Chapter 37
Ok people sorry about that ranting note, I needed to rant to someone or some people and you all deserved to know I think xD Oh and I'm starting a poll on my profile to see which fic you guys want to see next, so yeah, go vote!
The next few minutes were a big blur for a Gale, he remembered being picked up and taken somewhere and could still hear the roar of the waves before blacking out.
He woke up to a blurry vision of someone leaning over him, a strong pain coming from his nose. "Hey there Gale" The familiar voice was soothing to his ears.
His vision soon returned, "Peeta?" He groaned. The blonde was sat next to him and staring down into his ears with a hand on his cheek.
"Your finally awake sleepy head" Peeta smiled.
"What happened?" Gale asked.
"You got knocked out by Cato" The baker explained.
"Oh" The hunter sighed.
"Don't worry it's alright" Peeta laughed, he then moved and straddled the hunter and brought his face directly in front of the older man. Gale leaned up and closed the distance between, "Won't they see?" Gale asked.
"No, we're out of sight" Peeta chuckled.
There lips finally connected, the blonde dragged his nails from the hunter's neck all the way down to his abdomen creating a red streak. Gale disconnected there lips and began by lightly pecking his neck before biting down.
Meanwhile not to far away on the same beach, "I wonder if Gale's woke up yet" Katniss said.
"I hope so" Haymitch called, yet again still buried in the sand.
"I'm sure he has" Effie cheered. The huntress sighed and looked over at Cato who had a nasty bruise showing up on his cheek from a hook from none other than Peeta.
"Man he can hit hard" Cato grumbled.
"You asked for it" Katniss glared at the man before resuming staring out over the ocean.
"Yeah lucky enough your going back to twelve tomorrow" Stonfia giggled.
"Thank god" Katniss smiled.
"I totally wish I could see you guys again" Cato rolled his eyes and sighed.
"No you wish you could see Peeta again to try and swoon him over" The huntress spoke without even looking at the blonde.
"Well he deserves the money, not some guy from a seam" Cato laughed.
"What did you say? Did you just call my best friend 'Some guy from a seam'?" Katniss clenched her fists and was about to jump up before Effie grabbed her shoulders.
They didn't know how it took them but it felt like forever until Peeta and Gale finally came into view, hair's a mess and both genuinely looking disheveled, a few marks along Gale's chest and a bunch of hickeys dotted around the baker sort of hinted what they spent there time doing.
"You two friends now?" Haymitch asked.
"I would think so" Effie said with her usual cheery attitude.
"I fancy going for a swim, fancy joining me you two?" Katniss finally stood up on her feet, the two men agreed and the three ran off to the water. The next few hours flew by, until Stonfia announced they would have to head back to the mansion.
Once they got back to the manor Cato vanished apparently for some interview and everyone else was left to do as they please. "Anyone fancy a drink?" Haymitch asked.
"Yeah sure" Gale agreed.
"Sounds nice" Peeta smiled.
"I guess I'll have a quick one" Effie grinned.
Katniss was going to agree until the baker interrupted, "No no it's not good for the baby"
"I swear to god!" Katniss growled.
One drink turned into two, then three, then seven, ten, thirteen and finally eighteen. Everybody was drunk, apart from Katniss, even Effie was 'off her face'.
"I wanna play hide and seek!" Peeta moaned.
"Katniss is it!" Haymitch jumped up and ran off out of the room, Gale, Peeta and Effie followed.
"Wait what!" Katniss narrowed her brow and took a quick glance around, the living room around her was empty, even the brown sofa looked alone.
"But guys, what if I don't want to be it!" She grumbled before leaving the room to begin her search.
Not too long later Cato had returned from his interview, he groaned and rubbed his temple lightly, he needed a drink. Shuffling his feet and ignoring Stonfia's constant chatter, he eventually got a glass of wine and sat down at the table.
The man felt a hand on his knee, slowly rising up the table cloth he peeked underneath with great confusing to see Effie staring up at him with her fingers to her lips "Shh!" She hushed.
"I don't want to know" He groaned before picking up the glass and leaving the room.
Somewhere else on the upper floor Katniss was searching around, a door slammed further down the hall so she ran over hoping it wasn't an avox.
She pushed open the door and it was the library, her eyes quickly scanned the area, she caught Haymitch staring at her, he gasped when he noticed and then ran off into the book cases. "I'm going to kill you!" She yelled chasing after the man.
"This is a library!" Haymitch mocked.
Katniss searched around the bookcases chasing the drunk in and out of the seeming maze, she could only hear his giggles and taunting echoing.
"One of you!" She called to an Avox, "Help me!" The avox jumped to his feet and scurried off.
"No that's cheating!" Haymitch yelled, the sound of a door slamming hit Katniss' ears.
"God damn it" She grumbled exiting the library.
She shrieked when Gale jumped out of the corner and playfully punched her, "Haha your it!" He laughed while running away down the hall.
"I AM it you moron!" The huntress yelled back in reply then sighed and resumed in searching for her 'hiding' friends.
Okay so yeah more of this hide and seek next chapter aswell xD