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In my head screams everything – Glitz, still babbling beside me, Posy squeaking and giggling, my own thoughts. Everything.

My first reaction would be to run away. But I can't move.

I'm sure she'll disappear and break my heart again. Or I'm dreaming. That's it. She's not really her, it's just a dream. Or I'm dead. It's not real.

"Gale! Gale!" Posy runs into my open arms and I lift her on my shoulders.

"Hey, little birthday girl. Look what I've got for you" I take the bag of sweets and hand it to her.

"Thanks. Gale, look who –"

"Gale, that's my number. You can call me if you want to. Bye." Glitz gives me a piece of paper with her own name written in a beautiful handwriting and a long number. Then she turns around and disappears behind a corner.

"Who is that?" Posy looks in the direction Glitz has gone.

"I don't know." I crumple the note and put it in my pocket.

"Look who came to my birthday!" She points at Katniss and giggles. "She brought me the same candy, as you."

I go to my family and Katniss. I greet them then we start moving to the house of my family. The last time I was here, the Capitol bombed a hospital… and we were in a full scale rebellion.

We pass the new hospital. It's big and looks beautiful. But I don't really look at it. The only thing I see is Katniss. I'm afraid, that if I look away, she'll be gone.

My mother, Rory and Vick ask me questions. I respond to them automatically, not really thinking about it. Posy plays with my hair, twists it in her little hands. Katniss is going beside Rory, looking at her feet, but I can see she's looking at me out of the corner of her eye. I follow every single move she makes.

Her face looks as usual but she has dark rings under her eyes. Her hands are still a faint pink mosaic. The look of her skin hits me like a punch in my face. I want to scream. I know it's my fault that she looks like this. I know it's my fault that Prim's dead. And her skin is like a reminder that I've done this… that I'm not better than Snow.

We're at the house. It's much bigger than the house we lived in, in District 12. Everyone has his own room; now that I'm here I'll share a room with Rory. Katniss' mother lives in the next house, so Katniss will sleep there.

My mother prepares the meal and the siblings help her. I want, too, but she tells me to sit down again.

So I sit there across from Katniss and wait. We look at each other.

"How is District 12?" I say stiffly.

"Fine" She looks into my eyes.

Silence. How often I thought how it might be to see her again. I thought I would cling to her and never let go. But now I have to cling to the chair, so I don't fall from it. My head is foggy. Everything is spinning. I can't focus on something.

I want to hide from her accusing eyes.

I made her like this. I made her like this. I made her like this. It's my fault.

"How is your job in District 2?"

"Fine" My voice doesn't sound at all like my own. To cold and to flat.

We're two strangers.

I stare at her. She looks so vulnerable. I just want to hug her tight but she wouldn't want that and when I'm back in District 2 it would hurt badly.

My family comes back and they set the table. Rory sits beside me.

We all eat the stew with mashed potatoes and soup. Then my mother disappears. She comes back with a big cake. It's pink and blue with red candles. It's beautiful. I watch at my mother, rising on eyebrow. She smiles back.

Katniss speaks with Vick about the cake. I talk with Rory, Posy and my mother about the recent news. Posy runs into her room and brings the sweets and some fruits. Suddenly Katniss stands up. "Can you wait? My mother should have been here by now… I think I go see where she is."

"Ok. We'll wait. Do you want to go alone? Someone could come with you…" My mother drifts off.

"Gale? Do you want to come with me?"

My mouth stands open. She wants me to come with her?

"Uhm…Y-Yeah." I mumble.

What does she want? She hates me, doesn't she?

We leave the house in silence. After a few meters she starts speaking.

"Gale, I need you. I know it's selfish, still…please" Her eyes are blank.

What? Ok, this is the proof. I'm dead. My poor family…

"You need me? Why? Isn't this your happy end? You and Peeta, without someone who disturbs you? You can't have him and me, you know." What is going on in her head? I would do everything to be with her, but I can't be around watching her and Peeta bill and coo.

"Hang on… Peeta and me? He isn't in District 12. I don't know where he is…" She's staring at something in the distance.

It's not true. It isn't real.

"So, what do you need?" it sounds harsh, but I don't know how to react properly.

She focuses on me. "I need you to help me find Prim." Suddenly I can see the madness in her eyes.