Hey guys, I'm sorry for the delay. Been super busy with homework, school, tests, and work but will never forget this fanfiction.
Thank you for the guest who reviewed on active and passive reading. I'm sorry for if anyone's confusing. In the beginning of the last chapter of where Plutarch Heavensbeen is telling Gale about the understanding fact if he is found guilty. That's kind of a reminder as he's getting ready going into the court house.
Here's chapter ten, chapter ten (holy crap)
Last time on Lost Love…
Johanna stands up clearing her throat as she opens her briefcase pulling out two pieces of paper. "Your honor, if I may, I have Katniss's death certificate right here and after the report of her suppose 'death.' My client; Mister Peeta Mellark didn't sign it, therefore, she's still legally married to her husband by the law and state. Not by paying off a judge and telling her that 'she's mentally unstable to make her own choices.' Isn't there right Mister Hawthorne?" She replied walking towards the judge and handing him the notes.
"You did what? Mentally unstable to make my own choices Gale, Really?" Katniss raised her voice feeling hatred towards her former best friend as she looked at him in disgusted.
Peeta shook his head on what's going on and placed his hands together staying silent.
"What? How did they?" The brunette man asked his lawyer being caught off guard.
"Objection your honor!" Plutarch yelled a little getting up from his seat.
"In what way would that be? Over ruled." Snow slammed his gable onto his desk.
"I call to the stand Gale Hawthorne." The blunt brunette lawyer said being serious as she eyes the brunette man.
Now…
"I call to the stand Gale Hawthorne." The blunt brunette lawyer said being serious as she eyes the brunette man.
Gale looked at his lawyer then shaking his head getting up from the seat and walking over taking a seat at the stand. He stands over his seat seeing a male guard standing in front of him with a bible in his hand.
"Place your left hand on the bible." The guard said being serious looking at solider dead in his eyes.
The brunette man did as he was told and placed his left hand on the bible with his gray eyes looks over at Katniss.
"Do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth so help you god?" The male guard asked being serious as he looked at Gale.
"I do." The brunette man said being serious as he kept his eyes on Katniss then back to everyone else. Gale takes his hand off the bible and taking his seat at the stand.
Katniss and Peeta leaned back into their seats as they held hands keeping each other calm and sane. Haymitch seats behind the star crossed lovers huffed at seeing the bastard taking the stand.
Johanna's forest eyes scan Plutarch Heavensbee client for a second and smirked. "Care to explain why in your own words about you paying off a judge to have you married to my client's wife?" She asked being serious as she walks up to him.
Gale sat up straight and looked right into the headstrong lawyer but kept his cool. "I paid him off because at the time Katniss had no memory of what happened to her after being involved with the land bomb. All she remember was waking up in a hospital bed and asking me 'what's going on and why am I in a hospital bed?' I had no choice but to lie to her and telling her that she had a thirty degree burn from saving a little girl from a burning building. I did what I had to do in order to protect her." He replied as he looked at his wife speaking the truth with Katniss jaw dropped in shock and shaking her head. He turned his attention back to Ms. Mason. "Jump forward two years later after Katniss is fully recover and I took care of her. We kissed a couple of times and making out. She trusted me and I protected her. That spark came back to us and I asked her to marry me and she said yes. We went to the Justice of Peace to get married and talked to Judge Johnson in person about my fiancé's conditionof having short term memory including telling him that 'she's mentally unstable to make her own choices.' After everything was said and done we were married." He finished up leaned back into his seat.
"YOU SICK SON OF A BITCH!" Peeta yelled enraged getting up with both of his hands balled into a fist. "HOW DARE YOU TRICK INTO MARRYING YOU BUT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HER CONDITION! YOU DAMN WELL KNOW THAT SHE WAS MY WIFE WHEN SHE WAS WITH YOU ON THAT MISSION AND I KNEW IN MY HEART THAT SHE WASN'T DEAD!" The blonde man let his anger out wanting knock out his enemy with Katniss holding both of his wrist.
"Sit down Solider Mellark, now!" Judge Snow raised his voice getting up from his seat.
"Please." Katniss whispered as she patted both of his fists five times.
The blonde man was still steamed then giving in taking a seat back to his wife and holding her hand again.
Johanna cleared her throat and turned her head to face Gale once again. "Why didn't you tell Mrs. Mellark that she was already married? You could have told her that she had short term memory but why didn't you?" She asked being serious.
