Come on let me love you, now.
Come on let me love you and hold you through the storms,
I will keep you safe and warm.
Come on let me love you, now.
Come on let me love you and kiss away your tears.
I will always be here.
Come on let me love you.
Third day (Come on Let Me Love You)
Katniss.
I have a huge hangover from last night. I dull the pain by taking a small shot of the liquor sitting on the counter in the kitchen. Haymitch said that I could keep it. Unluckily, I didn't know how strong it was. I drank a little bit, then more, then more, and now I'm drunk again. Not wasted, but drunk, but not drunk enough that my headache went away.
My ears practically burst from a loud, high pitched sound. It stops and I hear Peeta yelling as loud as a whale. "Honey, the phone's for you!" Peeta yells.
"Who is it?" I ask, quietly.
"I don't know," he yells. "They're nose is stuffy, I couldn't recognize the number, and I didn't ask them." I take the phone.
"Hello?" I whisper.
"Katniss," he says. I can tell that it's Gale.
"What do you want?" I ask.
"I got really sick. I didn't bring any medicine with me and I have money, but I can't walk. Will you please bring some over if I pay you back?"
I sigh. "Sure," I say, and hang up. "Peeta, Gale is sick and I need to bring him medicine." I walk down the hall to our room and into our bathroom. I get the cough syrup, sleep syrup, and some allergy relief, then I put them in a plastic bag. I don't know what other symptoms he has, so I just hope I got the right stuff. I walk back to the living room. "I love you." I kiss him on the cheek. I don't want him to die from my breath.
"I love you too," he says. He walks with me to the door and opens it. "Bye." I nod and walk out. He closes the door after blowing me a kiss.
I walk down to the hotel that I assume Gale is at. It's for people with a lot of money. Gale is basically as rich as you can get, as are Peeta and I. I go to the check-in table and ask them where his room is. They tell me the room number and floor and I go. It's so hard to remember the number.
When I reach his room, I knock on the door. "It's open!" Gale yells. I walk in and see him lying down in a bed. I set the bag on the table next to him. "Thanks."
"No problem," I lie. He looks guilty. "What?"
"I'm not sick," he says, standing up. Apparently he was lying too.
"What?" I ask. I may be drunk, but I can still feel hurt.
"I needed to see you," he explains. I nod my head, then shake it.
"Why?"
"I love you, and you know that you love me too," he goes on.
He begins kissing me and he pulls me over to the bed. I kiss him back, but don't lie down. Instead I stop for a moment, pull him so that my back is against a wall, and kiss him again.
He goes along with it and soon, his shirt is off, but that's it. We won't do anything other than kissing; I'll make sure of it.
"I love you," he says.
"I love you too," I say. Where did that come from?
Gale.
"I love you," I say for what feels like the thousandth time. I know that she won't say it back, and I know that she doesn't love me, but she deserves to know that people love her. She had a hard life. After having her father die, her mom practically going crazy, her sister being reaped, being thrown into the Games, being forced to fake a romance, being thrown into the Games a second time, faking being pregnant, going to a place she thought was horrible, being emotionally challenged, loving someone who could be dead, loving someone who was being tortured and beat, getting her hopes up, loving someone who wanted her to die, and having horrible nightmares for her whole life; she should know that she's loved.
"I love you too," she replies. I break the kiss.
"What?" I ask.
"I love you," she says again. She leans forward to kiss me, but I turn my head so that she ends up kissing me cheek. "What's wrong?"
Peeta.
What are they doing? What's taking her so long?
Could they be…? No, Katniss wouldn't do that. Would she?
Will I be mad if she does? I really don't know. If she comes right up to me and says it, I might forgive her. If I hear it through the grapevine, no, I won't forgive her.
Wait, I just realized something, when she kissed me, it was on the cheek, but I could still smell it. I remember Katniss drinking too much last night. She probably tried to dull the headache!
I run to the kitchen and see a shot glass sitting on the counter. There's also a bottle of liquor that I can't pronounce the name of. Oh no!
I run outside and towards the rich hotel. This is not good!
Gale.
"You don't love me," I say.
"Yes I do, or I wouldn't be here," she argues.
"You wouldn't be here if I hadn't said I was sick," I counter.
"I could have left when you started kissing me," she protests.
"Trust me, Katniss. You don't love me," I beg.
"Yes, I do, and I can prove it," she says, as she begins to gesture to the bed.
Katniss.
"Yes, I do, and I can prove it," I say. I gesture to the bed and his eyes widen.
"No," he says.
"Yes," I say, as I begin kissing him again. We don't get to the bed, because Peeta barges in.
Peeta.
I open the door and run in.
"Katniss, stop!" I yell, with a gentle tone. She breaks the kiss.
"Peeta," she says, surprised. "I- I- I…"
"It's okay," I reassure her. "Just stop now, and it will all be okay."
"I-" she begins. I reach out my hand to her, and she reaches out her hand, but not all the way.
"Katniss...?" I ask, truly shocked.
"I'm really sorry."
What will happen next? Will they end up together? Will Katniss leave Peeta and her children? Will Gale be happy? Will Peeta be hurt? Will Gale protest? Will Peeta commit suicide? I need you guys to review to know what will happen...but I have a pretty good idea :}
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-PeetaMellark'sKatniss
-lovebitesx
-Gaurdian2Be
-Aerogirl137
-HopeNeverDies
-PercyJacksonPeetaMellarkLover
-LizTheBookNerd
-HungerGamesCrazy
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I heard this quote on the show HOUSE. "Alchohol doesn't change you. It just shows who you really are." or something like that. Whatever you get the message.
