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CHAPTER SIX

Katniss's POV:

I jump at his voice and light touch of my shoulder. My heart starts beating fast, but why? I've never gotten this nervous to see Gale. Maybe it's the fact that we haven't spoken once in three years.

I could back out now, say that I'm not "Catnip" and walk away before turning around. But I think of Prim, and turn to face him.

I just stand there, in the midst of the commotion at the train station, staring at him. By the looks of it, he was heading off to work.

"Hi Gale..." I respond in a distant voice

"Good to see you...it's uh...been a while" he responds

"Yeah, uh...is this a bad time?" I ask him

"No! Not at all!" he responds quickly, obviously over-excited to see me.

"Okay, this is getting awkward so let me just explain why I'm here" I blurt out

"To see me?" he replies with a smirk

"Actually that's not the main reason" I respond

He frowns but still looks at me expectantly.

"I saw something on TV broadcasted from the Capitol. They have Prim. I don't know howthey got her and how she's alive. All I know is that if I don't get there soon, they'll hurt her and hijack her." I inform him

Gale just stares for a moment before responding with a shrug, "It's probably just something they made up to fool you and get you into coming to them."

I let out an annoyed breath as flash backs of Peeta telling me this just a few days ago are revived in my head. I instantly feel a pang of guilt for yelling at him and leaving. I promise myself that I won't do that to Gale.

"But it WAS her!" I yell at him before I can stop myself.

"Can we talk about this somewhere else because your drawing attention. Sooner or later someone will realize your the Mockingjay" he leans in and says in a quieter voice.

"Uh...sure?" I say.

He takes my hand, making me tingle, and pulls me through the crowd of people. We jog to the end of the train station and into a parking lot. Gale finally lets go of my hand and walks to a car, which I assume must be his.

I quietly sit down on the leather seat. Gale sits down at the wheel and pulls out of the parking lot and down the road without a word. I decide to give him some quiet until we are at our destination.

It's only a few minutes until Gale parks the car. We are on the edge of a forest.

I gulp. Oh-no.

"Come on. We can hunt while you explain this whole Prim thing. It'll also give us some time to catch up" Gale says, hopping out of the car"

"Oh hell no!" I yell at him out the window. I cross my arms and stare straight ahead of me.

Gale makes an annoyed (although I know he can't stay mad at me) face at me.

I roll my eyes at him and yell "NO!" again

"Why not?" he asks me

"Because...because there's no point. I only hunted to get food for Prim. And...she's not here." I struggle for an explanation.

The truth it, I don't have a perfect explanation for why I don't hunt anymore. I've only been in the woods a few times after Prim supposedly died and Gale left. And most of the time it was to sit by the lake and "talk" to Prim and my dad.

Gale lets out a small laugh, "That's your explanation? You an I both know that's not why you won't get out of the car"

"But it's true!" I scream at him.

"You know you can lie to me. I can see right through you." he says.

"Fine. I-I just...don't know. I guess it's because the woods remind me of when times were actually good. I mean...as good as they get in 12. The forest...it reminds me of when you and I got along and when Prim was with me. The trees remind me that this is my life now and that I'll never ever be able to go back..." I trail off.

"Well...we'll just have to re-live those memories and make new ones. And you'll have to do without Prim for now" he says, pulling me out of the car.

I start to scream as her drags me into the woods. It actually sounds good, spending time with him and re-living our times in the woods. But I won't give him the satisfaction of letting him win.

Gale still ignores me as he pulls me into the woods.

I kick me legs as he drags me further into the trees. I keep screaming as I marvel at the nature around me that I missed so much.


Author's Note: Well, that's it for Chapter 6. It wasn't the best but I hope you all like it. :) Anyway, vote for this story (poll is on my page) if it's your favorite one of my fan fics. Okay, that's it for today. Bye! :D