Hey! First, shout outs to the following: BestFan00, finewithbeingateennot, Firework7, Themockingjay3, StarLights145, MoonDust198, SnowQueen135, PhooenixFeathers246, Mrs. Eaton138 and Mrs. Clace159. Here is chapter 10.
It was another day. My mind still dwelled on what Cato had said. Gale seemed to have picked up on my mood.
"Wanna go to a lake?" he asked. I looked at him.
"How, we're miles away from a forest," I said. Gale smiled.
"Not exactly," he said.
Gale and I packed our bags to spend the weekend at his small lake house on the smaller part of New York. The driving did take long, and we arrived at his lake house at five o' clock. The sun was almost setting.
"Where'd you get this place?" I asked, as we put our suitcases down.
"From a friend. He didn't want it anymore, and he let me use it anytime I wanted to," Gale said, "The lake's just a walk away," he said.
I changed into lighter clothing which mainly consisted of a sundress that I didn't really wear much. Gale just wore what he'd usually wear at home. We walked to the lake. It wasn't really big and it was probably the size of a large pond. But the water was crystal clear. There was a small row boat close to the lake.
"Come on," Gale said.
I sat inside the boat as Gale rowed around the lake. The lake looked like it was part of an enchanted garden.
"It's beautiful," I said, staring at my reflection on the water. The water was like a mirror and it reflected me and Gale. The sun hadn't quite set as yet, and the place was tinged with a darkish orange color. Then, a droplet of water fell on the water. It started raining heavily. Gale laughed at me, as I put my hands over my head to shelter myself from the rain.
"Stop, laughing at me!" I said, before I started laughing out loud with him. Then, I stopped, as Gale looked at me, before he kissed me deeply. I leaned in immediately, feeling that same passion and love that I had felt for him. I closed my eyes and then, another memory surged me in. I broke away quickly. Gale looked hurt. He rowed us back to shore, and I walked away from him quickly, until we were outside of the lake house, just beside the doorway.
"What's the matter, Katniss?" Gale asked.
"Why did you give up on us?" I asked. Gale looked shocked and angry.
"What do you mean? You're the one who never answered my letters," he said. I looked at him, confused.
"What are you talking about? I never got any letters," I said. Gale looked at me, just as shocked.
"I sent you letters everyday for five years," he said. I looked at him.
"I never got any letters, and then, when I got engaged to Peeta…."
I cut off immediately when I heard what I was saying. Gale's eyes widened.
"You're engaged and yet, you ask me what happened to us," Gale said, and he turned to walk away.
"I didn't have a choice!" I shouted at him. He turned to me.
"What? Everyone has a choice," he said. I shook my head furiously. Rain drops assaulted us both as we stood face-to-face.
"I never had a choice. My mom and his parents made a deal and I had to marry him to please her," I said. Gale looked at me.
"Then, why did you come to me?" he asked, sounding like he didn't believe it.
"Because I saw him with someone else. He was cheating on me, and I broke off the engagement. I couldn't face my mother after that, and I didn't want to tell them, so I cut off all possible means of communication and looked for you. No one would have suspected me to come to you," I said. Gale looked astonished.
"How did you find me?" he asked.
"I called Johanna from a payphone. She told me where you lived," I said. Gale looked at me.
"I'm sorry that I didn't tell you before, but I didn't know how to tell you. I can understand if you're…" Gale cut me off with a deep kiss. I melted into him, and closed my eyes, letting him take over. I put my arms around him, as he lifted me up and took me inside the house. He pushed me into the first room we got in. He closed the door and pushed me against it. I broke away from him to take off his shirt. I dropped it on the floor as Gale captured my lips once again with his. He pushed me onto the bed, after I kicked my shoes off. Gale stopped kissing and reached down to unlace his boots. He kicked them off and kissed me again. Gale's hands reached to pull down the straps of my sundress. I wriggled out of the dress. Gale stepped back to admire me, before he began to kiss my neck. I moaned and let my fingers trail down from his face to his muscled chest, before they went down to the buckle of his pants. Gale gasped, and he broke away.
"Katniss," he whispered, "Are you sure?" I nodded. He looked down as I started to unbuckle his pants. The buckle snapped open.
Ten Hours Later (Cato's side)
Cato lay on his bed, when the phone rang.
"Hello?" he said, as he answered it.
"Cato, it's Peeta. I do not require your services any longer. I'm going to New York. I've found Katniss. You can come home, if you desire," Peeta said and cut off the phone. Cato looked at the time. It was six o' clock in the morning already. He grabbed his phone and dialed Katniss' number.
There you go, chapter ten. I'm also not very good at writng make out scenes, so forgive me if that part was crappy. This chapter was also a bit based off a scene in The Notebook. Anyway, please tell me your thoughts.