"To be honest with her condition the way it was, to me it was a second chance. Long story short eleven years ago I made the mistake of dating someone over Katniss; there's not a day that goes by that I regret breaking her heart. The doctor from the Army told me that she had short term memory loss and when we came back to settle in New York City to see a new doctor. Someone I know recommended Dr. Daniel Aurelius, he describe to me on how to handle the situation and saying he quoted 'If she has any questions about a memory then answer it' and I have answered every question that she ever asked." The brunette man answered her two questions.
"So in other words, you tricked and lied to Katniss just so you can have a second chance with her while my client has been suffering for six years?" The blunt lawyer asked as she folded her arms in front of her.
"Yes and I would do it again if I have too." Gale replied being serious as he folded his arms in front of his chest.
"Any more questions council?" Judge Snow asked as looked at Johanna Mason.
"That depends your honor, I have so many questions to ask here and trust me this could go on for hours." Council Mason answered with a small smirk on her face. "I also have so many questions that will make Mister Hawthorne guilty going straight to jail."
"Well then, lets save the questions you have until later on in this case, shall we?" The white haired judge replied being interesting in hearing her words and how this will turn out to be. "Solider Hawthorne, you may go back to your seat."
"Thank you sir." Gale replied getting up from the stand and walking back to his table with his lawyer.
Johanna Mason walked back to her table and taking a seat.
"Council Heavensbee, do you have anyone in mind to call to the stand?" Judge Snow asked putting his hands together in front of him.
"Can we have a break please?" Katniss spoke out fanning herself to keep herself cool down.
"Ten minute recess." Judge Snow grabs his gable slamming it once to dismiss everyone and getting up from his seat going down the steps back into his office.
Katniss quickly got up from her seat, grabbed her jacket, and started running by exiting the courtroom.
"Katniss!" Peeta and Gale yelled as they grabbed their coats and they bump into each other on the way of leaving the courtroom.
"You stay the hell away from my wife!" The blonde man threaten the tall brunette man.
"Katniss is my wife from according from Judge Johnson." Gale threaten back.
Peeta laughed at him for a couple of seconds. "Did you NOT hear what my Lawyer just said 'Katniss is still my wife by the law and state since I didn't sign her death certificate? I won't let you get away with this, not by a long shot." Venom came his mouth as he stand his ground.
"I already have." The brunette man said with a smirk.
Peeta punches Gale square into his face and starts hitting him. Now both Gale and Peeta are beating each other up as they take swings at each other.
"HEY, BREAK IT UP YOU TWO!" Haymitch hells as he races towards the former soldiers and trying to pull Peeta off of Gale.
"BREAK IT UP NOW OR I'LL ARREST THE BOTH OF YOU!" A guard said giving a command getting into the middle of the fight pulling off the brunette man off the blonde man.
Haymitch gets his former protégé back on his feet and dragging him away. "Get a grip boy and go after your wife!" He said being serious as he gave him a push.
Peeta fixed his suit collar and started running towards the direction of his wife.
Outside the courthouse
Katniss seats against the building wall letting both the cold air hitting her face and her back pressing against the cold concrete temperature. Her sliver eyes had small tears in her eyes with tear steams down her cheeks and breathing in and out. She shakes her head couldn't believe what's been going on for the past six years and being in complete shock.
"Ka-Katniss? You're alive?" A twenty nine year old man asked being shocked.
Her ears perked up hearing a voice she hasn't heard in years then looked see her old comrade."Finnick? Oh my god!" Katniss got up to her feet and hugged him tightly.
A blonde man with the front of his hair spiked up with the rest of his slight shaggy. He's dressed in a grey trench coat that covered his black sports coat, white dress shirt, black dressed pants, and black dressed shoes. Finnick hugs her back tightly in return as he closed his eyes. "I can't believe that you're alive, you're here. I thought you were killed with everyone else." He said being relieved then opened his forest green eyes as he pulled back to get a good look at her.
The brunette woman pulled away at the same time her old friend. "And I can't believe that you're alive too. I didn't know who made it out alive during that land bombing, my memory after it… it's a complete blur to me and right now I'm being filled in right now of what's been going on for the past six years. I have or had short term memory loss." She said explaining on what's been going on inside the courtroom.
Finnick's jaw dropped being in complete shock and trying to wrap the information around his head. "Short term memory loss? What happened to you for those six years?" He asked being concern.
