Hello everyone! This is my first fanfiction on here and I have been wanting to write this for such a long time! This is the reunion I wish Katniss and Peeta had. Hope you enjoy!

Peeta.

Alive and well-maybe not well but alive and here. Away from Snow. Safe. Here. With me. In a minute I can touch him. See his smile. Hear his laugh.

Haymitch's grinning at me. "Come on, then," he says.

I'm lightheaded with giddiness. What will I say? Oh, who cares what I say? Peeta will be ecstatic no matter what I do. He'll probably be kissing me anyway. I wonder if it will feel like those last kisses on the beach in the arena, the ones I haven't dared let myself consider until this moment.

Peeta's awake already, sitting on the side of the bed, looking bewildered as a trio of doctors reassure him, flash lights in his eyes, check his pulse. I'm disappointed that mine was not the first face he saw when he woke, but he sees it now. His features register disbelief and something more intense that I can't quite place. Desire? Desperation? As I walk over closer, Haymitch trailing behind me, I see tears forming in Peeta's eyes and I'm sure the same is happening to me.

I stop a few feet in front of him when I hear in a whisper, "Katniss?"

I smile and close the gap in between us, throwing my arms around him. He's here. He's actually here. His arms slowly come up around me, holding me tightly against him. We bury our heads in each others necks, tears running down our faces. My Peeta. How I have missed him. We hold each other for a couple minutes more and then I can't hold it in anymore. I have to tell him now. Something that I should have said a long time ago.

I push him away softly, look into his eyes and said, "I love you."

He smiled and more tears gathered in his eyes, "I love you, too." He pulled me to him, kissing me on the lips. We are the only people in the world right now and it couldn't feel better.

I feel a tap on my shoulder and I pull away from Peeta to turn around. It was one of the doctors. "As much as I hate to break you two up, we need to move Mr. Mellark to a room," she says.

"Am I allowed to go with him?" I ask, nervous. I don't think that I would I have the strength to leave him if she told me to.

"Yes, of course!" she says and they put Peeta in a wheelchair moving, him

to the room next to us. I trail along and stay behind in the corner of the room while they get him situated.

Once they are done, they turn to us and say, "We'll be out of you hair for right now, but we'll be back in about an hour and a half to two hours to check on you," and they walk out the door. Finally, its just me and Peeta.

He scoots over in his bed and pats the space next to him. I laugh as I walk over and I hop into bed with him. We just lay there, enjoying the company of each other that we have so missed.

Peeta brushes a piece of hair out of my face and puts it behind my ear. "I love you," he says, with a smile.

"I love you, too. So much. I believe that I always have and I'm sorry it took me so long to realize it," I said, finally realizing that Peeta has always been the one meant for me.

"Katniss, you have no reason to apologize," he says, "I'm just reveling in the fact that the Katniss Everdeen loves me."

I blush and hide my face in his chest, "Peeta…"

"The love of my life loves me back."

I laugh and I see Peeta yawn. He's been through a lot today and probably is worn out. I scoot down on the bed and lay my head on his chest.

"Stay with me?" I ask.

He kisses me on the head and replies, "Always."

I hope you liked it! Please review!

-MissMockingjayMellark