A Road Trip to Remember (Katniss and Peeta Story Sequel)

Chapter Eighteen: The Plan

I stand in the closet when Peeta walks by with Gale. The door is open enough to see out, but not for him to suspect someone is in here. The sight of him, his hair a mess and his eyes are tired, makes me want to cry more. I'm the reason he hasn't been sleeping. Well, I'm sure Prim is part of the reason as well. Gale and him walk ino the kichen and I can't help but want to follow them. What i should do is get out of this closet and go upstairs, but instead, when I hear the chairs in the kitchen pull out, I make my way down the hallway towards the kitchen, making sure I can here them but they can not see me.
"Gale what am I going to do? Katniss is gone, Prim is missing, and her parents are in distress. I was suppose to keep them safe." Peeta puts his head in his hands.
"Peeta it's not your fault."
"Yes it is. I shouldn't have gone to California." Peeta says.
"I have known Katniss forever, and she wouldn't have left if she didn't feel she needed to."
"What could drive her away?" Peeta says but then he answers himself. "Snow, I know. Because they are the ones that got Prim." He removes his hands from his head and places them on the table.
"Peet, she'll show up. I'm sure she will."
"It's been a week. We have no leads to Prim, and no one has heard from Katniss." Not Peeta stands up, walking to the sink and looking outside the window.
"Okay, I need to tell you something." Gale says. What? What is he going to tell him!? Is he going to tell him I am here? Why would he do that? He can't do that.
"What?"
"Katniss is..." He trails off as I start to freak out. Peeta turns to Gale, fear and hope in both his eyes and face. Gale wouldn't do that would he!?
"Katniss is what? Is she... dead?" Peeta asks the fear showing more now.
"No, nothing like that. Katniss is... She um, she contacted me. I already talked to her."
"What? Really?" Gale didn't say I was hear though. So Peeta has no way of knowing I am unless he asks and Gale says something.
"Yeah, she called the other day."
"Well what did she say?" Peeta is wide eyed, his bright blue eyes somehow looking a shade darker. Worry spreading over his face like a sheet of snow covers a blacktop. Quickly and noticeable.
"We didn't talk for long. She just wanted to say that she was doing okay, and that she is sorry she had to go." Is what Gale says. It's true, but I never told him that.
"Why didn't she call me?" Peeta asks.
"I don't know Peeta."
"I always knew you were her first choice." Peeta mumbles, tears forming in his eyes.
"No Peet, it's not like that at-" Gale starts but is cut off.
""If she loved me she would have called me. She would have stayed with me. She would have trusted me!" Peeta yells now, knocking a glass off the counter and it shatters against the wall. Though he is mad, I can see him starting to cry.
"Peeta don't say that." Gale is trying to calm him down.
"But it's true. Why didn't she trust me?" He is asking Gale.
"She thinks she is helping you."
"Well she isn't. How is sleepless nights helping me? Crying my eyes out every time I hear her name is helping me? How is not being able to stop thinking about her and Prim helping me? It's not. It's, it's selfish!" Ouch, that hurt. I thought I was doing the right thing. Maybe I wasn't. Maybe I should have trusted him. But my heart wasn't selfish when I decided to leave. I would love to walk out right now, and wrap my arms around him. To let him know I do trust him, I do love him, and that I don't want him to worry. Not with what I'm about to do. I hear a commotion and look back in the kitchen to see Gale has shoved Peeta, who now lies on the ground, his elbows on propping him up.
"Don't you ever say that about her! You barely know her!" Gale creams at him.
"You know what, apparently I don't." Peeta jumps off the floor, getting in Gale's face. "And if she calls you again, tell her the wedding is off. Not that she was going to show up."
"Peeta wait." Gale's voice sounds softer.
"No, and tell her I won't waste my time thinking about her anymore. She obviously doesn't want me to." His words sound like daggers, digging into my chest and twisting my heart. They hurt. What have I done? How could I put him through this? He starts walking towards the doorway where I stand so I jump back, getting into the closet again. He storms past me, slamming the door behind him. When I'm sure he is gone, I walk back out to see Gale waiting for me.
"Did you hear that?" He asks. I only nod. That's when the tears start and Gale pulls me into a hug.
"Shh. It's okay." He rubs my back.
"No, it's not." I sob.
"It'll be fine. Do you want to talk to him? To make things okay." He releases me from the hug.
"No, I can't. Not with what I'm about to do." I say. We go to the living room and sit down.
"What's your plan?"
"I know where Snow will be, with Prim. And, I want Prim to be safe so I'm going to do anything I can. I want to be bait, kind of. But I need your help along with the guys. The girls are to emotional and I can trust you to stay quiet. Peeta will try to talk me out of it and if I don't come back then you and the other guys will be the only ones that know. Can you handle that?"
"I, don't like the plan. But, I'm going to help you. Explain it a little more." He says, not looking certain if he likes what I'm suggesting. I knew he wouldn't.
"Well, I can make the trade off for Prim, They let her go, I'm taken. But you guys surround the building. Inside and out. You can have weapons so at the right time come in and save me. Any way that you can while Prim is already safely out of the building." I explain more. I can see him weighing out the options in his head, the pros and cons.
"Do you think it will work?"
"I do, yes. But, in case something happens that it doesn't..."
"Let's not think about that. I'll call the guys and we can discuss and plan this out a little more." He gets up, and goes for the phone in the kitchen. I sigh, at least he is on my side.
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Hey guys sorry it's short. I feel like crap :(

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