Chapter 1

I sit at the counter eating bread Peeta just made. Its been 4 years since the end of the rebellion, and we've been living together, but he now owns a bakery that he works at for about 3 hours everyday. We're dating now at 3 years. He should be home now I think. I hear the door open and there he is. I need to tell him, it's been bothering me all day, ever since Haymitch called. Haymitch never calls.

I don't realize I've been staring at Peeta. "Whats wrong?" He comes over to me. I feel his arms wrap around me and I feel that tingling feeling again.

Now is the time to tell him.

"Peeta?" "Katniss?" "I need to tell you something." I take a deep breath." I don't think I deserve you." He bursts out laughing, but then he realizes I'm serious, so he stops. But I can still see the smile on his face he's trying to hide.

"Can I ask what makes you think that?"

I begin. "Ever since you gave me that bread I-"

"Katniss we've been over this before."

"I know, but just listen. Ever since you gave me the bread I feel like I owe you. Then in the reaping when they called your name, all I could think was 'No, not him!'"

"You really thought that?" He asks, smiling.

I nod.

"Then you declared your love for me, and you were just talking about how much you love me, when at the time I didn't love you back."

I feel tears well up in my eyes.

"Then the Quell. The first thing you did was go to Haymitch and say something about how you wanted to protect me. The first thing I did was go and cry. Then you got hijacked and I realized how much I didn't appreciate how you loved me so much. Especially when you tried to kill me. Twice."

Now the tears are in his eyes. "Katniss, you know I didn't mean to."

Now Im starting to sob. "I know but it was all my fault!It's all my fault you have a bad life. It's my fault your family is dead."

"Katniss, it's not your fault."

But I don't listen, " You have a way with words, Peeta. You know how to comfort me in the darkest of times, your my dandelion in the spring. But I can't do that to you because all I can really do is hunt!"

"The girl with the game."

"The boy with the bread."

We say it at the same time. We stare at each other in silence until I say what we are both thinking.

"You called me that?"

He nods,I continue.

"Haymitch even said that a could live a thousand lifetimes and never ever deserve you."

"So this is what it's about? What Haymitch said?"

I stand in silence.

"Katniss, you're the love of my life. I feel like the luckiest guy ever. I don't have a thousand lives, but if I could I'd spend them with you."

I think to myself, see the way with words.

But also, I don't get where this is going until he gets down on 1 knee.