALKING TO YOU!"Mrs. Everdeen screeched.
We stopped on our tracks. This was not going to end well.
"MY DAUGHTER IS DEPRESSED, ANXIOUS AND DISTRAUGHT AND YOU TWO JUST ADDED TO IT. SHE CAME TO ME IN BITS! YOU TWO DISGUST ME! YOU TRY BEING HER! HER FATHER DIED, SHE VOLUNTEERED FOR HER SISTER TO SAVE HER LIFE! SHE FOUGHT FOR YOU TWO, ME AND EVENTUALLY THE DISTRICTS REBELLING AGAINST THE CAPITOL. BUT MOST OF ALL, SHE FOUGHT FOR HER SISTER, TO KEEP HER ALIVE. WELL THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM HER! SHE HAS TRIED SO HARD FOR YOU TWO! GALE, SHE HELPED PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY NO MATTER HOW GRUMPY YOU WERE TO HER. AND PEETA, SHE SAVED YOU QUITE A FEW TIMES AND THEN STILL LOVED YOU IN THAT COMA EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE SO AGGRESSIVE TO HER. I'M NOT SAYING YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING FOR HER AND THAT YOU HAVEN'T SUFFERED BUT YOU TWO THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT YOURSELVES ALREADY! SHE HAS LOST SO MANY PEOPLE AND THEN SHE GOES AROUND BLAMING HERSELF! SHE BLAMES HERSELF FOR ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT WENT WRONG AND IS ALWAYS SO ANXIOUS THAT YOU'RE SAFE. JUST GET OUT YOU SELFISH FOOLS!"
With that, Mrs. Everdeen went inside her house and slammed the front door. I looked at Peeta and he looked right back at me. We stood there in silence for a moment.
"I'm going hunting...alone,"I said.
"Well I'm going to open the bakery."
We walked away in seperate directions.
Katniss Point of View
I heard my mothers rant. The shouting outside woke me up. I watched it from the window. When my mother came inside I hugged her tightly.
"Thanks, Mom,"I said, "For finally talking sense into them.
"It's no problem, honey,"said Mom, and she kissed me on the forehead.
"You'll probably need something for your sore throat,"I said concerned.
"OK, dear,"she said, "I'll get something in work. You can stay here and read a book or something ot you can go out. Call me if you have anymore trouble with them, OK?"
"Yes, Mam,"I said.
She put in her coat and left the house. I lay down on the sofa and sighed. Life can be so difficult. I decided to visit Haymitch. I put on my coach and headed to Haymitch's house.
I knocked on his black door. He opened it and I was surprised to see him sober. Haymitch eyed me up and down.
"Come in,"he said, "And sit on the couch in the living room."
I plonked down on a white leather couch. His house was in good condition thanks to Gale's mother. He sat down on the white leather armchair.
"I already know what's up,"said Haymitch, "Your mother told me everything before she went to work today."
"How'd she know I'd visit you?"I asked surprised.
"She obviously knows you well,"said Haymitch, "Well she is your mother."
"Right,"I said quietly, "So what's your opinion on this?"
"Peeta is better for you,"he said.
"Why do you say that?"I asked.
"Well, as a matter of fact, I dislike Gale. His mother's nice but him, no. He is never satisfied unless he gets his own way and he's as grumpy as hell when he doesn't."
"And how exactly, do you know that?"I asked, slightly annoyed.
"I've talked to him a few times and as you know, sweetheart, I can be very quick at knowing who people really are. I thought you would have seen that by now."
"And why do you say Peeta's the better man?"I asked.
"Katniss, I've known Peeta quite a while now, as you know. He is a trustworthy, kind, cheerful, peaceful and quite a handsome young man. He would do anything for you, as you've seen enough times already and unlike Gale, he will give instead of take. Believe me when I say this, Peeta would make a much steadier husband than Gale."
"Do you think Gale has any good traits?"I asked.
"Well, eh, he is handsome, strong, good at hunting, eh, he speaks his mind most of the time, eh, he doesn't want you to get hurt, he's carefree and willing to have a bit of fun. He's funny but so is Peeta mind you, and Peeta's strong too..."
"Is that honestly the best you can do?"I asked.
"Well yes,"said Haymitch.
"Well all I need to do is think about it first,"I said thoughtfully, "But I'll keep what you said in mind. I'd best be going, Haymitch. Thanks for having me."
"No problem, sweetheart."