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Chapter 6:
Katniss's POV
I can feel myself get all tense. The person staring Peeta and I down is Gale Hawthorne who is suppose to be my boyfriend. "What are you doing holding hands with my girlfriend Mellark?" Gale snarls. For once in my lifetime I am actually scared of Gale. I have no idea what he will do next.
"She said she was getting kind of annoyed with you Gale so I was going to take her to have fun," Peeta says while squeezing my hand.
"Oh yah? Well think what you want Mellark because I am taking Katniss with me. Come on Katniss!" Gale yells at Peeta while grabbing my other hand and yanking me away from Peeta. I wish Peeta would yank me right back to him but he was too much of a gentlemen to do that.
"No Gale I am not going with you!" I say sternly not realizing what I said until it was out there in the open. A crowd was starting to form, all with jaws dropped on the words that have just escaped my mouth. I want to run away and hide under the biggest rock I could find for the rest of my life but for some reason I don't move. Instead my mouth just keeps operating. "I don't want to go with you Gale. I never wanted to go anywhere with you. I never even wanted to be your girlfriend! So it over I guess because you are not the guy I thought you were! And frankly you really weren't because I thought we were just friends until you said we were dating!" I yell.
"What did you just say to me?" Gale hisses grabbing me by the collar of my shirt and shoving me up against the wall. I feel his grip getting tighter and tighter as I start to squirm my way out of his grip. Suddenly I am released as Gale falls to the ground due to Peeta punching him in the back of the head. Then someone grabs me away from the wall and over to the crowd watching. I look up to see its Rye. I want to run away from him but I know he only did this for my safety, and I am thankful for that. Once Gale is back on his feet he punches Peeta in the face sending him flying across the room. Peeta is strong but Gale is definitely stronger. I start to run over to Peeta's side but Rye grabs me before I can.
"Don't worry, Peeta is a strong guy. He can take care of himself," Rye says with a reassuring smile. That's when Peeta gets back on his feet and I can hear cheers coming from the crowd. As Gale and Peeta start to approach each other. The two boys start wrestling, punching, slapping, shoving, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Rye hands me over to some blond haired girl and he tells her to take me outside so I wouldn't see how this ended. I give him a look telling him that I didn't want to leave and I wanted to be here for Peeta. "I will tell Peeta to find you when he is done here," Rye says to me right before the blond guides me outside to the curb of the street.
"Hi, I'm Delly Cartwright, one of Peeta's friends," she says to me.
"Hi," I mumble looking down at my feet hoping Gale isn't killing Peeta in there.
"I can tell you are worried sick about Peeta. There is nothing to worry about. Peeta is strong and leveled headed. He knows what to do and when and how to do it. Also he has a reason to win this fight with Gale, to see you," She says with a big smile plastered on her face.
"Me?" I ask sounding very stupid.
"Yes Katniss! Can't you tell he's crazy about you! You are all he talks about ever since we were five years old!" Delly explains. "He loves you Katniss."
Really? What was it with people and loving me? Katniss Everdeen the girl from the Seam. "I seem to have that effect on people….." I say trailing off while staring back at my feet. Then I feel Delly pull me into a hug. I don't hug her back because I am too caught up in what she just said. "He loves you Katniss." Is that why Peeta was beginning so nice to me all of a sudden? Peeta could get any girl he wanted but he wanted me. I just don't know what to think anymore. I just broke up with Gale, but I never wanted to go out with Gale. Though, Delly just told me that Peeta likes me and I am not mad, angry, or frustrated. I am… well… happy I guess. I don't know. Do I like Peeta? Or is this just an allusion.
I am taken away from my thoughts when Delly lets go of me and stands up. I get up to follow her but I don't end up moving. I don't want to go back in there and find that the fight is still going on. Suddenly I see another set of feet down next to mine. They are male feet. Could it be Rye coming to check on me? I slowly lift my head and find that male sitting next to me on the curb is Peeta. He looks pretty bet up. His right eye is swollen shut, he has dry blood stained on his check, and his nose, lip, and ear are bleeding. "Peeta! What happened to you? Here let me help you dry up the blood," I say grabbing the sleeve of my sweeter and dabbing it on his face wounds.
"Katniss, I'm ok," he says moving my hand away from his face while intertwining our fingers together.
"No Peeta you are not fine! You were just bet up by my ex-boyfriend," I say to him.
"Your ex?" Peeta asks with a smile creeping onto his face.
"Of course, I would never date anyone who tries to hurt you Peeta," I whisper noticing that his smile has grown bigger.
"Katniss, I am so glad to hear you say that because there is something that I have been wanting to ask you for a very long time," he say but before he is able to finish his sentence his brother Rye comes running over to us.
"Peeta! Peeta! We have to go! Mom will be home any minute and due to the stage you are in now, you can't afford anymore beatings than you already have," Rye says while swooping Peeta up from the curb and dragging him home. I tried to stay a hold of Peeta as long as I could but Rye was too strong and eventually Peeta was yanked from me.
