A/N - Things have changed, plans really work out. My brain just wouldn't let it...

Chapter 10

Katniss really had no idea how to go about creating friction between her and Marvel. The problem was that over the past few weeks she had been trying really hard to smooth things out, get things back to normal between them, and she had been very successful. Marvel didn't want any of their friends to know that Katniss had cheated on him, saying that he understood how she would have been so angry at him and if that's what she needed to do to help level things out between them then it was something he could forgive. She had been a model girlfriend, he was over the top sweet, and in an attempt to forget about how much she missed Peeta they had been pretty much inseparable.

Johanna texted Katniss Saturday afternoon, demanding a girl's night out, she said that she needed to cancel any plans she had with Marvel and she, Madge, Delly, and Katniss were going to do some fun girl stuff, no guys at allowed. Johanna and Cato had recently broken up and she needed to have a fun night with her friends after watching Cato hit on anything in a skanky costume the night before at Marvel's party. Katniss happily agreed, she hadn't been spending a whole lot of quality time with her friends lately, and she needed a break from Marvel to think about how she would go about this whole break up thing. It had to be gentle, and appear to be something that they both thought was right for them.

Delly decided to be the drive for the night, since they knew they didn't have any plans for the night, and Johanna may want to hit up a few parties. Katniss was the last one of her friends to be picked up, when she got in the car they decided to go and get something to eat so they could make a plan for where they decided to go for the night. Johanna asked if there were any good places nearby and Katniss suggested Greasy Sae's Diner. When they walked in to the restaurant they noticed Gale sitting at a booth with a friend.

"Oh my gosh, Madge, you didn't say that you're cousin was in town." Johanna practically squealed.

"Uh…I didn't know." Madge said.

"You've got to get us a seat at that table; it looks like he brought a hot friend with him." Johanna begged.

Just then Gale looked up and noticed Katniss and her friends looking their way. He smiled and waved them over.

"Well he sees us, what do we do? Just go over and say hello?" Katniss asked.

"No way, get him to sit with us Brainless. Look in the corner, that big booth is available." Johanna said excitedly.

The girls walked over, Gale greeted them happily, and he introduced them to his friend Finnick Odair. They were in town to hit up some Halloween parties that he had been invited to by some of his friends that he had kept in touch with. Johanna pointed out the big booth and invited the boys to join them for dinner, they agreed, and they moved to the largest booth in the restaurant. It was in the corner and was set up as a large semi-circle around a large round table. Katniss was the last to sit, so she was on the end, right beside Gale. They were having a good time, Johanna obviously flirting to her heart's content with Gale, who didn't seem to be opposed attention that the very attractive girl was giving to him. They had spent a long time just talking to each other and having fun, they had been at the diner just munching out on goodies and having a good time with their sodas and desserts after their meal when Johanna brought the attention to Katniss.

"So, in high school everyone thought that you two were together Gale, but Katniss said that wasn't the case." It seemed that Johanna was trying to feel out how Gale still felt about Katniss to if she even had a chance at him.

"Really? Why would they think that?" Gale asked.

"Come on Gale," Madge jumped in. "You two were practically inseparable until you graduated. Why wouldn't anyone think that?"

"Ugh, I told you guys we were just friends." Katniss laughed exasperatedly. "And I heard about what you did to Peeta and Marvel by the way."

"What? I'm just supposed to let a couple of punk kids talk about you the way they were?" Gale laughed. Then he thought about it, "Besides, I was crazy about you." He decided to admit.

"What?" Katniss blushed profusely. Everyone laughed at the priceless expression on her face.

"Yeah man, he had it for you bad. You friend zoned him pretty good." Finnick laughed. "I think he's had some time to get over it."

Gale put his arm around Katniss in a friendly gesture. "I don't think there is a man alive who would ever be able to melt your heart Catnip."

"Oh, there have been a few who have." Katniss laughed.

"Oh, really?" Gale asked.

"Yeah, she's been dating Marvel for almost a year." Johanna pointed out.

Gale looked at her thoughtfully, "Marvel, huh? The guy you wouldn't let near you if your life depended it on because it was disgusting to think of being with someone who'd been with every girl at school?"

At that everyone burst out laughing, Katniss put her face in her hands and groaned in embarrassment. "Ugh, yes I did say that about him at one point."

"Well, it looks like you were wrong Catnip. I'm glad you found someone." She looked into his eyes, they were grey eyes that mirrored her own, and she missed his friendship. She remembered that she could tell him anything at one point; he was like a brother to her. She nudged him lightly with her shoulder, they looked at each other and smiled, just then she heard the door open to the restaurant.

She looked towards the door and saw the guys come walking in. She was lucky she thought as she watched Marvel, Peeta, Cato, and Darius walk into the restaurant. She looked to Marvel and Peeta particularly, they were both so impossibly good looking, and it was intimidating. She knew they both thought she was beautiful, but when she was with either one of them she felt like she didn't measure up. She often felt ordinary, she was lucky to snag even one of them, let alone both. The thought just occurred to her that she had two boyfriends, both so hot, any girl would give anything to be with either one of them, and she had both.

