Hello my darling chipmunks! I really want to get with the chapter so I'll just say that you guys are amazing beyond compare and that I couldn't love you any more than I already do. Here's the disclaimer!

I didn't own the Hunger Games Trilogy in the last three chapters and I don't own it now.

Bonnie and Clyde

Chapter 4

Katniss's POV

I can't believe Peeta kissed me, and I kissed back! I knew I had feelings for him but, I kidnapped him! He should hate me yet he's holding my hand and staring at me like I hung the moon. But I'm staring at him like he hung the sun. We walk into the clearing at Prim immediately walks up to me, telling me that she has something to tell me. I nod and look back at Peeta before following her into the kitchen.

"What is it Prim?" I ask her.

"Well, um, you know how I went to boarding school right?" she asks. Prim began having a thirst for knowledge and it just hurt me to know that she wouldn't be learning everything she could. Unlike her I had a chance to complete school including college so I could fall back on that if I ever decided to end the game. She didn't have that. Luckily she was still in school when the game started; just when I was 19 and stealing little things to accommodate our living necessities and I had enough money to put us through school. Things took a dramatic turn for the worst when I was 22 and finished with school and the money for Prim's school payments was running out. It was the first time I actually used my bow as a way to scare people into giving me what I want.

It took 5 robberies to get the rest of the money needed to keep Prim going through school.

After she finished school we were so far into the game that we had to move out the area of civilization and hid in the seclusion that is the forest.

"Yes, Prim, what do you have to tell me?" I ask getting wary.

"I-I want to go to school, college to be exact. There's this great college in the Capitol that-"

I walk out before she can continue.

Once I'm out the room I sprint, which is very fast since I'm an extremely fast runner in general, and literally run into Gale before crying in his arms. I know. It's not normal to run into the arms of your close friend instead of your newly boyfriend which I recall passing as I knocked into Gale. But Gale has been my refuge for so long. Since we were little kids playing at the playground, running after him when he took my toys and smacking his square across the face when he picked me up. I need him. His arms wrap around me like they have since I was little and asks me what's wrong. Ready to console me and kill something in an instant. I can hear all eyes on me. There breathing hitched as they expect something bad to happen. Prim walks out the tent, staring at me and I pull Gale into the woods and wordlessly jump into a tree that is still close to camp. I climb up and up until I'm 100% sure that if I go a branch higher it will snap. I look down and see I'm extremely high up and I don't care for a minute.

"Prim wants to go to college," I whisper as Gale sits next to me, "she says that there's a good college in the Capitol that she want to go to. I don't know if she's applied but the papers in her hand looked a lot like a brochure and acceptance letter. If she goes than it will probably remove all the baggage we have and we won't need to go on as many outings. If lucky we can finally end this game."

"Katniss, are you sure that you want to let her go? I know how protective you are of her but I also know how much she wants to go to college. She really wants to be a doctor," Gale tells me.

"But how can she work on people when her sister is out robbing people and killing people in order to make sure she doesn't have to worry about anything. To keep her safe when she should be able to live on her own. That's the whole reason we started this stupid game!" I say, shouting at the end. Gale looks at me and I can see the question in his eyes.

"No, I don't want to quit the game yet. Finnick and Johanna still don't have anything to fall back on, unlike us. We went through school; we can get a job if we wanted to. But they can't you know that Finnick is only in this for Annie and their son (Annie's Finnick's wife) and Johanna just needs us, you know she's crushing on you right?"

"Yeah, I would ask her out if we weren't in a situation where we could die any minute," Gale says, looking out onto the horizon. The sun's just setting creating a beautiful orange hue that make's the sky look like's it's on fire. It's beautiful.

"I know Mellark like's you. I can see the way he looks at you."

"Yeah, I like him too. He kissed me in the woods just now," I say and instantly regret it.

"What!? I'll kill him." Gale begins to climb down the tree and I just grab his arm, pulling him back up so de doesn't try anything. I worry for Peeta's life simply because whenever Gale says he'll do something, he does it.

"It's okay. I like him remember? And I kinda liked the kiss too," I say giggling like I'm not 22 and I've never kissed a boy before.

"You have my blessing, Catnip. But if he hurts you in any way or forces you to do something you don't want to just let me know okay?" Gale says, sounding more fatherly than I've heard him sound in a really long time.