When I lose sight of Peeta I decide that it is getting really late and start to heed home. I get to the edge of town when I hear someone calling my name from behind. Their words are slurred and I can hear them trip every once and awhile. Whoever is chasing after me has to be drunk, no doubt about it, but who could it be? I finally turn my head to find no other than Gale Hawthorne. I have never seen Gale drunk before so this should be interesting. Gale is getting closer and he reeks of alcohol. I wasn't gone that long so I am very curious on how Gale got so drunk so fast. "Hey babe, where you headed off to so early?" Gale asks me. Wow he sounds so unlike himself right now.
"Home Gale, that's where," I tell him while rolling my eyes and turning around so I wouldn't have to face him anymore. I am about to start walking again when he reaches out and grabs my shoulder.
"Home? Oh so we can be more comfortable when we are doing it? Right?" he asks turning me around and forcefully grabbing onto my arm so I couldn't go anywhere.
"Do it? With you Gale? No thanks I'll pass," I say struggling to get out of his grip but it only gets stronger.
I can see his expression go from happy-go-lucky to angry. "You don't have a choice sweetheart! You are my girlfriend! And this is what I always do on my first date with girls!" Gale hisses at me. Does he really do this with everyone? I mean I know Gale has dated a lot of girls but did he really have sex with all of them? God, he is so disgusting!
"I am going home Gale! Alone! And by the way, I am not your sweetheart or your girlfriend! I am not even your friend anymore!" I yell at him finally escaping his grip but not soon enough. The next thing I know Gale has shoved his lips up against mine for a very disgusting and disturbing kiss. I feel his tongue slip into my mouth. All I can taste is the alcohol that Gale drank. I try to rip out of his grasp but I do not get much luck when it comes to that. It's when I feel something low on his body start to creep onto mine that's I when pull away from my use to be best friend and sprint home.
Peeta's POV
One minute I am holding hands with the girl of my dreams and the next Rye is swooping me away. Why in the world did he do that? I thought he wanted us to get together. I was just about to ask Katniss to be my girlfriend to. UGH! "Rye I hate you so much right now," I mumble to myself, but he has heard me.
"Why? For saving your butt? If mom gets home before us we are dead! Not literally for me but maybe for you because of all that blood you lost in that fight with Gale. Besides, right now you are only getting one beating from mom, which in the end comes to a grand total of two today," He says still dragging me to our house. I doubt I could keep up with his speed if I were running by myself. Don't get me wrong I am a genuially fast runner but right now I can barely see straight let alone sprint.
When we arrive at home Rye counties to drag me up stairs and into the bathroom. He turned on the shower and put a clean pair of clothes on the sink for me to change into when I am done. "Take a quick shower and dry off all that blood. I will try to hold off mom as much as I can but go quick! Got it?" he asks before leaving the room. I nod my head and jump in the shower. The dry blood is harder to wash off than the wet blood but I manage I finish in less than 5 minutes and throw on the clothes that Rye has but out for me. I look in the mirror and see that I look horrible, but not as horrible as I am about to look. That's when I hear the front door slam shut indicating that mom is home. I rush down stairs to see she is yelling at my brothers to go clean up the bakery and then head straight to bed. She turns her head and makes eye contact with me. Her eyes read nothing good and I start to shake, my nervous have gotten the best of me and that is never good. "You! Get down here right now!" she hisses at me. I start to proceed down the stairs and stop when I am standing right in front of her. "Why are you so beat up? That is my job to beat my son! Not someone else's!" she hisses once again. I think this is her way of caring. "Where were you last night?" she asks me lifting her hand ready to slap me in the jaw where I have already been repeatedly hit today. "Hm? I'm waiting for an answer young boy!" she yells once more.
"I-I was o-o-out," I stutter guarding my face with my hands so the slap wouldn't hurt as bad.
"Out where?" she hisses stepping closer to me. I just stare at her unable to move. "I am going to ask you one more time! Where were you last night?"
I take in a deep breath, and then gulp knowing if I tell her she will beat until no tomorrow and not telling her could be just as bad. So I really can't win here. "I was out with a girl, K-K-Katniss Everdeen," I say stuttering on my words. Feared for life of what she was going to do next.
"You mean that Seam filth?" she hisses while grabbing a wooden spoon and starts to hit me over and over with it. "I forbid you to see that dirt ever again!" he yells while still beating me.
"But mom I love her!" I explain knowing that what just came out of my mouth was one of the worst things I could ever say. I feel the hits getting harder and harder as she countiues. I can't even imagine how mad I have made her. "Also stop calling her dirt! She is a human being just like you and me!" I explain now knowing that I have taken it too far.
"You certainly do not love that filth! You love Delly Cartwright because I taught you too when you were little!" she yells while moving away from me and going to the counter to grab something else but I don't know what it is. I can't believe my mother tried brain washing me when I was little to love only merchant girls. Well I got news for you mom, it didn't work!
I see my mom's footsteps appear once again in front of me. She has something new to beat me with but I am too afraid to look up and see what it is. It's not until I feel a sharp pain in my stomach that I know my mom has just stabbed me.
AN: OH NO! Cliff hanger! Don't worry I loveeeee Peeta so I doubt he will die but you know I might have a cruel heart when I write the next chapter ;D haha well I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I am not sure if I like so could guys tell me your opinions on it? That would be great! And pleases REVIEW! Your reviews make my day! Well before I peace out I would like to say I will probably update tomorrow soo yah hope you enjoyed and PEACE! :D