Chapter 5 – KPOV:

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"Gale?" I ask.

He stares at me with such hatred and rage in his eyes. I don't know exactly what I've done wrong, but something tells me that it's going to be really stupid.

"Why'd you bring him here?" he asks. "Why do you care?" I say, annoyed that he ruined our moment. "Katniss, it wasn't a good idea to bring him here! It's illegal!" he yells. "You're here," I point out. "Well, I-"he starts, but I interrupt him. "Jealous much?" I ask, smirking. "Katniss, you shouldn't have brought him here!" he yells. "What? My boyfriend is going to turn me in to the Peacekeepers as soon as I lose sight of him? Jesus Christ, Gale!" I yell. "You think he won't?" he yells.

I hop off the boulder and step towards Gale. "I know he won't! How stupid do you think he is!" I yell. "Very…" he mutters. "What did you just say?" I yell. He doesn't say anything, so I just say, "Peeta would never turn me in to them, whether we were together or not." "Right, Peeta?" I ask, turning towards him. "Please don't make me get in the middle of this. I'm not in any position to criticize here," he begs.

"Just answer my question. Would you turn me in to the Peacekeepers if you knew I came here illegally?" I say. "What kind of a question is that? Why on earth would that happen?" he says. I turn to Gale. "So why are you so upset?" I yell. "Because I love you!" he yells.

This makes Peeta turn around, staring at Gale with wide eyes, just as I am. "What kind of a pathetic excuse is that, Gale? Do you really expect me to believe that?" I say. "I would hope so because it's true…" he mutters. "Then why the hell do you tell me now? When I'm already in love with the love of my life?" I yell.

"I… I don't know! I had to tell you sometime!" he yells. "Wrong time," I say through clenched teeth, then turn to Peeta. "Come on, we're leaving," I mutter, tugging at his hand. Peeta wraps his arm around me, and as we walk past Gale, I swear, I think I saw Peeta glaring daggers at him.

Peeta and I pause briefly at the fence to listen for electricity, but hear nothing and crawl through. We take a shortcut to my house, and I angrily burst through the door, pulling away from Peeta. "How dare he!" I scream.

"Katniss, calm down," Peeta says gently, putting his arm around my shoulder again. "I don't want to calm down!" I scream. "Katniss! What's wrong?" Mom shouts, running into the room. "Gale is wrong. Everything about Gale is wrong," I mutter, plopping down on the worn couch. I pull my knees up to my chest as Peeta sits down next to me, and I just turn to the side and lay my head in his lap and start to sob. He lightly runs his finger down my cheeks, which makes me cry even harder.

Because he loves me more than Gale ever will, regardless of whether he's jealous of Peeta or not.

"What happened, Nissy?" Prim asks quietly, snuggling up next to me. "I… I shouldn't tell you yet, Primmy. Soon, but not yet. You wouldn't understand…" I whisper. "Okay," Prim says quietly, then gets up to leave Peeta and I alone.

He slowly starts tracing circles up and down my arm, a gesture that sends shivers down my spine.

"You okay?" he asks softly. "No, I'm not okay!" I snap. He looks at me with a hurt expression written in his features. "I'm sorry… It's just-" I say. "Gale. I know," he says with a sigh. "He turned into a huge ass," I mutter. This comment makes him chuckle, but didn't make me feel any better.

"I think I know what will make you feel better," he says, smiling. "What's that?" I ask, sitting up. He leans closer to me, and I think that he's about to kiss me.

Well, I'm wrong.

Peeta pushes me down onto the couch and starts tickling me, with no promise of stopping. "Peeta, stop it!" I yell, between gulps of laughter. "Didn't I say I would make you feel better?" he asks. "Well…" I start. "Who didn't you think about while I was tickling you?" he asks, smiling.

I smile. "Okay, you got me there. But you're going to pay for this," I say. He smirks. "I'd love to see how that would work out for you," he says with a playful grin. "I think you're going to be surprised," I say. He raises an eyebrow, then smiles.

"I love you," he says.

"I love you, too," I say, snuggling closer to him.

He kisses my forehead as he carries me off to my room. He lays me down, then climbs in next to me. He wraps his arms around me, like he always does, and gently kisses my cheek.

"I don't know what I would do without you," he says, stroking my cheek. "Me neither," I reply.

And that's how I honestly feel.

A/N: Soooo? What did you guys think? Sorry I updated so late! I meant to update, but I got caught up in the phenomenon of finding Chuck Norris, so that held me up.

I sent the link to my story to my best friends, SO:

*Mary, Meg and Megan, I am very PATIENTLY waiting for you to review on this already! Don't you hear enough of my pestering at school? And please send this to Katelin, one of you! I don't have her email!*

Haha, sorry about that… Anywho, you know the drill! Green buttons mean go, red buttons mean stop, and that blue button right there means my happiness! Thx you guys! :D

-Zenia (zalamode00)