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Peeta's POV
Peeta woke up with a start. He was back in reality, he was safe. No more Capitol and no more President Snow. The hunger games are over, he thought. And no more pretending to be in love with Katniss, he thought. But as confusion set over him, he remembered.
"You love me, real or not real." She said real. She loves me, he thought and rolled over. There was the love of his life, Katniss Everdeen, soon to be Katniss Mellark, sleeping soundly next to him. He smiled to himself and slowly rolled out of bed. He walked as quietly as he could, down stairs and started to make some bread for the morning. Even though he knew he was safe, a nightmare could always jolt him into not falling asleep again. So baking always calmed him down, plus it was early morning anyways. He put the bread in the oven and curled up on the couch. Just after he had gotten all situated, he heard a wail of frantic crying and his name. He ran upstairs into the bedroom and founded Katniss sitting up looking around frantically, for him.
"Hey Katniss, im right here its ok" he said as he pulled her close to him.
" You were…" her breath was short but began to clam down "gone and I couldn't find you. I can't lose you like I lost Prim".
As soon as she said Prim's name, she collapsed in his arms and started balling. Peeta hated when she got like this. Knowing that she was in so much pain and he couldn't help her. All he could do was hold onto her and make sure the storm of emotions didn't carry her away.
"Peeta, I'm so sorry that I can't be as a support to you as you are to me. It was my fault that you were…" Katniss began to say but Peeta cut her off.
" Katniss, you as a person, just being here makes me happy and is as much as a support to me as I can be to you." He smiles and kisses her forehead.
"Lets go somewhere today Peeta" Katniss says
"Sure where too?" he replies happily
"I want to visit Annie and her son," she says with shy smile.
"Lets get going then." He says.
They start to pack a couple of things into there small suitcases.
This would be there first trip together, without the pressure of the Hunger Games, the Victory Tour or President Snow. Peeta could just be with her and not worrying if she was about to die.
Peeta showed Katniss to the room on the train and just had a relaxing day.
"This is a lot like the day before the Quell. Real or not real?" Peeta asked
"Real, although we don't have to worry about getting killed tomorrow." She said with a small laugh.
The next day, Katniss and Peeta stepped off the train. Peeta called for a hover-car and they were off to see Annie. But as soon as they reached the house, they heard a scream. Something was terribly wrong.