Chapter 2
It had taken 10 years for us to get to that point. Up until that point fear had been there controlling me day and night.
Day I was controlled by the thought of, what if they came back? What if the games came back? Then what? These questions spread through my mind every waking moment. At night mutts, dying children call to me saying "why didn't you save me?", and the horrible wounds I saw in the games. Those things occupied my mind the majority of my early years of marrage.
Year after year my fears of the games dissolved, I worried less, which made Peeta happy seeing that I was realizing that the games will only happen in my head and not in real life.
One night Peeta came into our room from another long day at the bakery and got ready for bed. I was in bed reading a book on pregnancy. I closed it when Peeta came in. I put the book on my side table's shelf, get up out of bed, hug him from behind, and grab his waist. Peeta stops what he was doing, turns around, and kisses me; long and hard which leaves me breathless. I look at him for a long time before I speek, "how was work?"
"Work was good. Long and busy but good," sighs Peeta.
We kiss again but more lightly this time. "I love you," I whisper
"I love you too," answers Peeta.
Peeta finishes dressing for bed and goes and brushes his teeth. I go back to our and sit on it for a while, until Peeta comes out of the bathroom with fresh minty breath. All of a sudden I feel a sudden urge to love all over Peeta. I spring off the bed and race toward Peeta. Peeta catches me, lifts me off the ground, and carries me to the bed. But before he could take one step I was kissing him again. I laugh a little and so does Peeta, as he carries me the rest of the way to our bed, gently sets me on my side, and lets me climb under the sheets before he climbs in on his side.
After we were in bed, I started slipping off my clothes and throwing them on the floor. Peeta looked at me for a moment shocked, since I had refused to do this for so long; and started doing the same as me. He then pulls me in close so that heat radiates out. I look at him for a moment then we just kiss and share eachother for the first time.