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Sorry for the wait and sorry for such a short chapter. I may have promised more Clato to a few people BUT that will be next chapter. I did something else for this chapter. Oh I tried out for my schools dance team and I sucked! Haha!
FUNFACT: While writing this chapter I was listening to Red by Taylor Swift and Give Your Heart A Break (Gless Cast Version). Really sets the tone I think. Hmmm so Playlist? xD
Anons:
glannie luvr: Sorry I don't do smut. And no I'm not killing anyone.
Emz: TTTC hmm in the beginning of November. I have a chapter done alreay :) Finally. I'll address that more when I return in that story. Honestly I've always seen Annie has a red head. Shes supposed to have dark hair so who says it cant be dark red hair? :D I wont be disappointed if she isnt casted with red hair. I've never read a FF where Annie's a Mary Sue. I have where Delly is a Mary Sue.
HG3: These is still going to be some Glannie. You'll see what I do or what Cashmere does. Hope you like the Jole (is that the ship name?).
FlyAlone: There will be Peeta and Glimmer in here. Man are people going to hate me for it xD WHAHAHAHAHAH!
Chapter 6 "Things (Part 2)"
Johanna's POV
"Stupid bitch," I exclaim as I take a seat next to Peeta in the dining room.
Peeta and Glimmer are the only ones in here besides me. Glimmer's sitting across the table from Peeta. She gives him this look as if she's telling him to get rid of me. I'm not going anywhere. This room is like the only quiet place in the house with the music on and all.
"What's wrong with you?" Peeta asks ignoring the look Glimmer gave him.
Nice to know he cares more about me than her.
"Well…" My eyes wander to Glimmer.
She gets it; she doesn't like it, but she gets it.
"I'll just be leaving then." Glimmer gets up but before she leaves she gives Peeta this little "cute" smile.
God, I don't even what to know what that's about. I roll my eyes as she walks out the door, closing it behind her. At least she's good for something.
"So tell me," says Peeta. "I'm all ears."
"Finnick's here and he brought stupid Clove and she pissed me off and just…ugh!"
I drop my head on the table in frustration.
Yes, this isn't my business. Yes, I may have jumped to conclusions. Yes, Finnick isn't technically with anyone. Yes, I'm being a little stupid but…Annie.
"What does it matter?"
I move my head so I lay it on my right cheek. "Annie is going to be hurt when she sees them. You should have seen her face when I told her he wasn't coming."
She was so sad. The look on her face was just heart breaking. God, I shouldn't have told her.
"Johanna…I think you got to just leave them be. Let them figure it out."
"What?" I nearly shout in disbelief and my head shoots up. "What happen to the king of meddling?"
Peeta breathes out amused. "He's retiring."
"Are you just going to abandon your Queen like that?"
"Look Jo had my hopes on you and Gale tonight and that didn't work. So I just realized—"
"Whoa!" I cut Peeta off. "Back up there. Hopes? What did you do?"
Peeta smirks "Well you know how I told you to get Gale jealous?"
"Yeah?"
"I told him to do the same thing."
My jaw drops and Peeta laughs at me. As a result I punch him in the arm.
"Ow!"
"Peeta why would you do that?" I ask, very upset with him.
"So you both stop being so stubborn and just be with each other!" Peeta exclaims his tone annoyed.
"The reason I'm being so stubborn is because I don't want to get hurt. I don't know what I want. I just don't want to get hurt."
Gales a good friend, he's amazing. What if we don't work out? What if we hurt one another so bad we can't even been friends anymore? What if I lose him?
"Jo," Peeta places his hand over mine on the table. "There's no guarantee you'll never get hurt. You still need to try. Give Gale a chance. You'll be great with him."
"How do you know?'
"'Cause even when you two are fighting…I've never seen him look at anyone the way he looks at you."
…
I walk to Gale and wipe my eyes to make sure it doesn't look like I'd just been crying. "Gale?"
He turns around and I can see he was just talking to Glimmer. That bothers me. She gives me a little smile. What in the world could they have to talk about? He hates her as much as I do, or so I thought.
"What happened to you?" He asks so concern.
Crap. My eyes must be a little red or something.
"Can we talk outside?"
"Yeah sure." Gale takes my hand, leads me past everyone dancing and takes me in front of Gloss' house.
He takes a seat on the steps and pulls me down to sit with him. I don't mind it. Gale looks at me and I stare back until I realize he's waiting for me to say something. Too bad I don't know what to say.
"Peeta told me what you were doing. How you were trying to get me jealous."
"Is that why you're upset? Johanna I'm sorry I didn't think—"
"That's not it, Gale." I shake my head and look anyway from him to the night sky.
"Then what is it?"
I don't answer him. I don't know what it is. My feelings for Gale are just so confusing. He's a friend, but he's not a friend, he's more than a friend. I don't want to make any mistakes but what if my mistake is not giving him a chance?
"Hey." Gale has his soft hand on my cheek and turns my head to face him. "Tell me. I'm here to listen."
I don't speak. I just stare into Gale's light grey eyes and he stares back into mine. His eyes flicker to my lips and we both start to lean. We're about to kiss until I shoot up, shake my head, and walk down the steps.
"Where are you going?" Gale calls out from behind me. I can hear him begin to rise.
"I can't do this," I blurt out without a thought.
"Do what?"
I stop at the first step and turn to Gale. "This!" I move my hands between Gale and me. "You and me. Me and you. I just can't. I can't lose you." My voice starts to get weak and my eyes being to water. "I'm only fifteen and already I've lost so many people so many times. I can't lose anyone else, especially you Gale. You don't know what it's like to have to walk away from people without a choice. I don't what to feel like that again. I can't, I can't hurt like that again. I—"
I lose my words as I begin to cry. I never let myself think about this, but when Peeta was talking to me it all came back. I cried with Peeta, and now I'm crying again. Losing my parents was one thing, not knowing or remembering what they were like was something different. It's like I never knew them. I was so young I don't have any memories of them. That breaks me every time, but having to say goodbye to everyone I've ever met while being bounced from family to family was the worst thing ever. For nearly six years I had to deal with that. The classmates and family friends I had before my parents died, my unborn sibling. Everyone I met at the orphanage I was never allowed to see after going to my first family. Almost always after six months I had to say goodbye to the friends I'd made and people I met. I can't do that again. I thought I was done with that.
"Johanna, I'm not going anywhere. You have all the time in the world." I look up at him on top of the stairs and wipe a few tears. "There's no rush."
With that I slowly walk up the stairs to him, put my hands on the back of his neck and pull him into what should have been our first.
See Guys! Gale can be good! :D They're casting Peeta's brother, afhsjalajfskakyajakaiahak... WHY?!
Please Review! More Death threats? That's always fun! Or give me ur playlist for this Chapter. I'd LOVE to know.