"I woke up having no memory of what happened and I am or was married to Gale. But after hearing from Peeta and I's lawyer; Johanna Mason. She's putting him in a hot seat right now and I like her because she's tough including be a hard ass and I know she'll win this case for us." Katniss answered her friend's question.
"Johanna's your attorney? Then you'll win in a heartbeat. I met her through mutual friends and let's just say that you'll never forget her by her bark." The blonde man laughed and placed a hand on her right shoulder. "I was summoned here for a court and at least I know what it is. Come on let's get you back inside before you freeze to death out here."
"That I would have to agree with Mrs. Hawthorne." A deep concern voice said. He had a brunette man wore black thick glasses with little five o'clock shadow. Dressed in a dark navy coat that covered his dark navy suit and black dressed shoes. He held a dark brown briefcase firmly in his left hand.
The brunette woman turned her head to the right and seeing its Dr. Aurelius; Gale and her suppose doctor. "It's Mrs. Mellark, Doctor Aurelius. I have my memories back; I remember my marriage to Peeta and being in the army." Katniss said being serious as she looked at her doctor.
"I apologizes and I had a feeling your memories would come back. I was also too summoned here too like Mister Odair also about your case." He nodded his head being sensor and makes his way towards inside.
The brunette woman's sliver eyes widen forgetting the time. "We need to get back inside right now; I nearly forgot about the recess." She confessed as she turned her heels back to the front.
The doors opens from the inside showing Peeta looking out and seeing his wife outside with Finnick.
"Katniss, I was worried about you. I didn't know where you went to." The blonde man said being concern on his wife as he ran over to Katniss and hugged her. "Were you okay in there? You took off so quickly." "Yeah I was okay, it must be something in the air that's making me sick plus I felt like the room was getting too hot." The brunette woman hugged her husband out then looks at him. "I just needed to get the cold air to feel my lungs, come on we all have to get back into court."
"Finnick, you made it and sorry I haven't told you what's been going on." Peeta walks over to his friend and giving him a guy's handshake then they use one arm to slightly hug each other for a second.
The good looking blonde man laughed. "Of course I would made it out here. It's alright; Annie and I are prepping to have our daughter that's due in three weeks. We thought about naming her after you, Girl on fire." He said with a small smirk.
Peeta and Katniss jaw dropped being in shock and happy at the same time.
"Congratulations man, I'm happy for you." Peeta said being excited for him as he lightly slapped him on the shoulder.
"Congrats Finnick and it's alright you don't have to name your daughter after me; it would be an honor but I'm not dead." The brunette woman stated the truth with a small smile.
"She already loves the name plus it'll be our daughter's middle name. We're planning on naming her Melody Katniss Odiar, has a nice ring to it right?" Finnck replied giving the chosen name for Annie and his daughter's name.
"It certainly does and again congrats. Let's hope she'll be here before this case ends." Peeta nodded his head.
The front door opens from the inside seeing a female guard walking out towards them. "Ten minutes are up and I'm here to escort the three of you back to the courtroom now, follow me." She said giving them a direct order and holding the door for them.
"Sorry." All three former solider said as the followed inside.
Inside Courtroom A38
"You can't be serious can you? You're supposed to me on my side Doctor Aurelius." Gale said whispering being enraged as he looked at his doctor.
"I have no choice Mister Hawthorne but to tell; I don't want to lose my medical licenses over this." The brunette with glasses said whispering back looked at his patient.
"What else did you do to Katniss while being in your care Gale?" Plutarch Heavensbee whispered asking at his client.
"YOU'RE MY LAWYER, you better lie to make me look good and I did what I had to do to keep her for as long as I have." Gale whispering being blunt and stating his truth looking at Heavensbee.
On the right side of the courtroom…
"Dear god, I need a drink." The former commander said underneath his breath becoming slightly uneasy as he pulled out his one showing the time to be two twenty in the afternoon. He sigh as he leaned his back against the wooden furniture.
The doors opened from the outside showing it to be Katniss, Peeta, and Finnick as all the started walking towards the front. Finnick takes a seat beside his former mentor and the married couple taking their seats again on the left side of the table where Johanna was going over a few paper work.
"Good to see you again Haymitch." The good looking blonde man held his hand out to greet his old mentor.
Haymitch opened his eyes and turned to see Finnick then laughs a little. "Good to see you to peacock." He greets him back with a hand shake.
"Finnick?" Johanna said as she turned her head to face her old friend. "Long time no see, Pretty boy." She smirked at him.
