*****I own none of the Hunger Games characters or the Hunger Games. My OC's are mine though.

Chapter 2

Gale and I were escorted into the Justice building. I wouldn't let go of Gale's hand and he talked the Peacekeeper into letting us go into the same room. The room we were in was elegant for District 12; there were still holes in the wooden floor and dust covering everything. The fire place looked like it was used a lot over the years. Gale sat on the couch and pulled me on to his lap. I curled into him as he rubbed my back.

"I love you," I said.

"And I love you," he whispered into my hair.

"WHY DID YOU DO IT?" I heard Katniss shout as the door was slammed open.

"I had too," I said looking over at her not uncoiling myself from Gale.

"You didn't have to do anything; you were going to be safe. You two could have had your life together," she said, I knew she was sad and this is how she shows it.

"Yes, but I wasn't about to let you go and get killed. Your family needs you to survive Katniss," I said.

We all talked for a few minutes, before she had to leave. Hazelle, Rory, Vick and Posy came in next. Posy ran to me wrapping her arms around me. She started crying as I rocked her back and forth, soothing the poor girl. The others came and sat with us.

"Your supost to marry Gale and be my sister," Posy cried.

"Sweetie everything will be ok," I said.

I knew I was lying to the small child, but I couldn't do anything about it. I hadn't even thought that far ahead. I'm more of a healer, there's a reason Gale doesn't take me hunting and it's because I suck. I shook it off as Gale and I sat and talked with his family. After 45 minutes they had to leave, each of them kissing us goodbye. The mayor came in afterwards. Gale stood and whispered something in the mayor's ear, making me raise an eyebrow. The mayor gave Gale a sad smile, before nodding and walking out.

"What was that about?" I asked as Gale went over to the fireplace.

"Ohh nothing, come here Dia," he said opening the doors of the fireplace.

I got up and went over sitting beside him. He got up and took some firewood from a pile and put it in the fireplace. The mayor came back and handed something wrapped up to Gale before leaving. I was confused and Gale smiled at me, before kissing my lips.

"I know this isn't the way we planned it, but I want to be married to you, before anything happens," he said it took me a second before I realized what we were about to do. "We may not have our house, but his is our last chance to be married."

I nodded and kissed Gale lightly. I helped him light the fire; he had to coach me through the process. After we had a fire lit we toasted the bread. When Gale said it was ready we pulled them out of the fire. I smiled turning to Gale as we fed the other with our toasted bread. I've never felt as close to Gale as I do right now. My entire life I've never felt the way I do now. I love Gale and he loves me. I cuddle to Gale as he holds me to him. We both look into the fire as the flames engulf the wood slowly turning it to ash. The mayor came back in and had us sign a paper saying we're legally married, before escorting us to Effie Trinket.

"Are you two ready to go to the Capitol?" she asked her accent and tone was very annoying.

"Yes, my wife and I are," Gale said.

It was different hearing wife roll off his tongue, instead of girlfriend or most recently fiancé.

"Wife? But you two were just engaged," she said looking shocked.

I chuckled as Gale smirked. She shook off the shock and directed us to the train. Gale and I sat on a couch; I laid my head on his shoulder. Effie kept talking as the train started moving. I sighed, this is sad I'm not coming back here and it's obvious. I looked out the window as District 12 zoomed out of sight. Effie left to find Haymitch; it's obvious where the alcoholic is.

"Mrs. Hawthorne, how do you feel?" Gale asked chuckling.

"Happy and sad," I said smiling at my name.

"I know me too, you'll make it home though," he said.

I turned and looked at him. I opened my mouth to say something, when Haymitch and Effie came in the room. They both sat across from us. I could just smell the alcohol radiating off of him.

"District 12 might actually stand a chance this year. Gale Hawthorne hunter of District 12 and Diamond Hensley daughter of an excellent sword maker," Haymitch said.

"It's Hawthorne and sword maker?" I asked.

"Of course, he was the blacksmith, but he was excellent at making swords. So he moved districts. You're mother on the other hand, she was a bitch," he said sipping from the cup in his hand.

"Obviously," I smirked.

"Ohh yes, this year is going to be very interesting," he said.

We all went and ate dinner, none of us saying much. I still couldn't wrap my mind around the fact that my father made swords in District 12. After dinner we had to sit and watch the other reaping's. I took special notes in my head.

I knew the Career districts were going to be deadly as usual. The District 1 girl looked too fake. The District boy looked cocky with the way he carried his smirk. The District 2 Careers scared me. The girl even though she may be small looked menacing and the guy was big, but he showed no emotion. The other tributes flashed by and no one really caught my eye. Except for District 11, the little girl is so innocent and no one tries to save her like I did for Katniss. And the guy was huge; probably the same size as the District 2 guy. Then our reaping flashed on the screen. Caesar was in tears when we said we were engaged.

After the playback it was time to go to bed. I changed into the clothes that we were given. I couldn't shake the fact that my father made swords in District 12. I had never known anything about my parents. Mr. Hawthorne said that he didn't want to upset me. Gale got into the plush bed and hugged me to him. I felt butterfly kisses on my neck breaking me from my thoughts.

"Ok, what's on your mind?" Gale asked.

"Just thinking about my father, I didn't know anything about him being a sword maker."

"I know it's weird, dad would never tell me anything about your parents. He always told me that if a certain blonde hair girl would flutter her eyelashes and I would tell her everything I knew," he said smiling making me chuckle.

"I love you Gale," I said.

"I love you Dia," he said before we kissed.