A/N: I'm making it clear that I don't think Gale is such a dick in our beloved trilogy however, when Louis mentioned this idea I thought it was just too insane not to put in my insane Fanfiction :D
Also, let's all shout at Louis. "upload chapter fourteen" i said "sure thang" he said, he uploads chapter four. -_- . boys.
I take a minute to look around. I'm sat ontop of the Mellark's gaming room roof, it has a ping pong table, arcade games, snooker, pool and just about anything men would play with their buddies.
Finnick, Gerry, Sam, Rye and Evan are sorting out the swimming pool by pretty much turning it into a beach. The pool house is on the other side of the garden but I can see what they're doing because huge floodlights are on in the garden. A huge tarpaulin was spread across most of the garden and then covered in sand to create the feel of a beach and I've been put on duty to hang some buntin on the games house roof.
"Mind if I join you?" I turn suddenly to Gale who is scaling the tree I used to get up here.
"Go for it." I say and he steps across onto the roof and sits beside me, a little too close for my comfort. "Nice outfit." I say and he smiles a little. The dress code to Peeta's eighteenth was beach formal so Gale has opted for a tshirt that mocks the top half of a tuxedo and a pair of swim shorts.
"You don't look to bad yourself." He says and I smile. Delly had pretty much forced me to wear a bikini that on each breast cup and the front and back of the bottoms the words 'Peeta Mellark's' and a pair of painfully high heels however, I have one of Peeta's dress shirts on top that you can still see the words on the bikini through. "Apart from the whole Peeta Mellark's business." Gale adds and I nibble my lip. "Don't bite your lip, Catnip." Gale murmurs and I frown.
"Why?" I ask and Gale smirks at me with hooded eyes.
"It's unbelievably sexy." He practically whispers and my mind starts screaming at me to joke and run.
"Well sorry, Christian Grey but, I got to go join the party!" I say and Gale laughs as I move towards the tree.
"The things I'd do to you if I were." I hear him mutter and I literally run away from him.
"Woah!" I bump into Jacob as he rounds a corner of the house and I stifle a scream.
"Sorry!" I pant and then let my eyebrows shoot up when Delly appears next to him. "Did I interrupt..." I trail off and Jacob shakes his head.
"We were honestly just talking!" He explains and I nod. "What's got your knickers in a twist?" He asks with amusement and I roll my eyes.
"Gale." I say and they both look horrified. "Ohmygod! No! I mean he's beeing all creepy! Jesus you two!" They visibly relax and I look round the corner to where everyone is standing. "You guys look great by the way!" I say quickly. Delly's in a bikini and high heels while Jacob is in swim shorts, a dress shirt and a bow tie. They wave me off and I quickly slip into the house and head to Peeta's room.
I open the door and see Peeta looking out of his bedroom window so I creep up behind him and wrap my arms around his torso.
"Happy birthday, baby." I whisper and he turns himself round and holds me tightly.
"Jesus, are you even wearing anything under my shirt?" He asks shocked and I step back and lift the shirt up for him. "Fucking hell, Katniss." He groans and I smile. "I like this." He gives me his approval of my bikini set by tracing the lettering on the right bra cup.
"Peeta..." I moan and he leans down and kisses me thoroughly on the lips. It kills me to have to break away and he looks upet that I've pulled back. "Everyone is here, baby." I tell him and he nods.
"Fine, but tonight I fully expect to be allowed unrestricted access to your body." He tells me as we link hands and move out of his room.
"Sure, sounds do-able." I tease and he smirks as we walk down the stairs slowly. He's better on his prosthetic but not quite perfect just yet so it takes him a little longer to get down and up stairs. "Okay, ready?" I ask and he takes a deep breath while we step outside and into the mass of screaming.
"Down a bit, oh jesus, right there Peeta!" I murmur and push into his hands.
"Too deep?" He asks and I shake my head.
"You guys sound so wrong!" Finnick yells at us from inside the pool and I open my eyes and glare at him. "I know it's only a massage, but seriously! Stop it right now!" He reprimands us and Peeta laughs before pulling me back into his chest on the sun lounger.
My back is flush with his front as I sit between his legs and we just chill out while everyone else gets drunk or high. It's actually pretty ironic how most of the people here are under eighteen and drinking and Peeta just turned eighteen but he hasn't had a second beer yet.
