Chapter 9

I was supposed to put this up on... Wednesday but I was lazy and couldn't be bothered to. Sorry :D. I watched Mockingjay Part 2 on Tuesday night and again yesterday. I legit cried once and almost did a second time. ON WITH THE LATE CHAPTER AS YOU KNOW I ONLY OWN MY OCS!

Gale's POV

It's been a half a year since Eve died and a week since I've been to school as my dad died in a mine explosion yesterday. At least we're allowed to stay off school for that. Of course Vick and I were grieving horribly but Rory was devestated, broken even. Mom was even worse. She can't speak as she's crying so much. Tomorrow I'd be 14. Eve's birthday is the day after mine so we'd always celebrate together.

As sitting around moping would not bring my best friend/crush/girlfriend and father back, I decided to go and hunt. I'd been doing it for 4 years with my father so our family wouldn't starve. I grabbed the snares from under my bed, hid them in our game bag and set off for the woods. I'd told Eve that I hunt but I don't think she knew my father did. When I reached the border of 12, and listened for a faint buzz. The fence hadn't been on in years; better safe than sorry, though. Stealthily, I slipped under the wire and heard a strage noise. It sounded like crying. I looked behind a tree and saw another girl from the Seam.

"A-are you okay?" I asked and she jumped at the sound of my voice.

"N-no. I lost my dad to the mine explosion yesterday." The girl looked pretty small. I thought she was about 12-ish. Eventhough I didn't think we'd never met, we looked similar enough to be cousins.

"So did I. What's your name?"

She whispered something that I couldn't quite make out. "Catnip?"

A scowl appeared on the girl's face. "KatNISS!" she shouted. "What's yours?"

"Gale," I said. "You're friends with the Mayor Undersee's daughter, aren't you?"

She nodded her head. "You hunt?"

"Yeah," I replied. "I take it you do too."

"Duh. Another thing we used to do with our fathers, I guess."

That was awkward. "What've you caught so far?"

She looked at the floor. "Nothing. I've just been crying."

I bit my lip. "I could help you catch something. I've got snares in my bag."

She got up and we walked deeper into the forest, just talking about things.

"Yeah, I'm sad about my dad, but I got a new baby sister last week."

"Aww. What's her name?"

"Posy Willow Hawthorne."

"That's cute. I've got a little sister too, called Primrose. She's basically the only family I have."

"You're 12 and you live by yourself?"

"No, I live with my mum but she's in really bad depression as my dad went. Do you have any other siblings?"

"Yeah, 2 younger brothers. They're 9 and 5."

"My sister's 9, but you wouldn't know it. Screw that, you wouldn't know she was related to me."

I gave Katniss a confused look and she sighed.

"She looks like my mum. Who was from the Merchant side."

At the end of the day, we come away with: 4 squirrells, half a deer and 4 sparrows.

"Nice hunting with ya. Same time tomorrow?"

I nodded as we both slid under the fence.

When I got home, I told mum about Katniss. Sadly, Rory heard the entire coversation.

"I might know her sister. She's in my class at school, I think."

"You like her sister?" I taunted.

"Not like her. She's cute, but I don't like her in that way." Rory was definitely lying as he turned beet red.

I almost choked laughing. "Rory's got a girlfriend! Rory's got a girlfriend!"

Rory glared at me. "Even if she was, which she is not, at least I wouldn't tell her I loved her the day before she goes to the Hunger Games and dies!" he immeadiately covered his mouth. "G-Gale, I-I didn't mean-"

I didn't hear the rest as I stormed upstairs.

"RORY JAMES HAWTHORNE!" I heard my mother yell.

That night, I cried myself to sleep thinking of Eve.

Okay, I promise they will get happier. Also my best friend moaned at me on Tuesday as Katniss wasn't in it yet. YA HAPPY NOW?! Ahem. Anyway... does anyone think I should do a PrimxRory story/one shot because they are so damn cute!

MOCKINGJAY PART 2 SPOILERS!

Has anyone noticed KatnissxPeeta are the only couple still together? I know this will sound weird, but (I've read the HG books BTW) I thought Messalla disappeared the first time I watched it. Turns out I blinked the moment he pixelated. In the book however, his flesh melts off like candle wax. Anyway, if any of you have seen the video game "Paint The Town Red" think of the smite then think of Messalla's death. :P

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