Chapter 3: Where the Heart is.
My choice was clear. And truthfully it always has been. Since I pulled out those berries, I haven't had a choice. And it's "funny" that what I once felt was my duty but not what I wanted is now what I want though no longer my duty. I want Peeta. And I'm immensely afraid of how this will effect my relationship with Gale.
"Katniss?" Peeta whispers to me, as I lay still in bed. "Katniss, when did you know I loved you?"
It's hard sometimes, with Peeta not remembering most things. Well not most things, all things involving me. Pretty much from the first reaping on.
"You mean when you told all of Panem that you loved me?" I laugh, but half- heartedly.
"No. I watched that video. I mean when did you really believe it."
This makes me think. "Hmm. I guess it was started to come to me when you told me that story about the first day of school. We were supposed to be making our romance up. But I could tell that you weren't." Then I look at his confused face. "Do you remember that?"
"I remember the first day of school, but not telling you about it."
"Well they wouldn't have footage of the first day of school." I smile. The hijacking ruined so much between us, yet managed to bring us closer together.
"When did you know you loved me?" Peeta asks thoughtfully.
"Truthfully, like a week ago. When you asked me, and expected an answer. You made me think about it." I smile weakly.
Out of no where Peeta mentions the topic we've been avoiding. "I want to do something for Annie."
"Make her a cake!" I say, excited that I had a good idea. "A big, beautiful cake. With baby colors and pretty flowers."
"Yeah, I think I will." He seems to really think about it, and he grins. "But Katniss, where am I going to find baking supplies?"
"I can go hunting, we'll made a squirrel cake." I joke.
"Yummmm." He smacks his lips.
I giggle. And I feel guilty. I'm having fun, and Prim's dead. It's a different feeling then what I felt when my dad died. When he died, some feelings were foggy since I was completely starving and I had to feed Prim. But I have nothing fogging my emotions now.
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