Baker's Girl Peeta MellarkXReader

Four Batches Of Bread

Am I in love with Gale? Yes. Am Head over heels in love with Gale? No. I love Gale the way you love your brother or your cousin that comes around at every family dinner and you get along with strangely easily. That kind of love is what I feel for Gale:

So in summary I do not love Gale Hawthorne.

The hardest part about this whole entire arranged marriage is that well, we both love two other people in an extremely similar situation to us. Even though one of them loves Gale I often wonder how the other feels about me.

All of these feelings about Gale don't mean that when I found out him and Katniss could live I was upset. No I was quite the opposite! All of these strange bubbly feelings went zipping around my arm and butterflies swarmed in my stomach. My palms went all sweaty and my body temperature went up by at least 7°!

But when I walked downstairs and heard Claudius Templesmith declare the rule change I could only think about Gale. His lips, his toned stomach, his muscular tanned arms, charismatic smile that made me squirm, his gorgeous face. Gale.

"Gale can live?" I ask shaking.

"Yes Y/N, Gale can... live," Peeta confirms almost disappointedly.

"Why though?" I ask as the thought crosses my mind, "The Game Makers have no reason to! It doesn't make the Game anymore interesting or exciting."

"Oh but it does!" Ms. Hawthorne says with a cheeky grin.

Everyone explains that while I was unconscious a lot had happened. The two tributes from Two had formed a loving relationship making the entire Capitol to fall for their act. Clove (the girl) and Cato (the boy) are both careers which is probably why the Game Makers are already in their favor.

"Gale and Katniss have already found each other but Katniss has gone deaf in an ear," Mrs Mellark says sighing.

"Why?" I ask pulling out a chair to sit on.
I physically can't hold myself up any longer with my legs shaking with anticipation and worry.

"An explosion," She states.

"Oh yeah, and then when she came back that Rue girl..."
Rue was a symbol of hope not only for Katniss but for us. We could all tell that she reminded Katniss of Prim, pretty much the only thing apart from Gale keeping her alive. So her death was hard for us to.

We all just sit there in silence for a bit before I walk up to my room.

•Time Skip•

I've been up here in my room for nearly two hours now. I've reorganized my shelf, I changed the layout of my desk and swapped my bed, desk and wardrobe around at least eight times.

Honestly it's just a distraction from Peeta. Ever since that announcement I've wanted him more. Craved him even, it sound sick I know. But it's like I know I love him but he doesn't love me and somehow it makes my love for him more passionate.

My love for him is like a fire and each time he comes near me he adds more and more sparks to it. But the announcement was like someone added a whole bottle of gasoline to it. My love went from a small calm fire to and Forrest devastation, roaring around and growing at every passing second. Uncontrollable and dangerous.

I walk downstairs now as it's just me and Peeta left in the house. He's sat down reading a book "How To Kill A Mockingbird". He looks so engrossed in it I don't think he'll even notice me walking in. He doesn't, Good!

It's not like I want his attention! I'm not like some seven year old who has to help their father carry wood! I'm a (nearly) grown woman who can do what ever the fuck she wants and doesn't need the praise of some insanely handsome man.