Fallen Flower(G.H)

Chapter Eleven

"Sam!" Gale's voice calls. I groan and sit up holding my head. Its bandaged now. I quickly go to check his leg but find myself getting dizzy quickly. "It's okay. I'm doing a lot better." He says. I nod and lay back down trying to get the dizziness under control. He brushes a stray hair away from my eye and smiles. "Let me take care of you this time." He leans down and softly gives me a kiss.

"You aren't mad?" I ask softly. Gale has never scared me when he's mad because I've always known that I had nothing to fear.

"No. I was when you first fed me the berries but after waking up and finding you in a puddle of your own blood, I couldn't be anymore. Besides you're right, I would do the same thing for you." He sighs. "It's just hard when I can't."

"I know." I answer. Gale pulls me close and it's when I first realize that it's raining. "What deaths have there been?"

"Clove and Rue." He answers. Rues hits me all over again. I nod and press my lips together. He pulls me close and kisses my head.

"We're the last team. We could make it." I say.

"Yeah maybe we'll get lucky and Thresh will kill Cato." Gale agrees.

"It might be kind of heartless but if he has to die, I don't want to kill Thresh." I shake my head.

"I don't either." Gale agrees. I manage to sit up and sip water and check Gales leg.

"Oh my god!" I exclaim. His leg was no longer swollen and shiny pink. The wound was bad but it wasn't infected anymore. I quickly wrap it up to help protect it. "We should go hunting soon." I say.

"As soon as the rain lets up." Gale agrees. I nod and touch my head again. The bandage is dry at least. I lay back down next to him and cuddle up to him. He wraps his arms around me and kisses my head.

"I love you." My voice is barely there and it's kind of scaring me.

"I love you too." He whispers back. I look up at him and kiss him deeply. It's desperate and needy. It's the kiss of a girl who's terrified of loosing the man she loves. He kisses back and his kiss is also desperate. We're just trying to keep each other alive. The star crossed lovers of district twelve. We must be the main attraction. I pull back and kiss his cheek. There's a sound outside and I pull back an arrow. I stand up and walk outside. There's another parachute. I use the parachute as a block for the rain and open it to find district elevens bread. I look up to the sky.

"My thanks to district eleven." I say looking up at the sky. The rain is pounding down on me and I carry it inside. I break it in half and pass half to Gale. I nibble on my half and end up giving it to Gale too. He's ravenous and has already depleted our supplies. We split it equally between four backpacks and a quarter of it left with Rue, the rest was with Thresh. He eats the bread and pulls me down to join him. This rain is giving us a rare moment of peace. I cuddle up to Gale and he kisses my head. I close my eyes and take a few deep breaths. I pull my hood on and hide my face in Gales chest. I let myself have a moment of weakness for everything and then pull myself together. I sit up and sort through the supplies. I set my pouch of nightlock aside and look at the rest of what we have. A handful of berries, some jerky, two crackers, a tiny bit of dried fruit, and two pieces of groosling. I sigh. We don't have much.  "We need more food."

"Hey we'll be fine until the rain lets up. Then you can gather and I'll take the bow and go hunting." Gale says.

"Or I could take the bow and you could set up some snares." I suggest. Gale chuckles.

"I can do that." He agrees. We cuddle up and listen to the rain.

It pours for days and soon we're both hungry and rather grumpy. We haven't been this hungry in years.  Normally we'd just go hunting. There's a familiar noise outside and I walk outside. There's a parachute and I pick it up. I carry it inside and open it to find rice, stew, rolls, cheese, apples, and plates and silverware. I carefully give us each a small serving. It's rich and we haven't eaten anything like it in days. We both eat it quickly and Gale breaks open a roll and spreads it with cheese and sets apple slices on it. He splits it in half and we both eat it quickly. The anthem sounds and I look up through the tarp. Threshs face appears and my heart sinks. We've got to win now. For him at the very least. We put the extra away and curl up together. We both silently mourn him without letting it show. Gale pulls me close and we both fall asleep.

Its stopped raining by the next morning and we eat the rest of the rice and the stew as well as one of the two remaining apples and a bunch of cheese and the last two rolls. We pack up and leave our cave for possibly the last time.  We walk into the forest and I'm suddenly very thankful for Gales footsteps. He's still quiet despite his injury. He's louder than normal and I can tell by the look on his face that he hates it.  He finds a good place and stops. I nod at my and pass him both my knives before leaving. I'm quick about my hunting collecting as much as we need. I'm taking aim at my last animal today when a cannon goes off. I relax my arm and whip my head around.

"Gale?" I call running back through the woods towards him. I run into him and he hugs me tightly.

"I picked some nightlock. I checked before I was going to eat any but I think someone got into them." He mumbles. I take a deep breath.

"Probably the girl from five." I answer. A bird let's out a single note and a hovercraft appears. It picks up the body and the glint of red hair is enough to confirm it for me.

"it's just the three of us left." Gale says softly. I nod. I start to build a fire and Gale watches. The games will probably end soon enough but we still shouldn't eat raw meat. I cook it keeping my hand on my bow. Once it's cooked Gale and I leave to find a tree. We both feel more comfortable hidden away in a tree now that we can both climb. We find one near the stream and climb it. I lay out the sleeping bag and we curl up together. I belt us in using his belt and we fall asleep.