The True Mockingjay

Chapter 9

"It's nothing Catnip. But what are we?" He asked me.

"What do you mean? You know what we are." I told him.

"You know what I mean. Before the games everything was easy. There were no problems. Now I don't know. It just all changed." He told me.

"I know Gale." I looked at the river. "But one thing I know that didn't change this us. I still know how I feel about you. What about you?" I asked him.

"Yeah, I know how I feel about you. You are still my rock and I am still yours." He told me.

"That is right. But Gale what is between Peeta and I will never be close to what we have. Do you understand me?" I asked him. I was now looking at him. He was looking at the river.

He looked up from the river and looked at me. He then smirked at me. I smiled back. He then said,

"Katniss, I don't want things between us to change."

"Gale things change. But with you and me the change will be for the good. Also it will be for the best of us." I told him.

"Okay. Come on. Let's get back. We can come back out another time." He told me.

We walked back into the district thirteen. We were walking until Boggs came up to us.

"Yes Boggs?" Gale asked.

"President Coin wants to see you Gale." Boggs said to him.

"Okay. I will catch you later Catnip." Gale told me.

"Okay." I said to him.

Boggs then walked away with Gale. I was going to walk away until Finnick come up to me. He looked to me and then looked where Gale walked away too.

"Have a good time?" He asked me.

"What?" I asked him.

"Did you have a good time outside?" He asked me.

"Yeah. Why won't I?" I said to him.

"Okay. I can tell you had a good time." He told me.

"Yeah. I always have a good time outside with Gale." I said.

"So is there anything going on between you two? Or does your heart still belong to Peeta?" Finnick asked me.

I looked over to Finnick. I stopped where I was walking. Finnick turned and looked at me. I gave him a weird look and said,