"Do you want a drink?" I ask and Peeta considers this.
"Ummmm, sure. I guess." I shuffle away from Peeta but he grabs my face and kisses me suddenly. "Thank you." He whispers and I scrunch up my nose before standing up and clicking away in my high heels. "I love you!" Peeta calls and I turn round and stick my tongue out at him.
To avoid the mass of gyrating teenagers I move right round the edge of the dancing group and take the long way to the drinks area where I see Jacob leaning on the table and Delly standing close to him with one leg between his.
"Delly, sweetie, Sam's been looking for you." I tell her and she sighs.
"Right, so he can fuck me against a tree again!" She declares and I turn to her and revaluate what's happening. Delly is drunk and Jacob is holding her elbows to keep her steady. "Son of a bitch!" She yells and I reach into the beer bucket for a couple of cold beers.
"What do you mean?" I ask and Jacob grimaces.
"Ya know he wants to watch me with you!" She hisses at me and I squint at her. "He wants us to fuck in front of him and he wants to watch Gerry and Finnick fuck me and he doesn't play nice with me!" She pouts and I look at her shocked.
"She's been like this for half an hour after she came stumbling out of the woods with him." Jacob tells me and I pull a face. "It's fine, I've got her."
"Don't be an arse." I warn him and he gives me a sad look.
"You really think I'm that guy?" Jacob questions and I smile and punch his arm lightly. "Oh by the way, Gale's been asking round for you." I groan and turn to the pool house where I see Gale walking away from it towards me, Peeta is sat bolt upright in the sun lounger staring at the back of Gale.
"Cheers! Time to dance!" I laugh awkwardly and move into the mass of people to get away from Gale.
There's a lot of elbowing going on so I don't turn when something prods into my back. But after a minute I turn slowly and stare up at Gale.
"You need to come with me!" He yells over the music. "I'm going to get you out of here!" He smiles broadly and I turn around to face him properly. "Come on, Catnip!" He says and then I see the hand gun and I try to back away. His face changes and he turns off the safety lock as he cocks his head at me sadly. "Please don't make me use this!" He requests and I nod dumbly, he takes my hand and leads me out of the mass. I try to catch someone, anyones eye but no one glances at me.
"Gale, p-please." I stutter when we leave the group and he turns to me suddenly.
"I didn't mean to, Catnip! I tried to make it right but they wanted more from your family!" His face is frantic now and I try desperately to understand him.
"What do you mean?" I ask and he shakes his head.
"No! Not yet!" He yells and I feel my heart racing. "I didn't know he was your dad! I didn't know! I swear!" My breathing rate increses as Gale swings the gun around in his hand loosely. "Shit!" He swears and then points the gun straight into my chest, his face emotionless. "Do I need to shoot you?" He asks and I shake my head slowly. "Good, let's move. Where can we talk?" He demands and I look towards the game house and Gale nods approvingly.
He walks beside me with his arm round my shoulders, the gun pressed into my side as I try to work out what the fuck is going on. We get inside the games house and Gale turns the lock.
"Cosy." He mutters and I stare at him. "Sit down." He demans as he lowers himself into a chair and I sit in the one opposite. "You're next on my list, Miss. Everdeen." He sneers and I stare at him in confusion and watch is his face becomes desperate again and he starts to flap the gun around. "Shit! No! Don't listen! I won't hurt you I swear, Catnip!" Gale stands suddenly and points the gun towards me with a shaking hand. "I swear I didn't know who he was! I never know! Not until Prim! I knew it was her! It was just another hit!" He screams and I feel my mouth go dry. "Do you believe me?" He asks and I nod. "Oh thank god! Good! We can talk! I can explain!" He looks pleased.
I glance outside when Gale is sitting down, no one is even remotely interested in the games house with it's lights turned off.