"Good to see you too, Tree girl." Finnick greeted her back.
Joahnna then turned her attention back to the couple on her left. "You okay there Katniss? You looked pale when you left here?" She asked being concern.
Katniss nodded her head. "Yeah, I'm alright for now it's just too stuffy in here and something in the air that's making me sick but I'm fine." She said covering up the real truth. The brunette woman felt a set of grey eyes staring at her and turned her head seeing Gale looking at her. "What else are you hiding from me besides not telling me about my marriage and my memory?" She got her voice across the room.
The brunette man looked at his former best friend knowing she'll looking back at him. Gale hears her question. "That's all." He answered.
"Bullshit!" Peeta held out as he looked at his enemy.
A male guard comes from the door and stand his ground. "All rise!" He yelled.
Everyone rose up to their feet and seeing Judge Snow coming out his door then making his way up to his seat.
"Sit." Snow said as he took his seat and then seeing everyone taking a seat. "Since council Mason took over ten minutes ago and now I would like to hear from Council Heavensbee. Council, who do you call to the stand?" The sliver haired aged man said as he turned his read to the left.
Plutarch got up from his seat to stand up and placed his hands on the table. "I call to the stand Doctor Daniel Aurelius." He spoke being professional.
Dr. Aurelius stood up quickly taking off his trench coat folding it quickly on his seat and grabbed his brief case walking over to the stand. He placed his brief case by the seat and seeing a guar coming up to the stand. Being sworn in on telling the truth so help him god and said he would then taking his seat.
The blonde rounded man started walking towards him. "Daniel Aurelius, how many years have you been Gale and Katniss's doctor?" Council Heavensbee asked.
"I've been their doctor for six years. I've treated Mr. Hawthorne, tested him, and he has been approve to be normal to society. He also has Post-traumatic stress disorder due to being involved in a mind bomb, Gale can tell what's real and not real because he has complete control over it. As for Mrs. Mellark, I did exam her knowing that Katniss has short term memory loss and two weeks ago I did a test on her and I diagnosed her with PTSD. I gave orders to Mr. Hawthorne to answer any question she has and I had to prescribe her medicine in order for her not to have night terrors again." The doctor explained himself as he opened his brief case and pulling out documents on both of his patients.
Katniss eyebrow arched being confused. 'PTSD and night terrors?' She asked herself being confused.
Dr. Aurelius pulled out another document from his brief case. "After diagnosed Mrs. Mellark with Post-traumatic stress disorder and did a blood test on her just be sure everything is alright." He pushes his glasses towards up to his eyes then looked at Katniss with his brown eyes as she nodded her head lightly. "I have here from my document result from Short term memory, PTSD, Night Terrors, and recently from the blood work that has been done; Mrs. Mellark is two weeks pregnant."
Everyone in the courtroom jaws dropped being in shocked with Katniss closing her eyes for a couple of seconds then opening it.
"You-You're pregnant?" Peeta asked with small tears in his eyes being excited and happy.
Katniss nodded her head with tears coming into her eyes. "Yes, I am." She said with a smile wiping her tears.
"That's why you were throwing up, oh my god." The blonde man hugged his wife with joy. The brunette now expecting mother hugged her husband back.
"YOU KNOCKED UP MY WIFE? YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Gale yelled becoming pissed off marching towards them.
Katniss pulled away stand up ready to get stop the fight then she felt Peeta pulling away quickly putting a hand on her shoulder to stay seated as he stood up.
Johanna, Haymitch, and Finnick were holding Gale back swinging his fist towards Peeta Mellark.
"ORDER! ORDER!" Judge Snow yelled hitting his gable to get everyone's attention. He ordered the guard to break the fight up.
"WHAT PART DO YOU NOT FUCKING UNDERSTAND? KATNISS IS MY WIFE WHO'S NOW PREGNANT WITH MY CHILD. SHE WAS NEVER YOUR WIFE TO BEGIN WITH AND I HOPE YOUR ASS GOES STRAIGHT JAIL AFTER THIS!" The blonde hair man yelled as stood a few inches away from Gale.
I hope I didn't disappoint and I love a good soap opera. Yes, I realize that everyone is out of character but again… it's my story and I write them how I like them. This will probably the last update since I will be going to Las Vegas for Spring break. Which is the following week and I'll be back on March 16 or the week of. I will be thinking of a few ideas for chapter eleven.
Stay warm and happy reading!
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