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Here's Chapter 2
Katniss's P.O.V.
As I walked one of the many trails of Central Park and was singing 'The Hanging Tree Song' just minding my own business.
Are you, Are you
Coming to the tree
Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me.
Strange things did happen here,
No stranger would it be,
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.
"Katniss? KATNISS!" I heard the man yelling my name out loud.
"How does he know my name?" I thought to myself as I stopped in my place and turned around facing the man who called out my name. The man had short blonde hair who seem to be at the age of twenty-four years old, dressed all in black but with a dark blue scarf to have some color on.
"Katniss, you're alive! How are you alive? I missed you so much, you have no idea." The young blonde man replied as he hugs me out of now where. His eyes light up like if he knew me from somewhere or like an old friend.
I still had my arms to my side as he hugs me.
"Who are you? Am I supposed to know you?" I asked as I pulled away and as I showed a confused look on my face.
His smiles drops to the ground.
"Katniss, it's me, Peeta; your husband. We got married right after high school, joined the army, and we were married for three years until Commander Paylor told me that you and your squad were killed." This Peeta said answering my questions.
I wrapped my arms in front of my chest and feeling a little but uncomfortable.
"I wasn't in the army and how do you know anything about me in the first place? I was never married until I married Gale Hawthorne two years ago." I told the truth as showed him my wedding band to him.
Peeta's eyes widen as he saw my ring then shaking his head not believing in anything I say. He takes a few steps towards me as I took a few steps back.
"YOU'RE MARRIED? TO HAWTHORNE, OUT OF ALL PEOPLE!" The blonde twenty-four year old young man yelled being upset with my words. "Why would you marry him? Out of all the people, why him?" He paced around in circle putting his hands into his hair becoming frustrated then clapping his hands together trying to claim down. "I'm sorry Katniss, I'm sorry I lost my temper with you." Peeta apologize.
I nodded my head forgiving him.
"I married him because, he was there for me when I woke up from my coma. They doctors told me I should have been dead because they told me there was a burning building and I went inside to save a little girl and with that I had thirty degree burn marks and beyond thankful to have skin grafts to replace what was my skin." I answered him as that horrible memory comes back to me with tears forming in my eyes. I put my braid to the left side showing the burn marks on the right side of my skin from the bottom of my ear drum to my collarbone then pulling my right sleeve with the burn mark to my palm to elbow as I showed Peeta my burn marks.
"You can imagine the rest of my right side right now." I said bluntly truthful.
I look into his blue eyes seeing tears running down his face and he felt the pain that I had felt. He shook his head like he couldn't believe this had happened to me.
"I was in rehab including learning how to walk again. I was discharge from the hospital, Gale retired from the army because of a bombing that left him scarred for life not to mention he's still recovering because half of his team was killed. He said we stayed in touch after high school and after he came back from Afghanistan two years ago, at first I didn't have any feelings for him until he was the one for me and we got married in court." I explained my experience and deciding to take a seat on a park bench near me.
Peeta shakes his head.
"Katniss, sweetheart. Gale's lying to you. We were married, we got shipped together to fight with the army. I have the copied paperwork if you don't believe me. One time while you me, Finnick, and Boggs out directing the wounded to get to a safe location from the next bombing and gun war. While we were doing that we were ambushed that afternoon and the rebels cut sliced my left leg to the bone that-" He said being truthful as his voice cracked taking a seat next to me.
"With no choice removing your left leg and turning out there was poison on the knife, you have an artificial leg. After that caused you to have you work were your strong suit was, the kitchen. You felt guilty because you thought you should have been more alert but we were ALL got blindsided that afternoon. I would always come to you to talk even when you were mad at yourself." I replied as the words came naturally as I lived through it.
I can feel Peeta sitting up straight as if I knew that happened to him.
"I'm sorry. I don't know where that came from. I gotta go, I'm sure Gale wants me home about now and wondering where I'm at." I said getting up from my seat not wanting to look at this Peeta as he lightly grabbed my wrist.
"Katniss, please don't go. If you weren't declared as dead then that means we're still married. You can't be married to Gale Hawthorne." He told the truth.
"Let me go or I'll scream." I said threating him.
I felt his grasp letting go of my wrist and turned around to see Peeta once again. I see him rose up from his seat and placed his hands out meaning no harm.
"No. I don't know who you are and we're not married. I'm going home to my husband." I told the truth as I start walking back to the main trail exiting Central Park.
"Wait!" Peeta yelled stopping me in my place, again.
I see him running towards my side and have a folded up paper.
"Here's my number. If he doesn't give you the truth, I'll be more than happy to answer them to you." He replied with a small smile.
"Okay. Goodbye." I bid him farewell as I started to take an exit out of Central Park.
As I walked down the trail, I started to listen to Peeta's words replaying in my head again.
"YOU'RE MARRIED? TO HAWTHORNE, OUT OF ALL PEOPLE!"". "Why would you marry him? Out of all the people, why him?". "Katniss, sweetheart. Gale's lying to you. We were married, we got shipped together to fight with the army. I have the copied paperwork if you don't believe me.". "Here's my number. If he doesn't give you the truth, I'll be more than happy to answer them for you." His words burn me as if guilt was stabbing me in the neck.
A car honks at me waking me up to reality and almost seeing that I was about to get run over.
"Peeta Mellark, you look so familiar. I just can't place my finger on it." I thought to myself as I walked across the street with the group of people.