"I was born to do it! I had no choice! It was join the force or die! It seemed easy enough, drive the car into the guy in the folder, go to base, sorted! But it wasn't that easy! I started thinking who he was and I read the papers! 'Mr Everdeen, killed in a hit and run leaving his wife and two daughters' that's what they said so, I couldn't leave you!" He smiles at me and I feel the anger boiling inside me. "I came and I helped! We worked together! They didn't need me for big jobs, I was just sardine! But then they said I had got too close to the line, I had to die they said!" He raises the gun to his temple and mimicks being shot. "Only they didn't mean in real life! I'm still here! It was all a plan though, Catnip! They wanted the Everdeen's gone! I knew it was Prim, of course I knew, they have a little picture in the folder." He uses his spare hand to roughly show me the size of the picture but I couldn't focus on it. "I had to do it. I thought hey, let's get that fucking Mellark too! So I set it up!" He seems proud and I want to kill him right now. "It was pretty easy, Peeta drives careful so one car to distract, a second to mame, mine to kill." Gale shrugs indifferently and then looks across at me with a level gaze. "I have to kill you now." He says and raises the gun up to my head, he moves forward so the gun is between my eyes and I can't help it when I swat him away, it's a stupid reflex.
Gale grabs my hand and pulls me to the floor and I start to scream and fight him, punching and kicking but I feel his weight lower ontop me and he pins my arms to my sides using his legs.
"I love it when they fight." He murmurs, his eyes filled with lust. "But this, just makes it unbearable." He brushes his hand over my shirt and I want to pukewhen he tears it from my body. "Shame it has his name on." He says calmly before ripping my top from my body, I gasp and Gale quickly stuffs the bikini in my mouth so I can't speak. "So. Much. Better." He makes an animal noise and I watch in horror as he leans across me, placing the gun above my head, then he drags one hand down my face and across my breasts and I start to wriggle and fight against him but he smirks and stuffs his other hand into his own shorts with a grunt of pleasure. "Oh god Katniss." He groans and I feel tears start to cascade down the side of my face as he gropes my breasts. "Oh my god!" He says suddenly and I stare at him. "Let's play a game!" He practically squeals and I freeze in horror as he reaches for the gun again, he presses the barrel under my chin and moves off my body quickly. "Take them off." He demands and with shaking hands I do so. Then he sits bewteen my legs and gazes at me. "If you had just fucked me before, this wouldn't have happened!" He says and starts to drag the gun down my body, I'm starting to sweat with shear terror but I freeze when the barrel of the gun slips between my folds, I shake my head and try to fight but I hear the click of the gun and freeze again. "Holy shit." He murmurs and then stands up to push his shorts down, his erection springing free. "You see what you do to me, baby?" He whispers and then kneels between my legs again. "Here's the deal, you move and I pull the trigger." He says bluntly and then I make a stifled scream as the guns barrel enters me and Gale grunts in pleasure.
I fall into a type of shell shock because I don't move when the gun is in me, I don't move when he removes it and I don't move when he thrusts himself inside me. I lay on my back, seeing nothing, hearing nothing, only aware of Gale pressed against me. He leans down and bites my shoulder so much that my eyes spring open and he smirks at me before I watch him come inside of me.
He moves out of me suddenly and starts screaming at someone but I can't move. He's standing up and pulling his shorts up, the gun pointing to the door of the games house as his mouth moves in screams. He shoots sideways and runs and he's gone.
Peeta's P.O.V
"Have you seen, Catnip?" I stare up at Gale as he towers over me.
"Katniss? She just left. Why?" I can feel everyone in the pool staring at us and I sit up straight.
"No reason for you to be concerned with." He says with a smirk and leaves, I watch his back as he walks away.
"What was that about?" Finnick appears next to me, dripping wet and I feel a sense of uneasiness wash over me.
"Finn, help me find Katniss." I say shakily and he gives me an odd look. "Please." I beg and Finnick helps me up.
"What's going on?" He asks as my head snaps around trying to find her. "Peeta?"
"Something is wrong." I say quickly and Finnick sighs. "She should have come back to the pool by now."
"Peet, chill out she's probably talking to someone!" He tries to calm me and I turn and face him dead on.
"You remember how you described how you felt when Annie gets bad? When you weren't with her but you knew they were injecting her with stabilisers?" Finnick nods slowly. "Tell me!" I try not to yell.
"Like I'm running a marathon without moving, sweating, panting and shaking." He says quietly and I hold my hands out and Finnick watches them shake madly.
"Something is wrong!" I say frantcically and he nods.
