A/N: Hello. This is my second FanFic. This is what I thought would have happened if Peeta wasn't hijacked. Takes place after the rescue. Please know that I will be mainly focused on updating 'Always' and not this story. This is just what I'll do in my extra time. Hope you like the story and let me know if I should continue.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own the Hunger Games. Belongs to Suzanne Collins.

The Boy with the Bread

Haymitch barges into my compartment, in District 13, seemingly out of breath.

"Their back!-The rescue team. We're wanted in the hospital." He stammers.

Oh my gosh! Peeta is back! Here, with me! Safe.

"Is he okay?" I ask, while throwing on my shoes.

"From what I heard, he was tortured the least out of all three of them." Haymitch replies.

Yes! Peeta may not be as badly hurt as I thought he would be.

We start walking down to the hospital. Well, Haymitch was walking, I was running.

When I get to the hospital, I see Finnick and Annie making out against the wall. I also see Johanna, with a shaved head, and bruises all over her face. If Peeta was tortured the least, then he should hardly be hurt at all. And I was right. When I get to his hospital room, I see Peeta sitting up on his bed, with doctors surrounding him. When I finally see his face, he has a small bruise above his eye, but that's the only visible injury.

"Peeta!" I yell, not believing he is right in front of me, and mostly unharmed.

"Katniss!" He yells, and runs to me. We wrap each other in a warm embrace.

"I missed you so much, Peeta. So, so much." I say, still holding on to him for dear life.

"I missed you too."

"I love you." I say, not believing my own words, when they come out, but knowing there true.

"What did you say?" He asks in disbelief, because it's the first time I said it to him, and not just for the cameras.

"I love you." I say again. "I really do. So much."

"I love you too." He says, sincerely and smiling. We are then kissing, madly, just like Annie and Finnick, but with more passion. There is something about this kiss that makes me want more, and for the first time, I get it.

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It's been a few months since Peeta's return, and we have spent every minute together. Our hands never leave the others. We don't even leave each other at night, that's when we're the closest. We hold each other all night long, protecting each other from the coming nightmares.

The following morning, me and Peeta are called to Command. We're not exactly sure why, but it probably has something to do with the war.

We get to Command and find Coin, Haymitch, Gale, Finnick, Boggs, Leegs 1 and 2, Jackson, and Cressida.

"Hello." Coin says when we walk in. "How nice of you to join us Soldier Everdeen and Soldier Mellark. Now, we have something very important to discuss." She starts. "As you all may know, we have all the Districts on our side, except for District 2. Now, the following soldiers will be assigned to go to District 2, to persuade them to join the rebellion." I pray that Peeta's name is not one of them, I know I will be going, since I am the one doing all the persuading. "Soldiers Everdeen, Hawthorne, Boggs, Jackson, and Cressida." She says. "Are there any questions?"

"I want to go." Peeta says immediately. "I don't want Katniss going without me." I know that he knows that Coin will not agree, but God I love him for trying. Even if I don't want him to go.

"I'm sorry, Soldier Mellark." Coin says. "But all the positions are filled. Don't worry, you'll be able to watch it live from Command. Ms. Everdeen will be back before you know it."

Peeta slumps back into his chair, defeated.

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The day comes that I have to go to District 2, for the Rebellion. We're about to board the hovercraft, but me and Peeta get a short goodbye.

"Be careful." He says. "I love you."

"I love you too." I say. "And I will be careful. I promise. Besides, you'll be with me the whole time. In here." I say pointing to his heart. "Plus, I'll be on T.V the whole time." We start kissing, a lot, until Gale rudely interrupts us.

"Catnip, enough making out. It's time to go." He says, coldly. He's obviously jealous of me and Peeta, but I don't care what he thinks of me anymore. We're still friends, but not as close of friends as before. This war has really taken a toll on us.

"Goodbye." I say giving Peeta a short, sweet kiss.

"Bye. I love you." Peeta says through the kiss.

"I love you too." I say as I board the hovercraft. The doors to the hovercraft close, and I already miss Peeta, but I'll have to deal with it for another week or two. I'm not exactly sure how long we'll be gone.

"Do you love him?" Gale asks me on the hovercraft.

"Isn't it obvious?" I say, honestly surprised at Gale's words.

"Not really, considering how long the love was fake."

"It wasn't fake for as long as you think." I say, a bit too coldly.

"When did you realize you loved him?" He asks.

"When his heart stopped, in the arena. I knew then that I couldn't live without him." I say, surprised at how honest I am being to Gale about Peeta.

"So... I guess we don't have a chance anymore."

"No... We don't have a chance." I say.

