I am soooo sorry I am just now updating! I have been so busy! But here it is! It's a little short but I will post another chapter by the end of this week. Also lets take a moment and fangirl over the Catching Fire trailer! Ahhhhhhhh! It's going to be so good! Again reviews are always appreciated! Have an awesome day!
Warning: I do NOT own the Hunger Games. Just my story and characters.
"Don't peak." Gale said walking behind me with his hands over my eyes.
"I'm not. I swear." I said laughing.
"Open." He said uncovering my eyes. In front of me was a small field of flowers. Yellow ones, blue ones, purples ones, and so many more.
"How...I mean wha...it's..." All I could do was shake my head.
"So you like it?" Gale asked.
"No, I love it." I said feeling like a little girl again. "May I?" I said looking at Gale. He smiled and nodded. I basically dived into the flowers.
We laid side by side in the flowers all morning asking each other questions. "Favorite color?" I asked.
"Green. Yours?" He asked twirling a flower in his hand.
"Yellow. Golden yellow." I said smiling thinking of home.
"My turn." He said smirking. "Favorite fruit?" He asked.
"Oh that's easy! Mango!" I said, my mouth watering at the thought.
"Never had one." Gale said. I flipped on my side facing him.
"I'll get you one. I'll save a portion of what I make each week until I can get you one." I said smiling.
"Hope you don't have to-" He said.
"Your turn." I said interrupting him. He rolled his eyes.
"Blueberries." He said smiling.
"Mhmmm! Those are good." I said.
"Favorite quality about yourself?" I asked propping on my elbows. He looked up at the sky for a minute.
"My determination." He said. "You?" He added. I thought for a moment.
"I don't know..." I said puzzled and I was the one asking it. How could I not have an answer.
"Your heart." Gale said still looking up to the sky.
"The way you love your family." I blurted out.
"That doesn't count. You have to say something about you." He said looking over at me smirking. I sighed laying on my back.
"My stubbornness." I said smiling. He started laughing. "Okay okay! Your turn." I said laughing.
"Were you in love with someone else before you were sent here?" He asked seriously.
"No. I've never been in love. I've had little crushes here and there but never anything that could lead to marriage." I said kinda sad.
"Do you wish you had the chance to meet someone and fall in love on your own?" He asked. The questions were getting really hard to answer.
"That's two questions. You have to answer your question." I said not wanting to answer.
"I don't exactly have a squeaky clean record with girls." He said crossing his arms over his chest.
"Explain." I said not sure if I really wanted to know.
"When I was in high school I didn't care about anybody's feelings but mine. I used girls because I was mad. Mad that my dad was taken from me and my family, mad at the capital, mad that love couldn't really exist in this world." He said. This time I sat up. My heart broke. There was no chance of being loved like I'd always thought it would be. I was determined to prove to him love did exist.
"You're wrong." I said. He sat up next to me.
"About what?" He asked.
"Love does exist. It's the only thing the capital can't take away. Just because you loose a loved one doesn't mean that love is gone. Love is infinite and it holds all things together." I said picking a blue flower that was in front of me.
"Then how come your mom who loves you sent you here and the capital helped? They are forcing you to be with someone you don't love." Gale said scooting closer to me.
"I don't know Gale. I just know that I can't go through life thinking love doesn't exist because something inside me says it does." I said frustrated. "It's not fair." I said shaking my head.
"Life isn't fair." He said.
"It isn't fair for me to be with someone who isn't going to love me." I said tearing up.
"I said that was my past Hope." He said. I shook my head. His arms wrapped around my waist and he pulled me to him. My breath caught. He turned and faced my side. "I can't tell you that I love you right now but I can tell you I know I will. I don't want to take that away from you because you deserve all the love in the world." He said in my ear.
"So what are we Gale?" I asked turning my face to his. He looked confused.
"We are this." He said looking at me.
"What is this?" I asked.
"We are two people getting to know each other because we like each other." He said smiling.
"You like me?" I asked a little surprised. He threw his head back laughing.
"Yes, I like you." He said smiling.
"Oh." I said not sure what to say. I looked down and started messing with one of my braids. My heart was racing and I hope he couldn't hear it.
"Hey, look at me." He whispered.
"How do I know you aren't just feeding me words that I want to hear?" I said looking at him.