"I'll ask Jacob, he's at the drinks table." Finnick suggests and we moves towards Jacob quickly.
"Happy Birthday Boss!" He says and I look around desperately.
"Have you seen Katniss?" Finnick asks and I look at Jacob.
"Yeah, I told her that Gale was looking for her and she darted into the dance crowd to avoid him." He explains calmly and I feel my body start to tremble.
"Where's Gale now?" Finnick asks as he spins his head round to look.
"He followed her in." I grasp at Finnick's arm and Finnick nods quickly. "What's going on?" Jacob stands up suddenly from leaning on the table.
"Katniss isn't okay." Finnick says loudly.
"How do you know?" Jacob asks slowly and I hold my hand out in some kind of explanation. "Are you high?" He asks and I look through the dance crowd desperately.
"When you love someone you know something is wrong!" Finnick yells and Jacob stares at my shaking hand.
"I'll help look." He declares and the three of us start to scan the dancing group.
"She isn't there!" I scream suddenly and Finnick grabs a random guy to ask him.
"Neither is Gale." Jacob adds quietly and I have the sudden need to burst into tears.
"I feel sick." I cry and Finnick returns.
"They went that way!" He shouts and points towards the game house. We all squint at the games house but I can only see darkness.
"Can you guys see anything?!" I beg and Jacob squints more.
"Shit! Gun! I see a gun!" He yells and my legs bend suddenly and Jacob and Finnick catch me. They start to drag me towards the games house but it seems Gerry gets there first. He's screaming and I see Gale stand up suddenly and point the gun at Gerry who starts to move round the side, Gale's gun following him. It's almost surreal when the gun fires and shatters the glass, Gerry stands still for a few seconds and then drops to his knees, he looks down and then falls on his side.
"Oh fuck!" Finnick screams and we watch Gale run out of the shattered window and into the woods quickly.
"Ambulance please." Jacob is already on the phone, Finnick is now running to the games house he gets to the door and finds it locked so runs round to Gerry.
My eyes snap to Katniss and feel Jacob start to drag me up the small incline to the games house, when we get close enough to see her laying naked and sprawled on the floor I lean forward and puke violently.
"Help! Someone!" Jacob and Finnick scream in unison and a couple of guys start yelling, the music is cut off and people start to appear and scream. I don't think when I step forward and punch the glass door, my fist instantly bursting with blood. I move like a zombie towards Katniss and stand looking at her, her eyes closed.
"Oh shit!" Jacob swears and drops next to Katniss, he presses his ear to her mouth and starts speaking to her but my eyes are stuck on the floor between her legs where a mixture of blood and semen is pooling. I'm vaguely aware of my dad talking to me but I drop to my knees awkwardly and gaze at Katniss.
"Where the fuck is the ambulance!" Rye's voice rings in my ears as I raise a hand to Katniss' cheek. Everyone is gathering around and the only thing rushing through my brain is everyone seeing my baby naked so I pull off my t shirt and drape it over her torso uselessly.
I don't know how long I kneel beside Katniss, watching her carefully until a paramedic appears beside me.
"Hello love! What's your name? Can you tell me your name sweetie?" The man talks to her and she doesn't respond.
"Her name is Katniss Everdeen." Jacob tells the paramedic. "Can I help?" He asks and the paramedic moves to by her legs.
"What's your name son?" The paramedic asks.
"Jacob." He tells him and the paramedic nods.
"Talk to her, keep her sane as best you can."
I find the waiting room quite interesting, in a way that makes me never want to sit here again. Everyone is doing something different. Finnick is practically rocking forwards and backwards in the seat next to me, Dad is sat bolt upright staring into space, Evan is stood in the corner of the waiting room, Rye is pretending to read a magazine about dieting when in reality he isn't even looking at the pages, Jacob is sat with his head between his knees , his elbows against his ears and his hands on the back of head making a beat, Gerry's Dad has his arm around Gerry's mum as they sob quietly waiting for him to get out of surgery while Gerry's sister looks after their siblings.
Personally, I'm just trying not to break down because all I want to do is scream as loud as I can and cry and punch someone (GALE) repeatedly. Instead I'm sitting silently. I can feel myself ticking though.
"Peeta..." My dad says and I stand up and leave. No doubt it was the wrong thing to do but, I couldn't sit there any longer.
