Peetas pov hunger games

Ch. 10

The broth is good, and I am able to keep it down, which shocks me. Still, I am only able to sip a few spoonfuls. I push the bowl away and yawn. "No, I don't think so," she tells me. "Eat more."

"Really, Katniss, I can't."

"Yes you can. You can live days after losing like half your blood. You can do anything." I shake my head. "I really just want to sleep." She sighs. She wants me to eat more, but I am queasy at the thought. My body isn't healthy enough yet. It is still in shutdown mode. Eating is probably confusing it. She taps her fingers on her knee. She looks up at the sky then down at the ground, she looks like she is debating something. "Okay," she says, "let's try this." I await anxiously. What? "Try what?"

"For every sip you take, I'll do something for you."

"Anything?"

"Anything reasonable. Answer questions, kiss you, etc. I won't go do something crazy like jump out of trees and shit." That was the first time I heard her curse. Kind of funny. "Okay. What's the deal with you and Gale, like, honestly." She looks away. "Take a sip first." I shake my head. "A deal's a deal." She sighs again. "I love Gale, he's like family. He's always had my back."

"You know that's not what I meant."

"Take a sip." I force myself to do as she says. Then she goes on. "There is nothing, and hasn't ever been anything romantic between Gale and I." I take another sip, earning me another personal question that she would never answer if we weren't playing this little game. "But did you ever want there to be?"

"No...Maybe... I really don't know." She looks like she wants to stop, but I take two more sips, which causes her to bite her lip to prepare for my next question. "Explain that."

"Peeta come on this makes me uncomfortable."

"Okay, you don't have to answer."

"Thank you." I take two more sips of the broth, then I guess she feels guilty because she answers me anyway. "I guess, you know, I always kind of thought I'd end up with Gale. I mean, that's what everyone expected. You think I didn't hear the gossip going on in town?" I actually didn't think she knew about that. "We'd get looks and I'd hear whispers all the time, that's why I was always in such a hurry to leave. I wasn't ready for any of that. My main priority was Prim and my mother." At this point, it starts to rain, which is actually very beneficial, because if we speak in low voices, the country can't hear what we say above the rain. I nod my head, now that she's going, I don't think she wants to stop. It must feel nice to let it out. "I didn't want to get married and I especially didn't, or, don't want to have kids. Because of this." She says, meaning the Hunger Games. "So, I don't know." It takes me five minutes, but I finally manage to sip three spoonfuls. "Did you ever kiss him?"

"No." Katniss says she doesn't know about Gale. You never really know about someone until you kiss them. "I'm sorry," I say. "What for?"

"For making you talk about stuff you didn't want to talk about."

"It's fine. I volunteered half of that information anyway. Just don't bring it up again, please?" I nod. I take one more sip of soup, and lean forward to kiss her. She gets up. "I'm going to go for a walk."

"In the rain?"

"I'm not going far, I'll be right back."

I doze off, and when I wake up, I realize I'm finally warm. Though my temperature has been sky high, I've been shivering. I look down and see Katniss' head nuzzled against my neck, between my chest and head. She's sleeping. She must have gotten cold, my body heat is high enough to make this sleeping bag feel like a warm bed back home. I don't know if I should, but I put my arm around her and fall back asleep. I wake up a couple of times after that, each time she's sleeping in almost the same position she was the last time. Each time I realize there is a freshly damp cloth on my forehead. She must be waking up and changing it. I don't think it will do anything, but the fact that she is trying to take care of me means a lot.