I want to thank to MaidenAlice for giving me a great idea for the chapter, it is one quote Madge says, it will be in bold.

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So here it goes chapter 8!

Gale ignores me, I ignore Peeta. This is a vicious cycle. So I decide that I don't need any of both. I walk back to my class and I won't pay attention to Gale or Peeta.

The rest of the week goes by, I haven't done anything this week. It's just the same, taking classes and eating lunch alone.

But on Friday when I was on the tables outside I see Mr. Haymitch Abernathy, our school janitor. He approaches to me and sits beside me.

"Hi!" he says casually. I don't know why he talks to me, but I don't think I have to be rude so I answer him normally.

"Hi…"

"So, why are you alone?" He says like kind of uncomfortable. "Well, you are always with your nerdy cousin."

"He's not my cousin, and I've been… busy…" it is the best answer I can manage to choke out.

"I think you should talk to you 'not-cousin' and fix things, you've been alone lately. Not that I care anyway…"

I smile a bit. "Okay, I will." The bell rings and I have to go to class. "Well, thanks for your, uh, advice".

"You are welcome," he stars walking but turns around and stare at me. "And also you should fix things with you lover boy, sweetheart."

I'm shocked and kind of upset. I have tried not to talk to Peeta, we were just friends. But I think that Haymitch was right about something, I have to fix things with Gale. And I will, on Sunday.

At the end of the school day I go to where I usually pick up Prim after school.

"Katniss, wait!" I turn around and I see it is Madge.

"Hey, what's up Madge?"

"I haven't seen you with Gale, you were alone today at lunch, where was he?" Madge is the only friend I have that is a girl. I trust her, somehow.

"Well, we kind of had a fight?"

"Kind of?" She asks me.

"We fought because of Peeta. He said that he didn't want to be my real friend."

"So that's why you are not with Peeta either." She doesn't ask, she says it as a fact. "That's sweet"

"What are you talking about?" There's nothing sweet between fighting. "I think Gale is right, it was too rushed my friendship with Peeta."

"I meant that you like him. That's so sweet, and it is not rushed. It's easy to be swept up in the flow of Peeta's charm."

She waves me goodbye and I stand there figuring out what she meant.

On Sunday I wake up early and I go to the woods, hoping that Gale would come. Maybe he doesn't care about me anymore. But he is like the brother I never had, and with whom I would talk to at school if he is not my friends anymore? Maybe I could talk to Peeta, if he is still my friend, or to Madge, I have talked with her much more than I have always done.

I walk until I reach the place where we normally meet, and Gale isn't there again. Maybe he doesn't care after all. I sigh and when I turn around I feel strong arms wrapped tightly around me. Gale. I can't help to compare Peeta's arms with Gale's, his arms were strong and I felt safe, while Gale's are… well they are not Peeta's.

"I'm sorry, Catnip" Gale says as he hugs me and doesn't let me go. "I acted like a jerk, and you can be friends with whomever you want to, even with Mellark, I don't… just, please don't forget about me."

"Gale, I will never be able to forget about you, you are my best friend. No one could ever replace you, and you know that." I look at him, and he looks a bit disappointed, but why? As soon as he notices that I'm staring at him he grins.

"I tried to handle a week, but I missed someone whom I could talk to."

"Me too, don't worry".

"Well, I think we should take the day off." He says.

"It's a nice day, we could go swimming and maybe we can do something else later." I suggest.

"Yeah, I think we could do that. It's been a long time since I wanted to swim."

We swam and talked until sunset. After spending some time together, Gale goes directly to his house. He doesn't offer to walk me home or anything, but it's not like he would do it anyway. He is not used to do that and me neither.

On the way home I think that I wasted this day because I also wanted to go and see Peeta, to apologize for treating him rudely. He didn't deserve that, and he was polite trying to leave me alone so I could think.

I arrive home and Mom and Prim are playing a board game. I greeted them and then I walk upstairs to my room and close the door. I sit on my bed cross-legged not sure what I should think about Peeta. Is Gale really worried and just faked that he liked Peeta so we could be friends again? Why do I keep thinking about Peeta? When I was friends with Gale, I didn't question him. Why do I keep comparing them?

Now that Gale has accepted Peeta as my friend, I feel like I've got a weight less to carry. But I don't know why, I still feel anxious every time I'm with Peeta. This feels so right it can't be wrong, so far as I can see though. So I don't think there is nothing wrong about a simple friendship.

I fall asleep as I lost myself in thoughts of how can I get Peeta as a friend again…

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