Thanks for the review Dannyowl1! I will definitely take this one slow. Please keep the reviews and ideas coming everyone! Here is Chapter 2!
Chapter 2-Reunited And It Feels So Good
The warm sun woke Katniss up from a long slumber. "No nightmares," she thought to herself as she opened her eyes. She looked over to her right, but he wasn't there. "Peeta? Are you still here?" she called out but did not get a response. She got up and grabbed a change of clothes and headed into the bathroom. As she began to undress, she thought about the way Peeta held her last night. He was so comforting and sweet. She felt so safe in his embrace; happy even. She felt that familiar heat building up inside of her. Whenever she thought about him, she could feel it and the urges were even stronger now that she knew he was back. She stepped into the shower and let the water rain down on her body. Katniss started to touch herself innocently at first but the more she thought about Peeta, the lower her hands went. As she brought herself to climax, she cried out, "Oh, Peeta!" She heard the door open, "Katniss? Are you hurt? Oh, oh my God! I'm so sorry!" Katniss felt so embarrassed! She wondered if he knew what she was doing. She quickly finished showering and got dressed. She really wanted to just stay in there forever, but she knew he was probably waiting for her in the bedroom.
She opened the door and he was sitting on the bed with his head in his hands. When he heard her step into the room, he raised his head to speak. "I am so sorry, Katniss! I thought I heard you yell for me and so I ran in without thinking. I feel really horrible. I feel the need to tell you that I didn't see anything. As soon as I opened the door and saw that you were taking a shower I turned my head, I promise." "Oh, thank God! He didn't know what I was doing!" she said to herself; relief washing over her. "Oh it's okay, Peeta. I believe you." Peeta looked like he wanted to say more but second guessed himself. "What is it?" she asked him. "It's just….um….I could have sworn I heard you yell out my name." "Oh that? That was nothing. I, um, was thinking about, um, cheese bread. Yeah, that's it and I yelled out your name because I was so deep in thought about, um, cheese bread that I yelled out your name without thinking because you are back home and could maybe bake me some." She couldn't help feeling bad for thinking up a lie that fast, but what was she supposed to say, "Oh, you know, I was just masturbating in the showering thinking about you and your name came flying out of my mouth!" Uh, no, I don't think so!
Her fake story must have done the trick because not only did he seem to believe it, but he did bake her cheese bread. They spent the morning just talking to each other. He told her about the therapy sessions he went through with Dr. Aurelius and the prognosis was good. Most of the venom had worked its way out of Peeta's blood stream, but it was impossible to get rid of it completely, so he had mind exercises to do every day. Mainly it was a book of real memories and he had to read them out loud to himself every morning. He had asked Katniss to come over for dinner and help him add more real memories to it and she agreed. Katniss then headed out to the woods to try to shoot some quail for dinner. Peeta went back to his house and began cleaning up and peeling potatoes to go with the quail Katniss would definitely be bringing back from the woods. She was too good of a shot to come back empty handed.
As, he sat there peeling the potatoes, he began to smile. He felt bad lying to Katniss, but it was for her own benefit. What was he supposed to say to her? "I could hear you moaning through the bathroom door, so as soon as I heard you yell out MY name, I got so excited that my hand twitched and the door opened?" Yeah, no. He began to get hard just thinking about her touching herself and thinking about HIM! He didn't know if she loved him, but at least he knew that she was attracted to him. Katniss Everdeen was thinking about Peeta Mellark while she pleasured herself in the shower. Peeta cleaned up the potatoes and heading in to take his own shower. He had to relieve himself of the buildup caused by thoughts of Katniss masturbating in his name. He got undressed and got in the shower. He grasped his hard cock and became pumping it while imagining that it was her hand instead of his. Thoughts of her face as she climaxed in the shower were tattooed in his memory. It wasn't long before he spilled his juices all over the shower. Maybe someday, she will be ready for the real thing. He was willing to wait for her; as long as it took.
That night, they enjoyed a delicious dinner of quail and roasted potatoes. Afterwards, they enjoyed an apple cake that Peeta had baked after his shower in front of the fireplace. "So, where is this book of real memories at? Can we start adding to it?" Katniss asked. She seemed really happy tonight and Peeta wondered if he was a big part of the reason why. "You seem real chipper today, Katniss. What's brought all this about? I don't think I've ever seen you so at ease." Peeta got up and walked over to his desk and grabbed a thick notebook. "I don't know what it is but ever since my breakdown last night, I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my back. And maybe you being back is part of the reason too. I don't think you realize how much I missed you, but come to think of it, I don't think I realized it myself until I saw you in front of my house yesterday morning." Peeta couldn't help but smile at those words. She missed him. He sat back down next to her and she moved a bit closer so that she could see the book he had brought over. "Is that it? Wow, it's so thick. Must be a ton of memories in it." She said with wonder. "Actually, no. Most of it is blank pages. Dr. Aurelia's says I should fill it with memories as I get older. Anytime a significant event happens or even one that just makes me happy happens, I should write it down. He began to write of him coming back to Twelve and the way he felt seeing Katniss again. She read everything as he wrote it and began to smile. "Really? Me saying that I missed you is a significant memory, Peeta? Save the pages for really good stuff." Katniss nudged his shoulder playfully. "Are you kidding me? I've never had anybody tell me they missed me. This is definitely going into my book." Katniss looked sad at those words. "Don't pity me, Katniss. I didn't have a loving family like you did. I'm really fine with it. My hope is that one day I will get the chance to have a family of my own. I will show my wife and children everyday what love is." Peeta looked to Katniss for a reaction but didn't see what he was hoping for. She looked even sadder at his confession. She turned away from him and said, "I really hope you can find that one day, Peeta. I would be so happy for you." At her words, Peeta got up and walked out the door.
Peeta began to walk out of the Victor's Village when he heard someone running up behind him. "Where are you going?" It was Katniss. "Oh, gee, I don't know, Katniss! I just basically told you that I want a family one day and you automatically assume you would not be an integral part of said family!" "Peeta, you know I can't have children. Not in this unstable world we live in! I have always said I would never get married or have kids. Why would you think my mind would change?" Peeta let out a deep sigh. "Katniss, the world is different now. There are no games anymore. Our "children" would never need to worry about being reaped. We're safer now; a lot safer. We could have a marriage; children…" Katniss began to weep. "But what if something happened to you, like my father. Or what if something happened to my child, like Prim. I couldn't handle it, Peeta. You know I couldn't." Peeta pulled her into an embrace. "Shush now. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to blow up like I did. I love you, Katniss. I have forever and I will continue loving you until the day I die. If you do not become my wife, then I just won't ever have one. There is nobody else in this world that I would ever want to be with." Katniss continued to sob in his arms. "Maybe someday you'll change your mind. I'll be here waiting." Katniss looked up into Peeta's bright, blue eyes. "I'm sorry, but I don't know if that will ever happen. I don't want you to put your life on hold for me." "You don't understand, Katniss! You ARE my life. You still don't know the effect you have, do you?"
**Please review and let me know what you think. Feel free to throw out ideas, although I pretty much know exactly where I want this to go…I'm open to your thoughts as well**Peace out cub scout!