**I know, I know, I had made Gale too abusive in some of the previous chapters, but just read…and if you were wondering where prim is, just read…and you people waiting for your M rating, patience is a virtue young grasshoppers!
Chapter 6 – Katniss's POV
He thinks I'm-and, and he kissed, and-"Peeta, this is a lot to take in."
Peeta smiled. "Yeah, it is for me too. We have known each other for what, two days?"
"Uh huh." I stared at his mouth. How I wanted to kiss him again, but instead, I bolted out of my room, down the stairs, and out of my house. My mom was in the kitchen.
"Katniss, who is upstairs with you?" I didn't have time to answer her. I ran as fast as I could wherever my feet took me, until they met a tree root and I tripped. My knees were bleeding from scraping the concrete, but I just kept going.
Eventually I got to a house. I saw Gale in the window. When I turned around, Peeta was about a hundred feet away. "Gale!" He opened the door and began to question me. "No time, just let me in."
"What's going on Catnip, come crawling back to me? What did baker boy here do to you?" He sounded like he actually cared.
"I just have so much to take in right now. I need time to think."
"What happened?"
"So after, well, you know what happened," I glared at him. "After that, Peeta passed out-"
"Wait, I knocked him out?"
"Shut up!" I took in a deep breath. "Please just let me talk or else I may explode." This time he sat down on the couch and I sat next to him, just keeping my distance a little, just to be safe. "He passed out and since my mom is a nurse I just assumed she would have some stuff for his face. I took him up to my bed so that he could sleep, but by that time it was night and I wanted to go to bed." Gale was waiting for the worst. But it didn't go that far. "I climbed in next to him on the other side of the bed and fell asleep. When I woke up, he had kissed me and told me I was beautiful and we just met Gale! I wanted him to kiss me again, but I ran away. I don't know if I can handle this!" At this point, I was in tears."
"Come here," he opened his arms to me. I declined. The only arms I wanted were Peeta's. "Look, I was overwhelmed as well. I spent all my time sitting over there," he gestured to the kitchen table where I saw him through the window. "I thought long and hard about things." He waited to make sure I was still listening. "When we were just friends, you seemed happier. When we were together, you kept your distance. Then I tried to kiss you and take it further, but you weren't ready for that. I'm so sorry, Katniss."
"Gale, its fine. I just I guess I loved you more like a brother." We sat there for a few minutes in silence. A knock at the door broke it. He got up and walked to the door. I heard Gale's voice and another male voice, then two sets of footsteps.
"Catnip, someone came to see you." It was Peeta. I jumped up and threw my arms around him.
"Peeta, I'm so sorry that I ran off like that! I was scared and I can't control my emotions that well, as you probably found out."
"Can you imagine talking to your mother after you ran out?"
"Wait! What?"
"She was wondering why you ran off and why you had a boy in your bed." He stopped being serious and moved on to sarcasm. "Why would she be worried about that?"
I laughed and put my head down on his chest. Gale spoke up, but I didn't look him in the eye. "Dude, did I do that to your face?"
"Yeah, but I'm getting better. Katniss fixed me up."
I released myself from Peeta's grip. "I'm going to get something to eat." I said to both of them. "Don't kill each other while I'm gone."
"Actually, why don't we all go get some breakfast? That will be a chance to sort things out." Gale suggested.