Author's Note ; So guys this a chapter inbetween bigger events to fill it out and so I dont use all my ideas at once for bigger chapters. Please, please, please review and tell me what you think as otherwise I'll assume you don't like it and will write less often.

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"So he basically asked you out?" Madge squeals down the phone.

"Seriously Madge, you seem more excited about it than I am!" I chuckle at her.

"Well of course I am! You both obviously like each other, a blind man could see that! and Peeta is such a nice guy, you two will make such a cute couple!" She replies, her voice getting ever higher.

"You don't know that, besides he probably doesn't even like me in that way, it's not like I'm a glimmer or a Clove." I say, my heart turning a bit cold at this truth.

"Oh shut up Katniss, anybody would pick you over those two thickos!"

"Haha thanks Madge, I gotta go now I just got to my house." I say as I rummage for my front door keys in my school bag.

"Ok then, make sure you tell me if anything else happens!" She says and I hang up the phone, finally plucking out my keys and opening the door.

"Prim?! Are you here?" I call out to the house. There was no answer. I set my bag beside the sofa and walk through to the kitchen. I walk through the door and nearly scream as I see there is someone in there. It looks like Prim from behind but this woman is so much taller than Prim. It's our mother.

"What are you doing here?" I ask her, my eyes looking her up and down to see if I can see any cause for her to return here. She looks paler than usual and has that tired look about her. She's also dressed in those blue scrubs nurses where at hospitals.

"It is my house you know." She smiles at me, which I don't return. She doesn't deserve my affection. How dare she walk back here and pretend to be a mother again after leaving me to look after Prim for all this time. After a minute she realizes that I'm not going to smile back at her or say anything so she continues.

"I have a week off and thought I'd come down to see you both. I miss you..." she steps forward slightly

"You mean you've come back down here again to get Prim's hopes up that she finally has a mother and may get to have a proper family and then leave again without saying goodbye like you did last time." I can feel the anger increasingly rising inside me as I also step forward.

"That wasn't my fault, the hospital needed me to get back straight away.." She says looking down.

"Of course it wasn't your fault, nothings ever your fault is it?" I retort

"Stop talking to me like Katniss, I am your mother..."

"Is that right? I thought a mother looks after and protects their children and loves them and comforts them and supports them. I dont seem to remember you doing a single one of them things! You pushed me away as soon as dad was gone!" I interrupt her. My voice raising to a shout now but she doesn't react, she just remains still and silent, not even raising her head or trying to defense herself.

"Yeah, shut everyone and everything out. That's what your good at isn't it?" I finish and then I grab my keys and phone from my bag and leave the house, slamming the door on the way out. I can't believe she has just shown up like this without any warning, I haven't had any time to prepare Prim for what's bound to be more heartbreak for her. I'm livid. I don't know where I'm going but I just know I need to get out of here before I do something I really regret. I go to the first place that springs to mind. Gale's house.

I haven't spoken to Gale since the Saturday we went to the cinema but he knows me more than anyone else does, even more than Madge and I need him right now. I take a deep breath in and knock on his door. As I wait I try and think about what I'm going to say to him. I hear a lock slide open from the other side of the door and then it is pulled open slightly and Gales face peeks round into the gap.

"Katniss.." he slightly whispers as he fully opens the door.

"Hi" is the only thing I can think of saying.

"What is it Katniss?" he asks with concern in his voice as he moves aside to let me in. I step over the threshold and into his hallway.

"My mums back." I say looking down at his floorboards.

"Oh shit.." this is what I mean by he knows me more than anyone else. All of my other friends would wonder why I wasnt overjoyed by this buy Gale knows this isn't good.

"Has Prim seen her yet?" He asks pulling me in for a hug.

"Not yet.." I answer cuddling into him. His arms pulling me in tight and sharing his warmth with me. I know he's going to be here for me the entire time my mums here, just like he was the first time she left.

"Come on, let's go sit down, I'll make you a hot chocolate, I know they're your favorite" he says smiling down at me as I pull away from him and I follow him through to the front room and sit down as he continues into the kitchen. I pull my knees up to my chest and hug one of the small pillows that are placed on the sofa. I place my forehead on the top of the pillow and try to calm down. After about five minutes Gale comes back in, sets two mugs of hot chocolate on the table and sits next to me.

"I can't see her get hurt again Gale. Last time it nearly killed me. I heard her crying in her room every night for a week when she left and no matter what I did to try and comfort her, nothing ever had an effect. She thinks it's because of her. She thinks it's her fault and that kills me Gale." the last bit comes out a bit high pitched as I'm fighting back tears at the memory or Prim in that much pain. That little girl is my only weakness, I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to her.

"Katniss, it's ok. Prim will know this time what is going on, she didn't have a clue that time, she's grown up Katniss." He leans over to the table and pulls off the two mugs.

"Here, hot chocolate makes everything better." He says, handing me my mug.

"I'm going to need a ton of it for this week then.." I say into my mug as I sip down some of the creamy drink. Gales right, it is my favorite.