Katniss & Peeta After Life Book 1

Chapter 2: Gale's Return

Chapter 2

(Peeta's POV)

I see Gale, in my house. Why is he here? What does he want? Why did he decide to come back? Why now? Why is nobody saying something? I feel my mutt mode coming on and I need to control myself. Katniss is looks at me and says "Kids go upstairs." They nod and leave.

"Peeta please stay with me. Focus on me. Control it. Peeta please" Katniss whispers in my ear. I nod and I'm calmed down. I'm glad Katniss is here, I don't know what I would do without her. I turn to Gale and I say "Why are you here?" He looks at me with a grin. "I just wanted to see Katniss. Okay?" Gale says.

I look at Katniss. She is still a little shock that Gale is here. I mean it was 11 years since we've seen him. So I guess I was a little rude. Am I? No. He wasn't there when she needed him the most.

"What do you want?" Katniss asks him. He walks towards her and gives her a hug. I'm not mad, Katniss did know Gale longer but she did marry me. I feel like a jerk now. I'm mean to Gale but he just wants to see Katniss and be her bestfriend again. Saying it out makes me mad now.

When they pull away Gale says "Are you still mad at me?" Oh no, Katniss is going to get mad. "Yes" she says raising her voice. "Katniss I'm sorry but I came all the way back here from to tell you that I love you and I want to be back in your life again. Will you forgive me?" he asks. Okay now I am officially mad.

I see rage building up in Katniss. At any moment she could lunge at Gale. "NO." she says. "Katniss I'm sorry." Gale says sounding really sorry. I can tell he means it, but I know Katniss doesn't care.

Before Katniss says anything else, Gale kisses her. I feel the mutt mode coming faster. I can control it. Just calm down. I can do this. Too late. I punch Gale in the face and he falls to the ground. He gets up and punches me in the stomach.

I charge at him and we both go down to the floor. I'm on top of him, punching him repeatedly in the face. Katniss gets me off him and I step away from his beaten body. We both know that I could kill him if I don't stop, but at this point I didn't really care.

Gale gets up on his feet and leans on the wall. "Gale, I think it's time for you to go." Katniss tells him. When he is outside, I slam the door behind him.

"Did the kids see?" I ask Katniss. "No" she tells me. I give out a sigh of relief, there would be a lot of explaining to tell them. I wouldn't want to tell them the whole story.

Me and Katniss went upstairs to go to sleep. When we get in our bedroom, we get changed in our pajama clothes and went to sleep.

(Rue's POV)

What happened to my dad? Why did he attack the man? I think that man's
name is Gale. I notice that dad's eyes turn into a dark blue instead of the regular baby blue.

I wonder why it did that? Does it mean something specifically? I really want to know.

Me, Rory, and Anna went back into our rooms. I share a room with Anna which I'm fine with. "Did you see Dad's eyes?" Anna asks me. I thought I was the only one that saw it. "Yes I did, it was weird." I tell her. "I know, it turned from baby blue into a dark blue." she says.

"Can we talk about it tomorrow? I'm getting tired." I say in a yawn. "Sure." Anna answers. We told each other goodnight and drifted off into a deep sleep.