Hunger Games: Confessions and Consequences

Chapter 2 of my Hunger Games fanfic, enjoy. Can't believe the number of reviews this tory got in such a short time :)

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Disclaimer: Hunger Games belongs to Suzanne Collins.

Chapter 2

KATNISS POV

I thought for a moment, trying to think how I was going to word what I wanted to tell Peeta. As I did so I worked on fixing his leg, luckily it had just been twisted around, the way Orion shoved Peeta it could've easily been detached, which would've been much more painful. After a long pause Peeta finally spoke.

"Well, what is it you wanna tell me?" He asked.

I sighed and lowered my head.

"I…I don't know how to put this," I stammered, "But…It's important."

He nodded, wincing as I finally managed to fix his leg, we both stood up. Before I could say anything I heard heavy footsteps and someone yanked my hair, knocking me to the ground before stamping on my nose.

"Bitch!" It was Orion; I covered my nose, trying to stop the blood as he tried to attack me again, yelling, "You'll pay for that!"

Before he could attack again Peeta pushed him off.

"We already told you to back off, you're drunk, get outta here!" Peeta yelled but Orion slammed into him and began attacking.

I staggered to my feet and tried to help Peeta but Orion kicked me in the stomach winding me. Just then his angry shouts turned into a yelp of fear. I finally got my breath back and straightened up.

It was Peeta's brothers who had grabbed Orion, Peeta had a few bruises but nothing serious, he had also stood up and was shaking his head.

"You okay there Peeta?" Fredrick asked, he as the middle child of the two.

"Fine, I'm fine," Peeta replied before walking over and handing me a cloth.

"Thanks." I replied, holding the cloth against my nose.

Fredrick nodded at us and turned to face Orion with an unpleasant smirk.

"So Orion, you think it's alright to pick on our little brother huh?" He said darkly.

Orion was yelling incoherently until Dave, the eldest brother, who was holding Orion in a vice grip, tightened his grip, silencing him.

"Add to that our brother's problem with his leg, you just messed with the wrong people" Dave growled threateningly.

I smirked and turned to Peeta.

"Maybe we should leave, let your brothers handle Orion." I say to him, he nods and we walk off.

We walk in silence for a while, my nose was okay now. The silence was thick and uncomfortable; the last time Peeta and I had talked I had told him my love for him was an act. I thought it was at the time, but I slowly began to realize that I had only said it because I was confused about my feelings, but I had to talk about them sometime. Finally Peeta broke the silence.

"So, Katniss, what were you about to say?" he asked.

I stopped, I wasn't sure I could do this.

"Katniss?"

I looked up at him and nodded.

"I just…I…" I tried to speak but I kept hesitating, finally I shook my head, "It doesn't matter."

I tried to walk on but Peeta stopped me by gently placing his hand on my shoulder.

"It obviously does, or you wouldn't be so worked up about it." He said.

I sighed, I had to tell him.

"Peeta, I just…I wanted to say I'm sorry…about, you know…" I begin, trying to find the right words.

"About lying to me." He finished, I winced at the bitterness in his voice. I nodded.

He rolled his eyes, "What, you thought an apology would fix everything."

"Not really." I replied quietly.

"Seriously Katniss, I don't get what's wrong with you." He stated, I could hear the anger in his voice.

"I…" I began to speak but he cut across me.

"You lead me on during the Games, then you tell me it was all an act, you rip my heart out and now you're saying you're sorry!" He shook his head, "It doesn't just work like that."

"I know, but…"

"Look, you're right, we should just forget it," He continued, still angry.

I tried to say something but Peeta held up his hand and continued.

"Let's just get to our new homes okay, then…You should go talk to that Hawthorne guy," He said, that caught my attention.

"Huh, what's Gale gotta do with this?" I asked, confused.

Peeta sighed, "You've not seen him since we got back right?" I nodded and he continued, "Then you should go see, he'll be wondering what's keeping you."

I understood what Peeta was saying but the way he said it.

'No way, does he think I have those feelings for Gale' I thought, incredulous.

"Peeta, I know what you're thinking," I told him, "But Gale and I are just friends."

He gave a disbelieving snort and shook his head.

"Yeah right," He said, before I could contradict him he continued to speak, "That's not the way I see it."

Before I could say anything else we arrived in Victor's Village and Peeta hurried off to his new home, leaving me to head to mine.

PEETA POV

I groaned as I threw myself down on the bed.

'I'm such an idiot, Katniss wanted to apologize for what happened, but I just exploded, I let my temper take over and now I've upset, worst still I've ensured she won't even want to look at me now' I thought bitterly.

A knock at the front door interrupted my mental flagellation; I got up and hurried to answer it. It was Fredrick.

"Hey, just thought I'd let you know, apart from beating that guy up, we've decided he's gotta pay," He told me.

I blinked stupidly for a second and then realized they were talking about Orion.

"What do you mean pay?" I asked, suspicious.

"We're gonna humiliate him, trust me, he's got it coming," was the response.

I nod, "No argument here, just watch you don't go overboard."

Fredrick laughs and leaves, before I close the door I see Katniss, she's talking to Haymitch and, judging from her downcast expression I know what it's about. I close the door and try to ignore what I saw. However ten minutes later there's another knock at the door, I answer it and see it's Haymitch.

'Great, let the guilt trip begin,' I think bitterly to myself.

End of chapter, and for those of you curious, especially since he's been mentioned a few times, Gale will be making his first appearance in the next chapter. Hope you enjoyed this chapter, read and review please :)