Chapter 16: The school news

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KATNISS POV:

I never got the chance to fully thank Peeta. At the rate that date was going if it weren't for Peeta I would so be toast right ow. Anyway i never want to talk about that again. And i never want to see Gale again. But I do need to talk to him.

"There's something that has been on my mind for a while now," I explain to Annie as we sit in Starbucks, drinking coffee, before school.
"Gale knows about my family." I say. Annie almost choacks on her coffee.
"What? Why did you tell him?!" She spits.
"I dunno." I reply shyly, "I just had a feeling about him, you know?"
"Yeah Katniss, its called a crush." Annie retorts.
"Yeah and its called being president of the School magazine." I say and Annie freezes.

There's a long silence before she speaks again.
"Your. So. Screwed."

Like I didn't know that.

We end up getting to school really early. Annie drops me off at the entrance as we spot Gale walking into school.

Once i catch up with Gale he turns around.
"Katniss, about yesterday I'm.." He gets interrupted by me slapping him.

I slapped him so hard my hand starts to sting. Ouch. But I don't let him see that I'm in pain.

I Can tell h's totally shocked abut what i just did. Even I'm shocked. I can't believe I just slapped him!
"I don't care if you are sorry." I say angrily. "Just tell me if you wrote about me."

He doesn't say anything, he just smirks.
"Oh Katniss, I did a lot more then write about you." He turns around and starts walking away.
"I did my research as well," He adds.

Research? What does he mean?

But then it hits me. He Researched the accident. My head snaps round and i see Gale taring at me from afar.
"Now I know the accident was your fault to." He shouts. Then Im all alone in the hallway.

No. Hes wrong. It Wasnt my fault. I then start to feel light headed. Its Like Ive Forgotten to breath. I start to see black spots clouding my vision...

PEETA POV:

I speed walk through the hallways. Annie told me what Katniss had gone to do. i just need to know shes okay. Its not that I don't trust her. Its Gale I don't trust.

I freeze in my tracks when I see Katniss and Gale talking.

"Oh Katniss, I did a lot more then write about you." Gale says and turns away from Katniss. He then starts walking away.
"I did my research as well," He adds.

Research? What is he talking about?

I watch Gale as he continues to walk away from Katniss.
"Now I know the accident was your fault to." He shouts. I keep my eyes on Gale.

The sound of someone crashing into lockers snaps me out of my focus. Katniss is leaning against the lockers and struggling to breath.

I run over to her and catch her just as she falls to the floor. What do I do? I don't know CPR!

I hold her hand and tell her to look at me. She does this but it doesn't help.
Im Starting to panic now.

Katniss isn't breathing properly. I start to feel a rush of fear race though me.

I decide to trust my insists and carefully lift her into the sitting position. I then wrap my arms around her and hug her. Her arms tighten around me and I hear her breath slow to a steady pace. We stay like that for a while but then I pull away.
"Katniss, What happened?" And I know that shouldn't be the best question to be asking right. Now. But it's the first thing that came out my mouth.

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