Kansas
"Nice shot Catnip" Gale startled her as he walked up behind her.
"You're late." She smirked walking to pick up her kill. Another squirrel.
"What does it matter? It's reaping day"
"Ahh yes the coveted holiday of the Capitol." Katniss laughed sitting down in the grass.
"Who knows this year may be our lucky year Catnip."
"May the Odds Be Ever in your Favor" Katniss mocked the escort for district twelve.
"Happy Hunger Games." He sat down next to her.
"So why were you late?"
"I traded early." He pulled out a still warm loaf of bread.
"Oh my god"
"Now it's a very happy Hunger Games" They sat down together and began to eat their little bit.
He started to talk about how open everything seemed today. "We could make it you know. Out there in the wild. Just me and you."
"You know we can't do that Gale, what about the kids?"
"We'll take them too, we take care of them just fine Catnip, we could do it I know we could." She sighs at his words, "What is it Catnip?"
"How many times is your name in there?"
"Too many."
She chuckled at that, "Same."
"What are you thinking?"
"... I close my eyes, Only for a moment and the moments gone. All my dreams pass before my eyes with curiosity.
"Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind." She looked down at her fingers.
"Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea. All we do, crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see.
"Dust in the wind all we are is dust in the wind." He punched her in the arm with a smile.
"Now don't hang on, Nothing last forever but the earth and sky. It slips away, and all you're money won't another minute buy.
"Dust in the wind all we are is dust in the wind. Everything is dust in the wind." They finished together still chuckling.
"So my friend what's on the agenda?" Katniss asked.
"Getting back home to endure... I mean enjoy yet another reaping." He smiled standing up.
"Oh Joy!" She said following him to the fence.
"See you on the other side Catnip." He said as his departing words. She crawled under the fence and made her own way home.
