Gale stepped up without thinking when Katniss volunteered, "If she's going, then I am too." He said, making his way to the stage as well, still too shocked and angry to think things through very well. The relieved look on Peeta's faces as he left the stage and joined the crowd didn't help his anger, nor did the other boy's continuing glances back at Katniss, and he ended up standing stiffly on the stage, scowling down at the crowd as he watched them hold his family back from the stage. The disapproving muttering increased, taking on a more surprised tone: it was unheard of to have even one person volunteer as tribute, let alone two. Gale spared Katniss another glance, trying to calm himself.