"I don't think Peeta's that kind of person. If anything he'll wait until I'm ready. It's not like I'm a virgin or anything." I say the last part quietly yet Gale manages to hear like he's the one who's bionic.

"Do you regret it?" Gale asks, looking at me from the corner of his eye.

"Should I? Because I don't. If I had to lose my virginity to anyone I'm glad it's you."

"It's times like this that remind me of my family. Little Posy, I don't know if I'll live to be able to attend her wedding. The game has forced us to grow up so fast, do things most people couldn't even dream of. Am I a murderer Katniss?" Gale asks finally looking at me. His eyes shine with hurt and like I've felt ever since I met him, I need to help him.

"No, if you're a murderer than I am. I know that I kill only when I'm sure I will lose a fight or there is a clear and present danger. Other than that I would rather take my chances."

"When did life become so bad that the topic of murderer is almost as easy as talking about what we'll have for breakfast tomorrow?" Gale asks me. I simply shrug in response and rest my head on his shoulder. His arm wraps around me and I take in the smell of the forest that has been on him even before the game started. We stay like this for a while, me taking in his scent and him taking in mine that is the same as his, but with vanilla, to make it more feminine or as he says. Peeta and Johanna call to us about 10 minutes later, Johanna asking if I've stopped acting like a pussy and I just throw a mockingjay's egg down at her. It hits her in the head and I just laugh as we climb down. When I'm a couple of feet down I turn and maneuver so I'm now dangling off the branch. Peeta, whose standing under me holds up his hands and I let go, falling into his big, strong arms. He sets me on my feet and I smile at him for a while longer than I'm supposed too. Gale looks at us with a faint smile and Johanna's brow furrows as she wonders what secrets we're hiding from her. Gale, noticing this, wraps his arm around her waist and kisses her temple arousing a rare blush from Johanna. I burst out laughing and all she says is 'Not a word to Finnick' but she's smiling. I nod and with great subtlety, wrap my arms around him and rest my head on his shoulder.

"What were you guys talking about?" Peeta asks, worry etched all over his words. He thinks that I was playing him, like I was when I was prepared to rob him. When I fought him.

"Just the past. We've been in the game longer than everyone so we were just wondering what would happen if we could end it. Or even better, live normal lives," I say.

"The game?"

"Oh right, you don't know about the term. Okay so when we go out and do all this stuff we call it a game, it's like we are little mice trapped in a pen, or arena, full of hungry, deadly cats. In the area you can only trust your fellow mice, or allies to fight against the cats, or politicians of the world who are intent on making sure we die."

"I don't think that this is anything to laugh over."

"Well, when you've been in the game as long as we have then you learn to make a joke out of everything so you don't dwell on the countless lives you've taken. Peeta, I really like you. But you are too new to understand how dangerous these things can get. Do you remember that time we stole some files from the Capitol?" I ask him. He nods and I continue talking.

"When we got out not 5 minutes later where we on the news. We couldn't get in or out. We give god thanks for that man who looked like Gale. If he didn't run when accused and just went with the peacekeepers to prove his innocence he would still be alive today and we would be dead. We couldn't leave Prim like that. I hate to say this, but I think me and Gale would've found a way out. A back up plan of sorts. Any robbery or mission that is an extremely dangerous requires a backup plan."

"What if your plan didn't work?" He asks me. I think for a while, taking at least 15 steps of though before talking in a voice that is so low I couldn't hear.

"We always have a plan. No matter what. Gale and I will always have a plan."

The sound of my voice, how broken and detached it is must've warned him to leave the subject for another time. He instead takes my hand and kisses it, telling me he can be trusted in his own little way. I smile and bring his lips to mine for a quick, soft kiss. His blue eyes shine when we pull away and I know mine do as well. When we get back Finnick is making lanyard with Prim and I let her know that she can go to college. She tells me that she leaves next week and I simply nod. She hands me a lanyard made with some strong green leaves and I wear it as a bracelet. She beams when she sees my reaction and I hug her before showing Peeta. He says it's beautiful and kisses my cheek. The rest of the night is very leisurely and before you know it I'm in my bed, sleep slowly engulfing me.

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