The next morning I wake up to the smell of bread; which I should probably be used to by now, but no. This time it's different, it's not just bread, it's soup and… roast chicken? I get up and run downstairs to find Peeta in the kitchen preparing what looks like a feast.
"Peeta?" I smile at the site, but I'm slightly confused. "What is all this?"
"You went to bed before I could tell you; Gale and his friend are coming for lunch, and I thought we could all use a treat." I go and kiss him.
"I love you Peeta Mellark." I say "wait, where is forest?" I ask.
"At sae's like she always is on a Sunday." He tells me
"ok, when are gale and his friend getting here?" I ask
"In about 3 hours, why?"
"You want a treat? In the bedroom in 5 minutes" I whisper, tugging on the collar of his shirt as I walk away and back up the stairs. I get changed into one of his shirts and mess up my hair, because he loves it when I wake up in the morning like this.

About an hour later we are lying in bed together. He has his arm around me and my head is laid on his chest. "I love you Miss Everdeen"
"what, Miss Everdeen?"
"Yeah, I've always wanted to say that. Everyone calls you Katniss or Mrs Mellark now, I like your old name."
"Well I love you, whatever you're called" I tease. I look up, straight into his sparkling blue eyes. "Do you remember the day you proposed?" I asked "We were in the meadow and you told me that nothing would be able to change you now, no hijacking or anything could make you stop loving me; because no amount of brainwashing could make you forget how happy you were with me."
"Yeah"
"And then when you did go mad for the first time, when I was pregnant with forest, I could tell you weren't completely gone"
"hmm, how?"
"Your eyes"
"My eyes?"
"I couldn't tell at first, but when you saw her, when you saw the bump under my shirt; your eyes were blue. Up until then they were grey and lifeless. But you saw her and, for a second, everything was ok."
"Katniss, Are you ok? Where exactly is this going." This was it; I had to tell him. I take a deep breath in.
"Peeta I" There is a knock at the door.
"Oh my god, they're early, and I'm not even dressed, You have to answer the door"
"Me? Peeta, all I'm wearing is your shirt. And it's ripped!"
"Ripped, what? How did that happen?"
"I think you know how that happened!" I sigh "Fine, I'll go, but if they ask, I've just woken up"
"Of course, darling" He taunts.

I run downstairs and answer the door, rubbing my eyes to try and make it seem that I've just gotten up. But I don't find gale and his friend. No. I find gale and… a girl.
"Hi gale" I sigh, giving up the tired act; he knows me to well to know that I don't sleep in this late.
"Hey catnip, sorry are we interrupting?" He teases. "We can come back later if this is a bad time" he says followed by a knowing wink. I shake my head at him in disbelief.
"No, no. Come in gale and…"
"Ula" she tells me with a smile and holds her hand out. I shake it.
"Nice to meet you Ula, Peeta will be down in a minute" I tell her,
"yes, I was wandering where he was, do you know what is taking so long catnip?" Gale irks
"feel free to take a seat in the living room" I continue. Ula goes and sits down. I give Gale a quick hug and he mutters the words: "Does Peeta know he has a rip in his shirt?" Before giving me a cheeky grin and walking to sit down with Ula. I quickly run upstairs to find Peeta, who is now dressed.
"He's brought a girl with him" I whisper
"Yeah, I know. Ula, right" Peeta says.
"You knew about this?!" I say, still whispering to make sure they don't hear me
"Yeah. Gale said yesterday" I glare at Peeta.
"Well thanks for the heads up. I have just opened the door to gale and his new girlfriend; who's first impression of me comes from the fact I welcomed her into my home just before lunchtime, in one of your shirts. Whilst Gale makes subtle jokes which make this seem like a normal occurrence." I lecture.
"Sorry, I should have told you. But to be honest, I think you look great in my shirt."
"Not now Peeta."
"Fine, I'm sorry, now get dressed! It's almost lunch, you might want to wear something nice"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"You'll see" he hints.

