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Love is our resistance

They'll keep us apart and they won't stop breaking us down
And hold me, our lips must always be sealed

So they know, we can be ourselves at home. But with the new Peacekeepers around, we have to be careful. The woods are out of bounds, as Gale discovered the hard way. I can still feel the lash on my cheek. Peeta didn't turn up to the whipping. I still haven't spoken to him, nor seen him since the incident, and I don't wish to. But I think Prim may have been to him, to talk to him, calm him down, not to have a go at him.

"Don't worry Katniss, as long as I'm here with you, he can't come near you."

It wasn't like I was worried about it happening again. Peeta just had an 'off' day. He's generally really nice, maybe his jealously just got the better of him. Some things just set people off on one.

"Thank you," I snuggled into Gale on the sofa, "you will always keep me safe."

"I will Katniss. I will. We can stay here in 12, forever."

"Just one slight problem. When do we tell Snow about the cancellation of the wedding? About how I am together with my 'cousin'?" I could hear Mum and Prim in the kitchen. So happy with their new life out of the Seam. If my 'affair' got out, then all that could come crashing down around them. President Snow could make their lives a misery. Or make mine a misery, by getting rid of them. The same thought had been on a loop in my mind for the last few weeks.

"I'll tell him. You can stay away. I'll deal with the consequences, and make sure you're not hurt. You and your family."

I didn't see Gale the next Sunday. Well, just as I was going to bed, I spotted him across the square. Leaving the new Head Peacekeeper's house. He didn't look happy, in fact, he'd never looked so sad in all the years Katniss had known him.

He was still on edge the next Sunday. We'd settled down ready to watch the Quarter Quell announcement on the TV at my house, by I could tell he wasn't relaxed. He had had a fake smile on all through the morning, but as it got closer to the evening his happy front was disintegrating. I still couldn't figure out why.

"The tributes will be picked from the existing pool of victors."

"Come back Katniss! Where are you going?"

I heard his voice in the background, as my mind repeated Snow's words over and over again. On a constant loop in my brain. My punishment was to go back into the arena. And this time Snow would make sure I never came back out.

"Katniss, slow down!" He'd followed me. I'd got as far as the edge of the green in the Victor's Village. His hands rested on my shoulders and brought me to a halt.

"I'm sorry Katniss. I had to tell them." He breathed the words softly into my hair.

"It's okay...He can put me back in that arena. But I'll come back, and we can still be together. I won once, I can do it again." Though we both knew that President Snow was not going to let that happen.

"We can wish Katniss. We can wish." We sat down on the grass, holding hands so tight, I couldn't let go, even if I had wanted to. "If something happens to you in there, I'll still fight for us. They can take you away from me, but I know we can't be stopped that easily."

"What if I do win? Or what if they do something to you whilst I'm in there?"

"You carry on Katniss. Get your revenge on that man, don't let me down Catnip."

I had to do this for the both of us. If I can outsmart Snow, then sure, something will happen to Gale, something that will force me back with Peeta to save my family. Well, supposedly, those Quarter Quell announcements were written years ago, but Snow can't deny he rigged this years paper.

"I won't let you down Gale. I promise you I'll come out safely."

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