"You see Katniss," said President Snow, "I always get what I want. And right now, I want to put out your flame." "No!" I scream. And with that, my fiancé is dead.

"Peeta!" I scream. I jump up from my bed. It was only a dream. I thought to myself repeatedly. Peeta is next door and today he becomes yours forever. No strings attached. Now all I had to do was get out of bed.

I walk down the stairs of my house in Victors' Village. I make my way to my kitchen and find a plate of cinnamon buns with a note. They smell delicious, so I decide to try one, but only after I read the note. I glance at the paper. Its addressed to "my beautiful Katniss." I smile. It must be from Peeta. I open the note and see his artful handwriting…

Katniss,

I know I won't be allowed to see you until this evening, so I figured I'd make you a surprise so you'd have a reminder of me all day. I can't wait to see your beautiful face again.

Love,

Peeta

I start to grin. These are the things that make me love him. When he does things just because it makes me happy. When he misses me, so he writes me a note telling me exactly how much he does. Peeta Mellark. Tonight, I will be Katniss Mellark. Mr. and Mrs. Peeta Mellark. I like the way that sounds. I start to eat a cinnamon bun, when suddenly, I hear a knock and a very cheery greeting.

"Katniss, dear, let me in! It's going to be another big, big, BIG day!" I sigh involuntarily. Effie's intentions are good, but very much misguided. And then I hear laughing.

"Oh, well I'm offended! I thought the girl on fire would be happy to see me, but I suppose not… sigh." Cinna!

I run to open the door. Cinna grins at me, but Effie is snapping at my prep team to hurry up. As I envelope Cinna in a hug, she says "The Mockingjay has a special date set with her star crossed lover! Don't you think it would be proper for you to make sure she arrives to her wedding on time!" Yikes. It sounds like Effie isn't necessarily happy with them at the moment.

"Oh, Cinna, I'm so glad you're here!" He chuckles softly.

"Well, I wouldn't want to miss my girls special day would I? And I've brought goodies!" I squeal.

"My dress!" Effie stares at me in bewilderment.

"My God, Katniss! Are you alright?" I'm puzzled. "Yeah, why?" She grins. "You're actually happy to be in a dress!" I just roll my eyes in response.

Cinna pulls me up the stairs. I run alongside him, giggling all the way. I hardly ever giggle. When we reach my room, he pulls out my dress. My eyes widen. "Cinna its beautiful! I love it!" Of course it's exquisite. How could I have pictured anything else? The fabric was pure silk. It was a gorgeous color, creamy white with blooms of light orange all over. I had asked Cinna to put the roses on there. My wedding colors were the color of the sunset. Because Peeta loved this color. After all, it was his day as much as mine. I wanted him to be in the details. He was in the colors; he had designed the cake and made it himself. I needed him to be there with me. Instead of plain Katniss, it was a wonderful mix of us.

"You like?" Although it was a question, I could hear the satisfaction in his voice that my happiness gave him. "No Cinna, I don't like it. I love it!" As he and the prep team discussed my minor details, I let my mind wander to that night just two months ago. When I agreed to become his wife.

We walked hand in hand. "Come on Katniss, I have a surprise!" I sighed. Peeta had a big basket in his arms, and he wouldn't tell me what was in it.

"Why can't any of you people ever grasp the fact that I don't like surprises? Even Haymitch has tried." He just laughed. He led me to the edge of the fence near the meadow. He opened the gate and said "ladies first!" It was legal to go into the woods now. As much as I hate Coin, I have to admit that she is a lot less strict than Snow. Now the families that live in the seam don't have to go hungry anymore.

I walked in. Peeta led me a little farther in to a tree that was big and shady. It was a nice spring day. He laid out a huge blanket and gestured for me to sit. I plopped down, and he followed. He opened the basket and pulled out a pitcher of punch. I laughed. "So a picnic? That was your special surprise?" he blushed.

"Well, sort of…" Then he looked up to the songbirds. They began to sing. "Katniss, come look!" I jumped to my feet.

"Beautiful." I said.

He grabbed me around the waist. "I would say 'beautiful' is an overestimation. You are beautiful. They're just… pretty." He whispered in my ear. And then he was kissing me. All of a sudden he pulled away.

"Did I do something wrong?"I asked.

"No, but…" he slipped onto one knee. He reached quickly into his pocket. "Katniss Everdeen, I promise to love you forever. Will you marry me?" I sat there stunned for thirty second and started to cry. I threw my arms around his neck and kissed him long and hard. When we pulled away, he said "I'll take that as a yes." I laughed. "Yes, Peeta, you will. Yes." And we kissed.

I smiled. It was the best decision I have ever made. But all too quickly I was brought back to reality. "Come on Katniss. It's time to finish you up. And then we have a wedding to get to."

They dressed me, did my make up, and put on my 4 inch shoes. Cinna left to get Effie, who was accompanied by Haymitch. Effie started to cry, and gushed; telling me how beautiful I was and that it would be perfect. She promised. I thanked her and looked to Haymitch. He was like a father to me now. I would never admit it though. His eyes were slightly puffy, and he was staring at the floor.

"Awwww, Haymitch! It's okay." I gave him a big hug and he hugged me back.

"You look positively golden, Sweetheart."

"Thank you. Come on, stop crying. You have to look your best when you give me away."

Cinna did touch-ups, until the doorbell rang and Haymitch rushed to answer it. He came back and announced that my limo was here. I started to tremble. We walked down the stairs in silence. I truly couldn't believe how perfect it was. My wedding was here, and it was going to be amazing. And I'd finally get to see my reason for existence. My Peeta.