Platonic Love ( A Hunger Games FanFiction)

Chapter Nine

Chapter Nine:

Peeta POV:

“This... This is my ex-girlfriend.”  I say.

Katniss looks furious at Glimmer. She smirks and saunters up to me. She hooks one leg over mine like in the meadow and quickly kisses my lips as she runs her hands over my neck, I reach for her hips and kiss her back. She lets out a loud moan and I feel myself stiffen. Platonic. Platonic. Platonic. She pulls away and bites her lip. Glimmer looks incensed and stomps up to us.

“This isn’t over you bitch! I will ha -” she begins, reaching for Katniss’ dark hair.

Finnick, who is standing on top of the huge speakers, stops everyone’s movements and the music when he yells, “HEY!” into the mike. Saved my life. Thank God.

“We’re gonna do karaoke now.” Everyone groans. Glimmer and Delly have walked about a metre away from us and are yelling at us while they face each other. Finnick, takes out a piece of paper from his jeans. No. No, No, No, No. No! Not now!

“Can I please ask Peeta to come up on stage?” Silence. I walk up onto stage, pushing Delly and Glimmer aside when I drag Katniss with me.

We get on stage and the music starts. Finnick hands me the mike and sprints of the stage. I sing and dance with Katniss to ‘Boyfriend’ and get a loud applause. When I’ve calmed down and the crowd stops. I turn to Katniss.

“Will you be my girlfriend?” I ask.

She looks at me as if I’m joking, we were already considered dating when we made out in the meadow - of course, not everyone knew that.

She giggles - something that rarely happens, nods and kisses me. I take her waist and we start to make out on stage. A huge applause erupts and Finnick has to break us apart before we find a wall to push up against.

We break apart and fix up before Finnick turns back to us again asks Katniss,

“Is there anything you want to sing?”

“Um...” she mumbles, look at me for help and support. I nod and smile.

“Sing, sing, sing, sing, sing!” People chant. She shyly smiles back and takes the mike.

This is the moment I have been waiting for, she won the talent show and I was ready to see her performance. The music starts and everyone cheers again when the intro ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’ starts.

Katniss sings with such purity and hits all the high notes so effortlessly and always get an applause for every verse she sings. Madge and Clove have joined her in the middle to do the harmonies and the back-up. The crowd sings along too. I’m grinning when ever Katniss looks back and catches my eye. I look into the audience and see Gale glancing between the floor, Katniss and me. That scares me.

I try to forget about it. Apart from Gale, great, everything according to plan. Now, Delly will know for sure that Katniss and I are dating. On the last line, Katniss says simply, “Gale.” and walks off stage, catching my hand. I have never heard such a loud cheer as Gale walks out of the crowd and hides outside somewhere. As we come back, everyone congratulates us and jokes around. Madge speeds past us, running for the back-door. I tell Katniss as she instantly becomes concerned for her friend, she tries to budge through all the people, dragging me behind.

Madge POV:

I stand away from the mike and watch Gale run out of the door. I can’t help but feel guilty although I know all the terrible things he did to Katniss. I jog past Katniss and Peeta and the huge army around them.

Gale, who is running his hands through his hair, stands at the sidewalk, obviously thinking about something.

“Gale?” I ask.

“Fuck off.” he replies. How polite.

I walk closer and stand in front of him. “Gale.”

“What? Go away! I don’t need you here. Just go back to your best friend and her new boyfriend.”

“Listen to me Gale. Please. I never told you but I care about you and I don’t care about how angry or sad you are. You need to get over her. Find another person to love.” I blurt out quickly. I’ll regret this later.

He looks at me with one eyebrow raised and looks back down. “You care about me?” he asks innocently.

“Yes, and nevermind if you find someone else that’s not me - I’ll figure out a way to move on. Like what you need to learn now.” I say softly.

I swear he is drunk when he kisses my lips and forces me on the floor of the sidewalk. He starts getting aggressive when I refuse to kiss him back. This isn’t what I want.

“Kiss me.” he commands.

“Gale! No, get off me! Please!” I say, trying to push his strong body away. He starts going down my neck. Am I being raped? Is this what I want? Don’t I like him? Shouldn’t I be happy, excited? No. If this is what Gale did to Katniss, I not only feel bad but I also regret not listening to her advice. She was right - Gale only wanted attention, kisses, sex.

“Help!” I start screaming. Gale covers my mouth and it’s obvious he’s drunk - I can smell it off him.

“Shh.” he silences me. “This isn’t going to hurt. If you care about me and you really love me, you won’t be scared.” He holds my hands above my head and crawls on top of me while still covering my mouth with his huge hands. He uses the other hand to un-zip his jeans.

I start to scream.

“I THOUGHT YOU CARED ABOUT ME. Come on! Just this once and then we can be together. We won’t break up, I can’t assure you of that.” he starts to laugh evilly and I start crying when he pulls up the hem of my dress.

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Katniss POV:

I start to worry about my friend as I walk out of the mass of people that have surrounded us. I drag Peeta with me and as he asks me endless questions, I ignore him.

“Katniss, Please! I worried for you, where are we going?” he asks. I completely stop as he says this, he actually cares about me. I turn around and smile. Put my hands on his chest as he rests his hands on my back.

“Where are we going, baby?” he asks again.

“Baby,” I repeat with a raised eyebrow, he smiles, “We’re looking for Madge.”

“Oh okay. By the way, you’re an excellent singer. . .” he pauses and slowly grins. “Want to go back to the meadow after this party?”

“Whatever you want ‘Baby’, ” I say, leaning into his lips. I open my mouth automatically because I know I never will regret it. He moves his hands down my back slowly. My patience is always so low so I stand on my toes so his hands land on my backside. I smile into the kiss and he -

“HELP! SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!” I hear Madge’s voice scream.

I jump out of Peeta’s arm and wander towards the sound. It’s sunset, but I depend on my listening skills and follow the sound, Peeta closely following behind.

“HELP!”

“Madge?” I yell back into darkness.

“Katniss! Help! Please! GET OFF ME!”

I run towards the voice closer. I look over the fence and look at the sidewalk. Nothing can prepare me to see my best friend about to get raped. I hurtle over the fence and Peeta pushes the man away, I help Madge up. I look at the man and gasp.

“Gale?”

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