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Well we're coming, to your city, gunna play our guitars and play you a country song. ~Comin' to Your City, Big & Rich
Denver's POV:
A week later I woke up and sat up slowly, my skin didn't rip, I let out a huge sigh of relief. I let a grin spread across my face when I realized I could actually stay awake this time, sadly though, it was night time. Slowly I drop down from the counter I was on, that's when I realize my lack of clothing. I mean, I have my shirt on, but the back is cut off. Whatever. I carefully make my way over to the window and look outside, snow is everywhere. We must have gotten a blizzard. I turn back around and jump when I notice the figure in a rocking chair; they must've been in charge of watching me. I go closer then notice who it is, Haymitch Abernathy. Wow, they put a drunk in charge of watching me, wonderful.
"Denver?" I whirl around to see who said my name; Peeta Mellark stands at the bottom of the stairs.
"What?" I ask, I mean for it to sound nice but it comes out rather harshly.
"How do you feel? I thought I heard someone walking around. They sounded like regular footsteps too so I knew it wasn't drunky here" I laugh a bit when Peeta motions to the man passed out in the chair.
"Ya, I was real relieved when I saw he was watching me with that knife in his hand. And I feel fine, just hungry and I feel like I have no back." Peeta grins and walks over to the kitchen, after fumbling around a bit he pulls out a loaf of bread and a knife.
"You can have this." He smiles up at me as I walk over and he slices the bread. My mouth starts to water when I see the steam rise up from the inside and the godly aroma of freshly baked bread fills my nostrils.
"All of it?" I ask
"Ya, dig in." He pushes the loaf towards me and no other words are needed for me to pick up a slice and start to eat the whole entire loaf. Peeta watches me the whole time while I eat and by the time I'm finished I'm a bit pissed by his goofy smirk.
"What!" I demand.
"Nothing, just thinking that Gale will be happy you're up." At his name I instantly perk up.
"How is he? Where is he? When did he-" I bombard the baker with questions but he cuts me off with a laugh.
"Relax, he's fine, he's at home now. But he'll come by in the morning to check on you, like he does every day, then he'll stay all day long since he can't go back to the mines yet, then he'll go home and repeat the process the next day." I'm glad it's dark so Peeta can't see my face go red, Gale's been checking on me? "I'd just get some sleep if I were you, you can sleep on the couch, just don't touch Haymitch." He warns as he makes his way back to the stairs.
"I would never he's filthy." Peeta laughs and bids me goodnight. Okay, maybe he isn't too bad, Peeta I mean, not some arrogant victor that I imagined. I go over and lay on the couch, at first the pressure on my back hurts a bit, but with some time my regrown skin gets used to the contact and I fall back to sleep.
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When I wake up I see the light streaming down from the windows, its quiet too.
"Den? You awake?" I can't help the smile that forms across my face at Gale's voice.
"Ya" I laugh softly as I sit up, Gale's sitting in the chair that Haymitch had been passed out in that night. Before I know it Gale has come over and wrapped his arms around me, he's careful not to touch my back and I relax in his arms.
"Thank you, thank you so much." He says softly in my ear.
"It was nothing, you didn't deserve that." He pulls away from me, his eyes blazing again I raise my eyebrows at him to ask what's the matter, he motions to my back.
"You didn't deserve this." He retorts and I grin.
"If I have to earn them in order for you to stop being whipped, then I'll take it." Gale huffs and shakes his head. He's smiling a bit when he looks up at me again.
"You're crazy you know that?" I grin back at him.
"I'm a good friend." My grin grows into a smile as I compliment myself.
"Crazy good" he agrees as he hugs me again. "What should we do today?" he asks me, I give him a confused look. "Well, Mrs. Everdeen said you can go home when you wake up. So you're up. And we both can't work in the mines for at least a week, maybe two. So what should we do to waste all of this time we have?" I make his eyes light up with the one word answer I give him; I whisper it in his ear so only he can hear me in case this place is bugged.
"Woods"
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A week later I sit on a rock and wait for Gale, he's checking his snare line as I amuse myself and make shadow puppets against the stone. It's been a week since I woke up fully, my back in feeling great compared to how it did before and is healing nicely. Gale's is too, even though he's closer to normal than I am. We've spent almost every possible moment together for the past week. The only time I don't see him is when I'm sleeping and right when I wake up, he always comes over when he gets up and doesn't leave me until I fall asleep. It's been just the two of us too, no Katniss, she's busy planning her little wedding. Just me and Gale. I put my middle finger up in the air so there's its shadow on the rock.
"And here's the fucking Capital and it all goes tumbling down and the whole world cheers" I make my own commentary as I use my other hand to shove my middle finger down. I look up as I hear Gale's laughter reach my ears. It's taken me a while, but I've gotten used to him seeming to appear out of thin air. I smile at him and he doesn't hesitate to return it, his full smile, the smile he only has when he's in the woods. The smile that sends my heart racing at a hundred beats a second.
"Those are fantastic daydreams" he smirks as he sits next to me on the rock once I make room for him, I instantly get warmer with his body right next to mine. I move the blanket we brought so it covers us both and Gale puts the two rabbits he caught on top of it.
"Hopefully they'll become reality." I say as I take out my knife and begin to skin one of the rabbits.
