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Chapter 3

I walk down the stairs, with bare feet and a bow on my back, quietly as possible. I walk through the kitchen, grab a cheese bread and walk out the door closing it silently. I sit and eat my bread as I pull on my boots. The sun slowly rises as I walk through the town to the once electrified fence and slid underneath it to woods that I'm so familiar with. My senses instantly take in the change of environment as I start towards the lake.

I take down a few rabbits and stuff them in my game bag as I go. I arrive at the lake after about an hour of hunting. I drop my game bag and bow and arrows as I sit to take my boots off. My feet touch the cool water when suddenly I hear someone.

"Hey, Catnip." Gale's voice broke through the silent woods.

"Gale, you scared me!" I say settling back down.

"Well, I thought you were used to my silent feet." He says. "Sorry, though."

"It's okay." I say.

"Where's Peeta?" Gale asked suddenly.

"He's at home, hopefully still asleep." I say thinking of his sleeping form beside me when I woke up this morning. "He said he was going to go to the bakery today and make something."

"Oh, that's cool." Gale said sitting down beside me.

"I thought you were leaving today?" I ask splashing my feet.

"I am but I wanted to talk to you about something and I knew you'd be here." He says picking at the grass.

"Oh, well, what is it?" I ask fearing what he might say.

"Well, I know how much you love Peeta," He starts, "and I'm not going to make you change any of that. He's a perfect guy for you, one who isn't judgmental or all about fighting."

"Gale, what is it? You're rambling." I say looking at him.

"Well, I'm happy for you and Peeta. I just hope realize that he will want marriage and eventually kids." Gale says ripping through me.

"I know this, Gale. I will marry him when he asks me. And about kids, well I know deep within me that having Peeta in them will hopefully balance out their genes they get from me." I say hurriedly and slightly angrily, finally letting everything out in the open. I feel like the world is lifted off me.

"Oh well, good. I have to tell you something, Katniss." Gale says looking at the ground. "I still love you but as a brother. Katniss, I'm engaged."

"That's um, that's great!" I say enthusiastically. Good, now I can really be happy with Peeta. My head screamed. "Who is she?"

"Her name is Rose." He says smiling to himself. "She's amazing, beautiful, has an act for dance and I really do love her. Want to see a picture of her?"

"Yeah." I say as he reaches in his wallet to find a picture of her. "She's gorgeous." I say looking at the picture of a blonde, slender girl in her twenties

"Yes, she is." He says as we both stand and walk back to the fence together

We walk and talk about Rose and Peeta and our hopes to marry our loves soon. Gale seems like a new person as he talks about her. We stop at the bakery when I see Peeta through the window.

"Boo!" I shout sneaking up to Peeta. The icing he was using slips as he jumps and falls on counter.

"Kat, you made me mess up." Peeta says as he turns to pull me into his arms. "Mmmm, I missed you though."

"I missed you more, Peeta." I say kissing his lips before sticking my finger in the blue icing on the counter.

"Hey! You can't do that!" He says catching my hand before I can lick it. He pulls me closer as he licks it for me.

"Now, who's being mean?" I say kissing him.

"Okay, should I leave?" Gale's voice broke through to me as Peeta's arms drew me closer.

"Oh, I forgot you were there." I say laughing at this. "Peeta, sweetheart, Gale's engaged! Isn't that great?"

"It is." Peeta says catching my eyes before mouthing; Are you alright? I nod silently thinking of how amazing he is. "Congratulations, Gale."

"Thanks." Gale says. "When's it going to happen for you two?"

"Soon, I hope." Peeta answers kissing my head. "Hopefully she'll say yes." He says touching my nose with a flour covered hand.

"You think I wouldn't?" I shriek jokingly before flicking a handful at Peeta's face and laughing.

"Oh now you're going to get it." Peeta says as I run from him. He chases me around the entire bakery and outside before he catches me around the waist. "Gotcha." He whispers in my ear before tickling me.

"Peeta, stop it!" I shriek while laughing. "Peeta!"

"Would you say yes?" He teases me by tickling more.

"Yes! Yes, yes, yes!" I say before turning around in his arms. "A thousand times yes!"

"Are you sure?" Peeta ask as he pulls out a beautiful, round diamond with smaller diamonds around the band. (A/N: Picture on my page.)

"Oh my…" I gasp. "Peeta, I um, yes! Yes, yes of course I'm sure!" I exclaim before kissing him fiercely. His fingers slid the ring on my hand as he picks me and spins us.

"I love you, Katniss Everdeen." He says with his forehead against mine.

"I love you too, Peeta Mellark."

Please review if I should write an epilogue.