"Because I'm literally falling for you and I didn't expect to." He said looking up at the sky. "If you knew me before you came you would think there was no hope for me. Everyone thought I would never find someone and certainly not someone the capital sent to me." He said. "I'm so bad at this..." He said shaking his head looking down.
"We will just take it one step at a time." I said. It was silent for a few minutes. Gale stands up and reaches a hand out to me. I grab it and he pulls me up. He bends down and grabs a yellow flower, then tucks it behind my ear. I blush. "You're such a softy." I said.
"I am not!" Gale said seriously. "Take it back." He said smirking. I raised an eyebrow.
"Or what?" I challenged him. He grabbed me and threw me over his shoulder. "Gale put me down!" I yelled. I was in a dress and didn't exactly want to flash the whole Seam.
"Take it back." He said walking towards our home. It was about a ten minute walk.
"You wish." I said still trying to wiggle out of his grip.
"Then I'm not putting you down." He said.
"Gale I'm in a dress." I hissed. He started laughing.
"You aren't showing anything. Swear." He said seriously. I gave up. We passed people that Gale knew and they would just laugh.
"People are looking at us weird." I whispered.
"They're looking at you weird. Not me." He said laughing. We were getting closer to home. Gale suddenly stopped in his tracks. He set me down and pulled me behind him. I peaked around him and saw two peacekeepers at our door. Gale grabbed my hand. "Stay behind me." He whispered and we made our way up to the door. "May I help you?" Gale said. He towered over one of the peacekeepers and I caught a glimpse at how intimidating Gale was. It made me feel safe. I clutched his hand with one of mine and my other gripped the back of his shirt.
" You are to report to the court house promptly at 8 tomorrow morning." The taller one said handing Gale a piece of paper. Gale nodded and the two peacekeepers left. Gale quickly pulled me inside. He locked the doors and shut the curtains.
"Gale what's going on?" I asked.
"I'm not sure. Don't worry though. We'll be fine. I promise." He said walking by me kissing my forehead. He walked away and into the bedroom.
He doesn't come out for almost an hour and I start to get worried. I walk into the room and see him looking at his back in the small mirror we have. "Gale..." I said cautiously. He turned toward me and quickly went to grab his shirt. " I'll just go ahead and put the lotion gave you on your back." I said.
"No I'll do it later." He said quickly.
"You can't put lotion on your own back." I said. He just looked at me sadly. "What's really wrong?" I asked.
"They are awful." He said angry. "Just look at them." He said showing me his back. I wasn't phased.
"Gale I've seen them and they aren't that bad." I said.
"Can I just have a minute." He said obviously not wanting me here.
"Fine." I said walking out kind of hurt but trying not to let it get to me.
He spent the rest of the evening on the front porch by himself. I kept my distance and let him have time to himself. I ate dinner by myself and decided that I would just go to bed. I tossed and turned. Gale still hadn't come to bed and I couldn't sleep because of it. I got out of bed and stormed out of our bedroom and to our front porch. I saw Gale stand up and stretch. "Look I know this is hard for and you just need time to yourself but would you please come to bed? I can't sleep." I said absolutely exhausted. He raised one of his eyebrows.
"Why do you need me to sleep?" He asked obviously amused. I felt slightly tongue tied.
"Just...nevermind." I said frustrated. I stormed back into the house. He followed and locked our door. I continued to our bedroom and climbed into bed. He annoyed the stew out of me with his questions and amused looks. I felt the weight shift but kept my back facing him.
"Feel better now?" He whispered in my ear. I shrugged. "I'm sorry I know you're worried." He said I felt tears prickle my eyes. "Hope..." He said smoothing my hair. I rolled over to face him but didn't meet his eyes.
"What if they take you away? Why would they have you come to the court house? It's been a month." I said.
"I don't want you to worry about it. I'm not going anywhere and the capital can't make me." He said wiping my tears with his thumb.
"You aren't invincible Gale. They are powerful and you know it." I said looking up at him.
"Well we will find out tomorrow." He said shrugging. I sighed. "Whatever happens is going to happen whether we worry or not so let's just get some sleep." He said wiping another tear from my face. I nodded.
"You're right." I said taking a deep breath in. I rolled over and let sleep take me over.