Destiny's Calling

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Chapter three

"Hello, Peeta"

Peeta looked incredibly awkward standing there, like he didn't quite know what to do. He was obviously surprised that Gale was here, but he didn't necessarily look happy about it

I couldn't help but wonder why the HELL he was here. It wasn't that I didn't want him to be here, but I didn't WANT him to be here either.

And I had a feeling that Gale's presence was about to make things interesting.

Before I had a chance to ask Peeta about his visit, Gale suddenly stood up, fast as lightning.

"What do you want?" Gale spat venomously at Peeta. I was momentarily taken aback. I knew they weren't the best of friends, but I had no idea their animosity had reached such a level.

I expected Peeta to be just as astounded as I was, but he didn't look in the least little bit surprised. In fact, he came back with a venomous retort of his own.

"What does it matter to you?"

"She's my best friend and you're in her house"

"So are you!"

"My sister needed medical attention!"

"So? Why couldn't you just wait outside?"

At this point I was pretty sure I was sitting there staring at them incredulously with my jaw scraping along the ground. Peeta and Gale were getting louder and louder, slowly moving closer to each other, both of them looking completely deadly.

"Even if she wasn't I would still be allowed in here, you stupid Baker's son!"

"Says who, you self-righteous bastard!"

Uh oh. Things were starting to escalate here. They were already calling each other names. As much as I wanted to break it apart, I couldn't, because honestly, I had no idea what they were fighting about.

And I still didn't know what Peeta wanted.

"Says me, you rich little fuck"

"And who said you had any right to decide who's allowed in this home, you stupid BRAT!"

"I'm older than you, you little shit, don't you DARE call me 'little' OR a 'brat'"

I had absolutely no idea what was going on in this argument. It started off as "WHY ARE YOU HERE" and it's ended up being "IM THE OLDEST". And what's more, I didn't know what they were going to gain from this, maybe except more enemies. I decided maaaaaybe I should do something here.

"Hey, guys, let's just calm down, okay?" I said calmly, hoping they would listen to me. I slowly stood up off the floor and went to stand between Peeta and Gale, both of which were sending each other death glares. Just as I was going to stand between them, Gale put his hand in front of me and quickly pushed me behind him.

"Stay out of this Katniss, I don't want you to get hurt" Gale said. They still hadn't broken eye contact.

"Why, were you planning on hurting her Gale? Because I certainly wasn't" Peeta spat.

"Fuck Off, Mellark, you know I wouldn't as much as I do" Gale retorted.

Yep. They were still glaring at each other.

"Okay, Peeta, Gale, Posy is right through there getting healed. Mother works best with peace and quiet, so maybe we should just calm down and let it drop, okay?"

Actually, that's a good point. I wonder why Mother or Prim hadn't come out to politely order us to SHUT UP yet.

"No matter. Let's take this outside, Hawthorne" Peeta said Gale's last name like it had killed his puppy and he wanted revenge.

"Only if you think you could take it, Mellark" Gale replied snidely

Nooooot good. Oh god. Please tell me they weren't planning on fighting. Please please please please PLEASE! I know Peeta survived the Games and all, but I knew that Gale could take him easily. And Peeta would be very, very hurt.

Before I could protest, the two of them had walked out onto the street and were once again arguing about God-knows-what, their voices escalating in volume until they were practically screaming.

I hurried out onto the front porch onto to see the two boys – they were acting too childishly to be called men right now – facing each other, once again glaring frostily at one another, both red in the face and panting. Both had their hands clenched into fists at their sides.

I couldn't let this happen. No matter what had been going on recently, or how I felt, about Peeta OR Gale, I couldn't stand to see either one of them hurt. And I knew that if I didn't intervene now, boy, one of them would be hurt. Maybe even both.

Just as I saw their mouths opening to unleash another round of arguing, I shouted at them. Louder than I have ever shouted before. It was good luck that we were in Victors Village, not back in the Seam. I'd hate to think of the scene that would be caused if this had happened there. The only people who could hear us here were Mother, Prim and Haymitch. Mother and Prim were too busy caring for Posy, and Haymitch was probably passed out drunk somewhere. And so then there were three.

"STOP! RIGHT NOW! LISTEN TO ME, I DONT CARE THAT YOU THINK I MIGHT GET HURT AND I DONT CARE WHAT THE HELL YOU ARE ARGUING ABOUT! BUT THIS STOPS RIGHT! NOW! I WILL NOT LET YOU HURT EACH OTHER LIKE THIS!"

Neither of the boys seemed to be very affected by my screaming though. Gale probably knew I was going to explode like this anyway. Peeta seemed a little more shocked, it showed on his usually emotionless face, but his eyes were still locked onto Gale's. I suppose all this arguing was affecting his composure.

I was still waiting for both of them to back away from each other and let it go. Just when I thought they were about to, they both opened their mouths and started arguing again, screaming over the top of each other, apparently not taking notice of what I said.

Great. Just great. I finally find my inner voice and try to do something good for once, and I'm totally ignored. The boys just acted like I wasn't there. That I didn't exist. For a moment that pissed me off and I considered leaving them to do whatever to each other. But I knew I couldn't do that. Even if I couldn't stop them screaming at each other, I had to be there to attempt to clean up the aftermath.

Yay, I thought drily.

I had zoned out from the boy's argument, but now it looks as though that was probably a very bad idea. They were both up close to each other, their chests practically touching, screaming at each other. This was bad. This was very bad. I could see that this was very close to getting physical, so I hurried over to break them apart as soon as possible.

I was too late.

I stopped in my tracks and stood there shocked, taking in the scene in front of me.

Just as Gale's fist sailed into Peeta's face.

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.B.