Disclaimer: I do not won THG, Suzanne Collins does. fool!:D
Okay, a long time since update, but I really do love this story! For a start, it's my fave song EVER, and secondly, it's GALE. I think, when this song is done, I am going to do the other songs with different pairings? What do you think?x! Please read, enjoy and review!
If we live our life in fear
I'll wait a thousand years
Just to see you smile again
For most of the district, this year is free, a chance to relax, because their child is guaranteed another year of safety. And I don't blame them. The reapings are such a heavy thing over our shoulders, that a year off would have been a welcome thing if I was still one of them. But I'm not. And never will be.
But I can't act like this has damaged me. I've got to stand up for myself. If Snow knows, then this is it, he's not going to let me out of that arena alive, so I need to make sure I look as strong as I can. I'm not going to let it put me down; I don't want to be a target. I'm not going to fall easily. I'm not going down without a fight.
I stand on the stage, looking down into the eyes of Peeta and Haymitch. Neither of them wants to go, but I know which one I'd rather go with.
Ever since the Quarter Quell announcement, Haymitch and I have trained on the green in the Victor's Village every day. Shooting arrows, lifting weights, running. Sometimes I looked up and saw a flash of blond hair and sad eyes peeking out from behind a curtain of the Mellark's house. Seeing him at the now just reminds me about how unprepared for this he is. Half of Panem thinks we're still engaged, one quarter knows we broke off he engagement, and the last quarter have suspicions about me and my 'cousin'. He's not trained, he's not fit, and he's most definitely no ready to spend the next few weeks with me.
I spot Gale a few rows back. Every Sunday I've made the most of our day together. Hunting, chatting, kissing. He helps me train, and we have fun. Then at the end of the day my lie on the grass, and stare up at the stars, knowing we haven't got long together.
"Don't be scared Catnip, you can't let your fear show." Not letting my fear show worked well in the 74th Hunger Games, and now I've got to put that strategy in place again. To last as long as possible, to make sure when I go, I go with pride and a legacy.
"But how can I not be scared Gale? This time next week I'll be gone, never to return to District 12. You'll never see me again," tears welled up in my eyes with the thought of never being held by him again. Never feeling safe, always watching my back.
"I'll wait as long as it takes Catnip. I'll come home from the mines watch you on TV with your Mum and Prim. If I see you smiling, it will give me hope."
I sobbed in his arms, clutching at his shirt, knowing I'll have to let go sometime. In this moment I knew I couldn't leave this forever. This is where I belong, where the people I love are, where I know every inch of the town. And however hard he tries, Snow can't take this away from me; District 12 will always feel that I'm here. Dead or alive, I'm coming home.
Gale, Gale, Gale. Ever the hero.
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