Catching Fire never happened. All victors have to go live in the Capitol, and they can take whoever they want. Katniss brings Gale and his family, her mother and Prim decide to stay in District 12.

It was about 16 months after Katniss had come out of the arena alive, and gone to live in the Capitol with Peeta.

Katniss ran her fingers through her silky capitol-conditioner hair. Her eyes traveled from the shiny brown hair, to the soft delicate hands raking themselves through. Her fingers were elegant and fair-skinned; nobody would suspect that she was a hunter once upon a time.

She sighed at the stranger in the mirror. It was still hard to accept that she was one of the Capitol already, even after a year of adapting.

A car rushed past outside Katniss suppressed a yelp; how she hated those noisy machines.

Katniss looked away, not wanting to freak herself out before her meeting with Gale.

Gale had been really distant after the whole incident with the Games. Sure, he still kept Katniss company, but it just wasn't the same.

Tonight, they were going to see a movie. Katniss hoped that it would melt the ice between them.

Gale was picking her up in his motorcycle. Unlike Katniss, he had no problem adapting to Capitol life, though his loathing for them is still unwavering, he seemed to accept that he won't be going back to District 12.

"Katniss!"

Gale's sandy voice floated inside. Gale rarely called her Catnip now, as if that name had been left behind in District Twelve.

Katniss pushed back her chair, and ran outside.

…

"How's that for a movie!" Katniss said through a stiff plastic smile.

Gale had been mostly quiet throughout the whole movie, only glancing warily at Katniss from time to time.

They climbed onto Gale's motorcycle, and sped off into the darkness.

…

"Are we there yet?" Katniss prodded Gale in the back for the umpteenth time.

"NO!" Gale sped up.

They flew through the icy air; Katniss gripped Gale's shoulders tightly.

"Gale….?"

"What!"

"Can you slow down?"

"No. Doesn't it feel like we are flying?"

"Yeah, but this is dangerous."

"Fine, you want me to slow down, and then you have to take off my helmet, and put it on. I can't see properly."

"But I'll look ridiculous in that helmet."

"Do you want me to slow down or not!"

"Fine."

…..

"Why aren't you slowing down?"

"I did!"

"No you didn't!"

"Well, if you want me to then you have to hug me tightly."

"What does that even have to do….."

"JUST DO IT."

'Alright, alright."

….

"Gale! Stop going so fast! I did what you told me to do."

"One last condition."

"WTF? Are you going mad? Do you want us to die?"

"Just listen to me, Catnip."

That familiar name jerked Katniss back to sanity.

"Say…..say I love you Gale"

"What…I…I love you. There, can you slow down now?"

"I love you, too."

….

Where is Gale? Why am I in a hospital room?

A doctor is coming in.

Doctor, where is my Gale? Where is he?

No….no…he can't be.

He can't be dead.

We…we were on a motorcycle, and there must've been some sort of crash, but…

Turns out, the brakes had broken down.

Gale had known all along…