Then she took notice of the furious look on Marvel's face, Peeta, who was standing a step behind him looked very angry himself. She suddenly realized that Gale still had his arm around her shoulders, and the nudge that she had just given him left her sitting closer to a guy who was not her boyfriend than she should be. Everyone at the table fell silent at the sight of Marvel; they knew what it looked like. Katniss panicked.

She stood quickly as the guys approached, "Ok, I know what you are thinking; this is not what it looks like." Katniss held her hands up in a calming motion.

"This is your girl's night?" Marvel asked angrily.

"Yes, well, it was, we ran into them here and invited them to sit with us." Katniss tried to explain. The expression on Marvel's face let her know that what she had just said somehow had made the situation worse.

Gale stood up and took a step in front of Katniss trying to help her calm Marvel and explain the situation. "Guy, calm down, really. She hasn't done anything wrong here."

"Don't talk to me." Marvel shut him down, both boys were about the same height, but Gale's build was a bit leaner than Marvel, who had a bit of a stockier build like Peeta.

"Marvel, let's just go outside, I can explain everything." Katniss begged.

"Is this the guy you cheated on me with?" Marvel accused. The girls at the table all let out a gasp in surprise, Katniss looked at everyone slightly embarrassed. Marvel shook his head and began to walk out of the diner; Katniss chased after him, as she walked passed Peeta she looked at him. He had some kind of anger in his eyes as well and when their eyes met he looked away. It looked like Katniss had a lot of fixing to do, but she needed to start with the one who was the most angry, and who more publicly was her boyfriend. She caught up to him in the parking lot and he turned to her, "I knew it wasn't just some random guy from some other school. It was him wasn't it? I knew you weren't the type of girl to just find a random dude and hook up the way you said. I'll admit, part of me still thought it was Mellark, but this makes way more sense."

"No, no it wasn't Gale. He just happened to be here, Johanna's into him, not me. He's like a brother to me, really." Katniss tried to explain desperately.

"I can't talk to you right now." Marvel walked away from her as fast as he could, got into his car and drove away.

She stood dejectedly in the parking lot, not really wanting to go back inside to her friends, but not really having much choice. Just before she walked inside Peeta stepped out of the restaurant, she huffed in exasperation. Her second boyfriend looked just as angry as the first.

"Do I have some kind of competition here Katniss?" He asked quickly.

She sighed and shook her head. "You don't have competition anywhere Peeta."

He seemed to think about that for a minute, then nodded his head, seemingly satisfied with her answer. He stood the side, and followed her as she went back into the restaurant. Everyone looked kind of awkward as she flopped herself into a chair that someone had pulled up to the table.

"Ok, who called them?" Katniss asked.

"Uh, I did. Sorry, we were so close and I knew they were going out for their own guy's night. I texted Darius, I thought we were having so much fun and it obviously wasn't turning into a girls night. I just figured they could join in on the fun." Delly said in an apologetic way. "I didn't know that he'd explode on you like that."

"Yeah, well, we also didn't know you cheated on him." Johanna said in an awed voice. "When did that happen?"

Katniss tried so hard not to look at Peeta for support. "After Glimmer." Was all she said.

"Good, he deserved it." Johanna said with a bit of maliciousness in her voice.

"I'm sorry guys; I just don't feel like going out tonight anymore. I'm going to head home, I'll just walk, and it's only a couple of blocks." Katniss got up to leave.

"No, it's early. Let him get a taste of his own medicine, come out with us, you can't just sit at home and mope around all night." Madge begged.

"Yeah, you guys can all party with us tonight. Have any of you ever been to a college party?" Finnick asked.

No one had, and it sounded promising. The girls and the guys all agreed to go, Katniss looked to Peeta who gave her an encouraging smile and joined in with everyone else who were encouraging her to go. She agreed, they all decided who was going to get there in whose car and they left the diner following Finnick in his car to the party.

They split up between Delly, Finnick, and Peeta's cars. Johanna and Madge jumped in with Finnick and Gale since Darius and Cato decided to jump in with Delly, this, rather conveniently left Katniss and Peeta to drive to the party alone together.

"Was that planned? That whole Gale thing?" Peeta asked while keeping his eyes on the road.

"No, I did not know you guys were coming. It was supposed to be girl's night." Katniss said defensively.

"Ok, so let me get this straight, you let Gale cozy himself up to you not thinking that Marvel or I would find out?" Peeta accused.

Katniss looked at Peeta. "I can't believe what you are saying right now."

"Well, I'm just, you know, trying to get things straight here. You know, seeing the way we started out, by you cheating on Marvel and all." Peeta muttered.

Katniss glared at him with her mouth hanging open in surprise. "I can't believe you would throw that in my face."

"Well, I don't know. I was just a bit shocked is all. It was pretty convenient that Gale was there, that's all I'm saying. And you looked pretty surprised and guilty." Peeta explained with an accusatory tone.

Katniss sat back in her seat on the passenger side of the car. She put her hand on her forehead. She could not believe what Peeta was suggesting. She didn't want to fight with Peeta; everything had been so perfect last time they were together. She looked over at him and undid her seat belt. She got as close to him as she could while he was driving, she kissed the side of his face that she could reach.