I don't know where I'm walking until I stop in front of a room and look in to find Katniss laying in a hospital gown alone. I slip through the door and click it shut behind me, Katniss appears to be sleeping so I quietly move to the bottom of her bed and slip the folder out from the metal holder. I know this is illegal but I have to know what he did. When I first saw her I thought she was dead.
Katniss Fern Everdeen
18 yrs
Mother: Emily Jane Everdeen: Deceased.
Father: Matthew Paul Everdeen:Deceased.
Sister: Primrose Natalia Everdeen:Deceased.
No other known relations.
This alone tears me apart because she really is alone without me. I flip the page.
Admitted 23:36 via ambulance. Sustaining severe bleeding in vagina requiring six stitches. Rape kit shows semen and gun powder in vaginal areas. Suspected trauma.
Regular pain killers. Rest. No strenuous activity.
I feel my jaw starts to tense. Severe bleeding. Six stitches. Semen. Gun powder. Gun powder? What the fuck does that mean?
I clatter the folder back into it's holder and realise Katniss is looking at me with distant eyes. I move to her side quickly. I open my mouth to speak but no words seem to fit what she needs. I'm petrified if I touch her she will flinch away from me so we just stare at each other for a long while.
A nurse comes in and seems horrified I'm in here.
"Katniss, sweetie, how do you feel?" The nurse asks and Katniss doesn't respond, the nurse goes about her check ups. "You aren't supposed to be in here," she says and I rack my brain for an excuse. "But, every other male to enter has sent her over the edge. You must be special, dear." The elderly nurse smiles and pushes me back into a chair before shuffling behind me and shoving chair up against the hospital bed.
"Thank you." I croak and she smiles before leaving. "I dont-I cant-I just-tell me what to say, or do, Katniss." I whimper but she doesn't look at me. I hold onto the bars on the bed and rest my forehead on my hands. I feel what seems to be a butterfly land on my hands and I lift my head to see Katniss' pinky finger resting on my pinky finger. I hook mine round hers gently and I hear her sigh slightly, my heart raising.
"Don't leave." She whispers so quiet I can barely hear her.
"I won't. I'm right here, Kat." I murmur and she frowns deeply.
"Please. Don't leave me alone again."She strains her voice and my heart aches, I long to wrap her in my arms but I can see it isn't what she's ready for yet.
"Never. I promise." I vow to her and she looks at me for about one second before closing her eyes shut again. When I feel tiredness start to hover over me I quickly glance at my phone, I've been sat like this for two hours and I have a text from Finnick.
Finn
Don't let them inject her.
Please.
I feel bad for Finnick and reply telling him I won't before I slip into sleep.
I wake up suddenly after being hit by something sharp and heavy, I instantly see Katniss in the corner screaming and a metal bowl rattling on the floor - she must have thrown it.
"Katniss! Sweetie!" I try but her eyes are manic and she looks crazy. A nurse bustles in and I see the syringe. "Nonono! Don't!" I yell and the nurse looks at me shocked then back at the screaming Katniss. "Please!" I beg and she looks unsurely at me. "I'll stop her I swear!"
"Quickly." She mutters and I rush to Katniss she instantly claws at my face but I don't even register it as I grasp her face in my hands and force her to look at me.
"Katniss. Stop. I'm here. No one will hurt you now." I say clearly and she clutches at my hands. "Stop fighting me, Katniss! Please! I love you!" On the last sentence she stops her thrashing legs and gazes at me with a slight nod. I slip one arm around her back and the other under her knees and lift her carefully, slowly on my porsthetic leg. She is rigid first of all but then she melts against my body, I lay her on her bed but she refuses to let go of me.
"Please hold me." She cries desperately and I instantly climb into the bed beside her. She uses my left arm as a pillow and I wrap my right arm around her waist tightly. "I'm sor-" she starts and I cut her off.
"Don't you dare say sorry. Don't you god damn dare, baby. I'm sorry. I'm sorry I let you go. I'm sorry it took me so long to find you. I love you." I whisper into her hair and she sobs a little.
"How did you know?" She asks quietly and I hold my hand up.
"I had the shakes and I was sweating and panting and couldn't breathe and I could barely walk. I just knew." I tell her and she presses herself backwards against me.
