Chapter 38
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Katniss still hadn't found Effie or Peeta, she technically had found Haymitch and Gale but they ran away. She had lost count of how long this came was going on for, but she was starting to enjoy it strangely enough.
Meanwhile somewhere else in the manor Peeta was lying inside a bathtub attempting to hide, he yelped when he heard the door swing open and bang against the wall. Before he could react he felt a familiar weight dive onto him, taking the shower curtain with it.
"What the hell!" Peeta cried.
"Oh, hey Peeta, sorry" A familiar voice spoke.
"I'm going to kill you Gale" The baker groaned.
"Yeah, yeah love you too" The hunter slowly and steadily got to his feet.
"Come on help me sort this shower curtain pole out" Peeta jumped up but wobbled slightly due to being intoxicated.
They picked up the pole and attempted to fix it should have been easy but of course the effects of alcohol didn't help.
"Come on slide it in!" Peeta yelled.
"Wait, come on you got to push harder than that" Gale frowned.
"Just freaking push it in already" The blonde still kept a tight grip on the pole as they attempted to fix it.
"Is it in yet?" Gale questioned.
They both jumped when they heard Katniss' voice on the other side of the door, "I think I'll just come back later"
"Oh no it's Katniss quick hide!" Peeta panicked he attempted to move but slipped and fell down which also knocked Gale to fall taking the shower curtain with him.
Peeta landed face down and ass up, the hunter landed on top of him with the shower curtain over them.
Katniss burst into the room and stood with her jaw hung open, there was silence for a few seconds until the baker popped his head from the bottom of the shower curtain and spoke with a straight face, "This is exactly what it looks like"
The woman slowly backed stepped out and very sluggishly closed the door. "Alright you two, urm hurry up" She stuttered.
There were a few loud thuds and a loud smash, Katniss burst into the room to see the pair of men missing and the window smashed. "Damn they got away" She grumbled. The woman walked back out of the corridor and bumped into Cato.
"Have you seen Effie around?" Katniss questioned.
"She's under a table somewhere" The man grumbled and walked off towards the library.
The next morning Gale was the first one to awake, he couldn't recall when he passed out but the first thing he heard was the sound of a small waterfall. He groaned and slowly opened his eyes; vision was blurry for a few seconds until it went to normal.
He was in the backyard lying next to the giant water fountain, Gale stumbled inside, and the manor was a complete mess. The avox's were busy cleaning it up but not very quickly or noticeably.
The hunter wondered around the halls, he found Effie half laying on a table, her face on the floor but from her stomach upwards was lying on the table. Haymitch was passed out on top of a bookcase in the library, Katniss was in her bed but Peeta, well the baker was stuck, on top of a chandelier, nobody knew how he got up there…
"How the hell did you get up there!" Gale called.
"I don't know, Gale I'm scared help me down!" Peeta yelled back terrified.
"Alright just try and jump down, I'll catch you" The hunter stood directly under him and held out his hands.
"Oh god this won't end well" Stonfia's voice echoed through out the hall, Gale spotted here standing at the top of the stairs.
"A little help?" He frowned; the woman shook her head and chuckled.
"Come on Peeta jump, I'll catch you" Gale reassured the blonde.
Peeta nervously made his way to directly above Gale and dropped with a shriek, of course Gale managed to catch him. There was a still moment where the two started at each other but were cut off by a pair of clapping hands.
"Well done, I was hoping for a bit of a show but well done" Stonifa clapped.
"I bet your happy that we're going back to twelve today" The baker glared at her.
She slowly made her way downstairs which revealed she had finally changed her dress from pink to a bright purple. "Well at least this mess will be gone, but there will be no entertainment, I might just go back to the capitol, I'm sure Cato can last on his own" She seemed oddly happily and smiley which seemed unfitting to the convocation.
"What are you planning?" Gale glared.
"Me?" She giggled, "Oh nothing"
"I still don't trust you" The hunter kept his glare.
"Hm like, I care" Stonfia snarled, "I'll go wake Cato in preparation for your departure"
"Yeah, I can't wait to 'get out of your hair'" Gale teased in a evil and spiteful tone.
"Oh please, I'm alot more excited than you are" She winked and left the room.
Within the hour the others were awake and were ready to leave the manor, they were loaded into the car and Cato and Stonfia opted to go to the station with them to give there goodbyes.
They walked up to the front of the train, Peeta stood staring at Cato for a few seconds, he wondered how much different would his life be if he had chosen him. He would be rich, wouldn't have to worry about his mother he could have everything he ever wanted, well everything that wasn't the void he felt that Gale filled. He knew no matter which one he had chosen there would be something missing, just something that needed filling, an empty void.
"Good bye Peeta, I hope to see you soon" Cato smirked at the baker and held out his hand.
"Is that all? How about a hug?" Peeta smiled, Cato then shrugged and the pair hugged.
"I still love you" Cato whispered into the young mans ear.
"I know" The baker replied.
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