My gray eyes travel looking around my surroundings and having a bad feeling I'm being followed but instead just walked normal until turning the corner coming into a townhouse neighborhood. I walked the sidewalk to three houses until the fourth that had five windows; two windows below and three windows above them with the house with gray bricks and a white front door, that's my home. I lightly jogged up to the nine stair steps and getting my keys out putting my key in entering then coming into my home locking it behind me.
"Catnip, is that you?" Gale asked as he yelled from the kitchen.
"Yeah it is." I answered him taking off my jacket putting in on the coat rack then taking off my boats.
"Awesome, you're just in time for dinner. I made your favorite Lamb with dried plums." My husband replies as he comes from the kitchen greeting me. He walks up to me and kissed. I returned the kiss back as I wrapped my arms around him then placed my head on his broad shoulders.
"Thank you and just what I needed." I replied with a smile on my lips.
"How was the trail in CP?" Gale asked as he pulled away from me getting the lamb out from oven placing the tray on the wooden center of our kitchen table. He placed the plums into an open container on the table and placed an A1 steak sauce on the table.
I walk over to the refrigerator opening it.
"Do you want Coke, Pepsi, or Pepper?" I asked as I grabbed a can of Pepper for myself. "Coke." He answered then grabbing a can of coke and closing the refrigerator door with my hip. I walk over placing the drinks by our placemats I took my seat as wait for him to be seated.
Gale takes a seat beside me with paper towels in his hands for the both of us.
"Thank you Gale, you really didn't have to go through all the trouble of making all this for me." I spoke the truth as I looked at him.
"Anything for you darling, trust me this was no trouble at all plus this gave me something to do since my army days." He replied cutting up the lamb into slices cutting three for me and three for him.
I nodded my head thanking him for the food and I started eating my dinner.
"CP was good I was minding my own business until some man claimed that I'm his wife from the grave." I said taking a bite of my lamb.
The sounds of Gale's silverware drops to his plate then putting some plums into his plate.
"Oh really now? Who's the man?" He asked wanting to know.
I swallowed my lamb before answering to him.
"He said his name is Peeta Mellark. He said that I'm his wife with this and that. I joined the army with him and thought I was killed in action." I answered back shrugging my shoulders.
"Did he hurt you?" Gale asked as he looks at me then I matched my eyes to face him.
"No, he didn't. He just wanted to know why or how he said it 'How are you still alive?' It's like I knew him. Did we go to school with him?" I asked Gale.
He nodded his head.
"Yes, we did go to school with him. He went to the army and so did I. He retired three years ago after his wife was killed on the way back to base camp. I stayed for a bit because I wanted to keep fighting for my friend but I couldn't do it anymore." He replied put his elbow on the table placing his hand on his chin turning his head away.
I placed a hand onto his right hand that's still on the table.
"I know. I'm sorry that I bought back that experience for you. I know you don't like to talk about what happened that night." I assured him as a patted his hand.
Gale bought his head back as I got up from my seat and kissed his cheek.
"It's okay Catnip, it's the price for fighting for your country. Going against the enemy and losing your comrades." He replied with a sight. "Stay away from him, I don't want him to confuse you in anyway."
"I'll try, if he doesn't try to find me first." I answered him as I opened my can of Dr. Pepper and taking a few sips from it.
"If he doesn't stop, call me. I'll be there in a heartbeat." He said being serious as he look straight into my eyes.
I nodded my head.
"You have my word." Keeping that promise to him and continued eating.
Gale and I ate our dinners quietly until one of us bring up other topics to break the ice. Twenty minutes later, I washed the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen. I flipped the switch of turning off the kitchen light then going around the first floor to check everything was locked; the front door, back door, and windows. I start making my way up the stairs with my hand trailing up the rail. I grabbed my head as I felt a headache coming at me again.
Flashback
My squad and I are making back to camp base with one of the army trucks. Gale, my best friend was seating beside me with Soldier's Boggs, Finnick, Leggs 1 & 2, Mitchell, Jackson, and Homes.
"We did what we could for today. When is this war ever going to end?" I asked out loud with everyone looking at me.
"When the world ends maybe." Leggs 2 answered as he shrugged his shoulders. "What? I'm being realistic here." He told the truth.
"We're here to help to those are trapped in the cross fire of the rebels and it's our job to protect the innocents, to help them. Save them from being killed every day action." My commanding officer Boggs replied.
Half us nodded are head. We felt a bump on the tire and suddenly we were attack by a land bomb that lilted up a fire. I blacked out from the fire and smoke.
Flashback ends
I screamed with tears rolling down my face with my eyes still closed and curled up in a circle. I hear footsteps dashing towards me. My eyes snap open as I stood up.
"Who's there? Show yourself?" I yelled stepping back a few feet.
"Katniss, it's just me, your husband." He assured himself as I felt my legs falling towards the ground and having two strong arms holding me. "It's alright Katniss, it's alright. You were just having a nightmare, that's all." Gale said being clam to me as he rubbed small circles down my back.
"It feel so real, the pain felt so real just like the right side of my body does." I spoke the truth as I cried on his shoulder.
Gale carries me to our bedroom and felt him placing me down on the bed with him still holding me. I felt his lips on my scalp as he kissed my hair and speaking smooth words into my ear until I couldn't hear him anymore as I feel into dream world.
You guys are really going to hate me on how I'm going to write Gale and completely understand for disliking me. Plus, I've read fanfictions that do the same thing so I don't feel so bad. Again, my story my way and hope you love reading it. For more of my stories please go to my page and read or review when you get a chance. Gale's point of view is in the next chapter. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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