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Gale comes over at my house just a few minutes after he'd called. I let him in.
"So, what brings you here, Gale?" I asked, and he puts his head down as if he was in thought.
"I talked to Haymitch last night," he said and I sucked in a breath. I forced myself to relax and calm down.
"Okay, well, what did you talk about?" I said, and mentally strangled Haymitch. Gale looked up.
"Basically, the rebellion. He apologized for kicking me out," he said, and I nodded, faking interest.
"Oh," I say, and Gale looked at me.
"Also, we talked about you," he says, looking at me right in the eye, as if he were trying to read my soul.
"What about me?" I asked, trying to keep on a good poker face.
"Your pregnancy," he said. I stared. Had Haymitch told Gale?
"What about my pregnancy?" I asked, quickly looking down, trying to avoid Gale's eyes.
"You're such a bad liar, Katniss. You know that?" he says, and I look up. He stared at me, a trace of guilt in his eyes.
"Has he told you…" I start.
"That you are pregnant with my kid? Yes," he says, and I sucked in a breath.
"Why didn't you tell me Katniss?" he asks.
"I don't know," I say, and he takes my hands into his.
"Why don't you know?" he asks. I look down.
"Katniss…" I cut him off.
"Peeta doesn't know. You can't tell him," I say quickly, and he nods.
"I want to help you, Katniss. I want to be part of our kid's life," he says, and I nod, knowing that I had no right to deprive Gale of being part of the baby's life.
Haymitch arrived as soon as I called him. He came inside and I threw my shoe at him. It hits him square in the head, but he is only momentarily fazed, before he went back to drinking from his bottle.
"I'm guessing that the boy told you," he says, gesturing wildly.
"His name's Gale, not boy," I say, and Haymitch shrugs.
"Whatever, I don't care," he says.
"Why did you tell him?" I ask. Haymitch shrugs nonchalantly.
"He deserved to know, Katniss. He's the kid's dad after all," he says, and I glare at him.
"Not so loud, you drunk fool," I say, and Haymitch sighs.
"I won't tell anyone, Katniss," he says, and I curse him. At least now, the secret was safe between Gale, Haymitch and I. No one would know about it. But I didn't know how wrong I was.
I know it's short, but I'm losing inspiration… so it's up to you, readers. Tell me what you think should happen next.