*************************************************************************************Hey Everybody, here's today's chapter! It feels good to back and writing again…I actually found myself somewhat enjoying writing this chapter! Thanks for all the support on my last chapter! I love you all!

There is no mistaking his voice, after years in the woods spent with him. I cling tighter onto Peeta's hand, he is shaking with anger. "Catnip..." He glares over at Peeta with hatred clear in his grey eyes. "Bread Boy." He doesn't even ask permission before he pushes his way between us and lies down on the couch. The hormones are bubbling up inside of me; I drop Peeta's hand and hand Dillan over to him. I storm over to the couch and think about what I'm going to say… This guy killed your sister….he's not your best friend anymore…he killed your sister. "Gale Hawthorne! You pick your idiotic head up and look at me when I'm talking to you!" He barely moves his head up, he's very slow, he's just trying to mock me! I stare back at Peeta and his entire face has turned bright red, and he's shaking even more violently.

"Who's the one not looking, now Catnip?" I snap my head back towards him and scowl, "Gale! You can't just storm into our room with asking! What do you want?" "Just came to chat…" "Well we're on our way out. So you can let yourself out." He grabs my wrist, and pulls me back. "I came all the way from two just to have you walk out on me?" "Yeah you know because…two is so far away from four." I give him a sarcastic look and squint my eyes and pull my arm away. "Please. I just want to talk for a minute…preferably without bread boy." He smirks at the sight of Peeta, and gives him a look of dismissal. I walk over to Peeta and take him off to the side; "He's not going to leave me alone, until I talk to him. I guess I should go ahead and get it over with. Take Dillan on out to Annie and wait outside the door. I'm not going to be in here long." "Katniss, I'm not going to leave you in here with…him." I stand on my tip-toes and kiss his cheek, "It's better than him following us around twelve like a dog. Besides… he won't hurt me. I promise I won't be long." Peeta nods reluctantly and takes a couple of strides over to Gale and is only inches from his face. "You listen to me Hawthorne. You touch her. You die. You look at her for too long. Your face will be messed up by the end of today." Gale laughs right to Peeta's face, I grab Peeta by the arm and gently pull him out of the room, "I'll be out in a couple minutes… I love you." I kiss him for a moment and then watch him walk out of the room, he doesn't stop turning around and staring at Gale.

I reluctantly walk over to Gale and cross my arms and just stare at his face. His eyes look dead, his face is as solid as rock. "What do you want?" He stands up and I had forgotten how much taller Gale is even compared to Peeta, "I see you let bread boy win." "What are you talking about?" Are you still hung up on the fact that I picked him over you? Gale stares at my stomach, I don't know why but I feel really guarded with Gale around my child. I lower my arms so they lay over her. "You let him win…what happened to the Katniss I love? The one who was free... Who didn't want children…Because I saw that pathetic excuse for a child in your arms when I opened the door. Where did the old Katniss disappear to? Because it has become apparent to me, that she must have been blown up in twelve during the war." He sneers and turns his head to the side. Was that supposed to be a jab at Prim? Blown up? "That wasn't my child that was Finnick's son! And if you say her name one more time, I can prove to you that even this happier Katniss still has amazing aim." "There's my Katniss." "I'm not your Katniss. I don't love you Gale. I am married to Peeta." A sickening smile sprouts on Gale's face. "Never once have you told me you loved him." He takes one last step towards me and presses his lips on mine; I begin hitting him until he stops.

The kiss felt heavy and forceful. "I'm married, Gale. You're an idiot, maybe you should've died in that war. Because right now it seems like we would have all been better off." His eyes turn even colder than before, they are fuming with anger. I turn around to walk out the door, and to the security of Peeta. Just then I hear footsteps, I turn around and Gale is running towards me, he tackles me to the ground. He is now on top of me, "You know you love me Catnip." I stare around the room in a panic trying to find a way out from under Gale, I see his shoes have been kicked off and he has an insane look in his eyes. I begin slapping him in the face as a last resort. "Get off me Gale!" He is sliding the zipper on his pants down, and I realize exactly what he's trying to do. I kick him as hard as I can, Gale has his hands on the bottom of my shirt. "PEETA!" I continue to scream his name out for what seems like forever. Gale is apparently annoyed by that so he continues to crash his lips on mine, he tastes very strong of alcohol... I am able to knee him in the one area I know will hurt him for sure, and he does wince in pain but it's almost as if the alcohol has made him resistant to the full pain I had hoped it would cause him. This isn't my friend Gale. This isn't even jealous Gale. It's the drunk, crazy, and jealous Gale…

