AN: So sorry that I haven't updated recently, I have finals right now and it's really hard for me to go on. But I have a few hours break right now so I'm updating. My next update won't be until next Monday (SPRING BREAK BABY) but all of your reviews really wanted me to update so here we go.
Unknown Danger
Gale's POV
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I sat at home staring at the bland ceiling that every house in the Seam had. My arms were behind my head and I was puzzling through the only thing my brain had been thinking about since the games. Katniss. I compared this 'new' Katniss to the old one whom I had adored, hell maybe even loved. Sure her body was the same, flawless as ever, perfect stature and build. Her hands were soft after being healed after the games but that was the only real change, physically at least.
But emotionally she seemed like a completely different person. She was friends with me but she seemed much more flirty than she used to be, even though she was supposedly with the baker's son. Our hunting trips were no longer occupied with meaningful conversations but instead the awkward silences I suffered at school. I had also caught her, on more than one occasion, 'checking me out' as some would say. While leading her into the woods towards an animal and turn to check behind me to find her eyes glued to my ass. It was rather uncomfortable.
I don't know what happened to her but I dearly missed the friend I once had. She was my everything, my survival, my fun, my confidant, she helped me get over the dark emotions inside. If I lost her I would surely lose myself soon after.
Instead of finding sleep and rest in my thoughts I became more and more restless. I was finally fully awake once I got onto the thought of the Capital maybe changing something about her. Midnight or not I was getting no sleep anytime soon. I stood from my bed, careful not to wake Rory, and exited the house into the dark night. I trekked down the streets which were not only empty but completely dark as well. No one would be awake at this hour so I was safe to wander where I pleased. I even took a stroll through town, not usually 'allowed' since I was from the Seam.
Suddenly I heard a noise as I neared the Mellark family bakery. I quickly hid from view and clamored up a tree. I looked out from the tree to find the source of the noise. A wolf rushed from the Mellark household whimpering with it's tail in between it's legs. The Mellark's had found the wolf a few years ago when a mother had gone into labor in the middle of the town. The one they took in had been injured and could not flee with the rest of his family as the Peacekeepers gathered. The three boys had instantly taken to the pup and the pup loved all of them. It was odd to see the wolf rush from the house in a fearful state; in fact I had never seen it happen before.
I watched the wolf run down the streets and towards the gate where it wiggled below the fence and continued out. Perhaps it was itching for a real kill, it wasn't unheard of for the wolf to disappear for a little bit on his own.
"Stupid mutt," I heard a voice murmur.
"Perhaps you should be nicer to it," Katniss!
"It's not my fault the dumb thing can smell the difference. I'm no baker and it's a good thing I don't really have to be anymore," Peeta emerged from the house, Katniss beside him.
"Peeta don't be ridiculous you're an excellent baker," Katniss said loudly glancing around her.
"Stop being an idiot no one is around to hear you, it's not going to change anything if I say it to the sky." The youngest Mellark shoved his hands into his pockets.
"The sky has ears Peeta," Katniss hissed.
"No the Capital has ears darling, and I don't need to worry about them," he smirked while looking into the sky. "They are the ones that sent us here after all."
"I know that but they told us to be careful, we can never be found out." Her face cast downward "you know we'd really die then, not just like in the games."
I was beyond confused as they walked away. They died? In the games? If they died how are they hear. More importantly who are these people because they aren't Katniss and Peeta. I shook my head to clear it, my only business now needed to be to return home without being seen or heard by these people. I exited the tree with great stealth and took a back way to my house. I quietly walked through the door and into my bedroom. I sighed as I removed my boots and climbed into my bed. Suddenly the once complicated ceiling and the problems it held seemed much more trivial than what I had to ponder about now. I turned and faced away from Rory, perhaps this wall could hold these new findings for me. I closed my eyes and drifted off.
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AN: Sorry there's nothing with Katniss and Peeta this time but this is plot advancement and at least I updated! I'll update next Monday too (I hope)