Epilogue

***Warning: This chapter's pretty bad and depending on what you guys think, I may not keep it. The characters are extremely out of character, but this is how it is in my parallel universe . But I'll let you read it for yourself and you can tell me what you think.

~Peeta~

"So…uh…do you want me to bury him?" I ask uncomfortably.

Katniss stare at me.

"Look I don't mean any disrespect but we have a baby at home-"

"LINA!"

She pushes Gale off her lap and jumps up from the cot. "I completely forgot…I hope she's ok…"

And with that, she runs past me, out of the cabin.

"Well that was easy…" I mutter to myself.

I very slowly make my way over to Gale-or what's left of him. The room smells absolutely awful, and the sooner I get this over with the better.

~Katniss~

"Mom? Lina?" I yell as I burst through the doorway.

"Where have you been?" mother asks as she comes hurrying down the stairs.

"I'm so sorry mother, it's just that gale died and I lost track of time-"

"What? Gale died?"

"Never mind. I'll tell you later. Give me my baby," I grab Lina from her arms.

"Oh, so now you care," she mumbles.

"Just because I'm sleep deprived, doesn't mean I don't care," I snap at her.

I look down at baby Lina. She is beautiful. Even if she doesn wake me up 10 times a night. I finally admit to myself, that peeta was right. I'll have to apologize later.

I hear the front door open and there is more screaming.

"What is it now?" I think. I'm not even at Lina's door yet, when mother rushes up behind me.

"Katniss quick! Give me Lina! Go downstairs!"

I run downstairs (again) to find Peeta carrying Delly in his arms, flailing around.

"Put me down, Peeta! Let me die!" she screams.

It takes hours to calm her down. When she finally stops scraming she goes to whisper/mutter voice.

"Katniss?"

"Yes, Delly?"

"You want to know what I did to help Gale?"

"I don't know…do I?"

Peeta goes quiet. I'm scared now.

"I kissed him. I kissed him a lot and it was so wonderful," she's staring into space looking all teary-eyed and wistful.

"…I told him I loved him. He said he wished he loved me. He was so delusional…but I kissed him and it was wonderful. But…but now he's gone!"

I'm not sure why I find this funny, but it's really hard not to laugh. She sounds like a little kid. A little kid who got her favorite toy taken away.

"Delly? I finally manage to ask.

"Yes?"

"would you like to see baby LIna?"

Her eyes brighten and the tears stop.

"Sure!"

So I finally told Peeta that he was right. (He made me write it down) Delly officially moved in next door with Autumn. They help with the baby tremendously. They "volunteered" after mom went back to work at the hospital. Lina had beautiful brown hair and bright blue eyes. (another thing Peeta was right about) I can't wait for it to get longer so I can braid it.

Autumn keeps begging me to have another baby. And of course so does Peeta. Every time he asks I ask him if he would like me to describe the excruciating pain I was in. That shuts him up.

We try to forget about Gale. The baby keeps us busy. Sometimes I catch Delly looking dreamy-eyed into the distance, mourning Gale. I try the hardest not to think about it. I have known him the longest, I guess. I don't even ask Peeta where he buried him. I don't want to know. I just want to forget.

***So it's not the best ending in the world, but I couldn't exactly have Katniss go into a depression because that would defeat the whole purpose. The point was for Gale to go crazy and die. If you have any ideas whatsoever about how I can make it better or maybe even add another chapter, PLEASE TELL ME!

Just want to say some thank you's to all of those POSITIVE reviewers who understand that I am TEAM PEETA. And that this was most definitely a Gale Bashing story. Sorry to those who hated it because I killed Gale. (it just had to happen)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR REVIEWS ANYWAY!

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