Chapter Two:

A Reunion and a Surprise

A/N: Bonjour! So I meant to put an A/N on the first chapter but I completely forgot :O! So ley's start here! This is my first official Fanfic so I'm deeply sorry if it sucks! It's post Mockingjay (in case you didn't notice). Now I know that you're going to say that what happens in this chapter does not go along with the book but just stay with me, it will in the end.

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Here I am again, Katniss Everdeen, the girl who runs off into the woods whenever she can't face something.

I hadn't been expecting this, not at all. It's kind of scary, but I'm also really happy. I have to tell Peeta, but I'm still having trouble telling myself now.

I'm a pretty sorry excuse for a hunter because I've been out here at least four hours, probably more like five, and I haven't even fired a single arrow. All I've done is sit on the rock that Gale and I used to meet at for breakfast. It still feels cold and empty without him sitting next to me. I really don't know why I torture myself everyday by coming here, maybe so I never truly forget my best friend and the way our lives used to be. I really do miss him.

And then I heard a noise and instantly loaded my bow. It sounded like feet walking through the woods. Not Peeta's feet, these are way too stealthy and quiet for him. These feet are barely perceptible, as if they belonged to a hunter who hadn't been in the woods in a very long time.

"Gale?" I asked holding my breath. And then he emerged from behind a massive pine.

"Hey Catnip, you going to shoot me or what?" And then I was running into his arms.

"What are you doing here? I thought you had some fancy job in District Three?" Technically we're not supposed to call it that anymore, all the Districts were renamed but those of us who were here before still use the word District.

"I do. Peeta invited us to come out and visit for Finnick Junior's birthday."

"Are you telling me Annie and the baby are here too?" I asked, a brief moment of girlish, giddiness welling up inside me.

"Yeah, they went down to the bakery with Peeta, but I thought I'd come find you."

"Wow," I said sitting back down on the rock in awe, "I still can't believe you're here."

"Me either." he said grinning, "So, you have an extra bow? Clearly you're completely useless without me." he said gesturing to my empty game bag. "And Peeta said you had been at it for hours."

"Hey, I was eating breakfast and setting snares and mending my bow and..."

"Sitting here doing absolutely nothing."

"Shut up!" I said standing up, "Come on, I have another bow in a hollowed out tree over there."

"Great." he replied following me through the woods that had once been our only escape.

"Katniss, you know I never meant to hurt her." It had come out of nowhere. One minute we had been shooting at a doe running through the trees and the next I was in the Capital again, watching my sister truly become the girl on fire. And yet in some way, it all could have been Gale's fault.

"I know."

"Then what's wrong, and don't try to fool me into thinking you're fine, we both know you're a terrible liar. You haven't shot one straight arrow this whole time. I know something's wrong. You can't fool me, Catnip." I sighed. Maybe it was the pet name, but he was going to find out sooner or later and even though Peeta should have been the first to know, I just couldn't take it anymore.

"Gale, I'm pregnant."

Whoa, didn't see that coming, did ya?

Sorry it's a little short.

The next one's already done and should be up within 15 minutes...

I just thought I had to end the chapter right there.

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