"Peeta! Help!" Before Gale can touch me any further Peeta has smashed the door open. His anxious blue eyes scan the room and when he spots us behind the couch. He runs as fast has his body will allow and Peeta has Gale slammed up against a wall, with only one hand. With the other hand he is repeatedly slamming his fist against Gales face. It only takes a couple seconds of that until Gale's face is guaranteed to be black the next morning, the lower part of his face is covered in blood after another minute or two, and it won't stop gushing. Now that his face has suffered enough Peeta has pinned his down on the floor, and is towering about Gale's blood-covered body, Peeta takes this opportunity to have a talk with Gale. "Did you touch Katniss?" Gale remains silent, just laughing his head off. "Did you touch Katniss?" Gale doesn't say a word knowing it'll bother Peeta more if he doesn't say yes or no. I can't help but feel a little better now seeing how badly Gale has been harmed. What he did to me was way out of line, and he deserved every punch that his face has already taken.

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I swear if he touched Katniss harming her or our child, it would only add time onto when I finally kill him. I made a promise to myself and Katniss that I'd get Gale back for what he did to Prim, and I intend to keep that promise under any circumstances. When Gale remains silent for yet another minute, I stand on the coffee table and jump onto his stomach with all the weight my body can muster up, and hold my elbow out so it's the first thing that makes contact with his stomach. Gale screams out in pain, and I smile up at Katniss when this happens. I get lost in the small smile she returns to me. And then Gale is on top of me, he only manages to punch my jaw and eye a couple times. After the beating I put on him…he's an easy kill. When I think back to what I ran in on when I saw Gale onto of Katniss…practically attacking her, it only fuels my anger, and I knock several of Gale's teeth out effortlessly.

While he is bent double in pain I grab a pair of scissors and sit onto of Gale holding the scissors to his wrist. "Kat do you want me to do it, or do you want to do the honors?" I give her a smile of revenge; she lunges towards me and grabs the scissors. "Peeta, it's really not worth it…" tears are filling quickly in her eyes "He killed Prim. I promised you I would kill him for you. After all the pain he caused you…he deserves this." Katniss shakes her head. "Peeta…it's not worth killing him. Now that you've done all of this to him. I don't think it'd be right to kill him." Katniss grabs my hand and holds it to her lips. "I just want to go home now Peeta." I can tell how emotionally she is drained and I can't bear to see her any more upset then she already is after what the half dead idiot on the floor did to her. I embrace her and try to comfort her. We stand up together hand in hand, I stare down at Gale who is just now getting his bearings, and raise an eyebrow at Katniss.

"Just in case you get any ideas…" I kick my foot down in the area I knew would hurt him with as much force as I dare, and leave him wallowing in even more pain. I felt like Katniss would enjoy that after what he did to her. She half smiled, she continues to shake until we reach Annie's car. "What took you guys so long?" "Just some business we had to take care of." Katniss nods in agreement at my answer and rests her head on my shoulder. From time to time I can still feel a single one of her tears fall onto my shoulder. I hold her hand in mine and rub it, until she stops shaking. She winces in pain and I rest my free hand on her stomach, her body seems to release a lot of pressure. Katniss closes her eyes, and relaxes for the first time since Gale showed up. It only takes a few minutes to get back to Annie's house.

"Are you guys going to head back to District Twelve today?" "I think Katniss is ready to be go home, she's had a rough few weeks." "Okay, here are the keys to your car." I nod and take them with a smile for Annie. Me and Katniss climb out of the car and hug Annie. "Don't be strangers. Come back soon." Katniss smile and nods, and gives Annie one last hug. Then she bends down to Dillan who was playing in the grass. "Bye Buddy. Aunt Katniss will come visit you again soon. I love you." She kisses his head and lets him rub her belly one last time. I hug Dillan one last time and climb into the car beside Katniss and prepare for the long car ride back to twelve. Annie's eyes water little as we wave goodbye from the car. Katniss seems a little teary eyed too, as she waves goodbye. After a few minutes of silence I can't help myself when I ask her something that I've wanted to hear about… "Katniss…do you want to talk about what happened today?"

******************************************************************************Hi Guys! What did you think about today's chapter? Love it? Hate it? Let me know in the reviews below! Did you like that Gale had the crud beat out of him? (I apologize in advance for anybody on team Gale) The naming chapter will be coming up soon, so I'll be taking all of your wonderful suggestions and trying to pick the perfect name for the future baby Mellark! I love all the names you all have already suggested! Talk to you all at my next update!

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