I go downstairs, moments later (dressed properly this time) and sit with everyone at the dinner table. Peeta is serving soup and bread and gale is rabbiting on about something that happened to him and his friends in district 5.
"Catnip!" he chirps "Good to see you…dressed" he jokes.
"Shut up gale" I complain as I break a bread roll in half and dip it in my soup.
"So Ula, what district are you from?" Peeta asks as he sits down and joins us at the table.
"Hmm? Oh, District 4" she says. "That's where I met Gale" she continues to tell us all about how they met and the night they stayed up all night together. And with every word she says I just stare a gale. He doesn't notice though, he's just smiling at her the whole time. I've never seen him so happy. We carry on eating and talking and listening and laughing all afternoon until finally gale speaks up.
"I'd just like to say something, if that's alright." He looks to Peeta for what looks like reassurance, as Peeta just nods once. "Ula, I have known you for just under a year. But it feels like a lifetime. Every time I get called to a new district or new job; I only think of one person while I'm away, I think of you. That is why; in front of my best friends, I have to ask you something" Oh my god. Is he? He is? "Ula, would you be willing to put up with me for the rest of my life? Will you marry me?" He asks as he gets down on one knee. I'm gobsmacked. I sit there with a gormless expression staring at the couple in front of me. I look at Ula, who seems as just as surprised as I do.
"Gale. I…" she starts. But then she sighs "Gale, I love you, I will always love you. But I can't marry you." My heart sinks. This is the last thing gale needs. "You care too much about Peeta and Katniss to marry me"
"Cares to much about us?" I say. I've ruined Gale's first chance at love. I'm not prepared to do it again.
"What do you mean?" Gale manages to spit out
"President Snow… He. He was my grandfather. I thought that maybe if you weren't so close with Katniss that I could handle it. But family is family, and she killed mine." I can't breathe. I refuse to believe her, but why would she lie?
"What!" Gale asks. His voice is sharp and bitter.
"I'm sorry, I tried to tell you, but… I couldn't."
"Ula, I think you should probably leave now." I say, my voice is harsh too. She gets up and leaves slowly and quietly. The room is silent for a while after.

The silence it killed by Peeta who spits one word at Gale. "You."
"What?"
"You did this. You brought her into my home."
"Peeta, I honestly had no idea, I would have left her ages ago if I knew she had anything to do with him."
"Gale" I whisper. "Please calm down. Peeta, honey, why don't you go and get yourself some water from the kitchen and take some deep breaths, hey?" He holds his stare directly at gale for a while, but then finally turns and walks to the kitchen. I run up to Gale. "Careful with Peeta, he's tried so hard to block out the games why don't you go and sit down, I'll get you a drink" I tell him
"Ok, catnip, but he shouldn't be blaming me for it."

Gale's point of view.

I take a seat in the living room and look out the window. She's gone for good now. I can't even think about her without feeling sick. Suddenly I hear a crash coming from the kitchen, Katniss must have dropped something, I think to myself; so I get up to help her. I step out into the hallway and make my way to the kitchen when Peeta appears.
"Peeta, is everything ok? I heard a crash"
"What are you doing here?" He says. His voice is quiet, low and almost lifeless.
"What? Peeta-"
"I SAID WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!" he shrieks. Then I see her, she emerges from the kitchen, slowly and limply. Katniss. She has cuts and bruises all over her arms and on her face and the is an ever growing blood stain just above her knee. She looks and me.
"Gale. Go. Please, just go…" she pleads
"But Katniss I"
"Go…" she's using all of her energy on convincing me to leave and, because she stubborn, if I don't go, she will knock herself out. I run out of the door trying to decide what to do, where to go, who to get help from? The hospital! No… it's too far away and even if I did get there on time, what would they do? Haymitch? I've never really trusted him, but he's saved Katniss' life before. He's my only option. I run straight to the door and try to open it. It's locked. Great. I bang on the door repeatedly.
"Haymitch! Haymitch open the door." A rather unhappy and drunk Haymitch answers the door. Hey yawns.
"What do you want?" he says.
"It's Katniss, She's in danger" I say. His eyes widen and his face becomes concerned. "Hurry up, we don't have much time"

Katniss' point of view.

I wake up but keep my eyes closed. I need to prepare myself for my surroundings. "What happened?" I think to myself. Why don't I remember anything? I am about to open my eyes, but I hear something, footsteps.
"I think I'm going to go now, she'd prefer to wake up to see you two then us three." It's gale.
"Gale wait…" I hear Peeta's voice, but not his normal one. This one is sad and worried. "Thank you. For saving her. If you weren't there…" He trails off. If he wasn't there what?
"I know, Peeta, I know." There is silence for a moment after gale leaves. But then the third voice, Haymitch's voice, speaks.
"Peeta can I have a word?" But that's all I hear before I fall back asleep.

I'm woken up by the sound of Peeta's voice, this time not worried or sad, no. this time he sounds scared.
"Please wake up. Katniss… please" he clasps my hand in both of his and hold them upto his face. Tears drip down my arm. I don't want to wake up, I don't want to see him like this. But I do.
"Peeta" Is all I can manage to say. he doesn't even manage one word. He just stares at me, with tears streaming down his face.
"Shhhh. Honey, it's ok" I tell him.
"But it's not though is it Katniss?" he says, still crying. "Why didn't you tell me?"

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