"If I told you how I felt sooner, would we have a chance then?" He asks.

"I'm sorry, but no. Peeta would have come into my life anyways, he sorta, stole my heart." I say. After that we don't speak. We just sit in silence until we get to District 2.

Once we're in District 2, we go inside the Nut. No one told me what we're doing in here, but we find a group of workers from the district. One of them is lying on the ground, and the people on my side have their guns turned towards the workers, but all I can think about is the man lying on the ground.

"Stop!" I yell, running to the man. "Stop! He's hurt." Suddenly, the man is on his feet and has me in a head lock, with a gun to my head. "Stop." I say to the man. "You don't want to kill me."

"Oh, yeah?" The man says. "Give me one reason why I shouldn't kill you right now." He says. I now see a camera, and realize, Cressida is recording, so I'd make this good.

"Because," I start. "If you kill me, you'll be killing your friends, your family, and your neighbors. Do you really want to be the reason for their deaths? Do you want the Capital to continue killing innocent people? Because that is what will happen if I am dead." I finish. He decides to let me go, but that's when everything goes into chaos. There are guns being fired from every direction, and before I know it, there is a bullet inside me, when I realize, I was just shot on live TV.

Peeta's POV

I sit in Command, watching as Katniss and the crew walk into the Nut. When they get inside there are workers and Katniss runs up to one of them, who is lying on the ground.

"Stop!" She yells, running to him. "Stop! He's hurt." The man is then on his feet, with Katniss in a head lock, and a gun to her head.

"Coin!" I yell. "You said she'd be safe! You have to get her out of there."

"I'm sorry, Peeta." Coin says. "But there's nothing I can do. We've lost contact with the crew."

"Stop." I hear Katniss say and I look back to the screen. "You don't want to kill me."

"Oh, yeah?" The man says. "Give me one reason why I shouldn't kill you right now." At this point, I'm freaking out. A man is trying to kill Katniss, and I can't do anything about it.

"Because," Katniss starts. "If you kill me, you'll be killing your friends, your family,and your neighbors. Do you really want to be the reason for their deaths? Do you want the Capital to continue killing innocent people? Because that is what will happen if I am dead." She finishes. The man sighs and lets her go. Thank goodness. But that's when everything goes into chaos. There are guns being shot from every direction, and before I have time to process what is happening, Katniss is on the ground, in a pool of blood.

"Coin!" I yell. "You promised me she would be safe there! You promised!" I then run out of Command and lock myself in my compartment and sob.

After a while, I think I was here for a couple hours, but it feels like minutes. Haymitch comes in with some good news.

"Boy, Katniss is back. She's going into surgery right now, but she'll be fine." He tells me.

"You promise she'll be okay? Because I'm kinda tired of being lied to all the time." I say.

"Yes Boy, I promise. She's fine. You can go wait in the waiting room in the hospital wing."

"Okay." I say as I leave my room, and head down to the hospital wing. I see Prim on the way there.

"Peeta!" She calls out, when she sees me. "Hey. Did you hear about Katniss?" She asks, sadly.

"Yeah, I did. I was headed down there now to wait for her to be out of surgery. You wanna come?" I ask.

"I would love to, but I've got to pick up some supplies for the hospital, in the storage compartment." She says.

"Okay. Well, I'll see you around." I say.

"Bye, Peeta."

I make it to the hospital wing and immediately ask about Katniss. All they tell me is that I have to wait until after the surgery to know exactly whats going on, so I wait, and wait, and wait. Until I feel like I can't wait anymore, a doctor comes out and tells me I can see Katniss now. When I get to her hospital room, she is unconscious, with a breathing mask on and a hospital gown over her fragile body.

I go over to her bed, and sit in the chair right next to it.

"Katniss." I say to her unconscious body. "I'm so sorry this happened to you. I wish I could've done something, but there was nothing I could do. I'm sorry."

"It's okay."

"Katniss! Your awake." I exclaim and jump up to hug her.

"Peeta! It's so good to see you. I missed you so much." Katniss nearly shouts.

"I missed you too. I can't believe that happened to you. When I was watching, I nearly killed Coin for sending you out there. I'm sorry I couldn't be there for you."

"Peeta, it's not your fault. Don't you ever think it was your fault, I know you tried to get Coin to let you come, but there was nothing you could do to change her mind. That's something we're going to have to live with, we can't change Coin's mind once a decision is final. Now, I will say this one last time, it is not your fault."

"It may not be my fault, but from now on, you are not leaving my sight. I will do whatever I can to protect you. Because I love you."

A/N:Hope you liked the first chapter.

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