"It better." Gale agrees with me, after that a comfortable silence settles over us as we both skin a rabbit. I am proud to say I utterly surprised Gale when I first offered to help him skin the game. I only had to watch him do it once to know how, I learn by watching and pick things up pretty quick. But still, experience is always handy and Gale finishes before I do. I relax even more when his scarred hand comes up and brushes the hair out of my face and behind my ear. I feel my face get red and try to hide it best I can. I finish my rabbit and throw it down on top of Gale's before our feet; I look to see a very arrogant grin plastered on his face.
"What?" I demand.
"You like it when I touch you." His grin gets wider and I huff and cross my arms over my chest.
"It's just cold." I complain, hopefully that can be a reason for my face getting red.
"Well, let me help out then" I can still tell he has that stupid grin on his face by his voice, but I don't really care when his arm goes around me and he pulls me closer to him. I rest my head on his shoulder and relax more as I get warmer sharing his body heat. "See, you do like it." I just make a noise signifying that yes, he's right and I don't really care that he is. He hugs me closer to him and I let myself close my eyes as he repositions himself so my head rests on his chest. I'm basically sitting in his lap now.
"I feel like I'm five sitting in your lap." I say softly not opening my eyes. I feel him move to look down at me.
"That a bad thing?"
"No, not at all." I smile and feel him put his chin on top of my head, and honestly, I don't want him to move. It's peaceful, and I'm relaxed, more relaxed than I've been in forever. I allow myself to forget all the hardships, the struggles, the mines, the whipping, the Capital, the Games. I let it all slip out of my mind for at least these few moments and only focus on the good things. Me, the woods, and Gale.
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-Gale's POV:
I look down at the beautiful girl in my arms; she keeps her eyes closed though. I'd love to see them though. Over the past week I've grown to love everything about her; her laugh, her smile, her eyes, her sarcastic remarks, her short temper, her smell. Everything. She's almost completely like me, but completely different at the same time. She doesn't mind taking food if she's offered it. She sometimes takes the time to listen before she acts. And she finds my brothers adorable, while I sometimes find them just plain annoying.
Sadly we're only able to stay like this for a few minutes before we have to go again. We need to put the medicine on our backs, no matter how much we both hate it. It's slimy and green and stinks like a dead dog. I get her attention again by softly kissing her temple, her eyes open and she gives me a questioning look. "We have to go back" I tell her, not hiding my disappointment in having to leave here too. She frowns and nods, silently getting up and stretching her legs. I stretch, arching my back and she gives me a glare.
"Not fair" she complains and I just smirk at her. She's cute when she's mad at me, though if she gets really mad it can be scary. I arch my back again, which she isn't allowed to do yet; it'll break the skin if she does.
"Oh well, life's tough."
Once back at her house she goes to find the tube filled with medicine Mrs. Everdeen gave us. I just walk over and sit on her couch like I own the place and wait for Denver to come help me. She comes over and sits next to me as I remove my shirt. I turn my head and grin at her again, I know she likes it when I don't have my shirt on too. She sneers at me.
"If you don't get that arrogant grin off your face I'll hit you were-the-sun-don't-shine Hawthorne" she's completely serious, that's what I mean by her being scary sometimes. I just roll my eyes and turn back around; I know she's pissed about having to do this again. I've learned that when she's pissed, it's best for your health to stay out of her way and not argue unless you have a valid point.
"Ugh" I scorn as the stench of the vile medicine reaches my nose.
"It's worse back here" Denver complains, I get a mental picture of her rolling her eyes. But I don't complain after that, because in all honesty, the stuff really makes your back feel fantastic. Supposedly it helps the healing process for the skin. Ten minutes later Denver stops rubbing the stuff into my back, I hear her gag.
"Gross, your turn." I turn around and see she already as her back turned towards me. I take the medicine and pour some into my hand, I put my hand up her shirt and begin to rub it into her scarred back. I made the suggestion of her taking her shirt off once and that just earned me the right of learning every swear word she knows and almost being punched in the face again. I haven't made that suggestion again. I can't help the sounds of disgust that come from my mouth as the reek fills my nose, she's right; of course, it's totally worse back here.
"Ugh, stop it Gale." Denver whines.
"Why should I, this is totally gut wrenching."
"Because you're the man here and I didn't make a sound when I did it." Ugh, she does have a point there. For the rest of the time I try my best not to make sounds of disgust. It's kinda sad actually, I can kill and skin animals but I can't stand the smell of skin medicine.
"Done" I announce as I put the cap of the tube and throw it across the room. "Oh, I almost forgot to tell you the good news." I tell her, I honestly did forget to tell her.
"What?" she asks as she turns to face me.
"I'm going back to work on Monday." Her face goes completely blank.
Blarg blarg blarg, that's a fun word. Anyways thanks for reading and please REVIEW! I love the reviews I'm getting for this story they come so fast and make me happy! So here's an embarrassing thing that happened to me at school today:
I was going to biology class and I walked in (totally having forgotten that we had lab today and my class was in a different class room) so I go to my desk, so I had completely crossed to the other side of the room. I sit down and I hear "Oh hi -(my name)!" I turn and see my brother's ex-girlfriend (who I'm actually very good friends with) is sitting next me. I'm a freshman and she's a junior. I was like "ughhhhh hi" I looked around the room and then noticed all the juniors and seniors in the class were staring at me. I just sat there for like a minute before I got up and remembered we had lab today. So I practically ran out while the seniors laughed at me :,( it was pretty funny though.
So here's a question for y'all! Who's your favorite character in this so far? Personally I like Denver(not cause I created her or anything like that) and I like Lucas, he's actually based off a real person, so is Dalton. But oh well XD Please R-E-V-I-E-W
Also, don't you hate it when you forget to press the upload button?