Chapter 2:

Peeta's POV

I walked back to Katniss' room, and I heard her mom say "You remind me of your father and me."

I saw Katniss smile, she has such a beautiful smile.

She didn't notice me right away, but once she did her eyes lit up and she smiled even bigger.

I gave her the food that I had bought. And I offered some food to Mrs. Everdeen. She declined.

"Peeta, can I talk to you for a minute?" She asked.

"Yeah, that's fine, Katniss will you be okay?" I asked her.

"I'll be okay, you won't be gone too long, I'll just eat." She said, while trying not to cry.

"Okay, I'll be right back."

I followed behind Mrs. Everdeen into the hallway. She looked at me with tears in her eyes.

"You know how Katniss was going to therapy?" She asked, I nodded my head. "Well, she called me on Friday, because it was her last session, and as you know she was in therapy over something that happened during her childhood. The last thing she had to do as part of her therapy was to tell you why she was going to therapy in the first place. She was a little nervous, which was why I was visiting on Friday. I was going to be there with her when she told you. It's not that she didn't want to tell you alone, it's just that I already know, so when she got too upset I would be there to help fill in the blanks for you. I am not going to tell you what happened right now, but with the frame of mind she is in, what she went through for her just ended 2 weeks ago, to her she just told me and her father what happened. She wanted me to talk to you about this, because she's having a hard time. You're already helping her so much so just continue what you're doing. Comfort her at all times, she's a little lost right now. By the time she met you she was doing a lot better, so you've never seen her like this. She's a mess, she isn't crying because of the accident 3 days ago, she's crying because of what she went through. She doesn't want you to get mad at her once she tells you. She's already mad at herself because she thinks that you should've known earlier. She takes it very seriously that you're her husband right now, she feels like you need to know absolutely everything. She has PTSD. For her, she gets nightmares about what happens, and she'll cry a lot. She's jumpy, do not sneak up on her or scare her. She's going to be very needy right now, and feels like she needs to be protected, so protect her. I know you will anyways. You are the best thing that has ever happened to her, and she's barely been around you and she already knows it, I can see it in her eyes. Once she tells you, please call me or Steve, we knew she was going to tell you so if you have any more question ask us. She isn't going to know all of the answers because of her memory right now." She said.

"Okay, that's a lot to process, but I'll do whatever I can do. I'll call you or Steve when I find out. Thank you for telling me, and being here the past few days. I don't know what I would've done without you here." I said sincerely.

"Don't worry about it Peeta, you're family. I'm going to head home though, clean up the house for Prim, and I'll go get her at the airport and fill her in on what's going on. I'll call your cell phone when we are on our way back to the hospital." Mrs. Everdeen tells me. "Get back in there, the way she is right now she doesn't like to be alone."

"Okay, I'll see you soon." I turned around and walked back into Katniss' room. The first thing I noticed was that she ate, which is a relief. She's curled up in a ball on the bed, sleeping. I sit down in the chair and doze off for what I think is about an hour until I get woken up by the screaming.

I wake up disoriented, until I realize that the screaming is coming from Katniss. She's crying and screaming in her sleep – her mother mentioned she gets nightmares – I run over to the bed, and brush the hair out of her face.

"Katniss, wake up. It isn't real, you're safe." I tell her.

She stops crying and wakes up. The look on her face when she wakes up tells me that she's terrified. My heart aches for her.

"Peeta." She chokes out before starting to sob.

I pick her up and hold her in my arms as she continues to cry. She spins around to hug me – so hard it's almost uncomfortable – but she starts to calm down.

"Katniss, you're safe now. Don't worry, I'll keep you safe and protect you. Just try to relax." I whispered to her while rubbing circles on her lower back.

"Please don't leave me." She cried.

"I'm not going anywhere, I won't leave you."