As I climb down the rope ladder that will lead me to solid ground, I begin to doubt myself. Why would Katniss go back here, the District that would bring her the worst memories? What if it's not her? You're free to go beyond the fence now, if the fence still exists.

Once I reach the ground, all the happy memories come back to me. The times I spent with Katniss, hunting. This was the place that I could call home. But I guess I was and am too cowardly to come back. I see the small cabin house and lake that Katniss took me to, and I can see that the chimney is blowing out smoke.

I start picking up speed and eventually sprint to the little cabin. I slow down once I reach near it so I don't shock Katniss.

I walk in slowly.

But I don't see Katniss.

Instead, I see Peeta Mellark.

If I didn't stay for one more second then I could've maybe ran away and pretended this never happened, but he notices me and we make eye contact.

"Never thought I would see you again, after you fled to District 2 Hawthorne." Peeta says calmly.

I would have very much rather have him yell at me instead of being so calm. I have no idea what conditions Peeta is in. He could still be a crazy hijacked maniac or he could be a well-spoken, nice guy like he was before that happened.

"Yeah." I say. Smooth Hawthorne, I think to myself.

"What brings you here? Looking for Katniss?"

God, I'm sure he can read minds.

"No. Just visiting." I say shakily

"You're a bad liar, tell me what happened with her"

I explain to him what happened (from what I know of for certain), since there's no bother trying to cover up anything or make excuses.

He listens quietly, not interrupting me. Just when I'm finished telling me what happened and I'm ready to go, but there's one question that's been bothering me.

"Do you know why she went there? To District 2?" I inquire.

"To find you of course." He says, like it's the most obvious thing ever.

I quickly change the subject since I don't want hijacked Peeta to make an appearance. "And by the way, why do you have the fire on?"

The sun is shining and it's spring. There is no need for heat.

"I was going to bake some bread before you showed up," he points to a small table that has some dough on it.I hadn't noticed before as it sits in a dark corner.

"Well, I'll be going now I guess." I say

"Bye." He says coldly. "If you find Katniss, tell me okay?

"Okay. Bye." I mutter

I begin running to the rendezvous spot me and Preston agreed to so he can pick me up with the hovercraft. Immediately after I stop running I see the hovercraft approaching.

I will have to face Preston. To face embarrassment. The rope ladder comes right above me and I have to use all my strength to pull myself up. Normally we would've landed on the ground, but of course we are currently surrounded by trees and there is no place for landing.

Once I get in the hovercraft I say nothing. I'm too embarassed. Of course Katniss would have never come back here.

"She wasn't there?" Preston asks while grinning.

"No." I mutter.

"I knew it. Too...adventurous." He says

"Yeah." I'm not in the mood to talk. I'm drowning in a pool of embarrassment.

The rest of our trip is in silence. Just like our trip here.

But this gives me a chance to think, about Katniss. Where could she be? Did she really come to District 2 to see me?

When I get home, my mum is wearing the biggest smile ever and I can practically hear Posy jumping up and down. I am so grateful that I live with my family. My mum keeps suggesting that she and the kids move out so I can be more independent since I am 20. But I always refuse it. The only thing that makes me smile nowadays is Posy and occasionally Vick and Rory.

"Hey Gale, let's go inside and have dinner straight away, shall we?" She suggests and I nod. I didn't eat at all today and it's 6 o'clock now.

I practically gasp out loud when I see who is at the dinner table.

Katniss.

She looks up and I see the distant look in her eyes. I remember the time, before she was a tribute, before the rebellion how much fierceness and fire her eyes held. But now they are empty. We make eye contact and some of her spark is still there, but barely. It hurts me so much to see her like this.

"I want to play with Katniss! Katniss come to my room! It's pink! I'm a princess!" Posy babbles

"Sure Posy, I would love to see it." Katniss says calmly

I am so glad for Posy right now. I need a few minutes to compose myself before I talk to Katniss.

"Gale! Vick! Rory!, come here. I have your dinner." I hear my mum say.

Halfway through my dinner, Katniss and Posy come back down and joins us as we eat in silence.

When I get up to put my plate away my mum says:

"Gale, why don't you take Katniss for a walk in the park?"

I'm not sure if I want to or not, but I accept her suggestion since it would be rude to decline. And I also have a billion questions to ask her.

Katniss hesitates, but she eventually says yes.

This will either be horrible, awkward or amazing.

A/N I'm so sorry for being such a bad updater lol. I had to recover from the heart attacks I got after/during watching the Catching Fire trailer. I AM SO EXCITED OMGGG! Now what do I until November besides watching the trailer again and again? (btw that galeniss kiss omg, my heart)

PS: Please don't hate me, I know I said the heart to heart talk would be in this chapter but the trailer made me have so many Galeniss feels, I got this idea and it would also be kind of hard for me to fit it in the story line. I hope you understand, but I promise, promise to have the talk in the next chapter!

Review/Fav/Follow if you enjoyed this even though I broke a promise :P