I hear a sharp cry of pain.

Delly gasps and looks around for the source of the scream, while I run to find the owner of the cry.

I find myself running into an alley behind the florist and grocer and find two boys fighting. I hide, and peak around the corner of the grocer to get a closer look at the two boys. One is much taller, and had jet black hair. You can obviously tell he was from the Seam. He looks much older than the other boy, or should I say man, they both looked in their late teens. The other boy has gorgeous blue eyes, and blonde hair. Merchant kid. I watch intensively as the Seam boy pushes the other boy to the ground. The blonde haired boy's pant leg comes up a bit as he lays on the ground, and I see a prosthetic leg.

Peeta.

I run into the mess, as I realize the other man was Gale Hawthorne. My feet skid across the wet asphalt (it had rained earlier in the day). My heart stops as both the boys look at me.

"Katniss?" they ask in unison. I'm absolutely speechless as they both stare at me with pleading eyes.

"I-I….Um…I…" I stutter out. Gale ignores Peeta and runs over to me and pulls me into a hug.

"I missed you Katniss. Where'd you go?" Gale asks, his grip tightening around me.

"I…was….I…" I'm still unable to complete a full sentence. Peeta was still on the ground, his lip was busted open, and his eye was turning purple. The one open eye of his looked up at me pleadingly. I soon decided to end what Gale had been doing. "What did you do to Peeta?"

"I was protecting you…." Gale trailed off.

"Protecting me? I can protect myself." I said sternly.

"Katniss, What has gotten into you?" He asks, placing both of his hands onto my shoulders.

"Leave me alone Gale. Why do you think I left?" I ask him, anger boiling up inside of me. This was another reason why I left him. He's extremely overprotective. I felt like punching him in the face, then and there. He wasn't going to do this to me anymore, he had gotten mad before. When Gale got mad, you wanted to run and hide.

"Katniss I-" I cut him off.

"I think it'd be best if you left, Gale." I say, glaring at him. His eyes go from concerned, and into disappointment. His arms drop from my shoulders, and his wedding ring is thrown onto the ground. That wedding ring was ours. I had taken mine off on the train ride to 12, now it's in my pocket, where I've kept it since.

"Fine. Great. Thanks Katniss, Have a wonderful life,-WITHOUT ME!" Gale yells, and stalks off in the other direction, towards the train station.

While Gale and I got angry, Peeta still layed on the ground hurt. I kneeled down beside him and brushed a blonde curl from his forehead, and took his hand in mine.

"Peeta, are you alright?" I asked. He tried to speak, but he just winced in pain. His grip on my hand tightened. He was holding his side, and then I realized his ribs. He must've been kicked or punched, breaking some of his ribs. I called for Delly, and I felt a tear fall down my face from witnessing Peeta's hurt. Delly came rushing over, bags in her hands from the stores we had went to. She ran over to me and Peeta and knelt down beside me.

"Oh, Peeta. Are you alright?" She asked. Peeta opened his mouth, and I stopped him by interrupting.

"He can barely speak, I think he broke some ribs." I tell Delly, she nods. I look frantically around, trying to find something to help Peeta, while still grasping his hand tightly. I looked back behind me, and saw the Victor's Village. An idea came into my head.

"Delly! Quickly, go get Haymitch, He'll have to carry back to your house. Hurry back!" I said quickly. Delly nods and ran off to the Village. I had focused back on Peeta, who's eyes were closed, and his breathing started to get slow. My mind went into survival mode, as if we were in the arena.

"Peeta?" I questioned. He didn't move whatsoever. I began to panic. "Peeta!" I screamed, and still got no movement out of Peeta at all. I quickly put my fingers on his neck to feel a pulse, My heart was racing to fast, I couldn't tell if I felt one or not. It was like I was back in the second arena, freaking out, not wanting to lose him. "PEETA!" I shouted as I slapped his face to get his eyes to open. Tears were streaming down my face. I was hyperventilating.

I saw sitting in the middle of an alley, screaming and crying, with the boy I love lying on the ground, broken. I leaned down to check to see if his heart was beating. I felt memories flood my mind. My heart crumbled, as my mind powered down.

I heard silence, again.

A/N: PEETA! I know, tragic, but all will end well, I swear :D Thanks for all the reviews I've gotten! Did I mention I saw Josh Hutcherson on Thursday? Well I did! I cried a little bit, and drove for 4 hours. I also waited for 6 hours on the floor of a mall. But it was well worth it! I did not meet him, but I went to a Q&A but did not here a single word Josh, Jackie, or Isabelle said, Too many girls screaming. I was in the front though! It was really fun, and I made some friends with other fans. I had a fun time!

Anyways, I was going to update 2 days ago, but my mom grounded me from my computer D: So, I'm updating today. I'll probably have the next chapter up tomorrow or Tuesday!

Thanks for all the reviews, alerts, and favorites! If I read a story, I always favorite it. I know how other authors feel, and I feel great when I get reviews and favorites!

Thanks guys! I love you all!

~Mockingjay99