"Thank you." She whispers. I hold her tightly but not too tightly and we listen to the beep of her monitor until I can't hold back an longer.
"What did he do, Katniss?" I ask and she doesn't reply so I try to lean over and see if she's asleep but she must think I'm moving away from her because she clutches me and I drop back down and hold onto her again.
I wake up and feel my whole body ache and my leg stasbbing with pain so I manouver myself out of Katniss' arms and out of the bed, stretching tall and gazing at her. There's a light tapping on the door and then it opens and Finnick pops his head in cautiously.
The poor guy looks dreadful. His eyes are blood shot, his face red, his hair a mess and his lips saw from him chewing them.
"Gerry's out." He says quietly and I stand there waiting. "He wants to see you, he's okay." Finnick looks like he's going to cry and I feel myself rushing to him and our arms wrap around each other in a huge hug, our faces buried into the other's top as we try to keep our emotions under control but find it hard to.
"Finnick." We turn to Katniss' voice and Finnick doesn't hesitate when he moves to her quickly and she sits up, their arms wrapping round each other tightly.
"Don't you dare do that again okay?" He warns her, his voice wobbling and I hear Katniss' breath hitch. "I've been freaking out so damn much, I want to kill him as soon as they find him." I frown but Finn doesn't elaborate.
"I'm sor-" Katniss starts and Finnick makes a growling noise.
"If you say it I swear to god I will put you on the naughty step!" He tries to be funny but they both end up sobbing while I stand and watch in awe at their friendship. "Gerry wants to see you." Finnick says once they both calm down and pull away, Katniss frowns.
"Gerry got there first and Gale, well Gale shot him." There's no other way to explain it so I'm just blunt and Katniss looks horrified. "He's okay." I add quickly and she nods and starts to stand up before wincing and my entire stomach tightens.
"I-I-I don't think I can walk." She whispers painfully and I clench my jaw and go into the hall and sit in a wheel chair before wheeling it back in.
"Come here." I say gently and she looks hesitant but she lowers herself into my lap. It takes a few attempts for her to get comfortable but when she does she leans back into me and Finnick pushes us both in the wheel chair.
There's a police officer stood in the hallway and Finnick explains to him and he insists on escorting us to Gerry's room. A doctor is coming out of the room when we get there and he is pulling off a bloodied pair of gloves, he barely sees us as he rushes somewhere else.
The police officers stay outside and talk as Finn wheels Katniss and I into Gerry's room.
From being down low I can't really see him so Katniss and I stand up carefully.
Gerry's hair is messy, his eyes closed with his lips slightly parted. A thin hospital cover I up to his waist and he is bandaged up in his left shoulder.
"Gerry?" I hear Finnick say quietly and Gerry's eyes open slowly as if he's unsure he wants to see who is here. When he sees us he breaks into a smile and we all hear Katniss sigh in relief.
"Hey you two!" Gerry says, his voice partially laced with anasthaetic so he sounds sleepy. "I'm fine, okay? Look at me, I'm doing great!" Gerry tries to convince Katniss but she stands solid on the spot, the only movement is her trembling lip. "Hey, don't do that, don't cry!" Gerry says and pushes himself up to sitting slowly, wincing a lot. "Come here, I need a hug!" He says and Katniss moves to him instantly. She sits on the edge of the bed and then lifts her legs and turns so she folds onto Gerry's side. He wraps his arms around her and I can't help thinking that they look good together.
"Stop it." I turn my head to Finnick who is giving me an annoyed look.
"Stop what?" I feign innocence and he punches my arm lightly.
"Peeta," Finnick says quietly and I move closer to him and he speaks into my ear. "I heard nurses talking, they said Katniss was penetrated by a gun." Finnick mumbles and I feel my fists tighten and then I squeak in sudden pain as I raise my hand and see blood begin to seep out of my knuckles. "Peeta! When the hell did that happen!" Finnick grabs my hand and I frown at it.
"I punched the window, it didn't hurt but now it sort of does." I mutter and Finnick calls a nurse to come and bandage my hand up, she removes a shard of glass and tells me it was the adrenalin that stopped me feeling it.
A/N: Louis: ok... im sorry... i made a mistake... but, i was tired... and i was busy...