"Katniss what are you doing?" He asked surprised. "I'm driving!"

"Peeta, I told you, you don't have competition anywhere. Not Marvel and definitely not Gale." She continued to kiss him down his jawline and tried to angle herself to kiss the tender spot on the curve of his neck and shoulders the way she knew he liked. "The way we got together may not have been ideal, but I would do it again a million times as long as I always end up with you, only you." Peeta moaned in pleasure as she whispered this into her ear, they came to a red light and when the car stopped Peeta kissed her hungrily.

Soon they were in a neighbourhood that both Katniss and Peeta recognized. They soon pulled up in front of Glimmer's house. When they got out the car and joined their friends they realized that this was a party that Cashmere and Gloss were throwing, they were the old high school friends that had invited Gale. They all went inside and soon realized that college parties were far different than high school parties. First of all, apparently it was ok to dress in costume, and the less you were wearing the better. Whereas their parties would have some alcohol involved, this one had kegs and beer and harder liquor and it didn't look like people were concerned about going home completely wasted, probably because they didn't have parents who would kill them for what they doing when they got home. It was wild. The group assigned designated drivers, Peeta decided to lend his car to Cato to drive home in, Peeta wanted a chance to drink with his friends and apparently he had been a designated driver for the past few parties.

The group when to the beer tables and started drinking, they had fun, this was the first time she was at a party like this not as Marvels girlfriend. She noticed Peeta getting some attention from some of the girls who were there; she decided to pull him onto the dance floor.

He was a really great dancer, she felt like he made her a better dancer. They made friends with the older college students, they drank too much, and they had fun. They forgot about their friends being there, the plan they had was completely forgotten, they were too drunk to care about keeping up the charade.

When Katniss was off to the side to get herself a new drink and take a break from dancing Finnick approached her.

"So how long have you and this guy been together?" Finnick asked.

"We're not." Katniss insisted. Finnick let out a loud sarcastic laugh.

"This isn't the guy you've been cheating on your boyfriend with?" Finnick asked pointing to Peeta.

Katniss looked at Peeta, and feeling that Finnick didn't really know enough about her or her friends to care she decided to admit it to him. "Ok, yeah. We've been together for a few months now."

Finnick laughed. "So what's the plan? Peeta is just ok sharing you?"

Katniss shook her head. "No, I'm going to break up with Marvel, soon. I've chosen Peeta. I just don't know how to do it yet."

Finnick looked around and whispered into Katniss' ear, pretending like he had the world's best secret. "I saw your boyfriend here tonight."

Katniss looked at Finnick's face "what?" She asked in disbelief.

"He's here, right now, I saw him. He's here with some blonde. If you want an excuse to break up with him, I think that would be quite the predicament to find him in, you know, after your fight and all." Finnick suggested.

She stormed around the party searching. She didn't find them on the first floor, but she had been in this house enough to know where Glimmer's room was. Sure enough, there they were, going at it, this time they weren't just innocently making out. Katniss recognized Marvels clothes mixed in with Glimmer's on the floor. She was furious, drunk furious at that, which for was a new level of angry. Katniss had never experienced this kind of rage.

"Marvel!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. He pulled away from Glimmer; obviously he had also had too much to drink as well.

The fight was colossal, their friends had come to try to put an end to the fight and calm them both down, but months of tense distrust and hurting each other boiled down to this one fight. He yelled at her about how he had come here to make up with her, but instead found her dancing with Peeta in a way she should only be dancing with him. She accused him of being overly jealous, that he was making things up to look for excuses to run to Glimmer.

"I'm done Marvel, this is it! I can't take it anymore!" She yelled with finality.

"Fine! I don't even want you anymore!" He yelled back maliciously. "Being with you is like being with a child; you know why I came to Glimmer in the first place? Because she will let me do things to her that you aren't ready for yet, we've been together for months, and we've barely done more than kiss!"

"Well ha, I've gone way further than that, just not with you! I've been with someone better, who makes me feel like I can't even control myself! And you know what; he drives me so wild that he always has to be the one to put on the breaks, not me. So don't go blaming me, it's not my fault, it's not me, it's you!" With that Katniss stormed out of the house, Darius, Cato and Peeta trialing after.

Darius had decided earlier that since Delly had to be a designated driver he would be too, so he drove Cato, Peeta, and Katniss home. Peeta and Katniss sat in the back seat of Peeta's car, Darius and Cato in the front. On their way to drop Cato off at his house Katniss and Peeta sat as far away from each other as they could. They glanced at each other and Peeta smiled at her wickedly.

"So this other guy drives you wild huh?" He asked.

"Yep, it's so hard to stop sometimes because he makes everything feel so good." Katniss responded in her sexiest voice, playing the game with Peeta. She slid across the seat and kissed Peeta, even with their friends in the front seat.

"Whoa, Kat, don't you think maybe you should thing this through a little?" Darius asked when he saw what the two were doing from his rear view mirror.

"Shut up Darius!" Peeta yelled when Katniss kisses started trailing down his jaw toward his neck the way she knew he liked.

"Geez, I wish I sat in the back with her." Cato mumbled.