Getting abused in front of your new boyfriends was something I did NOT plan on happening. My stupid aunt came home with Haymitch, and they both beat me while Gale helplessly watched. Haymitch made sure that Gale was tied to the couch as he watched me bleed.

The Hunger Games for Peeta and Katniss...and this was my Hunger Games. It was like I was a tribute and I was getting tortured by the other tributes. But, this couldn't even be half of the pain that Peeta and Katniss feel everyday in that arena.

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After I was done being beat, my auntie kicked me out of the house. I had to choice but to go to Gale's house for the day. It would be good too, we could tell his mom and his family about what had happened last night.

As I had some tea on Gale's couch, I wondered about how long he had liked me. It always seemed like he hated me but now he was acting so nice. Gale was treating me like he treated Katniss, like a princess.

This was all too much for my mind to handle. There was no way that Gale liked me. He always scoffed, yelled, and treated me like I was from the Capitol. But, could that have been because...he was mad at me for liking Peeta? What if he was jealous of Peeta? Peeta...oh gosh. I still loved him yet, here I was in Gale's house.

But as I thought about it more, Gale had always been there for me. Gale had been in my life more. Even though Peeta was nice to me, we barely talked and it was as if he treated me like an acquaintance. Even though Gale was a real ass, he could be nice to me. He had interacted more with me than Peeta did and even though it wasn't always nice, at least Gale noticed me more often than Peeta did.

Besides...Peeta could be with Katniss now right? Because according to the Games, Peeta was madly in love with Katniss...and not me. My best friend.

But, I shouldn't be thinking of that now, I had my friends in the Hunger Games to worry about.

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So this chapter was just to show that I'm ALIVE!